Mr McK may be able to answer some of them, These postings are mainly to preserve our history and also for the younger ones to see what was.
Mr McK may be able to answer some of them, These postings are mainly to preserve our history and also for the younger ones to see what was.
passing resemblance to this grandsonOriginally Posted by markec
Car #6 would be Lex Davison's HWM-Jaguar at the 1954 first-ever NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore (actually described in the programme as the NZ Motor Cup Grand Prix). Note the P.Coutts & Co Ltd Commer van at the right.
Davison won the 1954 Australian GP in it on a distinctly rough road circuit at Southport Qld. Car 5 in the background would be Horace Gould's Cooper-Bristol.
Stu
Last edited by stubuchanan; 12-27-2011 at 09:29 AM.
Come on Stu, we are not still denying that the first NZ Grand Prix was at Ohakea are we?
But you did say the "first-ever NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore", I guess that could be interpreted differently.
Post #16 Doug Haigh's Citroen Special,
Last edited by bry3500; 12-28-2011 at 03:33 AM.
Post #20 is I think the Holroyd /Ross/ Bunce / A50 Special. This could be a very early photo when it was Ford 10 powered.
Brian Tracey demonstrating the Ardun Special at Epsom at the 1958 pre Ardmore NZIGP meeting.
Citroen Special
[QUOTE=Kwaussie;7964]Post #20 is I think the Holroyd /Ross/ Bunce / A50 Special. This could be a very early photo when it was Ford 10 powered.[/QUOTE
Yep...
Nice thread to put up when I'm away from my computer
Some confirmations and corrections (by post no.)
2. Whitehead's Ferrari from the 1954 GP
3. Parnell's 1957 Supersqualo (with Roycroft's 375 in the background)
4. Roycroft's 375
5. RA Vanguard
10. Brabham's Cooper-Bristol, 1954 GP
12. Glen Murray Express P3 Alfa
13. Zambucka's Maserati 8CM - could be 1954 GP or 1955 (he had the same number both years)
15. Stuart Special
16. Ex-Haigh Citroen Special - Lou Kingsley's Holden in the background suggests this was when the Citroen was in the Blackburns' ownership
17. Ken Wharton's T41 Cooper-Climax (as driven by Alex Stringer) with Bib Stillwell's 250F behind - 1957 GP
18. Fred Tuck's Mk1 Cooper-Bristol - 1954 GP
20. I tend to agree the Holroyd Ford 10 special before it became the A50 Special
21. Agree on Davison's HWM-Jag, though I don't recall seeing photos of it with that nose before
If you go post # 19 I will agree, my post 20 shows a car with wires, and what seems to be the dashpots of 3 carbs on the RH side of the engine. I have checked with the current "custodian" of the A50 and he tells me it never had wires.Not being picky, but you know that this is likely to be quoted as evidence some time in the future!
Last edited by Oldfart; 12-31-2011 at 08:46 PM.
Does a handicap race really qualify as a Grand Prix (apart from one French GP and a number of Oz GPs)?Come on Stu, we are not still denying that the first NZ Grand Prix was at Ohakea are we?
But you did say the "first-ever NZ Grand Prix at Ardmore", I guess that could be interpreted differently.
Ardmore GP organisers were not sure about their numbers either, here are title pages from 1955 and 1956 GP programmes.
So, officially, there never was a second NZ International Grand Prix. Try explaining that to your grandchildren!
Stu
First New Zealand Grand Prix - Ohakea 1950
First NZ International GP - Ardmore 1955 (as the programme says)
Third NZ Grand Prix - Ardmore 1956 (as the programme says)
The trouble only really starts the following year, when the 1957 programme refers to the "fourth NZ International GP", when - strictly speaking - it was the third. In other words it was at that stage that the organisers retro-applied the "NZ International GP" title to the 1954 Ardmore race
Thanks David, total agreement.
Grand Prix only means "Big Prize" and historically there are a good number of times in Europe where there were a number of Grands Prix in the same country in the same year. A Grand Prix of the country could also be held. eg GP de France, as well as a Grand Prix at Angloueme, Albi, Caen, Dieppe etc etc.
As far as I know (and am likely to be wrong) there was no requirement in the "good old days" for a GP to be authorised by any hierarchy, so I guess that the Ohakea event may fit that. However we like it or don't, it was the 1st Grand Prix so named in NZ, and as David says the Ardmore event was named as the 1st INTERNATIONAL.
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