The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1

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I was excited to receive an email from a guy called Steve Twist a few months ago. Steve lives in Delaware, where he has been since 1988, but he grew up in Wellington, New Zealand. Steve was a keen photographer from a young age, and a real motor racing enthusiast. He was a regular attendee at Levin racing events throughout the mid to late '60s, and also took in Pukekohe on several occassions.

Steve has sent me a cd containing around 260 photos he took throughout the '70s and '80s. Most are from the 1964-'69 period, and all are in colour.

Its very exciting to be able to share them with people who will appreciate what they are seeing.

Just a few teasers to get you warmed up.

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Will post these in the order they are supplied on the cd.

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These shots and the batch above are from the Houghton Bay Hillclimb in Wellington.

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Levin.....

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More Levin.....

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As you can see, all these shots so far span the 1965 to 67 seasons.

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Last batch for today.....

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Feel free to jump in and ID any of the cars and drivers folks. Some are pretty obvious, others less so.

Fantastic photos - much appreciated. There are several of the Fleetwood Mustang which currently resides in the lockup next to mine.

There are a bunch more of the Fleetwood Mustang in its later guises as well Roger, will post them as soon as I get the chance.

Does Frank Hamlins beautiful Mini still exist?

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Originally Posted by Steve Holmes

These shots and the batch above are from the Houghton Bay Hillclimb in Wellington

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The first two in Post 3 are from Palmer Head

Wonderfully evocative collection of pictures from a different era. Quality is amazing, I imagine they must be images from slides. The pit scenes convey how much simpler it all was then and how easy it was to get close to the world's best. The two FJ Holden's intrigued me the black no. 26 and the green and yellow no. 50, don't recall having seen them before. The sports car image of Spencer Martin I think it was in the 250LM Ferrari, leading Geoff Mardon in the Stanton and Jim Boyd in the Lycoming was cool as were all the others including the Houghton Bay Wellington Hillclimb pics. A tremendous collection, thanks Steve Twist.

Heres a few more. Can anyone ID the black MkII Zephyr in the fourth photo? Could it be Rod Coppins' old car? That appears to be Jim Mullins just in behind, so I'd guess this was the 1967 season, so Coppins would have been sharing the ex-Paul Fahey Lotus Anglia with John Ward by this stage.

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Some mug had to do all the hard work....

Post 1
Custaxie in Levin pits – probably 13/1/66

Post 2
1. Amon, Hill, Courage 11/1/69
2. Buchanan, Mardon, Boyd, Oxton (Lola), Hogan (U2), Horley (Beowulf) 26/11/66
3. Morrari
4. J Clark and trophies

Post 3
1. Angus Cameron at Palmer Head
2. possibly Gary Huxford (Cortina)
3. Doc Cowie (Mini-Cooper) Houghton Bay 2/4/66
4. John Stichbury (Mini-Cooper) ditto
5. possibly Paul Barnard (Anglia) which probably means 11/2/67

Post 4
1. Dave Slater (Holden) Houghton Bay 2/4/66
2. Alastair McLeod (Pontiac) ditto
3. unknown Anglia driver
4. Paul Barnard again?
5. Morrie Hogan

Post 5
1. Bob Hilditch (Mini), Barry Phillips (Lotus), Gary Huxford? (Anglia), Bill MacPherson (Holden) Levin 26/11/66
2. Hilditch, Bryan Harvie (86), A N Other 26/11/66
3. MacPherson 26/3/65
4. A N Other
5. Dave Simpson (Anglia), Paul Fahey (Anglia), Kerry Grant (A40) 65/66 season

Post 6
1. Tony Lawrence (Anglia) 64/65 season
2. West Marshall, Kevin Fourneau 28/11/64
3. Lawrence, Fahey, Nazer 16/1/65
4. unidentified
5. Bryan Innes 16/1/65

Post 7
1. Fahey, Lawrence 17/1/65
2. Scuderia Veloce Ferrari 250LM 15/1/66
3. Grahame Harvey (Holden) 16/1/65
4. Peter Cross (67), Geoff Jowitt (66), Alastair McBeath (64) 16/1/65
5. Segedin, Simpson, Coppins

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1. Fahey (I think) and Grant
2. Jack Nazer 27/3/65
3. Segedin 15/1/66
4. Harvey, Langley and probably Innes
5. Harvey

Post 9
1. Bryan Harvie’s Cortina 16/1/65
2. Franicevic (Anglia)
3. ditto
4. Coppins 64/65 season
5. Nazer 64/65

Post 10
1. Phil Hill 16/1/65
2. Jim Clark ditto
3. Gardner leading Stewart ditto
4. Dick Langley 65/66 season. Not sure about the others
5. Harvie 27/3/65

Post 11
1. Bryan Faloon – possibly 30/11/63
2. ditto
3. Barry Smith (Imp), John Murphy (Anglia), Peter Cross 27/3/65
4. Franicevic 1964/65 season
5. probably Segedin

Post 12
1. Faloon
2. Segedin
3. Coppins
4. Harvey
5. Hogan, Faloon – 30/11/63?

Post 13
1. Segedin
2. possibly Bryan Innes in borrowed Lotus-Cortina 15/1/66
3. Ran Macdonald 15/1/66
4. Simpson ditto
5. Coppins ditto

Post 17
1. already ID’d
2. Tasman cars
3. Richard Attwood
4. Terry Scott
5. Franicevic’s Anglia

Post 20
1. Paul Fahey 27/3/65
2. MacPherson ditto
3. Peter Bennett’s 1650 Farina-Ford
4. Ken Bailey(Zephyr-Corvette), Jim Mullins (A40) 26/11/66
5. Kerry Grant 26/11/66

That’s most of my Sunday gone...

Well done David, and certainly above and beyond the call of duty! But can you honestly think of a better way to spend a Sunday? (OK, don't answer that).

Can anyone tell me if Peter Bennetts A40 Farina pictured above is the car he still has today, or did he build a replica of his old race car?

I think he built a replica (but am not sure)

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Originally Posted by Gerard Richards

Wonderfully evocative collection of pictures from a different era. Quality is amazing, I imagine they must be images from slides. The pit scenes convey how much simpler it all was then and how easy it was to get close to the world's best. The two FJ Holden's intrigued me the black no. 26 and the green and yellow no. 50, don't recall having seen them before. The sports car image of Spencer Martin I think it was in the 250LM Ferrari, leading Geoff Mardon in the Stanton and Jim Boyd in the Lycoming was cool as were all the others including the Houghton Bay Wellington Hillclimb pics. A tremendous collection, thanks Steve Twist.

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Well put Gerard. Yes, they are taken from slides.

Some fantastic shots of cars there. It never fails to amaze me that there are still great period photos coming out of the woodwork. Can't wait for the next post.

Awesome photographs - look at the backgrounds too - just s hint of such simple times. Sure looks like fun!

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Originally Posted by kiwi285

Some fantastic shots of cars there. It naver fails to amaze me that there are still great period photos coming out of the woodwork. Can't wait for the next post.

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And its great guys like you enjoy sharing them with others.

Next installment.

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Note the Custaxie in the final photo in its original primer grey colour.....

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Another batch from 1967, though not quite in order.....

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Here are some more of Steve photos.....

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A selection from the '67, '68 and '69 seasons.....

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By the way, can anyone ID the red Breadvan Anglia in the third photo in the above post, chasing the Ken Bailey Corvette Zephyr? I'm guessing this is the 1966/67 season, so the more famous Breadvan Anglia's of Nazer, Ward/Coppins (ex Fahey) and Radisich (ex Simpson) are already accounted for. Was there a fourth Breadvan Anglia that raced in the '67 season?

Some magic shots in this post.....

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Bout time I added a few more photos from Steve Twists Collection.

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