I just had this program dropped on us, an interesting list of names in amongst the entries and the briefing on how an event is conducted is still true today
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I just had this program dropped on us, an interesting list of names in amongst the entries and the briefing on how an event is conducted is still true today
and the final pages
Carl,
That entry list contains a remarkable number of University Motor Club(UMC) members from Canterbury Uni, myself included.
Howard
Sure is a number from Engineering or Lincoln amongst them and i am pleased to say that I remain friends with a number to this day.
I was working in Greymouth at the time and the Westland Car Club and UMC used to get along together very well at after matches following interclub activity, probably because we were the only two groups that knew where the keg was hiding.
I cannot recall anyone from the UMC group that has not gone on to be successful in whatever activity they pursued. There are some real movers and shakers in that group.
I just spoke with Paul Adams to ask about the Alpine entry (as you would being an Alpine A110 owner). He told me he has no idea where the Auto World Alpine comes from! His thought was that he drove a BMW owned by Doc Langley!
Does anyone know anything about the Goodmanson Husky? I had sold my very quick Husky not over long before this and lost track of it.
Paul drove a BMW Alpine with sponsorship from Auto World
In his own words "there was probably only one Alpina in NZ. Alpina (note not Alpine) was tuning company from whom you could buy bits, several of the cars I drove had Alpina bits, but Roger Andersons was the only one I knew about that built a car for him in Germany".Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlo
To re-iterate, he could not remember any connection with Auto World. Not saying it's wrong, just what he told me.
quite possibly this car, a 2002 Alpina now owned by Grant Clegg, and seen racing earlier this year at the HD BMW Festival:
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This might be a question for the old Chch guys, was there an accessory shop called Auto World in Chch and did they sell Alpine sound systems?
Obviously the organiser had found some form of support for most NI entries as can be shown by the description of their cars with a sponsors name worked into it. This was ground breaking terretory as sponsorship wasn't like today and you had find a way to work their name into what you were doing.
UMC, which provided much of the organisatiopn of the event was not as conservative as the other Canterbury car clubs and pushed the envelope quite a bit further than some thought was appropriate. Fortunately they had some allies amongst RATEC and the Canterbury Car Club who rather enjoyed their antics around the car trial scene and they were on the organising committee too
This is the result as published in Motorman.
1. Mike Marshall/Arthur McWatt - Escort RS - 165.99
2. Jim Richards/ Richard Halls - Escort RS - 166.83
3. Paul Adams/Sue Wolf - BMW Alpina - 174.76
4. Leo Leonard/N. Cruikshank - Datsun 1200 SSS
5. Neil Johns/Rowan McLean - Mazda Savahna GT
6. Blair Robson/Doug Benefield - Escort RS
7. George Kuttle/T. Fitzpatrick - Escort RS
Dads pic of Paul Adams from the 73 Heatway
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Seaqnmac27, would appreciate as high a res copy of the photo, as you might have? I will PM you.
That car is one of two BMW's that Paul Adams used in the Heatway/Silver Ferns, and has been in our possession for about 10 years, having purchased it from Warren Good from Dunedin. The other car, as I understand it, Paul now owns again.
Another BMW fanatic in the far north is doing a painstaking restoration of Rodger's car.
Ours (just cos I don't drive it much, Conrad, it's still ours, not his....) has at various times been in its original BNZ Livery, but as it has been used for Targa's, other tarmac rallying, Classic racing and the BMW Open Class, most of it has been removed more recently.
We received a big stack of memorabilia along with the car, so I will see if that program is amongst it.
The Alpina is just about to start being pulled apart for a major (long overdue) tidy-up. It will be nice to have her in one shade of red again, and we may put her back into the BNZ Livery for the Denny Hulme Festival.
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Pauls' closed eys and body language looks like he is having a bit of an "Oh golly gosh" moment, given his inclination to be non blasphemous!
Was he always such an upright citizen? I seem to recall a story of him putting his Wolseley 4/44 a considerable distance into the mangroves off the Harbour Bridge Motorway near Tank Farm about the mid-1960's. Takapuna locals regarded him as a bit of a cowboy, I think. Or maybe it was just another Urban Legend.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oldfart
Stu
Ah the Shell Triple Hundred, the first and only time I have marshalled on a rally. It was so cold and wet that day that Brent decided he'd enter and drive from then on (which he is still doing today) and so our first event was the 1974 Hire Services Canta Rally the year later. However the Triple Hundred. Our trials team made up a finish control crew for several stages. Unfortunately something went wrong with the cable between the finishing beam and the clock at the stage finish control. I got the short straw and so stood at the finish line in the wind and rain and advise the finish tent by field telephone (!!) when a car was coming and then when it crossed the finish line I shouted "now' or something to that effect. The minute had already been written down on the time sheet and as the clock watcher heard me in his head phone shouting "now" he called out the seconds to the recorder. Worked a treat!! I've got some photos of the event which I'll scan and post. One of the great things in those days was the variation in cars as you can see from the entry list.
The Hire Services Canta Rally was an interesting event, starting about midnight Saturday with a blat around Ruapuna before heading into "proper" stages finishing with a stage around the stockcar track at Belfast. Apart from starting at an odd time this event banned service crews so all spares if you wanted any, were carried in the rally car (yea right!). I seem to recall being "amazed" at the amount of wheels, exhausts and other automotive bits that were just happened to be lying on the side of the road in odd places just waiting to be used and the thoughtful public who would pick it all up after the cars had gone past but then dump in some other gateway. And yes I managed to stuff up counting the laps at the stock car track which dropped us out of a class podium.
He is a changed manQuote:
Originally Posted by stubuchanan
Would T Kirby , Imp be Trevor of CH CH ?
Found a old (very) scrapbook at mummy's. It has alot of cuttings etc from way back.
A couple of early rally photos. How good is your memory.
Well known South Island gentleman having close look at Moonshine Valley scenery (Nth Island)
Other Escort is first Heatway for soon to be NZ rally champion (few times). Little 1600 pushrod.
And another of the quite boy's from North Shore
Looks like Graeme Robertson aka Robbo climbing down the bank in the top photo
But who's car is it Carl and driver ? (1973)Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlo
Same stage, same year.
I seem to recall that the driver was the father of #1 son who was born the previous evening whilst we were on the Inter Island ferry. Reflexes were a bit slow the next morning and the off was after the finish line.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rod Grimwood
Cookie, who we had caught up on went around the corner, we didn't.
Big lesson learnt about not turning the brain off when you cross the finish line and that you have to retain 100% concentration until you come to a stop after the finish.
Unfortunately that photo and the acompanying story made it as far south as the Greymouth newspaper which came out that afternoon about 6 or 8 hours before I thought to get to a phone.............Another lesson !!
Took a while to get it out of there as the tow truck did not have a winch cable long enough to reach the car.
Yep, pity that happened as you were going along very nicely. Next question/hint was going to be about fatherhood.
Some more old stuff
Now there is that BMW again
Some photos from the Shell Triple Hundred.
The Richards/Hall RS1600 2nd. Happy Valley Rd
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Marshall/McWatt RS1600 Happy Valley Rd 1st. Flat left rear tyre.
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Adams/Woolf BMW2002Ti Happy Valley Rd. 3rd
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Leonard/Cruickshank Datsun 1200sss Happy Valley Rd 4th
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Kay/Eglington Datsun 1600 Happy Valley
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Holt/Blanchard Cortina Ram Paddock Rd
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Leo was quick in that little thing. Actually they were all quick
Rod why was blue anglia parked on left side of track BP at the start of back straight 84///86???
And some more this time from the Triple Hundred nearing the end of the first stage - Port Hills.
Wilson/Pannel Healey 3L rtd passing the Nelson/Mackay mini Van which got back on the road to finish 35th
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The Hessey/Johnston Capri on the same corner as the above but spinning
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Morrison/Sutton Cortina GT 36th
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Davis/McIvor VW1200 28th
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Kennedy/Baldwin RS1600 15th
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Kidd/Horrell Triumph 2.5 PI which finished 9th
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Fantastic pictures, especially seeing the Mini van and VW - guys used to race whatever they had and give it heaps.
Other thread Jim/ scrapbookQuote:
Originally Posted by jim short
And were encouraged to do so! Perhaps Xtreme series will bring some of that back!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shano
Some from the old scrapbook, George Kuttle with a before and after version
More scrapbook. Spent a we bit of time on this wagon.
The Escort did not quite look the same after the Hakataramea stage after George saw a set of lights in front of him and thought that the road followed the power lines and was straight ahead after the crest. Unfortunately the lights were a good kilometre away as the road made a serious sidestep around an old creek bed area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rod Grimwood
That is a problem. Dad had told me about this happening to him. I knew about the power line trap but it still sucks you in. I was in this rally I think in a Datsun 1600. The first 2 Marlboro rounds I won the 0-1600 class with navigator Graham Colebrook. Finished well inside the top ten if the memory is correct on both occasions . These were really great rallies, 24 hours non stop. Because you were up early, then drove for 24 hrs, then went to the prize giving that night- it was a test!Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlo
Some of those prizegivings were a test alright Steve. Remember you guys and the Datsun 1600 do you have any photos, i may have some (that will be another search at mums when i go down to Auckland)
Hi Rod, a couple of the 2nd Datsun 1600 I had.The first one was a Std green car I used in circuit racing first. This one had a 5 speed box.Attachment 9446Attachment 9447Quote:
Originally Posted by Rod Grimwood
Rod, your poor mum having to take care of all the stuff the wife wouldn't let in the house.
Yes I can remember thinking it was a fastback Skoda that had gone off when we passed it in our Cooper!Quote:
Originally Posted by Carlo