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01-26-2023, 08:19 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread Motoring pics Vintage cars - early years, events from 1960's 70's and 80's in General Discussion

Yes, the bridge... Ambassador Bridge. Linking Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario, this bridge enables car makers to keep up supplies to and...

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01-26-2023, 03:26 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread Motoring pics Vintage cars - early years, events from 1960's 70's and 80's in General Discussion

That has a lot in common with the 1922 Roller seen here, Roger: https://www.prewarcar.com/386131-1922-rolls-royce-silver-ghost-open-tourer

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01-18-2023, 01:39 PM

Ray Bell replied to a thread Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others in General Discussion

To my way of thinking it was far from 'rugged'... Look at the photos of it coming off the trailer, the colour pics in post 1281, it looks pretty...

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01-15-2023, 06:16 PM

Ray Bell replied to a thread Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others in General Discussion

Pretty sad stuff... Okay, back to Ross Bond. And also to Ken and Shirley Webb, who were behind the car. Ken obtained an alloy head and fitted...

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01-15-2023, 06:10 PM

Ray Bell replied to a thread The John Lacko Collection. in General Discussion

I met both Jerry and Pierre on my 2012 trip to the US... Both were generous with their time, Jerry incredibly so. He wanted us to stay a week at...

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01-13-2023, 08:41 PM

Ray Bell replied to a thread The John Lacko Collection. in General Discussion

Yes he did... He contested the Tasman Cup series a couple of times, firstly in a McLaren M10 and later in a March.

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01-10-2023, 12:09 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread The John Lacko Collection. in General Discussion

Looking forward to more, Ken...

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01-09-2023, 10:32 PM

Ray Bell replied to a thread Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others in General Discussion

I would ask Ross, but I understand his marbles are having a bit of a roll-around these days... He was always a great competitor, Ken Webb prepared...

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01-09-2023, 08:58 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others in General Discussion

While there is irrefutable evidence that Bond made it to Sandown in that period, I cannot find a single mention of him in any report from '67...

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01-08-2023, 10:15 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others in General Discussion

These would be from the April 18 meeting in 1971... Steve Booker is the MGB driver, the Centaur is either Will Charlton or John Campbell. The...

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01-07-2023, 12:36 PM

Ray Bell replied to a thread Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others in General Discussion

That pic is from Lakeside... Lakeside is in Queensland where Tim Harlock built the Centaur ciubmans. They were pretty rare in that they had that...

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01-06-2023, 01:08 PM

Ray Bell replied to a thread 1965 Australian Grand Prix in General Discussion

Milan... As I recall, about 1963 there was a new ruling came into F1 racing where cars could be classified as finishing when they weren't running...

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01-05-2023, 12:05 PM

Ray Bell replied to a thread 1965 Australian Grand Prix in General Discussion

I very much doubt it, Milan... He had six minutes to complete the lap, and he would have been well around it when the leaders started taking the...

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01-05-2023, 10:28 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread 1965 Australian Grand Prix in General Discussion

So now the situation I face is this: The placings down to seventh are not in dispute at all. Eighth place has just the one 'problem' reporting,...

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01-03-2023, 11:48 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread 1965 Australian Grand Prix in General Discussion

Really? I know I met Donn when he was here doing the reports, so that must have been 1966. Thanks for the information, Milan, it's an avenue I...

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01-03-2023, 09:54 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread 1965 Australian Grand Prix in General Discussion

That lap chart is strange, Milan... Thanks very much for it, I'd love to have had that when I wrote up the race for the Tasman Cup 1964-1975 book,...

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01-03-2023, 09:02 AM

Ray Bell replied to a thread 1965 Australian Grand Prix in General Discussion

Ken, the Primotipo page relates mostly to Rocky Tresise, frequently quoting me and my posts about that event on the Nostalgia Forum... However,...

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01-03-2023, 02:34 AM

Ray Bell started a thread 1965 Australian Grand Prix in General Discussion

I have been on a quest to know everything about this race for decades... It was the best race I ever saw, truly magnificent as McLaren, Brabham,...

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