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Some magazine ads from back in the day
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Chris Whites 100 [ M spec ] NE 354
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Originally Posted by
nigel watts
NE 354 the well raced [ in different forms over the years ] by Chris White, looking very complete with its bumpers on. Nigel thanks for the posts, keep them coming, great shots.
the car with the cold air box intake, when I posted the engine shots in this thread, was if Chris' car at Masterton in 1989, was " sans bumpers " then.
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
Not chronological but another set of photos, the 1984 National Rally, have already posted 1989 and 1990, so going backwards in time.
in 1984 a group of Americans, from the West Coast, California and Oregon mainly, people I had met in 1982 when in the USA and a few others. We all billeted them and arranged share in cars to get there including some BJ9's [ not Healey's in AHCC parlance, one was a " WolsHeAley " 16/60 - seen in a couple of pictures, was still BMC.
outside my home in Herne Bay, our daily driver the Mini 1275 and my Healey 100 with Wayne and Sylvia Brown, Frank and Margaret Karls 16/60 and on up the road for Spgeti a Riley Elf !!.
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on the road Taupo Napier Road I think, Wolseley in the group, it kept up obviously didn't do the 90 mph thing like in 1989
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same road on the move, Sprites.
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more Sprites
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we got there, after many stops, a few repairs, but are outside the Holiday Park at Havelock North.
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Saturday morning and the Concour'
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The Red Sprite at the front nearest camera, FD 6525 was mine back in 1979 - 80, retained by my ex-wife and then sold in about 1983 .. had an engine rebuild and was rather quick ported polished balanced had a Cooper S Distributor, Cooper exhaust manifold modified by turning the bottom of the pipe through 90 degrees and rewelding, Cooper muffler and at one time ran a 40DCD Weber, before reverting to twin SU's to make it more tractable for the lady concerned, plus my mate wanted his Weber back, came off a Sunbeam Alpine
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I lived at 90 Jervois Road from 1972 to 1975 and really enjoyed living their. I owned a 1964 MGB raodster with wires and O/D. Where were you Roger ?. Nearly bought a 100/4 from Sports Car World in Dominion Road.
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Originally Posted by
Spgeti
I lived at 90 Jervois Road from 1972 to 1975 and really enjoyed living their. I owned a 1964 MGB raodster with wires and O/D. Where were you Roger ?. Nearly bought a 100/4 from Sports Car World in Dominion Road.
Spgeti, rewriting this as didn't read your post correctly, I was living in Mt Albert 1972- 75 up until 1980 in fact, then moved to 88 Sarsfield St, which had been a family home since built in 1929, was sold by a Real Esate agent Stace Bennet to my Great Uncle Frank Bell, and he and his wife, then his sisters, my Great Aunt and Grandma lived there, Grandma died in 1980 and I moved in, then in 1985 I bought the house from my father and stayed for another 10 years, my 100/4 came from Laingholm but spent a lot of time at Cooks Beach, where the hotwire wheels and strange brakes were fitted [ A50 drums on the front, smaller than the back, hairy when slammed on, as the back would lock up first.
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North some more
The Concour' d'Elegance and others.
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Alec Issigonis would be proud !!.
Morris Minor and the Minis bigger brother the Maxi
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Outside the Puketapu Tavern on the Saturday touring run, Wolseley and Healey's to the left, locals to the right
" Clowns to the left of me Jokers to right " ....
More on the Taverrn later as it prove a popular stop !
Had to be in the Hawkes Bay - Leopard Beer on tap
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Sunday was competition day, Gymkhana and Grass Sprints type event.
The people and some Healeys,
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Competitors at the ready
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Coming up the competing, a few familiar cars ..
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally H, V-H ...
The famous H, V - H, Bernie HUYNEN's Valiant - Healey
Trying,
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Trying a bit harder,
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Trying even harder and serious, Top down to increase vision to the side and rear.
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Not sure who was driving, as cars were shared amongst others including our American visitors, probably Bernie in the last shot.
The car was sold by Bernie in recent years and the new owner tried to fit a Chev 350 ci V8, but had issues with compliance, so is / has reverting / ed to a Valiant Motor as all complianced and had been that way for much of its life since 1967/68 one of the last series of BJ8's .. I think BMC BOY knows a bit more about it.
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
Two pictures by Wayne Brown from the Oregon Healey Club,
My 100, getting ready for Concour'
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One of several breakdowns on the way to Napier, Bill Bolton from Oregon changing the wheel [ white jacket ] on Frank Karls Healey 100, yes he had one as well as the racing 3000.
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Healey Club members Heather and Adrian Rhodens - in the TR5,
[their Healey was under restoration. Their Healey seen at a Hillclimb earlier in the thread, photo by Ray Green of the Healey.]
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Back to the Gymkhana,
Sprite in action Sylvia Brown from Oregon driving [ one of many shares of cars ].
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another Sprite with a lot of opposite lock, that is how we drive them.
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Healey 100 running a bit wide and no slide.
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Bill Bolton's Healey's at Corvallis Oregon in 1986 - Ross Cammick photo
Seeing as Bill features changing the wheel post above, Here he is with two of his Healeys in 1986, both works racers, ABL 6, in BMC colours [ Red White ]and UJB 141 [ Green ] which raced at Sebring in 1960.
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Bill was a regular visitor to NZ,worked in the timber industry [ machinery ] and used to visit Rotorua, Tokoroa etc to see the Forestry people .. handy to catch up with his Healey mates in NZ ..
other person is Mark Donaldson, founder of the AHCCNZ in 1972/73 .. wearing his famous shorts
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post #174
last photo of healey "running wide" as you put it, is that what the rest of us know as massive understeer?
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Originally Posted by
928
post #174
last photo of healey "running wide" as you put it, is that what the rest of us know as massive understeer?
Yep, if he had put his foot down the tail would come round, and off you go !!, well that is the theory, I was known as Roundabout Roger as often went right round, instead of sliding out then moving forward.
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Healey's at Dunedin Revival meeting 1984
Seen before on the Dunedin Festival thread but belong here ;
*** corrected information from " Spinaway " ..
Des Spillane in his early 100 from Temuka SI ***
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Neal Ferguson for Waiau SI in his Blue 100
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A pair of Healeys at Portobello Dunedin
A night out by the Dunedin branch of AHCCNZ, two Healey's with matching paint.
Photo by Albert Chang ..
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Ross and Shona Osborne 100/6 and Laurie Hart BJ8, identified by Mark Donaldson from the AHCCNZ..
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
Back to the Grass Gymkhana / Sprint ;
ID 9783 which became LX 100 known as Alex the Red ;
my attempt at the test photos by Wayne Brown and his camera and my camera as well.
The start
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The finish
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A couple of items from the programme for the first race meeting at Levin on January 14 1956.
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any photos of Peter mcfarlane, raced healey in south island,always with the top up. also raced a Borgward isabella,E type,ex pinkney cooper bristol
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
A few more of my Healey ID 9783, in various hands, firstly the Browns from Salem Oregon.
Sylvia in action, ready to start Bernie Huynens Valiant Healey beside the 100
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on the test
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Wayne getting ready a couple of shots one mine, one Sylvia's
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ready by a line up of Healey's
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North last pics
That Red Healey again,
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That is the end of Napier 1984, will follow with Rotorua a mix of 1985 and 1986 pics, then we will go further back in time to 1980 and few from 1976 at New Plymouth, the first AHCCNZ Rally I attended in a Triumph GT6.
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
Found a few more from Napier, and the story of the Puketapu Tavern [ Hotel actually according to the name over the door ]..
Heading out from the Motor Camp at Havelock North,
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This car was the third Sprite purchased in 1979 !!, sold by my ex-wife in 1983 to this young couple.
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Frank Karls other Healey complete with gunsight on the bonnet, being repaired again, puncture on the way down, and now this
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Wayne Brown in ID 9783 It ran 14 inch X 6 inch Hotwire Mags, sat rather low, even with 185 x 14's
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Puketapu Hotel
The visit was the second one as on Saturday we had arrived by Bus on the Saturday afternoon as part of a tour, the Americans liked it so much as did the publican, a few consumed and some takeaways for later. this was on the Monday when many headed home, a group of us stayed on to revisit.
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Outside the Tavern 50% Americans / 50% Kiwi's counting the camera Guy
BMC BOY on the left, and the two in blue are rest of the four that went to the USA in 1982 and traveled in the VW Kombi for several months
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That now is the final pics from 1984 Rally
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EC4802 the LHD Sprite
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Originally Posted by
Ross Hollings
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.
Ross has kindly sent me the Registrations papers [ originals and marked " cancelled " ], for the Sprite EC4802, chassis # AN5L 7311 under our ownership [ in my ex-wifes name actually - in the LH Drivers seat in the picture ] from 28 July 1978 to 11 November 1980, when sold to Craig Fisher, Max Fisher's son. Ross bought it 11 March 1987.
Thanks for the papers Ross and the picture you sent me taken according to the back in 1990.
This " EC4802 "
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which had this
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became this " 59BUG I "
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A great job Ross,
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Came across this in the weekend. Looks more or less complete
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Originally Posted by
45DCOE
Would be worth having, 4A judging by the side lights and chrome trim on the front guard, with the Targa / Surrey type roof [ the word Targa not used for them back then ], on Strombergs, mine a '67 had SU's. Damn I miss my TR4A - sold to help buy a house as at the time was in rebuilt condition and worth more then the Healey I also had the '53 100.. torn between the two marques ..
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Who ever gets this Triumph don't forget to check this site.
http://www.mossmotors.com/Browse/Com...&PlateTypeID=1
Just remember it is for LHD cars.
(Ken Hyndman )
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khyndart in CA
Is that " where everyone gets a bargain and a money back guarantee ", sorry Ken that is the " W[h]arehouse "..
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Roger,
It is to use so you can get an idea of the parts prices here and you can say "I have a mate in the states who will ship it for half the price " as a bargaining tool.
So you put the money in my NZ account first and then perhaps one day I will get around to sending it to you.
Does that sound like a fair deal ?
(Ken )
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khyndart in CA
Roger,
It is to use so you can get an idea of the parts prices here and you can say "I have a mate in the states who will ship it for half the price " as a bargaining tool.
So you put the money in my NZ account first and then perhaps one day I will get around to sending it to you.
Does that sound like a fair deal ?
(Ken )
Love it, now to try and buy the TR, will take a bit of explaining with the Ministress of Finance, though, that could also take a while.. cheers
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AHCCNZ events - Healey related photos, by Mark Donaldson and Ross Cammick
These photos, some of which have appeared on other threads belong here.
They are from AHCCNZ events in the late 1970's and February 1981,
Mark Donaldson's pictures of me driving my Uncle Eddie Dowding's LHD Rover 3500 at a gymkhana on Bruce Belton's farm, near Waiuku, what was Franklin County, South Auckland. February 1981
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very spirited but casual driving, arm on window ledge, probably to hold me in place. same event.
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Ken H, not quite as sideways as the TR4 got ..
three Ross Cammick photos of other Healey events;
a mid winter run, which was at the 1981 National Rally in Rotorua includes Ross's car HL3000 and others. pic appears elsewhere in this thread with another of the same stop ..
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a Gymkhana event which may have been at the Bruce Belton farm. I am unsure, but remember it was near the water in the Waiuku - Glenbrook area,
BSA Healey and Sunbeam, a mixed lot at AHCCNZ events, as many Healey owners had cars that were not mobile, two of the guys in the photo actually jointly owned a Big Healey at the time that was more or less a chassis with some parts. BSA owned by Lyle Chambers [ sitting on Bill Povey's Healey beside Bill's wife Kathy ] and the Sunbeam owned by Richard Leaper [ peering into the Healey ] Bill also looking into his Healey ( passenger side ), Judy Leaper sitting on the Sunbeam.
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The BSA being driven by owner Lyle, passenger not known [ not remembered ].
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Austin - Healeys - some brochure covers
A couple of Sprite Brochures, front covers ; courtesy Andreas Lindenberg who runs a Sprite forum on Facebook..
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Wheels are unusual Centrelock Splines but 8 spokes not wires or Slotted Steels as original..
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Austin - Healeys - some brochure covers cont'd ..
Brochure Cover for the Mark 111, Sprite 1098 cc engined and on wires as I owned in 1974-76 and the second one in 1979 - 80 ish, was on steel wheels ..
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source Andreas Lindenberg from his Facebook Sprite forum.. It is OK as he has some of my pictures too !!.
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Austin - Healeys - some brochure covers cont'd .. Mk 111 with wires
another brochure or advert, from Davy Devries from Sprites and Midgets Facebook page.
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look better driven like this ..
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or this
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photos by Dennis Green, 1975 and second in 1974, at NSCC events [ posted before ].
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Austin Healey car club - Mills Reef Winery, Tauranga - c.2003
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Nigel, thanks for those, B & W images are always great, cheers
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Roger,
Why is it that in LHD cars they understeer with you at the wheel.
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But in RHD cars you have the rear end hanging out ?
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BTW your TR 4A pic may be in the Moss Magazine next month. (You owe me !)
(Ken Hyndman )
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Oversteer / Understeer or just steer
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Originally Posted by
khyndart in CA
Roger,
Why is it that in LHD cars they understeer with you at the wheel.
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But in RHD cars you have the rear end hanging out ?
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BTW your TR 4A pic may be in the Moss Magazine next month. (You owe me !)
(Ken Hyndman )
Ken H, dunno about oversteer / understeer thing, just a heavy right foot .should drive more sedately like this - borrowed car again.
The Moss Mag, will be great to see, and yes I do owe you
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and to prove I did drive in a straight line, not pictures but result cards from Thunderpark Drag Strip in 1984, in another borrowed car Ross Osborne's 100/6, not quick
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AHCCNZ events - 1976 National Rally at New Plymouth
Gone a way back in time for these, the first National Rally I attended [ in a Triumph .. oops, had sold the Sprite just before; EASTER 1976
Unsure at this stage who owned most of the cars, will update later when I get information from Mark Donaldson [ notes on the photos may be wrong ]
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For those from new Plymouth thinking where was it held, here is the answer !! we stayed here and had the Concours on the Saturday morning.
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Modified Healey's, two cars that have spent most of their time - repowered ..
In the AHCCNZ there are two well known Healeys that we re-engined quite early in their " lives ", the Valiant Healey owned for many years by Bernie Huynen, pictured here at Napier in 1984; have had a drive in this car, wasn't very successful at it though.
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and at Masterton in 1989, on a Hillclimb
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Another well known car is Reg Whittaker's 100/8, a 100 that was repowered in the early 70's - [ with a V8 Buick / Oldsmobile type around 215 ci or 3500 cc I believe first ], has had several different V8's in it over the years, here it is in 1976 at New Plymouth. never driven it but have had a few rides around Waiuku in it with R O W known as Reg of Waiuku .. Reg was a School teacher and lives his life in Waiuku, he was instrumental in getting permission from the locals for the AHCCNZ Otaua Hillclimb on Maioro Rd, Reg lived in Bothwell Park Road, which was close by
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Both cars have spent most of the time with the repower in place ..
the 100/8 is at the right in this scene at the Devon Motor Lodge
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Healey trip to the USA 1982,The Snowmass adventure
Some random items from that trip in 1982 with BMC BOY and others;
Went to the Jaguar Owners Club of Oregon " JOCO " - The 6th All British Field Meet & Jaguar Concours
11 September 1982 at Portland Oregon.
had a sticker about British Engineering .. posted previously
here are two more ;
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obviously all the makes can co-exist and at one time were the same organisation - under the BL banner
Here is a TR4 ( mine ) a Jaguar, some Healeys and even a Hillman Hunter wagon [ how he got there unsure - must have been a Healey members BJ9 which is a non-Healey in Club terms ]. at Rotorua Rally in 1980.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Roger Dowding
In the AHCCNZ there are two well known Healeys that we re-engined quite early in their " lives ", the Valiant Healey owned for many years by Bernie Huynen, pictured here at Napier in 1984; have had a drive in this car, wasn't very successful at it though.
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and at Masterton in 1989, on a Hillclimb
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Another well known car is Reg Whittaker's 100/8, a 100 that was repowered in the early 70's - [ with a V8 Buick / Oldsmobile type around 215 ci or 3500 cc I believe first ], has had several different V8's in it over the years, here it is in 1976 at New Plymouth. never driven it but have had a few rides around Waiuku in it with R O W known as Reg of Waiuku .. Reg was a School teacher and lives his life in Waiuku, he was instrumental in getting permission from the locals for the AHCCNZ Otaua Hillclimb on Maioro Rd, Reg lived in Bothwell Park Road, which was clo
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Both cars have spent most of the time with the repower in place ..
the 100/8 is at the right in this scene at the Devon Motor Lodge
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That look's nice, GT6 fastback fitted to Healy
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AHCCNZ events - 1987 National Rally at Rotorua
Time sequence is all out, as scanned another set today and started in the wrong envelope, was supposed to be 1980, but here we go with 1987, also at Rotorua, which was the venue of quite a number of the Annual Rally's.
Chris White's 100 M [ replica ], a car often seen at Healey meetings and in classic racing.
here it is sans Roll Bar and all the safety stuff, screen up.
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Easter 1987, 17 - 20 April .. at Rotorua ;
The group on a run probably on the Saturday afternoon.
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Nelligan Cammick Osborne and White Healey's, [ Cammick is BMC BOY ].
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at the Gymkhana, Sunday usually, think the same this year.
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watching and standing by the cars, the new White caps with the AHCCNZ logo on a few mens heads, incl Mark Donaldson the clubs founder on the right.
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a 3000 and Chris White's 100m with screen down, a great look but in many ways a dangerous option.
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