Jizim- I sent an email to George giving my apologies as the motor needed to come out and wont be ready this weekend,. Bruce, Barry Algie and myself- all of us slackers- will be the 3 Men in a Boat [ without Montmorency]Originally Posted by Jizim
.Sidi wont see which way you have gone with your wheels....
See you there Sunday.
Last edited by John McKechnie; 09-06-2013 at 01:38 AM.
Tony- have you found that RX-2 in your garage yet, todays the day.............
Can anyone say what the weather and track conditions are like at HD this morning?
Music to my ears
Just got home from HD, hearing that mustang for the for 1st time in over 30yr's was bliss, the bark of the exhaust on deceleration was music to my ears, then to hear it accelerate up over the top!
Here are a couple of photos from today
IMG_4621 by SnoozinRichy, on Flickr
Beautiful!!!
Any pics of the other cars?
Plenty, I'll be processing a bunch tomorrow evening and will share.
Thanks, Rich
Yep agree, wasn't to bad was it. Be good when the others are there. I got a Couple of photos of others that bark as well. Congrates to those that ran/fronted there cars today. Unreal how they will treat you, poor Roger Davis gets into car for practice and ignition has decided it wants a holiday. That Torana is a neat bit of gear, and if you get a chance have a look at how it was built and the suspension set up, remember this is not a new car.
Well next time hopefully more the merrier.
I will leave the rest to the experts, a couple of stills of George getting ready, the Mighty Merc and Mr Jacks neat Escort.
Well, I just want to say a big, BIG thanks to George, and the other drivers out there that committed to the day.
April wasn't that long ago, and today's races may have been a bit of a mixed entry, but you can see the intention is there to make this something great!
I look foward to the next couple of meetings, where maybe I will be able to watch, instead of having to wave the blue flag at ya!
Again George, thanks heaps for what you are doing - I'm sure I speak for all us marshals when I say we can't wait to see a full field of these Sports Sedans! !!!
Cheers Rich. Would have loved to have been back home to see them.
Thanks Rod. Photos appreciated. Those DJR Mustang replicas looked the part too.
Great photos guys, thanks for posting. Greame Addis emailed me on Friday to say the Charger wasn't quite ready to run, so would have to miss the event, but now these guys have got their first event under their belts, people can see what they're all about, hopefully there will be more cars come out of the woodwork.
The same thing is also happening in Australia. Wouldn't it be great to see some Aus vs NZ Historic Sports Sedan events.
Photo of RX8 came out fuzzy (bugger) but it is a neat car also, and after the cobwebs were blown off car and little bit of right hand lock for dipper it was great to hear it again.
To all involved, 'thanks'
Right Tony, the DJR cars looked good.
With teething problems out of way and couple more cars it will be good.
Last edited by Rod Grimwood; 09-09-2013 at 08:14 AM.
Interesting to see the old Kieran Wills Mazda RX8 is still in NZ. There was quite a lot of interest in this car a few years ago. I can't recall exactly its significance, but its either the first RX7 to be imported into Australia, or the first RX7 to have raced in Australian Group C. But Wills bought it out of Australia as a Group C car in the 1980s to run the Cool Wool series, which is what the ShellSport series morphed into. Obviously a LOT of work required to return it to Group C spec.
+1 Worth the trip to HD for the Mustang alone, but the rest a bonus. Well done George for getting this started and I'm sure now its underway it will serve as inspiration for those who were going to need more time, and maybe draw a few other potential runners out of the shed
Think Phil Henley also ran a RX7 Group C from Aus in series. Pretty sure Cran Judge (AC Gill Menswear) may have been involved in it (owned it). Got videos somewhere of them racing.
It is very different to Group C now, and has its own history now.
Yep, exactly right Rod. It has quite an impressive NZ Sports Sedan history. Would be a HUGE job reverting it back to Group C spec, I think Wills even had the rear axle moved back to increase the wheelbase. The interest is due to the rapidly increasing values in Group C cars, as with the Heritage Touring Cars series, only the original cars are eligible to race, and its become very popular.
Steve, off thread but can you email/contact me at home. got package back yesterday that i sent to you in December last year. remove this when done, cheers or i can
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