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Do you mean does it still exist.........the answer is no. Some pieces of it exist........the rest has gone to the great 'Baked Bean Tin' maker. I am sure Alan will fill everyone in on the details........... if he wants to. :)
Mike John also had the ex Allan Moffat Cologne Capri that Gordon Burr still has
Did Alan Boyle sing with the BeeGees ?
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I have been away too long !
KJH
Ken, we all sang with the BeeGees, I had hair that long too !!, back in the seventies.
There is a popular song in Australia called " I'm Living in the Seventies ", and with my posts that would seem right.
and the " I have been away too long ", there is another song " Come Back Again ", another Aussie classic..
Ken-If you can remember tomato being squashed, then you havent
Roger- we Kiwis always sing that well known Aussie ditty about you expats- ..."so where the bloody hell are ya.?"...
This weekend we head into the Festival at Hampton Downs and celebrate Porsche.
We have a fantastic grid lining up for both weekends.
In HSC we have by my count 17 entries and is a great cross section of manufacturers and historic cars.
We will join HMC and I understand that they have 20 entries giving us a combined entry of 37 cars.
This will truly represent the period of racing from 1964 to 1977 in this country.
Top billing in HSC are the 2 Historic Escorts, Bod Hyslop's Historic Mazda RX2, Howard Wood, BMW 2002 Tii Group 2 Replica, Poul Christie, Mk 2 Lotus Cortina and from the deep south, Scott O'Donnell in his 1974 Alfa Romeo GTAm Replica.
Added to that is a formidable group of Japanese race cars, Datsun 240K GTR Replica of sponsor Mike Coory, Ian Williamson's rapid Mazda RX2 and Phillip Mills Datsun 1600.
Representing Great Britain is John Ure in his very rare Jaguar XJ12 S1 SWB which has history in racing in the South Island in the late 80's, Sheridan Broadbent in her Mk 2 Cortina GT, Pat Excell in his lovely Anglia 1500GT, Neville Hills in his very quick Mk2 Escort, Geoff sparks in his Triumph Dolomite Sprint, and Clyde Walters in his immaculate Mk3 Cortina 2000
The Germans and Italians are represented by John Hudson in his BMW 2002 and myself in Alfa Romeo GTV2000
What a field and I wish to thank you all for your support for this event.
Some of the above are only racing one weekend but that will give us a grid of 30 approx each weekend.
Look forward to see you all
Cheers
Bruce
[QUOTE=Spgeti;50931]This weekend we head into the Festival at Hampton Downs and celebrate Porsche.We have a fantastic grid lining up for both weekends.
Well done Bruce and all the HSC crews on the turnout at the Festival. Some excellent cars with plenty of variety and I for one enjoyed watching the Alfas, BMWs Mazda and Fords etc mixing it cleanly with HMC, bringing back memories of the late 60s early 70s. I hope this provides the catalyst for the class to grow further.
Thanks for your appreciation. I am glad you and many others enjoyed "the show".
Special thanks needs to go to both HMC and HSC drivers for trying to race but being aware of the other guys and girls out there as well and keeping it clean.
Also thanks to our sponsor Mike Coory from Helfee for his tremendous support over both weekends and also to the Helfee girls who just added that bit of fun and class.
It was also great to have Steve up for the first weekend along with Crunch ( Raymond Bennett) and Ron and Naiomi from MG to join in the fun.
I enjoyed meeting many people over the first weekend and special thanks to the Trofeo boys and girls who came to welcome me to their circuit.
Also to Scott O'Donnell and Rodger Cunninghame from Invercargill.....our overseas guests. Thanks guys.
Cheers and Thanks
Bruce
Didn't realise Crunch was up for the meeting! Missed him. Agree though Bruce. A good turnout with the variety we believe is an essential part of classic racing. Long may it continue. Nice to catch up at long last, albeit briefly.
Just been sent these photos by Paul McCarthy to add to this thread. This is a car Paul is building/rebuilding to race with HSC. Its a genuine Escort RS1600, and one of the first 100 cars built. Paul bought the Escort when he as just 20 years old, approx 23 years ago, and has owned it ever since!
He built and raced it as a 1971 Group 2 Broadspeed replica, and ran it in historics for several years before then building his Zakspeed replica.
But he has since gone back to focusing on the RS1600, and has been busy rebuilding it as a 1973 Group 2 car (with the slightly more squared flares), based on the similar Broadspeed Escort raced by Andy Rouse in the '73 British Saloon Car Championship.
Motor is a 2.0 litre BDG, with Lucas mechanical fuel-injection, backed by a 4-speed Rocket gearbox, and fitted with 13" Minilite wheels, and closed-back AP brakes.
Paul originally built the car as a Schedule/Appendix K car with paperwork, and the rebuild is also off the FIA Appendix K Homologation Sheet. Going this option, if he chooses to get a Historic Technical Passport for this car he can also race it internationally.
A real cool little car.
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Wow....that is fantastic and thanks to Paul for sending the photos thru.
I caught up with him during documentation and I asked him if he would send details of his build as Schedule K for Escorts is of interest to us and Paul is doing it the right way.
I look forward to more of this from any of you building a car for HSC....It helps the knowledge base.
I am really looking forward to getting this car going again.My enthusiasm about classic car racing has been rekindled with HMC and HSC. I lost interest a while ago when I had to run my correct car against cars with modern engines etc(which is why I built a hotrod). But having a place to play with similar cars is great .
Really looking forward to seeing that great car on track soon Paul.
Our next race meeting is Legends, at Hampton Downs on 1st, 2nd and 3rd April.
Again we will be joining HMC on the grid and I for one will be coming up to meet and be part of the fun.
If you have any queries regarding this meeting please contact myself bruced105@gmail.com or Dale dmathers@xtra.co.nz
COD's will be required and remember to make sure your car is compliant.
The next large meeting is in November at the MG Classic at Manfeild where we will have our own grid together with HMC and again only compliant cars with COD's will be accepted to join this grid.
Start planning for it and again any queries please email Dale or myself.
We want to put on a good show down at Manfeild so please let us know if you are intending to partake.
Cheers
Bruce
Looks damn good , great photos etc ........ question = 4 speed rocket G/box I thought would not be man enough for a BDG or have i been given wrong info ? Thanks for sharing plus info ...... Grant
This engine reminds me of Rex Harts escort pictured here
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Hopefully Paul can start a seperate thread for his build. If it is anything like his Zakspeed, and his old Broadspeed BDG ( which i think this car was? ), it'll be first class.
The engine I use is strong and makes the right numbers so from what people suggest gearbox should have been a problem.I used this gearbox for many years, not too many issues. Broke a selector fork and a gearstick, but the internals never gave an issue. Still uses English axle with a semi gloating hub. We broke the Quaife axles every time we used it until we remade them locally, then they managed to last.
Our next meeting and last before the winter break is just over a week away. Make sure if you haven't entered to do so as this is a relaxed and fun event. Again we will be joining HMC and together will put on another good showing.
There are a few new racers joining us for this event with different cars.
I am coming up from sunny Feilding for the weekend and looking forward to catching up with you all.
Cheers,
Bruce
It has been a while since our last meeting.
It was a wet Legends meeting at HD but we all survived on at sometimes a very slippery track. Good turn out of 9 HSC and 10 HMC cars in total.
We now prepare for our next major meeting which is MG Classic at Mainfeild in November.
This is our first venture to MG and we will run as a combind group in our own grid.
I ask that you support MG as it is a fantastic event and has been running for over 30 years.
I will post our programe for the 2016/7 season for you all to see and plan for.
We also have a Mazda RX3 Coupe jion us and I will give details of this car later.
This is bringing out more Japanesse classics which now totals 6 cars...the more the merrier.
Also joining us is David Thompson in his beautifully restored Auto Trader Mk1 Escort. Details and photos to come.
Cheers
Bruce
Current next Seasons 2016/17 Event Dates are :
1, 8th October 2016, TACCOC Classic one day Saturday- Hampton Downs (Bathurst the next day)
2, 11/13th Nov 2016, Wellington MG Car Club Classic-Manfeild (HMC/HSC Only)
3, 27th Nov 2016, TACCOC Classic one day Sunday-Pukekohe
4, 13/15th January 2017, NZFMR Festival Ken Smith-Hampton Downs(ATA over)
5, 20/22nd January 2017, NZFMR Festival Ken Smith-Hampton Downs (ATA over)
6, 10/12th February 2017, Timaru Classic-Levels Timaru( 60 yrs Formula Junior World Tour)
7, 17/19th February 2017, Teretonga Classic-Invercargill (Support our southern HMC/HSC friends)
8, 1/2nd April 2017, Legends of Speed-Hampton Downs-HRC Event.
It is a pretty intense programme and we are currently sorting out travel, accomodation for the South Island events and if you are interested please drop me a PM.
All HSC cars will be required to be COD compliant for these events and if you have an issue please contact me to discuss.
Cheers
Bruce
Here is Grant Sprague's new project, which will be an Appendix K car powered by a BDG.
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It'll be painted the same colours as his brother Gary's Twin-cam that raced in period.
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Latest car to join Historic Saloon Cars is Murray Poot's beautiful 1973 Datsun Coupe. Murray is just going through his COD application with Dave Graham so that they can be processed through MSNZ. Car is 1200 cc and bored out and is a recreation of the car he raced years ago in ShellSport complete with livery.
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Thats a neat looking car, very welcome addition , will be great seeing that mixing it with the Escorts and RX2s
Stunning BDG powered Broadspeed Escort RS1600 replica. This car was built in New Zealand (by Dave Silcock?), but was sold to a buyer in the UK. Now for sale again. Has a current FIA Historic Technical Passport. It won't be cheap, but a very cool car to have that would/should be eligible for HSC.
More info here: https://www.motorsportauctions.com/c...-FIA-spec.html
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[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;53382]Stunning BDG powered Broadspeed Escort RS1600 replica. This car was built in New Zealand (by Dave Silcock?), but was sold to a buyer in the UK. Now for sale again. Has a current FIA Historic Technical Passport. It won't be cheap, but a very cool car to have that would/should be eligible for HSC.
Yes built by Dave Silcock and to some degree much of the geometry was copied from the ex Fahey car
The donor shell (1300 GT road car) and the original 1600 BDA that was fitted (incl quite rare HART cam box cover) was supplied ex Alan Hewlett
Three HSC racers, Ian Williamson (RX2), Michael Eden (Viva), and Bill Ritchie (Giulia) all pictured at Manfield on the weekend, sorting their cars and sharpening their reflexes in preparation for the first appearance of HMC/HSC at the MG Classic in November.
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Friday just been, and Grant Sprague was out testing his newly acquired Escort RS2000 at Hampton Downs. This is apparently the first time Grant has been on track in 15 years.
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Anyone requiring accommodation at PN for the MG Classic in November. Have one single bed available for 2 nights. Cost $130.00.
let me know if interested.
Cheers
Dave Graham
Good on you Grant! I'm sure with a little more seat time you'll be right back into the swing of things.
Geez Grant,
Bumper over-riders !
I had wider tyres on my Mum's Escort !
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Wishing you all the best with your return to racing. I am proud of you for doing it and not sitting back like me.
Cheers,
Ken H
Thank you guys , just one of the issues, we used dot 4 brake fluid so i thought this was the go , until I found out I should have asked for dot four racing , pumping the brakes & using just about two feet to stop this little car was no fun , by this time the over inflated tyres had gone off , plus some other things that will hoist us up in lap times .. I was not fazed by the track at all, found it not bad like any thing when when every thing in sync every thing flows as it should & will...Thank God we went testing very importaint ....:rolleyes:
You must have left a little early Grant as we unloaded about 2:30 and had walk around, but did not see you. And if I had seen an Escort you can bet I would have been having a good look. Will catch up