Continuing the replicas, re-creations and specials
Hamilton Street race meeting
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Continuing the replicas, re-creations and specials
Hamilton Street race meeting
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November Caffeine and Classics, despite the Beach Hop as a distraction, and the grubby weather, still a healthy turnout, but about half the usual, with no need for the overflow car parks.
Several groups were there in considerable numbers, including Lotus, Early Holden, Ford Cortinas and Corsairs, plus a large group of Italian cars, mainly Alfas. As always, cars I hadn't seen there before and several catch ups with other enthusiasts.
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C and C November.
ERC is the Ford obscured far right a Convertible Mark Two Cortina ?- Crayford perhaps ??.
Your photo.
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Found the answer - John Vevers photo - there were 8 Corsairs there as Ray would have seen - Didn't think there were that many in NZ - some recent imports by the Rego's
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" Year: 1968
Make: FORD
Model: CORTINA
Colour: SILVER
Submodel: MARK 2
Body Style: Convertible
VIN: 7A86G190709546206
Plate: EWS370
Engine No: HG30746
Chassis: BA92HG30746 "
Jaguar replicas and specials
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More replicas, kits etc.
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but wait, there's more...
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I do get a bit miffed when a recreation isn't noted as such in a race programme. This is a classic case. Some of the Leadfoot entrants are also guilty of supplying slightly misleading information for the programme. Don't get me wrong, it is brilliant seeing cars like this or a sharknose 1961 Ferrari, but a bit of up front honesty wouldn't go amiss. Apparently there is even talk of a couple more V16 BRMs. No one is ever going to complain about hearing one of those on full song!
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have a look at the nostalgia forum, on there they are saying that Hall & Hall are working with one of the owen family to build 3 v16 BRMs is this the start of another F250 saga i wonder.
Great to see all those cars through your photos. Thanks!
You can read more about the BRM recreation here:
https://www.goodwood.com/grr/race/hi...16-brm-f1-car/
Well, I have booked and paid for my flights to do Goodwood in 2021 so hopefully, there will be at least one V16 running. I have only ever seen one running, way back in 2000. I am also in touch with the Bourne Museum and have arranged a private viewing on the Tuesday before Goodwood - assuming of course that the Goodwood date is the usual one, otherwise I'll have some major reshuffling to do....
PS: Just found out the dates have been announced. Revival is one week later than expected (September 17th to 19th) so I do indeed have to reshuffle everything.
Managed to get the Bognor Regis Premier Inn sorted, so it is now over to my travel agent to change the flights.
Ho hum. So much for planning early.
PPS: The flight back from LAX to AKL now $700 more than I'd paid...
Groups and grids
2003 Taupo
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2010 Hampton Downs
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2010 Chelsea
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2012 Monaco
1970 Mallory - some rarities there!
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January 2003 - Tracer & Leisuretime (now ERC) racers. I currently own two of the front row. The MGB and the Marcos.
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2007
2016 ladies
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Thanks for all your great photos - ERC .. " 1,100,056 " views is a good number .. and it didn't break or brake the vBulletin system !!
Well done.
Happy that others can share them Roger. A bit of a waste, just locked into my own computer.
Note the ERC pic above, that the Marcos looks decidedly lopsided. After an altercation in a domino type accident or maybe the bad smash on the brow of the hill, I made a determined effort to correct it. It was lopsided due to an obvious accident way before my time, when I presume the bonnet was replaced and the extension to the front chassis rails to which the bonnet swivel hinges are attached, wasn't levelled. It sits so much better now.
Currently working on getting it back on the road again, before offering it for sale. April 2021, I will have owned it for 30 years!
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More groups and grids
1996 Domain
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2009 Goodwood's pre 1966 car park - well, part of it
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2016 Goodwood
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2018 Gaydon
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2010
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2011
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2018 - camera on full zoom and even then cropped, but hopefully, the next visit (2021) I'll have one camera with the longer zoom. (Not the bazooka lens, but a camera with a 2000mm zoom.) It isn't an ideal camera for motorsport, but OK for an occasional shot.
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2018
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TACCOC at Hampton Downs today. I couldn't stay all day - as usual.
Gemini
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The Greg Bellingham XJS making a long awaited return to the track today, driven by Todd Forsyth, whose Telstar was being driven by father Paul, but, just behind Todd here is Greg Bellingham, first time out in this MGB GT and also on track, in a BMW, Greg's daughter Casey!
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Took the bazooka lens but it was playing up. Not sure why it wouldn't auto focus. Maybe not enough juice in the camera battery?
Nope. I think it needs a repair to the Auto/Manual focus switch. Ho hum...
From Sunday.
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Sometimes, a photograph has an extra dimension because of attitude or something else. Sadly, this is a car that suffered panel damage not long after these were taken.
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Fords
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ERC
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Forever known as the Bruce Manon Escort, now in the capable hands of Rob Berrgren
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Unfortunately B HIND finished the day a little bent.
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Quote for fixing the bazooka lens - $850...
An influx of Porsche Boxters to the ERC grid. All very well trying to stick to the original concept of older classics, but we need to move with the times - or fold. There is a category within the ERC series for post 1990 cars.
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Swift - static
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on the move
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Lola
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Elfin
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FMZ
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Lola
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Gemini
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Stanguellini
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ERC, The Lola top photo previous post is that the car that was raced by John Histed, Ken Smith amongst others ?? raced at Matamata in 1964/65. It features in the 1963 Shell Book of NZ Motor racing too !
This car.
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I have no idea Roger. Maybe Roger Herrick will chime in to clarify its history, or any of the other historians/experts on here?
Currently watching on TradeMe, a replacement for the bazooka lens. I prefer the Auto focus to be working, so I'll sell my current one as is. No idea what it is worth but i haven't had good value out of it in terms of the number of shots. Part of the risk of buying second-hand I suppose.
Once again, a car not in the race programme. Reynard.
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Van Diemen. (Surprising the number of owners who have an incorrect spelling!)
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Trident Palliser
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Lola
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No it's not the same car.
This part of an email I got from Roger about the two cars.
You were talking about John Histed’s Lola which was the sister team car of mine. John had kept all his spare parts for 40 years and kindly donated them to me when I got my car.
That's correct - both John Histed's car and my car were part of the three car quasi Lola works team (Team Fitzwilliam Racing) in 1960 predominantly racing through Europe. My car was chassis BRJ1 (the first Lola single seater made) and John's was BRJ3. John's "lost" it's chassis number when it was allocated to a new works car in mid 1960 and came to NZ in December 1961 with the made-up chassis number J.B.M/LJ/1161 - which stood for Jack Brabham Motors (sold to John Histed by Phil Kerr who worked for Jack Brabham Motors), Lola Junior and the date it was shipped from the UK in November 1961. The car has now regained a BRJ3-A identity and lives in the US while the replacement works car is known as BRJ3 (perhaps incorrectly as it was the second BRJ3) and lives in the UK.
Thanks Milan and Roger H .. great information..
Will get the Histed Lola photo on here later - needs to be scanned or photographed.
Cheers
Great stuff. Maybe you also need a thread with your ' Pic and Mix Roger! (D)
Agree Ray,
When I said on here, I actually meant one of my threads - maybe on the Pukekohe one as photo relates to the GP meeting or the NSCC one - if john Histed was a member - in the 1950's 1960's into the 1970's most guys belonged to both the Auckland based clubs ACC and NSCC .
Cheers
Roger ..
Even though I had my leg somewhat mangled 5 weeks ago when an MGB reversed into me and crushed the leg up against another MGB, I still have a soft spot for them. It's called a calf muscle...
Although I have sold my much loved Cooper S and the Marcos may be the next to go, I still have the ex-Geoff Bonham MGB GT to sort out.
Classic Trial
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ERC Series - Greg Bellingham
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Gordon Harkness
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More importantly Frans Cronje :)
A couple from Caffeine and Classics (on this Sunday?)
Peter's BMW
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The P76 looks quite ungainly in comparison. Just before I left the UK, there was a P76 often parked across the road from the factory where I worked. I never took a camera to work, so never grabbed a pic. Pity.
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Back to Hampton Downs
Cheetah
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Elden
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Having just read, once again, Evan Green's book A Boot Full of Right Arms I'm somewhat tempted to think the P76 could have been a pretty good car...
They did share gearbox, rear axle and wheels with Valiants, after all.
Notice that the one pictured has the unique Targa Florio wheels?
Somewhere I have photos of a beautifully kept (or restored?) green Targa Florio which lived in Cootamundra. The owner also had a station wagon version, I can't remember now whether that was a factory dalliance/prototype or just something someone cobbled together. I think I have photos of it too.