Excellent work Ray, Thank you very much.
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Excellent work Ray, Thank you very much.
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Apologies for so many from the same viewpoint. I prefer to mix them around, but still a few to upload, so it is much quicker to do it this way.
Dry - no mudguards
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Wet - no grip
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Called at Hampton Downs for a couple of hours today as Targa was getting organised. Spotted this, the G B S, from 1986. Chevrolet engine. Back on the road today after finally getting the LVVTA plate.
GBS looks very different to when I had it in my possession :). I wonder what gearbox they are using. At one time it had a Corvair, but apparently often broke as the loads were going in the wrong direction. I hope for their sake that it has been sorted.
Rhys, I happened to be there when Andy Culpin asked to have a look and he asked about the gearbox. Apparently it is now a Renault unit. As it was only road legal today or yesterday, it will be interesting to see how it goes as I doubt it has done much testing.
Don Webster's Alpine was running too. Pics later, but I am still on Icebreaker, then the TACCOC meeting. Coming up this weekend is the Hampton Downs GT meeting, but I'll only be there Saturday.
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One of the less easy tasks is trying to research where a particular car is manufactured. Thanks to Vic Clarke, this 'GLH Formula Ford' was manufactured in NZ. 'Google may be your friend', but there are still huge gaps in easily identifying some cars. Often, you have to spend a ridiculous amount of time and often to no avail. Now I need to know where the PRS was manufactured...
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Whoops. Accidentally posted the same batch of images twice! Will add more to this post later.
Another Targa pic to fill in the gap.
Hopefully, these will be first time posts...
Max van Maanen (green Alfa Sprint) mixing it with the ladies.
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Back to the past for Jaguar fans - 1999.
Rob Moston
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The late Bryan Wyness
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John Ure - one of his Jaguar collection.
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From the scanner...
1985 - February
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1999 - Manfeild
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2000 - Whangarei Street races
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Tom Scott telling Hans where to go...
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Ellerslie Concours February 2000
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FJ Emeryson/Elfin then owned by Nigel Russell and now owned Tony Ollissoff, and run at the 2016 Goodwood Revival.
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Very rare Jowett owned by Hans Compter. I was lucky years ago to be taken for a ride in it.
Does this car have Le Mans history Ray ?.
Body by Farina and they only made a few.
Sad to read in today's HRC Newsletter, that Charles Lloyd had died. Most may not have known Charles but I flagged with him many, many times, and he was the epitome of the dedicated and professional (but unpaid) flag marshal. A true enthusiast, out on a flag point, rain or shine, most weekends.
As mentioned in the HRC tribute, he had an encyclopaediac knowledge of several aspects of motorsport and was a true gentleman.
Most classic/historic drivers would never even know he had gone, but those who knew him, will certainly miss him. Just give the marshals a wave on your slowing down lap. It means a lot to them.
RiP my friend.
Not unusual it seems Paul. Mike Sexton's companies were my longest serving clients (from about 1989) and it was only when he appeared in a Classic Trial, before getting into circuit racing, that I found out he was into his classic cars (and classic motorbikes) - big time!
One of the reasons I wear the 'Chicane Motorsport' logo on my shirts, shorts and long trousers etc. is that it opens up conversations anywhere in the world whilst doing my bit to continue to promote the NZ brand, of which I'm still very proud to have had an involvement with since about 1998, albeit at a bit of a distance since 2010.
Spring weather at Hampton Downs - steady rain from when I arrived until I left - but it is fine back here in Auckland! Typical.
With just 4 groups running - GTs (down to about 12 cars), Sing Song Utes, Central Muscle Cars and the new Fast & Furious format, not exactly the most exciting of practice days.
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The Neil Foster/Jonny Reid Audi R8.
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Angus Fogg's car looks stunning
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Bluey returns. The Ex Ivan Selak Escort has had a repaint.
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A bit of damage in the GT practice. This little pile of bits probably cost more than my MGF...
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The programme didn't even list the entrants in the Fast & Furious group...
Back to 2000...
You'd think that after all these years, they'd be able to spell 'Bentley'...
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interesting comparing the Brit version and a US version of a sporting car where the shape dates back to about 1964/65. Although the Marcos isn't quite as low as a Ford GT40, it isn't so far off at 43".
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More from the Laser 500 meeting, Saturday.
Mercedes were the best sounding cars...
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