Just A Mix Of Pics - Ray Green Collection

[Roger Dowding]

EG774 a Riley Car ;

What we do know [Carjam is not perfect ] is this...

Year: 1937
Make: RILEY
Model: CAR
Colour: Green
Body Style: Saloon
Plate: EG774
Engine No: A5882
Chassis: 27A5882
Vehicle Type: Passenger Car/Van
Seats: 5
CC rating: 1,200cc
Fuel Type: Petrol
Assembly Type: Unknown
Country of Origin: United Kingdom

So as Ray says it is a " Riley Car ".

There is this though - about the plates = Rego Plates

EG774
Plate Type: Standard
Origin: NZ New
Used as: Private Passenger vehicle
Cause of Latest Registration: Re-Registered
NZ First Registration: 16-Jul-1971
NZ Last Registration: Get Full CarJam Report
Was Registered Overseas? No "

So Re-registered - presume when restored - as used to let Rego's lapse back in the day, if the car was being repaired /restored or just stored
- Then they The " Gumment ". LTSA VTNZ Dept of Transport whatever, made it that you had to Register for 3 months every two years to retain the plates.
Then continuous Registration came in so now you either Register every year or get the Plates/Rego Number put on hold for a period in order to retain the Plate .. as seems to have happened with [ was mine 1978 -85 ] Triumph TR4A.
Personalised Plates is another story - an expensive one..

[ERC]

Waves to Frans, top left...


MOTAT (The Auckland Museum of Transport and Technology) now seems to be aimed at young school children so the number of cars on display is dismal.

[ERC]

MOTAT again

[Kevin Hirst]

MOTAT again

Had the pleasure of putting the deal for sale & purchase of MJ1936 fron Otaga to northland & also getting it up to W.O.F state for new owner, now it lives in Mangawhai, neat little car.

[ERC]

Agree Kevin. Neat little car.

[ERC]

No programme produced for this Hampton Downs meeting... First time ever.




You have to love the variety at Caffeine & Classics! (This was August.)

[ERC]

Compared to the above, take off the badge and you have no idea what it is...


Aren't we lucky that we grew up at a time when a major manufacturer brought out a new model and it was totally different from either it's competitors or predecessors.

Remember 1959? (Some of you won't of course...) but no one could confuse the Ford Anglia, Triumph Herald, Mini, Saab 95, Panhard PL17 and a whole heap more.

[nigel watts]

[/QUOTE]Aren't we lucky that we grew up at a time when a major manufacturer brought out a new model and it was totally different from either it's competitors or predecessors.

Remember 1959? (Some of you won't of course...) but no one could confuse the Ford Anglia, Triumph Herald, Mini, Saab 95, Panhard PL17 and a whole heap more.[/QUOTE]

Yes & I keep reminding myself of that.

[ERC]

Three wheels on the ground - CRC Speedshow

[Milan Fistonic]

A slightly larger three-wheeler. The yellow model had the number plate MINUS 1

[ERC]

Good plates Milan!

This was at C & C last Sunday.

[John McKechnie]

Always good to see a straight 8 car built by the company that made the BEST Spitfire/Mustang/Mosquito/Lancaster engines

[Trevor Sheffield]

Are you saying that Rolls Royce could not properly make their in-house designed engine ? Interesting that the Mustang was NBG without it. LOL

[ERC]

Coming soon - Pukekohe November 3rd.

David Metford's leap from a fairly standard Ford Escort, to this Ford Escort!

[Spgeti]

Coming soon - Pukekohe November 3rd.

David Metford's leap from a fairly standard Ford Escort, to this Ford Escort!

What a fantastic job on this car guys. Looks superb and is in the right ownership.

[Andrew Metford]

What a fantastic job on this car guys. Looks superb and is in the right ownership.

Thank you. We had a really great day today, lots of encouragement from everybody, and the car was well received. Most nights of the last 6 months spent out in the garage stripping, fixing, and rebuilding every part of the car was all worth it today. Unfortunately the only part of the car car we haven't touched ( fuel pump and filter ) let us down half a lap from home in the last race. But we'll get that sorted out and tune a few other things up and have another go at Manfield in a few weeks time.

It was also great to finally meet Dale Mathers today, along with Graeme Park, Adrian Dobbe, Jennifer Mossman, Richard Quinn, Bob Hyslop, and a few other people who's names I've forgotten ( or didn't hear properly because we had earplugs in ). I hope Spgeti will come and see us at Manfield so we can finally put a face to the name.

Now I just need to find a Sports Sedan for me so I can race with my brother instead of being his spanner-man ( not that I mind that though )

[Spgeti]

Hi Andrew,

Glad you and David enjoyed yourselves.
Manfeild is my home track and I only live 2 minutes away so I will be there organising our group and give Dale a rest....yeah right !

We will catch up.

Regards
Bruce

[ERC]

I should point out that David and Andrew and their parents are one of those families who have put a tremendous amount of volunteer time into car club events, for many years, in their case, with the MG Car Club. We could never have run successful race events without the Metford Clan running the dummy grid.

Look forward to you getting a suitable car Andrew!

[ERC]

Another before images are transferred to the PC.

[John McKechnie]

Thank you. We had a really great day today, lots of encouragement from everybody, and the car was well received. Most nights of the last 6 months spent out in the garage stripping, fixing, and rebuilding every part of the car was all worth it today. Unfortunately the only part of the car car we haven't touched ( fuel pump and filter ) let us down half a lap from home in the last race. But we'll get that sorted out and tune a few other things up and have another go at Manfield in a few weeks time.

It was also great to finally meet Dale Mathers today, along with Graeme Park, Adrian Dobbe, Jennifer Mossman, Richard Quinn, Bob Hyslop, and a few other people who's names I've forgotten ( or didn't hear properly because we had earplugs in ). I hope Spgeti will come and see us at Manfield so we can finally put a face to the name.

Now I just need to find a Sports Sedan for me so I can race with my brother instead of being his spanner-man ( not that I mind that though )

Andrew- just Copy it....you should know every nut and bolt by now