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Hello 'Billy Bigtime'......Nigel....That dashboard on the No40 Riley, has got to be one of the most beautiful and interesting you will ever see. Even better than a Speed 6 Bentley! Done by a real craftsman.
You remember in Yards and Yarns, I was recalling some of the exploits that we got up to at Lincoln College in 1959. Well the Chrysler 77 that we used to zoom about in, is on this page....post 165. And as there are only 2 or 3 77's in NZ, this COULD be the actual one. Ours didn't have a hood, raincoats when it was raining, and I do remember it had rather a prodigious thirst, for what was then 82 octane fuel. It looks as though it could do 100mph doesn't it, well we regularly had it sitting on 70, and she sounded just gorgeous.
If the present owner is reading this, check out the ownership papers and see if a Monty Montieth is on there, if so, she's the one!!!
[original story...Yards and Yarns..page 5...post86.]
That should be post 162....the Chrysler 77 on this page.
I agree and I see a jaguar gear box lurking in there as well. Is the car on the next shot an Ansaldo? I had a 6C Ansaldo as my second car and magnificent it was too. The one in the shot is not the same could it be a later model or, fantastic if it was, an 8 cylinder model.
Hadn't noticed that Dave. It was the most beautifully built machine, and the attention to detail just incredible......just like the 'Blue Car'. Just at a glance I thought the next shot was a Sunbeam, but you could be right. We had an OM at Lincoln. A very sporty little 4 cylinder Italian tourer. Smaller than an Ansaldo, centre lock wires, and for a vintage 4 cylinder, it could go like the clappers. Unlike the Chrysler 77, it did have a hood, of sorts, but no side screens. God, if we only had these things today, we would be rich!!
Yes, an Ansaldo
Here's something exciting that would fit VCC on Evilbay in the USA
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1958-...ht_2065wt_1048
Dale M
Dale Yes it may fit in our pre1960 group but the rear wheels may be a bit wide for our regs. A race prepared Zephyr running through a MGTD gearbox is a bit of a worry. Says a lot for the old MG.
Graeme
Have you noticed how there are always 'puddles' under parked English cars. Puddles of oil, puddles of water, puddles of differential-fluid. But as they say....if there is no puddle, she's run out of liquid!!.... Aren't B & W shots great. They add another dimension to a picture. I think you notice shadows more, and the curvature of a body always stands out better than in a coloured shot. Great stuff 'billy bigtime'. Talking of leaking fluid......'you gotta fix the nut behind the wheel, before you start fixing the bolts on the car'.
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Don't those black and white photo's look fantastic, gives the impression of them being taken in period times, the man is very good.
Great pics BMCboy.......have you got a good upclose shot of the Aero engined Riley's dashboard. I know Dave would like to see it....he is a dashboard man, like me.
How could I have missed it? Thanks......must have been too busy trying to spell 'Alpha Romeo'. That Lagonda dash ain't half bad either.
Gerald, there is so much great stuff to look at that none of us can absorb it all! And to think that there were people who thought the Roycroft was not worth going to!!!
Thanks BMCboy and Nigel for some absolutely world class images. Weren't we lucky (or wise enough) to go and see such stuff at very close hand. Isuspect that there is nowhere else in the world where this would be allowed to happen. Now wait for Roycroft 013, will entries need to be resticted??
Hope not.
Just to revive this, have a look at this wonderfully presented you tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZcjmSKWFVw
Thinking out loud here. How many of the Roycroft entrants who only come out about once a year to race, would consider racing just the Sunday of the following weekend, as part of an MSNZ permitted meeting? (Dual permit.)
Maybe if they could race again, more may make the journey up from the South Island, which may well boost the Roycroft entries too?
The Roycroft currently only runs about 4 classes, so adding a 5th or 6th would appear to be good for all of us, as restricting entries is the last thing we want. Would make for an even better spectacle.
The next weekend is already planned for the VCC hillclimb at Waihi. Many do not "only come out once a year" there are a fair number who compete at Taupo, usually first weekend of December, Chelsea Hillclimb, Cambridge hillclimb, and various other non circuit meetings. It is a nice idea.
The event this year was restricted, not by VCC but by the circuit management to pre 60 being the vintage (as agreed with Motorsport) cut off.
There is every intention to have more classes, eg see the "Going even Older" thread, but it needs the cars and does not need the hassles. 2011 included the Historic Dodgems, (sorry for the cynicism) Formula Fords, and a fair bit of time was lost recovering their cars after they finished bashing each other around.
I agree that the gaps in the programme were not great, and in my opinion, the lack of a decent sound system did nothing to help.
Please be aware, at this time I have very little to do with the organisation, merely a very enthusiastic participant.
Russ its obvious you have being getting lessons