Here are some from me ,now on the correct site.Attachment 34116Attachment 34117Attachment 34118Attachment 34119
Here are some from me ,now on the correct site.Attachment 34116Attachment 34117Attachment 34118Attachment 34119
As mentioned in the Laguna Seca 1982 thread, Monterey Historics, Ross [ BMC BOY ] and I toured the West Coast for three months with Bryan and Brenda Harris in a VW Kombi, included in the trip and the reason for going was the 30th Anniversary of Austin Healey 1982.
Many NZ Healey Club members went, Craig Swift, Frank Karl, Grant and Odelle Cornes, Bernie and Julie Huynen, Mark Donaldson,
- most went back after Snowmass in July, but Ross, B and B, and I did the Kombi trip,covering San Diego,into Mexico, then up the West Coat to Vancouver BC Canada, in company of Mark Donaldson NZ and Nell Holdstock [ Canada ].. during July thru September.
I left for the UK on 23rd September,leaving the trio and the VW, here are some Healey related, photos,[ in groups as scanned from a photo album ] ..
They are not in any particular order.
mainly in LA, Santa Ana or Oxnard Ventura
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On the road to Snowmass
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getting there and a Sprite at Snowmass ..
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an interesting sticker acquired at the Jaguar Owners Club Oregon JOCO, British Field meet. in 1982.
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Ken Hyndman will recognise the name " Absolutely British ",as a mutual acqaintance Eric, now runs it,a client of Moss Motors, was Walt Glendenning [ dcd ] then Hans Nohr's business in the 1980's ..
Healey 100S, trailered to and from, Snowmass from the East Coast.
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Healey and trailer, John Colgate,Healey works driver with flip sign at a cafe / bar in Aspen
Bill Boltons Sebring 3000 UJB 141, a famour car
and the 100S again
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At Snowmass, [ clockwise ] - Wire wheel
- not every car arrived safely,
- Nash Healey
- and a competitor in the Gymkhana, think a British Columbia car ..
- Sprite engine
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A picture by Ross Hollings .. at a concours,possibly the All British Day at Western Springs.
Ross hope you don't mine resizing and reposting your picture
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Sprite at Mangere Town Centre 1974, NSCC Gymkhana . my own camera shot..
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1960 Bugeye with the famous Sammy the Dog in Mt Albert around 1980/81
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Bill Wild's 100 in St Mary's Bay Road about 1978..
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1965 Mark 111 and the TR4A in Mt Albert around 1979
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My Healey 100, 1955 model with Hotwire mags, a very poor replica hardtop, taken from a proper one and was very thin fibreglass, with vinyl outer layer, it has Austin A50 saloon front brakes, quite small and real Healey 100 rears, made for interesting stopping, the back used to sit down, in an emergency stop !!.
March 1982 just after being purchased for $5500, which was an OK price at the time, despite being unoriginal.. car was owned until 1995, had two serious competition outings 1983, the Jaguar Clubs Le Mans Relay Race, and the AHCCNZ Otaua Hillclimb plus numerous AHCCNZ Gymkhana'a and a run around Taupo on the way back from Napier the 1984 AHCCNZ National Rally
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Phil Mules 3000, on the track
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in the pits
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another Healey 3000, in a group on track ..
Chris White 3000 ..
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Chris suffered a medical incident but was A OK afterwards .. and is still racing .. more recently in a Jensen Healey [ sorry no pics of that but seen at Pukekohe in the early 2000's
Enjoying the Healey pics Roger.
There were a couple of Healey related articles on the Stuff website recently
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/cust...and-picnic-day
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/cust...ide-show-debut
I'm reliably informed that there are some significant errors in the second article.
Do you happen to have any pics of BT768, a white Longbridge BN4 that was owned from 1974 till 95 by a school teacher from Tamahere near Hamilton. Not sure if she was ever a club member though.
Andy.
Does anybody know of an earlier Big Healey that could be available for some film work. What is NOT wanted is an immaculate resto. Short notice.
Roger,
You mentioned Tamahere. I remember going there for the 1/4 mile sprints on the Bruntwood straight at Tamahere back in the 1960s.
(Ken Hyndman )
I found this wonderful description of the Bruntwood 1/4 mile written about 5 years ago by "Amco72".
" Anyone remember the standing and flying 1/4 mile sprints that the Hamilton Car Club held on the Bruntwood straight.....was on the back road between Hamilton and Cambridge. At that time, 1967, there were only about two farm houses down that stretch of road and most of the land either side was owned by a rough-as-guts farmer....Walter Byrne. I had a farm just a mile further on from the 'straight' in Mills road and used to attend this, what was an annual event. The last time I saw Logan Fow and the Ferrari GTO was there...wish I'd had a camera. Another competitor was Dennis Marwood in the Humber 80. Walter, the rough-as guts' farmer had a Daimler SP250 which he used to literally blow the cobwebs out of. Also a strange early front engined dragster powered by a WW2 Allison aircraft engine.....the type that powered the Mustang...the American fighter/bomber that is. I remember the 'officials' getting all us spectators well back from the road before they would let this thing go. Had a remote starter that plugged into the side. It certainly sounded the part but was disappointing as far as time was concerned, popping and banging it's way down the course. Logan could have given it 100 meters start and still beaten it in the GTO. There was also another very rough, and I mean ROUGH, old HWM sports car..maroon in colour with disc wheels that had been hugely extended. I recall this because not only had they been extended but also had pieces of steel strip spaced round the wheel like spokes to strengthen the widened piece. One of the strips had FALLEN OFF...shonky welding....and the owner was attempting to remove the strip opposite to try and balance the wheel.!!!!!!!!!!! Imagine that flying off when the car was doing a run. Anyway it was just a heap of junk, although probably hugely valuable today. I think Marwood had a better time. But everyone was there having a go with scrutinering in an adjacent paddock. One competitor with a Wolseley 6/99 was having a 'discussion' with the official who had just failed the Wolseley because of a worn tie-rod end. The said competitor was really getting very wound up and giving the tester a tune-up, telling him that the car would be OK because 'he was a mechanic and knew about these things'. Imagine that today.......'on yer bike sonny'. ".
Thank you Angus,
That description certainly brought back memories for me.
(Ken Hyndman )
Hi Roger, do you remember the Lawton Healey from NSCC?
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There are more pics on the NSCC website but the links are all messed up now so only postage stamps
http://www.ncc.org.nz/photos%20pre%201980s.htm
Presently belongs to a club member and still has the holes drilled in the brake drums plus a few battle scars to the front bulkhead. I heard a story that McLaren put up some money for Jo to buy it.
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Its the third from the left, BT768 on the left and perhaps you'll recognise some of the others
[edit] slightly bigger pic
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Andy.
Andy [ bce257 ], the Lawton Healey, I am not sure, but with your permission will send these pics to Mark Donaldson, the founder and now Historian for AHCC New Zealand,
thanks
Roger D..
Andy [ bce257 ], the Lawton Healey, I am not sure, but with your permission will send these pics to Mark Donaldson, the founder and now Historian for AHCC New Zealand,
thanks
Roger D..
The attached image may bring memories to some readers.
Ross Jensen preparing the 100s for racing after driving it down from Auckland to Levin.
Picture was taken in the driveway of my parents home in Levin where Ross & Hazel used to stay during race meetings
I am not exactly sure of the date but probably October
Ross
Ross,
thanks for the pic, an unusual hardtop
These were my Healeys over the period 1974 to 1995, the Sprites 1974 to 1981 and Big Healey 1982 - 1995 [ my own photos,
1974-1976 Mark 111
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1980 - 81 Bugeye
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1979 ? - 81 Mark 111 with TR4A alongside The Sprite went to my ex and was sold around 1983, I saw again in 1984 in Napier at the AHCCNZ National Rally ..
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1978 -79 Bugeye, the left hand drive with different headlight position
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The Big Healey as purchased in 1982
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Sam the dog managed to feature once in these photos..
Sorry I omitted the year...I believe it was the October 1956 Levin meeting.
I do not know the origin of the hardtop which looks pretty primitive but racing drivers ( and their passengers) were tough back then.
Can't imagine current "front of the grid" drivers driving to a national meeting in something as draughty and uncomfortable as a race winning 100s.
Roger, EC 4802 was the Mk1 Sprite i restored which eventually went to Japan.The first owner was a Leslie Grant Bradley ,car registered here on 24 th October 1968.Your name features on page 3 of the rego papers i still have.You bought it from a somebody in Taupaki.Passed through Ken Smith and Chequered Flag car sales.We bought it in 1987 and restored it over 3 years,it is in the photo of the row of Healeys.
Lawton Healey.
Is that the ex Grant Bloore Cooper Monaco ?
Ross, have some more photos of the car which I will post here.. soon .. knew from previous comments that you restored it [ properly ] !!
Would you be able to scan and send me copy of those papers, for my archive of car memories. I collected the car from Warkworth, but that could have been where it was stored .. can PM my Gmail address..
here is one pic .. a very " sad eyed " bugeye / frogeye !!
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Ross, hi
sent you a PM
cheers
Roger
Quite believe that,although never picked up the light disaster,found a almost complete car in a wreckers in Dominion Rd, AK, the bonnet on that was almost perfect so used that,the remains of that car went to Wellington on a "A " frame,brave man !!
I am sure that many years ago (30) there was an Austin Healey bug eye living in a sad state on the corner of Burbank and Rowendale in Manurewa. I tried to buy the car which had a bonnet conversion without headlamps and was running a Ford motor. The guy who owned said he was going to use it for dirt track racing. I have no idea what became o0f it.
Allan
I am sure that many years ago (30) there was an Austin Healey bug eye living in a sad state on the corner of Burbank and Rowendale in Manurewa. I tried to buy the car which had a bonnet conversion without headlamps and was running a Ford motor. The guy who owned said he was going to use it for dirt track racing. I have no idea what became o0f it.
Allan
As sad as this
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The MG Midget in the background front chassis and complete rear was a donor for parts to assist in the rebuild of EC4802, that was onsold and completed by Max Fisher, then completely rebuilt to original by Ross Hollings.
As sad as this
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The MG Midget in the background front chassis and complete rear was a donor for parts to assist in the rebuild of EC4802, that was onsold and completed by Max Fisher, then completely rebuilt to original by Ross Hollings.
The white bonnet with lights in the right place was a donor to make a mould of new front ends for Bugeyes.. mentioned before the cost was too expensive at around $500 each when the car was worth only $1000 or so in 1979, should have been done but not enough takers and not enough money to go it alone ..
Nearly