N/O - non-British
Nash
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Nissan
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NSU
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Oakland
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N/O - non-British
Nash
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Nissan
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NSU
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Oakland
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" N " for Nash Metropolitan - there were two at Caffeine and Classics in June - one a recent import was for sale - Faded Red in Left Hand Drive.
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The other a very tidy one in Teal over White/Ivory ..
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Interesting - Ray Green photo of AE6481 and the photo on Carjam are of a Pink/Red over White but the description is this ;
" Year: 1958
Make: NASH
Model: NASH
Colour: Green
Second Colour: White
Body Style: Saloon
Plate: AE6481
Engine No: N/A
Chassis: 83031 "
Very intersting car. This is the Maserati 450S Costin Coupe, built for Le Mans 1956, and driven by Stirling Moss.
the car was designed by Franck Costin on a 450S chassis, for which he entirely redesigned the body, cockpit, ducting etc... The car was really complex and innovative, but with the short time left to Zagato for building it after Costin's design, the italians totally passed by the purposeful specificities of the design. Moreover, the full plexiglass roof originally planned was abandonned for Le Mans safety rules reasons.
When Costin arrived at Le Mans to discover the finnished car, Colin Chapman, with a big smile, suggested him to go have a look at his sieve, considering all the holes the italians had cut into the originally sleek body.
Moss came to Costin telling him the ductings for the radiator and for fresh air in the cockpit were bodged so hot air was now going into the carburettor intakes... Instead, Zagato put an airscoop which was too small, and far from the site of maximum air pressure.
The result was a car which was not even faster than a standard 450s Maserati.
We could go on and on about the mistakes made from the original design, like the windscreen wiper used which probably came for an average Fiat parked at the factory instead of a specially sourced aircraft one from De Havilland, the lack of underbody enclosure, or the fuel filler sticking up like a flag pole...
Still, the car was very fast, but only pulling 6200rpm instead of the 7000 expected.
Unfortunately, the 2 Maserati 450s entered finally retired because of a rear axle failure.
The car was later stripped of the internals and scrapped at the factory.
In 1958, an American bought the car, and restored it with Fantuzzi, to put it on the road. In spite of a lot of modifications, like an 25cm longer wheelbase, the car was used on the road, which must have been quite a beast with nearly 200mph.
Unfortunately, the original design of Franck Costin never had the chance to compete, which would have had a serious chance of winning at Le Mans.
N- British race
Napier
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Nemesis
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Nitus Bedford - should probably be in the specials - pic may have been published before
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N/O - well, O anyway...
Oliroy
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OSCA
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N/O FJ & F3
Nota
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OSCA
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N/O - Specials
Northland Special
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Old Yeller II
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PQR - British
Peel
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Railton
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Raymond Mays
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Reliant (road going?....)
Is the Isle of Man "British" Ray? :)
Good point Rhys!
"The Isle of Man is located in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The island is not part of the United Kingdom or European Union, but has the status of 'crown dependency', similar to Jersey and Guernsey, with an independent administration. Its inhabitants are British citizens."
Good enough for me and my filing system!
PQR - non- British
Packard
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Pagani
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Peugeot
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Plymouth
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Porsche
PQR - Race cars - British
I am only showing this is as John Stonard was a popular Curborough regular. Should I suppose, be classed as a special, but I'll refile it later. Piranha
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PRS
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Ralt
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Red Bull
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PQR - non British race
Parnelli
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Penske
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Renault
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Rodin
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Pics disappeared yet again. Reloaded 1pm.
999,200 views - the Million is not far away, hope the system can cope !! with 7 digits
Cheers ERC
Roger
H'mm. Yes, I was wondering if the system will crash or roll over to zero.
Might have to celebrate by re-posting one or two favourites, or accept requests!
PQR - FJ & F3 - not very many!
Panther
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PQR - Specials
Rat Cliff Ford
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RA Vanguard
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Rolls Marina
"The Marina Rolls Royce was the brainchild of Alan Mann then running Andrews Garage in Southwick and later to become better known for being the proprietor of Alan Mann Racing. The Marina was designed and built by Malcolm King who had sold it to Alan and Brian Mann Its multi-tubular spaceframe chassis carried a conventional front-mounted radiator and its main longeron tubes performed double duty, carrying coolant to and from the Rolls-Royce power unit. Girling discs brakes were fitted, while the front and rear suspension systems were essentially Formula 1 Cooper, and it was Alan and Brian Mann who managed to cram the 6 litre Rolls Royce engine into the multi-tubular spaceframe chassis in much the same way as the Cooper King Cobra. The result was a well balanced car with a low frontal area."
Seems that it should have been named Marina Rolls not Rolls Marina in my filing system!
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Rover Special
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Fair enough Roger.
Our Rovers, a few year's back. Both excellent trouble free secondhand cars I might add - 1999. The MR2 MRS plate was originally bought for my wife's Toyota MR2. At the Auckland launch of the MGF, I enquired about 'MRS 2 MR', so I acquired that too.
Left - 214 Cabriolet - which was a lively performer. Rover 420GSi on the right. Last saloon before switching to Land Rover Freelanders.
Attachment 67059
...and the only family car we ever had in the UK - and that didn't last long, as it had an appetite for half shafts. Effectively scrapped for 5 quid in 1965. Now only about a dozen left in the world.
Singer - taken from a glass quarter plate negative, probably 1952. Note the radio aerial, but I can't remember it having a radio, even though Dad, ex Royal Signals, was a part time radio repairer.
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Thanks Ray - our only Rover was - snap - a 1995 Rover 216i Cabriolet owned from 1997 to around 2004 - we were going to sell in 2000 as had just bought a BMW 318 Compact, but our son came home from Australia and needed wheels so rather than buy and sell we hung on to it - he later took over UN7284 in 2004 the Green MX5 purchased in 1996 which we still have.
Should be at Caffeine and Classics again but the August meeting - fits in with another trip to Auckland
and now 3500 + posts !!
August C & C clashes with an MGCC track day at Pukekohe. Not sure yet which I'll go to.
Well, it didn't crash at 1,000,000...
S - British road
Singer Coupe - as it should look! Fremantle 1993. The owner also owns a Marcos Volvo, Riley Kestrel and several other interesting cars.
Simplex
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Sinclair
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Speedex - forerunner to Marcos
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S - non-British
Sadler
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Saker
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Scarab
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Skoda
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Subaru
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S - British race
Shadow
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Stewart
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Sunbeam
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Surtees
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S - Non British race
Sabre
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Scarab
Scirocco
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SFX - with Frank Karl of Healey fame.
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S - FJ & F3
Sadler
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Stanguellini
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S - Specials
Satellite Special
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Shadetree Special
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Singer Bantam Special
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Skinner Special - of SU carbs... Far be it for me, as an engineering numpty to challenge, but unequal length carb intakes?Attachment 67096
Not sure if anyone is aware of the new MSNZ Media Accreditation policy published July 24th? Only 7 pages of it.
They want events and motorsport publicising - but seem to be doing their level best to make sure it isn't publicised, by those of us who are freelance anyway.
We have questioned this and in particular for all you freelance photographers and given a list of names which includes you as well Ray.
Working with Tim Hill of HRC Events and I am more than happy to support an application from any of you from our own Club as well.
Cheers
Thanks Bruce. It was Tim who alerted me. Appreciate the support.
I'm afraid I'm very much in the 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it', school of thought. Not sure if Nigel is aware, as MSNZ apparently only sent the info out to their own media people.
For those who are not aware, even though free lance photographers such as Nigel and myself, have media accreditation with HRC and Hampton Downs, neither of us qualified as MSNZ Media. MSNZ are now insisting that ALL media are only accredited through them, each with his/her own vest, but the qualifying criteria is way over the top.
They are also grading them Gold, Silver and Bronze, meaning of course that those at the lower level can only cover club events and have to be under the wing of a more senior person at higher profile events... Most of our events are National.
As we have often been the only two taking photographs at some events, particularly on the Friday or Saturday, quite how this will help publicise the sport is beyond me. There will also be restrictions to photographing in the pits, requiring fire resistant clothing in some instances.
I gather one rally photographer sadly lost his life, even though 200m from the road, in a freak accident, so once again, seems like a panic and over-reaction to an isolated incident. Probably not helped by government or council H & S interference and the usual blame game.
I bet my Dad would be rolling his eyes, given his trackside access at Donington with no Armco or concrete as protection and 600BHP Mercedes and Auto Unions on skinny tyres.
Hung up the crash helmet 2016.
Is it now time to hang up the camera?
Ray, Tim Hill sent me a heads up but I'm not planning on doing anything. If that's what MSNZ want then I'll probably just walk away and do something else.
Not exactly an incentive is it Nigel. Fortunately, Hampton Downs does at least have some good viewing/photographic spots from the spectator areas, but that isn't the point.
T - British road
Talbot
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Tojeiro - may have been published before, but worth reposting. AU = Nottinghamshire registration.
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Triumph - another with an AU registration!
Attachment 67100
Turner - Arthur Nash, who rebuilt my 1300cc Mini engine. Pity I never got to run it again in the UK as it would have been interesting to compare times. Sold the twin SU's only last week on TradeMe. Heading for a race Austin A40 in Hastings.
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T - non British road
Talbot
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Tesla
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Toyota
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Trekka
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T - British race
Techcraft Buick
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Thinwall Special
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Token - sorry about the shadows but I only managed a couple of pics of this car. That is probably other McLaren Trust members standing at the top of the grandstand! Our allocated seats were at the front of the stand, right behind that chicken wire. So we got there early and sat at the top instead and occasionally turned around to view the start finish line.
Attachment 67114
Trojan
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T - non British race
Talbot
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Talon
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Tec Mec
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Tatuus Toyota
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T - FJ & F3
Talisman
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Taraschi
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Terrier
T - Specials
Thompson Special
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Triford Special
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Triumph Lotus Special
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Tuatara - posted before but deserves a second showing.
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U/V British road
Ultima
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Unipower - my favourite of all the Mini based cars
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Vanden Plas - languishing in a Cornwall card yard, 2005. Local car judging by the registration plate.
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Vauxhall
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