Henry Grocock - Kettelwell Cooper S
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Henry Grocock - Kettelwell Cooper S
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Another kiwi Imp
Not sure who's, but its nice :)
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Does anyone have any photos of Hugh Bagwells (Hawkes Bay) 1964 Mini Cooper S. Rego Number EN8145. It was subsequently owned and raced by Dave (Paddy) Brocklehurst (Wellington) then Jim Langebeer.(Christchurch) It was originally 1293cc then changed to 1000cc when Jim Langebeer owned it. (car #121) I saw a photo of the car (#112) on this thread when it was first owned by Paddy.
Found a old (very) scrapbook at mummy's. It has alot of cuttings etc from way back.
Mrs Carney in Arden Mini.
JR in Imp, This was the blue one and Rod Collingwood, Reg Cook minis
I found and scanned some B&W photos I took during practice at the Auckland Car Club 9 December 1967 meeting at Pukekohe. A time when advertising on saloons was in its infancy!
Jim Carney and Shack Manon
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Brian Pellow and Austin Pratley
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A very plain-looking Harrington Imp
http://s6.postimage.org/eip39ltv5/Harrington_Imp.jpg
Dave Jolly (Wide Wheels) 998 cc Riley Elf. Not strictly a Mini on the outside. Must have pulled off track in front of stand and took shortest route back when practice ended.
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Stu
Awesome photos guys. How many of those original NZ racing Minis still survive? There seem to have been a lot of them that raced. Did they all end up in Mini 7's? You don't see many of the original cars in historics these days, makes you wonder what happened to them all?
Of the 6 cars in my photos, one probably didn't last out the day. The 1293 Cooper S's of Austin Prattley and David Redpath tangled on the back straight on their first racing lap and Prattley's flipped several times before ending up on the railway track. I didn't see it from wherever I was, but my lap chart includes them on the grid, but they didn't come round on the first lap.
Likewise, I don't think Shack Manon's car would have seen out the 1960's either. It looked very second-hand after its celebrated underwater incident coming down off the Pukekohe hill and into the ditch which looked waist-deep in water.
Stu
This one you mean?
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That would be the one. I'm sure I was there but can't find any programme or photo or even Motorman article. When was it?
Stu
Sorry I don't have any further information about when it was, the closest I can work out is 68 but that is pretty much a guess. He spun and slid over the grass but the car tripped and he went into the drain with the car rolling and it hit roof first on the inside bank, creating the biggest splash I've ever seen.
I'd say Mr Manon did very well to get out of the car unharmed because it could easily have gone pear shaped, that one. He must have been extremely disorientated.
In fact, the Hillman Imp production engine was based on the Coventry Climax FWMA 750cc and the Rootes group applied for permission to modify the design for their use. The mis-nomer that the Imp engine was a fire pump engine stemmed from the fact that all subsequent Coventry Climax race engines were loosely derived (but significantly redesigned) from the original fire pump engines.
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The black and white image is of Bill Leckie's Imp-Ford at Ruapuna in 1975-ish, while the colour one is of me racing my old 998 Sunbeam Imp at Ruapuna in the 1982 OSCA series. Tony Mann now has this car.
Looks like Ralph Emson
Wow, I LOVE these! Whatever happened to the Leckie Imp? Your car is gorgeous! Is this the Sidchrome Imp later in its life? Or perhaps not, I thought I'd heard Tony has another Imp?
Loooks like Ralph Emson in the number 34 Imp