Just A Mix Of Pics - Ray Green Collection

[Roger Dowding]

" Incidentally, for those who enjoyed the Chelsea Hillclimbs, the MGCC have invited the Vintage Car Club to the Otaua Hill Climb early March - the event previously run by the Austin Healey Club. I might see if I can wangle a pass for that .. "

" wrangle a pass " I presume from " Her indoors " Arfur Daily = George Cole, or " She who must be obeyed " Rumpole - of the Bailey " = Leo Mckern ".

It would be great if they did attend, would put cars back in the event as originally staged by AHCC from 1983 to 1990.

VCC cars like this would be there, I hope..
Understand in recent years the cars have been more " Rally " and various moderns Subarus Evo's etc..

a few details as posted on MGCC webpage
Edit from my Austin Healey thread :

" The MG Car Club have invited the Waitemata Branch of the Vintage Car Club - the Chelsea Hill Climb competitors to their HillClimb at Maioro Road, Otaua - the event founded by the Austin Healey Car Club of New Zealand in 1983.

Details from the MGCC calender are brief, as follows

" Sunday, March 10

Otaua Classic Hillclimb "

Ray and the Ralph Watson BSA Special around 1985 !!



and as always a Healey - Frank Karl 3000.

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Down At Hampton Downs for a couple of hours yesterday. No race programme available...

Back to the recently scanned - sorry about some of the poor quality, but photoshopping just one item takes for ever.

Patsy Burt, McLaren at Shelsey - from an old negative of Dad's


Mallory Park 1970. Some one off sports cars there!


ERA R5B, Remus at Silverstone 1977


Donington Museum, I think, June 1987


MGCC Kerns Rd Hillclimb 1989


Glen Thompson 1991 Whenuapai

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From Hampton Downs Friday - Bathurst Legends meeting.


Watch out for cowboys...

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This original MG BV8 (many are uprated 1800cc cars) was a crowd favourite when we had a speed bar and Harley Norager getting black flagged and drive through penalty for beating it, worked well. But over time, so many cars beat the bar, that holding up the race numbers at the start finish line was impossible, so the bar had to be changed. Later, cars were excluded from the series and shifted into the original Arrow Wheels Series, run by Derek Atkinson of V8 Morgan fame.

When that series folded, those faster cars had nowhere to run and although it wasn't a universally popular decision, we changed the speed bar yet again, otherwise Bruce Manon's Escort, Andy Turpin's XJS Jaguar, Racing Ray Williams Turbo Porsche and others had nowhere to run at race meetings, where each race group had its own structures, unlike meetings of old where the organisers just put cars into classes they deemed appropriate.

The car has now returned to the ERC Series with Dave Mallin running it in the Arrow Wheels section of the ERC Series. The sponsorship from Arrow Wheels rolled over when Tracer and Leisuretime owners had moved on, with their sponsorship, to be replaced by AES (Auckland Engineering Supplies).

Whenuapai 1994.


Pre Targa 2002.


Taupo October 2003. Note the MGB to the left - repainted from #2682/6 for Barry Hare after a spell as the Budapest Pickles liveried car.


Goodwood Festival of Speed June 2004

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Back to 2018 to the reserves folder...

July Caffeine & Classics










Grimsthorpe

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Hampton Downs Friday.




And some older ones also from the laptop... Apologies if they have been shown before. Mistrals.




Great meeting at Teretonga 2005 but lousy weather! Very well organised meeting - especially the lack of delays between races (opening the track crossing as soon as the last car passed the flag), next grid sent out not long behind the race tail enders. Why have they never done that at Pukekohe or Hampton Downs - assuming the track is clear of course?

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Grimsthorpe Castle speed trials - final batch.










My last visit to the now closed Donington Museum. This closure still saddens me - a lot.

[Roger Dowding]

" And some older ones also from the laptop... Apologies if they have been shown before. Mistrals. "

ERC, those Mistral photos - would like to " borrow " them, to go with the Adverts and other pics i have and have acquired - as part of my " Specials " and Limited production cars, " Bucklers "etc.



Cheers Roger D.

P S - Am planning to be at " Caffeine and Classics " for the January [ Auckland Anniversary ] weekend Sunday event
It is on my NZ Classic Car calender, and on my schedule too - with the 28 year old MX5 and its 71 year old driver = 99 that should be a big enough number !!.. Staying in Milford on the weekend, so, sooo close !!.
Will partly make up for missing Taupo !!

[Roger Dowding]

Teretong 2005 Re ; " next grid sent out not long behind the race tail enders. Why have they never done that at Pukekohe "
Ray they used to do that at Club Circuit meetings, real " quickfire " racing and great fun .. the Club Circuit they would let the cars finishing their use the full circuit [go through to Railway and the back straight ] to return as the next grid was near the normal circuit start finish line.
Made for good racing and more " Bang for your buck both drivers and spectators ".
Here a F-Ford F-VW and other single seaters and specials wait to go on to the Club Circuit - around 1968..

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Should be at C & C Roger. Either hiding round the corner with the SUV - unless I have the Marcos on the trailer, or if I get a WoF for the still unfinished MG Magnette, maybe that.

[Kevin Hirst]

Should be at C & C Roger. Either hiding round the corner with the SUV - unless I have the Marcos on the trailer, or if I get a WoF for the still unfinished MG Magnette, maybe that.

Hope to be there with celica convertible or mx5 or both.

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A few more from the UK 2018.

Donington then Gaydon. Another oddball in what was supposed to be a collection of single seaters...



ERA GP2 apparently since returned to the owners, with many pleading for it to return to the track.


There was a time when there were several Lotuses at Donington I think this might have been the only one left in August.




On to Gaydon

[Roger Dowding]

Ray, more good photos love the Group 44 Jaguars, would love a model of the E-type Roadster to go with my #40 Le Mans Racer in the picture..

See you Sunday .. and Kevin H too ..
Am also planning to go the " Greerton Vintage Fayre " in March [ 16th ], Nigel W is looking to be there too !!

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More from Gaydon

The real thing!




Rover-Alvis. What might have been - though this prototype is a bit tatty!


Lego Mini!


Another prototype Rover


The Jaguar collection is large, but Jaguar/Land Rover are really getting stuck into the whole classic scene with recreations and restorations.

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Thanks to Milan publishing in the Programmes and Entry lists thread, some of the pile in the undated Pukekohe pile can be dated - eventually.

Working through the older slides when I can and occasionally, I'll slot in a recent scan or two. Not always the sharpest images even with the new scanner - but as I keep reminding everyone, it is a Mix of pics...

Mallory Park July 1970. Often a Eureka moment with slides as you recall even the weather conditions can put slides at the same meeting, so a previously 'undated' pic can be dated.




MGCC pre Puhoi Hillclimb I think with Geoff Broadhead plus Jacqui and Derek Prior. My first MG Montego (sadly involved in my only road accident, written off by the insurance but rebuilt by a panel beater; Geoff's well campaigned MGB Sports; Derek's mint MG Metro Turbo.


Back to 2018 and the Haynes museum.




September Caffeine & Classics

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1973 British GP meeting. Once again, not in the race programme but I'm guessing Aston Martin.


1980 Donington


2002 Goodwood Festival - Tony Brooks


2018 September C & C...

[Roger Dowding]

September C and C .. Ross C in HL3000 .. hope he gets to January 2019 C and C .. a few of us from TRS will be there !! ..

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As Geoff Bonham's funeral is next Wednesday, I have to go down to HD to collect what was his MGB, so might leave that on the trailer and bring it to C & C on Sunday.

From a 1939 Black & White slide, not negative. Dodson's Maserati

October 6th Pukekohe




Good to see Kelly Archer's Rover out again, but in the Classic Trial, rather than ERC races.

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This Austin Healey now for sale.



By the way, those going to Hampton Downs for their Gasoline & Caffeine meet need to know that the TRS (the other, lesser TRS...) meeting is on. I can highly recommend the meat pies from the external HD café - if there are any left. Might pay to get in early if you intend to eat.

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One of these gentleman said "People will be asking 'Who are the two dudes with Clark Proctor?'..."


Friday practice. No race programme/entry list available - again...


Apparently I didn't get a Bathurst Legends programme either - as there wasn't one. Very disappointing. Even a one page entry list would be useful. Is this the end of race programmes? I hope not.