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The Garth Souness Coupe..
Picture from Trevor Benton..
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Trevor also wrote this " The Souness coupe when imported new had a 4 cylinder engine later converted to flathead power & when raced a 283 ci [genuine] Corvette was fitted. It was one of the very early possibly the earliest coupe to have ohv V8 power & raced on NZ circuits. As you can see by the attachment which was taken about 3 years ago its had a hard life & from Garth Souness it went through several hands in Auckland & was turned into a hot rod at one point. The present owner in Sth Auckland has most of the sheet metal much of it in poor condition especially the doors but no running gear & the intention is to restore it as it was when raced with a 283 ci Chev resembling a Corvette. A lot of these restorations are started & never finished but hopefully this will be an exception as it was very unique in its day. "
John Mck this is for you, Mate ..
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Pukekohe - The Fleetwood Mustang
It appears that Steve Twist and myself were at the meetings when the Segedin / Fleetwood Mustang ran although my shot of it on the trailer shows it without the grille and other chrome, maybe it was at the end of the days racing ??.
Steve Twist photos -
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My photo ;
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and of course the Boat front - David Mckinney picture
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Selecting Reverse - the article..Australian Muscle Car #89 ..
Perhaps a letter to AMC is required ; Does anyone have any action shots mine seem to be all from the pits ..
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Pukekohe - various photos - 1963
Have names for the people in the lower photos, will edit the post
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Temperatures and TR4A's .. not connected
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Originally Posted by
khyndart in CA
Roger,
I am not very smart so I take the Celsius reading and add 15 * and double that to get the Fahrenheit reading. (That is pretty close )
So 32 C plus 15 = 47 x 2 = 94 degrees F.
That is pretty warm my friend.
Cheers, Ken
Thanks, I remember one day in Oregon in August 1988 seeing 101 F, so 38 C .. on the cars gauge as the outside temp, was in a modern Audi .. were offered a Healey for the day but declined.. wise decision I think..
Your calc was close 32C is 89.6 F .. just found a converter .. used know that rule you used..
as a complete aside .. there have been a few photos of my TR4A, racing and after an accident, well it actually had two accidents.. the second was minor.. but annoying as only a couple of months after finishing the first rebuild ..
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seen here in the infamous "Kerbside Motors " garage in Herne Bay in 1984 .. the Healey sitting there too!!
Missing from the photo below - is the Garage Assistant " Sammy the Dog " my Golden Retriever 1980 - 1993 [ RIP Sammy..
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The Elbow .. here is another pic of the corner..
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Roger Dowding
Picture from a book or magazine, posted on Facebook by Dave Howell,
a good selection of Kiwi engineering and well known drivers.. read the caption below;
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Would like to know the source of the picture ; Jack Inwood, or Euan Sargeson perhaps, the mention of 8 years means was written and published around 1972
Not my picture but a good shot at the Elbow around 1965 ?? Morrari with wire wheels still ?? no look too wide .. ..
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and another Elbow, nothing to do with Pukekohe ..
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The Morrari .. again .. and the Zephyr Corvette
At Pukekohe .. borrowed pic, just hold the cursor over it .. posted by Chris Burles - but not his photo - see note below ** !!
early as running those Borrani Wire Wheels ..
** This photo is by Jack Inwood - Nigel Watts bought a copy of it from Jack along with many other of his photo's in 1967 - found this out in November 2018.
The Anglia is in fact an " Allardette " which was owned and raced at the time my C M " Morrie " Hogan.
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another borrowed picture ..
Zephyr Corvette, when Rod Coppins had it ..
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A mate Rod and wife to be beside the car
** The Mate is Glen " Jigger " Jones
Kevin Hirst, any other pics of the Vanguard ... " Guardsvan " ??, would make a good story - part of the cars owned thread perhaps !!
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Meanwhile, at the Elbow ..
Another Chris Burles posted pics on Facebook, the page " Classic Cars and Wrecks of New Zealand ..
Chirs has a large collection and is happy for me to " borrow them " !! .
" https://www.facebook.com/groups/2156...3492879070889/ "
more like standard production cars than the one below.
Would that be Cyril Hyde in the Vauxhall Victor VX 4/90 ?? .. chasing the Rootes Group product, a good mix of Rootes Group and BMC Minis and A40's with a Fiat, Fords and that Vauxhall thrown in ..
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and this one posted earlier
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** Photo's look like two different meetings a " Motorman " banner on the fence in one and " Dunlop "in the other