Again - thanks for sharing all of these photos. There are some really great shots of really great cars.
Printable View
Again - thanks for sharing all of these photos. There are some really great shots of really great cars.
Congratulations Nigel. This is the first thread on The Roaring Season to hit 10,000 views!
Thanks kiwi285 & Steve. As I've mentioned before I'm enjoying the memories that finding, processing & posting these images brings back to me and it's nice to know that others are having a squizz too.
Here's a few more
Attachment 3614
Attachment 3615
Attachment 3611
Attachment 3613
Attachment 3616
Attachment 3612
Nigel, once again a big thanks for sharing your marvellous collection of photos with all of us. They truly have brought back some great memories. Cheers Mike
Cheers Mike.
My only regret is that I didn't take more back in the 70's & 80's!!
But I will be going to classic car racing events so will post some shots from those meetings. People based overseas will no doubt be interested in 'our' classic & historic cars.
Attachment 3808
Attachment 3810
Formula Junior
Attachment 3811
Attachment 3809
Thanks for posting photos of my Formula Junior - its a 1959 Taraschi built by Berardo Taraschi in Teramo, Italy. It has a works Fiat 103 based engine of 1089cc with an 8 port head and twin Weber DCOE carbs. It went to the US in 1960 and I bought it to NZ in 2001. In 1962 it was owned and raced by Brock Yates who was a longtime editor of "Car and Driver", initiator of the Cannonball Run and writer of the movie "Smokey and the Bandit". Brock contacted me a few years ago wanting to buy the car back as it was his favourite race car. He blamed it for making him deaf in his right ear.Quote:
Originally Posted by nigel watts;
Formula Junior
[ATTACH=CONFIG
Apologies for butting in on Nigel's amazing photographs, but I want to ask RogerH if it may have been his Taraschi that was featured in the April 1960 issue of 'Sports Car Graphic' ?
I was advised by a previous US owner of the Taraschi that it was the car that appeared on pages 24 - 25 of the April 1960 issue of "Sports Car Graphic". The colour scheme in the article seems the same as on the original build sheet (Brock Yates subsequently painted it black). The car was evidently the US "works" (Biener Pontiac) car for most of 1960 and it says in the article that they provided the car to the magazine - presumably for publicity purposes.
Great Photos Nigel. The little two seater sports car is I believe the Cooper MG. I havent seen it out for some time. Lovely little car it has that Etceterini look of an Italian Fiat Special of the fifties.
Thanls GeeBeeNZ
Here's a few more shots of the Central Muscle Cars at Taupo last
Easter
Attachment 3847
Attachment 3848
Attachment 3849
Attachment 3851
Attachment 3850
Attachment 3852
Nigel, these are fantastic! Oran Park was considered the birthplace of Sports Sedans, and raced here for many years before they were officially recognised by CAMS for 1973. I think they went by the name Sports Racing Closed or something similar before the Sports Sedan tag was applied. By 1973, Sports Sedans were the biggest thing in Aussie motorsport. more popular than both Touring Cars and F5000. Grace Bros and Marlboro waded in with huge prize money for Sports Sedan series' at both Oran Park and Calder Park. But it was these cars which started it all. They were cheap and exciting.
The mobile dunny is priceless! I guess he had to corner gently, or else a turd may break loose!
Steve, you may find it was jammed in turd gear on the dunny grid so thats why it was slow away.
Bogged on the startline with a dodgy crutch.
....I heard they couldn't sell the dam thing till the 'paper work' was done!!!!!!.....
Pretty sure post 306 shows Les Parkinson in the C type replica. Used to race round a bit with Les in the good old days of the Jaguar Drivers Club. He hasn't been well for some time but think he still owns the car.
awesome shots that bring back many memories. The mobile throne may be Rod Hatfield from the Castlemaine Rod Shop. I vaguely remember reading somewhere that he built one back in the day.
Those shots from Pukekohe at the 85 Nissan Mobil are remarkable as I have almost identically placed shots of some of the same cars lol We must have been so close to meeting way back then.
Tony, that was the era of the wild and whacky show cars, inspired by the earlier works of Ed Roth. The cars usually weren't even usable, they were just rolled in and out of trailers at car shows around the country. It reached its peak in the late '60s and early '70s and some of the creations did appear to be inspired by some of the drugs that were available at the time!
Yep thats true, he is too.
The first shot was taken at Oran Park in the early 70's and all the others were taken at Pukekohe
Attachment 4820
Attachment 4822
Attachment 4818
Attachment 4819
Attachment 4821
Attachment 4823
Nigel
This has probably been said before, but I am new to this site, this has got to be the best collection of Motor Racing photos I have ever seen.
For you to share them is just awesome.
By chance you wouldn't have any from Oran Park or Amaroo Park of the Mini Sports Sedan Series ?
Thanks Again
Ian :D
Lovely shot of John Surtees. Thanks for the great memories Nigel.