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Yes and I love the TR2/3’s as well. Always wanted one.
This might be February 6th 1983, but it has to be a guess.
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Donington Museum 1987
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Lola FJ 1988
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Whenuapai 1989 - again, I think. Was it the same Brabham wearing #57, that appeared later with a fresh paint job?
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Still working my way through old slides... About 3 - 4 hours a day/night.
Shelsley Walsh 1967
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Racing Car Show 1971
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Donington 1980
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Now to the frustrating Pukekohe meetings, where dates are so difficult. Are these three all on the same date? I'm guessing December 11th 1983 - but I could be way wrong. It could well be much earlier, even as early as February 1983, as I obviously wasn't flagging, or much later say 1985, when I went just once as a spectator, with my wife to be.
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This one could be December 11th 1983 as 24 and 8 tie in with the programme.
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Graham McGregor in the Continental Car Services Golf GTI #2 was in the Sports Sedans & Clubmans Saloons on March 27th 1983 and Geoff Welson in the Avenger GLS #57 was in the Production Super Car Series on the same day but they don't appear in the same race in the programme. From the Motoring News report of that meeting it seems there was some mixing of the two classes but I can not confirm that.
Tony Alderton E49 Charger #49 was entered in the Production Super Car races on March 27th 1983.
I guessed right! Thanks again Milan. I did have it down for December 11th. Looks as though Veen Smith hadn't graduated to the Commodore!
You might also have sorted the March 27th meeting.
This is from a pile of Dad's stuff, but I have zero details as to when or where. I doubt I will ever know.
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1973
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1986
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1987
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Ardmore 1989
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Pukekohe 1989
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I think this is February 1992
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Taupo 2003, Gordon Burr's Alfa about to be flagged away in the ERC handicap.
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I'm a bit of a theme park junkie and the 'Tram Tour' at Universal Studios has always been a favourite. There is a section of the tram ride that passes a display of cars from the movies and TV, hence the Ferrari, September 2018.
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Legends 2019 just to give a bit of variety.
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I didn't take the bazooka lens this time...
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Donington 1980
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January 1983?
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1989 Ellerslie
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1993 Whenuapai
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Auckland Domain 2005 - Ken Williams. Graeme Collie behind with his Merc
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Donington 1988
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Ardmore 1989
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Leadfoot 2019
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Chicane founder Maurice O'Reilly's former Porsche
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Goodwood 2018
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Caffeine & Classics September
January 2019
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January Caffeine & Classics
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Another mix...
1983 Pukekohe
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1987
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Can someone please ID this car for me? 1989
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1991 SkidMark Parsons.
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1992 - Possibly a TACCOC practice day.
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2000 Goodwood Revival
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Another trawl through recent scans!
My first saloon - following on from the 850cc minivan. I bought this as a modified twin carb 850cc mini that had obviously been well built as it went surprisingly well. I owned it twice.
Sold it to get married. Stupid boy... Bought it back again just over a year later after that marriage failed, before moving on to a 998cc Cooper.
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Prescott 1971. This may have been Basil Dagge's Imp which was a very quick car.
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Front end posted previously. Mini based Peel Viking.
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1975 - Tony Brise again in the Embassy Hill.
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Magnum Aston Turbo - John Pope Special
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Undated Silverstone test 1977. I'm guessing now it was the end of March.
Davrian at Croft 1977
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I think, February 6th 1983, at Pukekohe
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Bert Dove's immaculate TR3a Whenuapai 1993
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Hamilton 1994
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Goodwood FoS 2004
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Caffeine & Classics December 2018
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From the various and sundries pile...
St Petersburg 2014
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Austin J40 pedal cars - 2018 and 2016
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The most boring aspect of Goodwood, bar none. With just 20% of the paying spectators watching as Nigel Fotheringham-Ffoulkes tries to out out-pedal Amanda Twitterington-St John, 80% of the spectators around the track, who have in many cases travelled hundreds (or even thousands) of miles and paid huge money to watch some motor racing, have nothing at all to look at other than damp tarmac, as not all areas have a big screen. This annual farce takes place on the Saturday AND Sunday. If you are at the outer reaches of the track, there isn't even a classic car park to wander around either.
A total waste of time, but if you do have a decent vantage spot at the fence, you daren't leave it to go and grab a bite to, eat as the crowds in popular spots are huge and a prime spot has to be retained at all costs!
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Hampton Downs January 2017
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Shelsley 1967 - again
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Silverstone 1977
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Donington 1980
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Pukekohe 1983
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This was a revelation when it first appeared. Mallory Park April 1970.
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Note the body mods just 2 months later.
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Brian Martin's BM8
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Kit car day at Mallory 1987
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Whenuapai 1990
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1970 Nitus Bedford - Prescott
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Formula 3 Lotuses. Flash paddock facilities back in 1970...
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Ellerslie 1992
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Hamilton 1994
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A fraction of the Pre '66 car park Goodwood 2016.
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Another mix...
1967
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1978. My best pal since the age of about 8, went through a marriage break up and the house proceeds were split, so first he opted for an MGC GT - which I thoroughly enjoyed as a passenger, or driving. It wasn't long before he upped to this Lotus Europa. In the background is my then lodger's Lotus Elite.
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1980 Cadwell again.
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Lola Aston Martin at Donington
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2018
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Gaydon
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Ray this photo of the BSA at Pukekohe. Do you know what the car is behind it The 1920's Vintage.
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Could it be the 1922 Lorraine Dietrich owned by Ivan Bennett, Jim Bennett of Furi Cars fame older brother.
This photo from Kwaussie shows the Bennett Boys and their cars Jim with Furi 14 centre, presume Cliff in the other car left.
Second thoughts not the Lorraine but here is the photo anyway - will go on the Dunedin thread later
Notes from an Otago Daily Times article that the photo [ cropped ] appeared " The retired Bennett brothers helped each other building this trio of vehicles. Photo by Gerard O'Brien "
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Bentley I think Roger. If it had been a bit more unusual, I might have snapped it.
Ray, thanks had started the post and thought similar without having the photos side by side as it were !,
Interestingly that Blue Sports Car left in the photo, is Cliff Bennett's built from a wrecked Lotus Europa that burnt out, aluminium body by Cliff and re-powered with a 1600 Fuego motor - modified [ hotted up ] which Cliff and Jim worked on and worked over - the story on the Dunedin thread.
Curborough 1982. From memory, Arthur Mallock at the wheel.
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Again from memory, possibly a young Nick Whale, who went on to better things.
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Pukekohe March 1983
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Donington 1988
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Manfeild 1990
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Ellerslie 1991. Interesting that Jay Leno claims the SP250 is one of his favourite cars.
So neat to see colour photos of the BL Group 2 Rover P6. I believe there were a couple of these cars built? One of them somehow ended up in Australia, owned by Jim Smith, and raced as a Sports Sedan. I think Smith raced it once in NZ also?
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Correct Steve. Link to the page on the UK site. I have been supplying them with photographs for some time:
http://www.modbase.info/#/rover-p6/4593476643
1995 Otaua - Kieft
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2005 Teretonga
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2018
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2019
Dad's Merit Alfa. Sadly a broken/missing steering wheel and screen
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Luv the old Merits. Nothing like them now
Agree chaindrive. Airfix kits were 2/-, Merit were 7/6, Revell E type Jaguar (a fine model - with chromed fittings) was 15/-. Nowadays, apart from the Tamiya Jaguar Mark 2 (another fine model, in road or race trim) nothing much has appealed.
The two Merits with engines, (Alfa & Talbot Lago) have been re-released as SMER. I bought the Talbot on Ebay last year but someone had taken many of the parts off the plastic sprigs so I haven't bothered to assemble it.
Probably need your suggestion of a set of Herb Deeks wire wheels to make it worthwhile.
possibly Patsy Burt.
Patsy Burt's McLaren was blue and white. (Pic published earlier).
Car 158 I thought was 1970 Prescott but double checking through, it seems as though it must have been May 1971, in which case it was well known hillclimber Roy Lane's McLaren M10B - but with 5,500cc according to the programme, not the usual 5,000cc.
Johnty Williamson's Cooper Chrysler was packing a 7,200cc motor!
Mike MacDowell (who I met in NZ a few years ago at a McLaren Trust do in Newmarket) was driving John Cussin's Palliser Repco 3000cc but I don't have a pic of that. If it was yesterday, I'd probably have a couple of pics of every single car running!
Loton Park August 1973 and Roy Lane again, but McLaren M14D, 5,700cc
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Thanks guys, I sent a message off to Allen Brown, race car historian who has the excellent Old Racing Cars website: https://www.oldracingcars.com/
Allen confirmed it was Roy Lane from 1971: https://www.oldracingcars.com/hillcl.../prescott/may/
I have been to Allen's site before (he has posted a couple of my pics too) but I couldn't find a specific link to the Hillclimb pages, so sent him a message. I do have some stuff he'd appreciate such as some notated programmes listing non-starters, compiled by the NSCC race secretary or officials, at one or two F5000 races at Mallory Park.
Rare F3 Ginetta at Curborough October 1980
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Gaydon 2018.
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I'd had this 2018 pic in the not-sure pile since September but thanks to Google, was able to confirm that it is a Horstman, built in Bath. Taken at one of my favourite UK museums, Haynes at Sparkford
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John Hudson's BMW 2019. He called at Caffeine & Classics, en route for Hampton Downs, January.
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Leadfoot 2019
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More from the slide pile... Just about finished logging and scanning the slides, but now started culling the not so good pics (out of focus, scratched, over/under exposed and duplicates) during the evenings. Then daytime it will be back to scanning negatives...
Racing Car Show January 1971.
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Cadwell 1980
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I think, September 11th 1986
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2002 Ellerslie but no idea what this special is, but someone worked hard on making the panels for it. if anyone can put a name to it, I'd appreciate it. Hans Compter's Jowett alongside.
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September 2002. Someone caused a nose to tail at the hairpin exit during an earlier race hence the lopsided Marcos right front. The TR6 is the one that at a later meeting, sheared a hub and ended up upside down just in front of me, as I was flat yakker through the mountain, resulting in extensive damage to the bonnet and the rear of the car's bodywork and a damaged left front suspension, bouncing off the concrete as there was no run off on the inside of the corner, despite there being plenty of room... Poor, badly designed circuit upgrade.
Rod Hemmings' well used TVR and Stuart Clumpas, MG Midget just behind.
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JT in his race days... Derek Prior on the watch, Brian Skudder flag, CoC Stan Edwards observes.
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2002 - There were rumours of a return to the tracks recently, (Greg Bellingham) but nothing so far.
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The café at Hampton Downs (outside) has this large glass wall that adjoins the Toyota Race Series workshop. Which begs the question, what happens to all the TRS cars when they are pensioned off, given that there is a new chassis for next season? We seem to have had a myriad of single seater race formulae over the years, but how many do we see in formula libre races?
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Leadfoot 2019 again. Probably now my favourite NZ event.
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I had lunch in the cafe last week. The TRS workshop was filled with last season's cars, most stripped of their decals. The new TRS car was there complete with halo. One of my lunch companions had heard that the original TRS cars, like the one hanging on the wall in the cafe, were locked away in a warehouse in Onehunga. Whether they are still there he did not know.
Yellow #64, post 2877, is the superb restoration, by Louis McNair of the outboard powered Spider, originally built (and crashed) as a single seater.
As is often the case, a Mix of Pics...
Variety bash, 1989 but not being very up with cars of this era, what is it?
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1994, Solar car demo at Whenuapai
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Leadfoot 2019. Not easy grabbing shots from some parts of the hillclimb.
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Whilst other areas are a lot easier
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