Grant,
Tell us more about you with this machine.
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Grant,
Tell us more about you with this machine.
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(Ken Hyndman )
Amaroo Park. 1976. Highlights.
This shows how exciting this short track could be.
Note the great move by Graeme Lawrence at the 2 min 50 mark.
(Also note the lack of excitement with the announcer as a Kiwi wins !)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQYIykF5_kc
(Ken Hyndman )
Hi Ken....well this car was originally built in Invercargall I think in the early 70,s was a U2 with 1600 cross flow or pre cross flow not really sure
Later on it found its way to Timaru where a few of the local boys did a re body & made it into a very good looking car all alloy & slippery shape with march look alike nose cone .. some of the same team that helped Gary, Leo &Dad.... it was then fitted with a cook 2.0 race nissan engine , c/r/g/box better brakes etc.... the car was good very good infact , during my trips home to Timaru to catch up with family & friends , Dad said I want to show you something the car was named by builder a merlyn or close to it...........any way we rocked up to David Browns home [Timaru] the car was McLaren orange and was winning the SI series [scanz] I was looking for a bit of excitment & did a deal soon after, Dave dropped the car up to Wellington I gave him a mazda 626 LTD lol , I painted the car my then logo business colours black & red.....The pic you see is at Bay Park the car in the NI did not have quite the straight line speed as the twin cam turbo cars but not that far off them you can see Jamie behind me as we stuck it on pole & managed to head Jamie off [only just] at this meeting I remember him coming up to me & saying well you no yr way around here that gave me a wee smile as Jamie was the man .. being my then home circut it was an easy track to master it just flowed for me , we never did the complete NI series in the yrs I had it , I would do Bay Park, Taupo & Manfield...never took it to Puke not sure why not.....I used it on bent sprints , drags, club days lots of hill climbs , it was a car that was very well built for those who have had drives of fast go carts it was like that but bigger no understeer or oversteer it just was like on rails..if you over drove it it would just do a four wheel drift but with out having to correct it amazing chassis design for that time ....... strangley enough when you buy race cars we hear some times that parts get robbed off them befor delivery Ernie always said if any one buys a race car do the deal after a race & take it .. i had heard the fron [McLaren springs] had been removed before i got the car but was rectified very quickly Ernie was on to it .. The car is still in Tauranga as sold to a friend it is like new Ken thats about it .
Grant,
That is great information. Thank you.
As you can see even though I live a long way away I am still keeping track of you !
I wish we had met when I worked on Cameron Road for Vern J and staff.
(Ken Hyndman )
Ken I did not know you worked for Vern, Hey we are not over & out yet , havent even started living yet lol, I have a young family that keeps me young so I can send you some positive vibs my good friend ............. we wil be organising more Sprague family piks in a week or two , Thanks for showing interest Ken hope you well mate .. Grant
Ken, do you have any more pics? I've really been enjoying these.
Bay Park.
I need help in identifying when I took these photos at Bay Park and who is driving.
Thank you.
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Thank you for that information.
Do you know when that meet took place ?
(Looks like Jim Richards is going to need all the track to get through this corner ! He kicked up the dust
coming in and looks to be trying as hard as he can !)
They were great days of racing....
I'de guessin 71 or 72
December 1975. Bay Park.
This time with a bit of colour. Rolling thunder as Allan Moffat in the white Monza and Leo Leonard in the PDL Mustang lead the way along the back straight on the warm up lap. (note the crowd size in the middle photo )
There were 3 races that day for these cars which allowed me to move around the track.
Was there ever a better line up of saloon cars and drivers in NZ than this ?
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P.S.
This really is the end of my photos and again thanks for the encouragement and input from so many of you.
I never thought these old photos would ever see the light of day again and this site has allowed that to happen.
A HUGE thanks to Steve H for the initial help and leaving me to enter my own photos, of which I did not have a clue about when I started.
The Shoe Box is empty !
( Ken Hyndman )
Thank you Ken for sharing with us. These old collections bring to light stuff that happened and has been long forgotten. It is great to have a forum like this to share and view these and very timely as many of the folks depicted are either getting on in years or have passed on. For this we thank you Steve.
Allan
Appreciate the effort you've gone to Ken. The photos and information you've posted have been very entertaining.
Seeing Grant driving that Anglia brought back memories of how I had to sell mine to get across to Australia in early 1970. I thought it was a good looking vehicle in light blue and I had just overhauled the engine and then tried to get a buyer interested. Finally a young man called and wanted to see the car. I took him for a drive and then he asked if he could drive it. He hurled it around the back roads from Morrinsville and I could tell he had talent but I was a terrible passenger, almost curled up under the dash by the time we got back into town ! I could not wait to make the deal and get the car into his name before I was left with a smoking wreck !
That young man went on to drive much more powerful Fords than my Anglia.
That young man was Craig Pulman.
He got the Anglia and I got to Australia !
I often wonder what became of my Anglia. ( BN 4259 )
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Wooooow Ken the name [Craig rings a bell ??????] ....Hey must talk about Morrinsvile did you know the Smiths there .. Ray use to play in the Dragon Band very long story ....... lol
Craig Pulman is mentioned in this post from Steve.
Holden Monaro thread.
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Craig Pulman has been building race engines for years, and has/had a company called Pro-Action which built a bunch of those space-frame Trans-Am cars in the 90s. Someone on here should have a contact for him. No doubt he'd be able to fill in some details on where the car came from before he got it.
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Yes Ken, I heard a lot about Craig Pulman , I think he might have painted this car black or a similar car, only contact I had with the man was at taupo when I helped push his car to start it ..I....understand he also built engines etc etc not really sure what became of him... :confused:
Think Craig Pulman owns and runs Gate Works in Papakura.
Sometimes an old slide shows up and this one reminded me of being at Oran Park, June 28 1970 and not having much luck with my camera. After the racing was done I managed to take a couple of photos before heading home. I found this buried in a closet at home recently and had it developed yesterday.
There in the background is the trailer for the late Glyn Scott who was to die tragically just a few weeks later.
The car in the photo was driven by Ken Goodwin and here is a brief description from oldracingcars.com
Rennmax
'the Goodwin car'
"BN3/169"
Ken Goodwin: and built and utilizing Palliser wheels and uprights. First recorded outing Warwick Farm 13 Jul 1969; initially 997cc Ford, then next time with a 1600cc twin cam; Australian Gold Star 1970 (raced at Oran Park 28 Jun 1970 with a Cosworth FVA (?) and at the Sam Hordern Trophy at Warwick Farm on 6 Sep 1970 with a 1500cc Ford); Singapore GP 12 Apr 1971 (twin-cam 1600cc). Then entered by Goodwin for Bob Muir Gold Star 1971 with a 2-litre Waggott engine. For Goodwin at the Sam Hordern Trophy at Warwick Farm 5 Sep 1971 (Waggott 1.6). Inactive for some time until bought by Terry Hook 1973 for the new Van Heusen ANF2 series. The number '169' may have been invented by Barry Lake around this time to identify the car. This car ended up with Ray Hanger and was sold by him to Vaughan Stibbard some time in the mid 1990s. Retained May 2012.
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June 26. 1970.
It was a sad day at Lakeside a month after the Oran Park meeting.
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From the Sydney Morning Herald. July 27. 1970.
(KJH )
Once again as I was threatened that if I did not clean out the garage someone else would come in and do it for me !
There amongst some old papers was a box of slides and I managed to rescue the following images of a day that I spent at Oran Park in June 1970.
I will need some help with identifying some of the participants and thank you in advance.
First the programme cover.
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Looking along the front entry road with sedans from a Camaro to Minis.
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A Mk 1 Jaguar ( Barrie Sharp ? ) leading Peter Brock's A 30 and others onto to front straight.
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During the lunch break the 1968 Porsche 908 that Jo Siffert had driven at the 1968 Nurburgring race was driven around on a trailer before being taken to a race car show in Sydney.
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After lunch there was some fun racing between the Porsche 911s of Brian Foley and Jim McKeown plus a good looking Torana with Barry Seton driving.
Jim McKeown talking with friends before the race.
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Brian Foley and crew prepare to go racing.
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McGrath Motors Torana. driven by Barry Seton
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The Porsche drivers in action.
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1970 Australian Drivers Championship competitors prepare for Round 3.
Leo Geoghegan's beautiful Lotus 59 powered by a Waggott engine awaits to be put back together for the main race in which he finished second.
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Race winner Max Stewart, checks out the left rear area of his Mildren also with a 2 litre Waggott engine in a very basic paddock area at Oran Park Raceway.
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Ken, the cover would be Jim Palmer in the Lotus 32 Climax
The first photo would be Pat Peck on her Chev Camaro. It was Improved Production at this stage and she often ran with Div 2 Sports Sedans. It was great off the start against the Minis but then she would get swamped.
A day at the Farm.
I think this about May 1970.Warwick Farm, Sydney.
Kevin Bartlett in his Mildren Waggott leads the field through I believe what was " Polo Corner".
Leo Geoghegan is tucked in right behind.
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No, that is not Polo, that is the first part of the esse's.
Dale.
Thanks Dale,
I just remembered it was a right turn and was guessing.
So I must have been on the outside at about # 6 turn as per this schematic.
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Still have fond memories of a day at the "Farm".
(Ken Hyndman )
There's some confusion with dates here...
The Warwick Farm Autopics photo shows Geoghegan in the Lotus 39 chasing Bartlett in the HMV Trophy race on July 13, 1969. But it seems to me that Geoghegan has now rear wing in that photo whereas the car behind Bartlett's in your pic does have a rear wing.
Unless you can enlarge it and get more detail, I'd suggest it's Stewart chasing Bartlett in the Hordern Trophy of that year or the Tasman Cup race of 1970, most likely the latter.
The Peter Brock A30, by the way, had passed on to Ross Bond by the time the Barry Sharp pic was taken. And the pic of Max Stewart's car in the pits shows Glenn Abbey at the back of the truck with Alec Mildren partially obscured, and it might even be Stuart Randall, not Max himself, at the back wheel.
I am trying to remember who the woman in the checkered slacks is but it's eluding me. The Alto Ford Escort is Bob Holden's.
Ray,
You are correct and I should not have used that Autopics photo anyway.
Thanks for naming all the others as well.
Appreciate everyone's input to my fading memory but at least some of the photos are clear !
(Ken H)
A more accurate map of the Farm... with the same corner numbers added, though they are deceiving as the Northern Crossing 8 & 9) were really the one corner, as was the Causeway (11 & 12).
http://s26.postimg.org/lh3dl1e0p/0517_WFcircuitmap.jpg
Ken, would it be okay for me to use the Goodwin Rennmax photo on my Rennmax thread on TNF, it's a very good photo of the car and its gentleman owner/preparer?
Also the shot of the Pacer with the Porsche in tow for yet another forum?
Ken, I've got very similar photos from one of my trips to Warwick Farm and I seem to remember taking them while standing on the steps up to the Shell Bridge.
That would be right, Milan...
There is a spectator embankment right behind you there, but you'd have heads in the way if you took pics from there.
Ray,
Yes of course you are most welcome to any of my photos. It took me all this time (47 years ) to bring them out in the open. That is pathetic on my part.
If you PM your email address perhaps I can send them in a clearer format. Plus you can tell me more about those forums.
(Ken)
So what area of the track was I at when I took this photo of Allan Moffat and Pete Geoghegan having a wonderful battle on July 7 1970 at Warwick Farm ?
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