An advert by Bucklers NZ - provided by Bob Homewood on another forum ; Unsure what year but the phone number is 6 digits so in the 1970's perhaps ..
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An advert by Bucklers NZ - provided by Bob Homewood on another forum ; Unsure what year but the phone number is 6 digits so in the 1970's perhaps ..
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On the facebook page Dennis Marwood mentions that he bought the company around 1970 for the import licences. Became Performance Developments.
I find it interesting that the body shown in that advert is the English one on the car which Ivy owned, now back in the UK with a de Joux body. (Rivet counter)
In case you did not catch this on another thread there is some interesting Buckler and Elva information at this site;
(The Kiwi Connection ) prepared by Roger Dunbar.
http://www.elva.com/history/201209-kiwiconnection.php
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(Ken Hyndman )
On facebook we have been discussing this car. Any further guesses will be interesting. Venue and owner would be good. I'm pretty sure it's Northland Car Club, I have made an educated guess at the ownership, but as usual, could be wrong.Attachment 44951
Yes Roger, it was David who asked me to try to identify it for the new owner in the Netherlands of one of NZ's better 90s.
Yes another gone overseas, nobody in NZ seems to want them.
PM sent Paul
Just going through the thread, and now remember the name of the Buckler owner / driver,it was Ian Hallet, who I know competed in Teams races with Bruce Sutcliffe and others .. have seen a photo,which I must now find.
Bart Jonkers now owns one of the Green with Yellow stripes Bucklers, the car having left New Zealand during the year.
This car ;
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David Child provided the photo.
one of my own photos, AHCCNZ Hill Climb,mid 1980's [ posted before ].
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Unsure which of the events, my photos were from a number of years from 1984/5 on to 1989/90 ..
I took these photos at Chelsea Hillclimb in 2010
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Roger,
Those bucklers sure do have nice lines. Shame we are loosing these to Europe.
Cheers
Yes Indeed Paul, we were talking about that at Chelsea .. the most recent is this one.
Sold to a Bart Jonkers from Netherlands - he posted photos of its arrival in Europe, and has been seeking photos of it in its previous life in NZ
This photo was sent to me - in the background is My TR4A so taken around 1979/80
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AHCCNZ Otaua Hill Climb 1985 ish
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Just realised posted both these photos previously, and BMC BOY has a few of the car at Chelsea in 2010..
Just re-read this and the mention of the "Blue Brick ", here is a Graham Main photo of the car with others, looks like the Bruce Sutcliffe [ ex Ivy Stevenson ] DD2 and Ian Hallet's yellow car. date of photo not known .. but Rhys and others may know. borrowed from the Facebook page " Buckler Cars and Karts " as they borrow my photos too !! Kelvin Brown posted the photo..
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another Pic of the Ian Hallet car I think ?? jim Short photo ..
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Bruce Sutcliffe in the 'Blue Brick' at Whenuapai in 1984
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1956 at Wigram, Jim Boyd in the Buckler MK 6 behind the Allard Palm Beach with TR3 and Healey 100 close by.
Start of the Sports Car Race, Jim also ran in the Lady Wigram Trophy race
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the same Buckler at Wigram in 2018
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Boydie had the other (first Mark 5) not what is now known as the Blue Brick. He may have driven the brick, but owned the other. When he did the South Island tour he had the tent in the hatch in front of the screen, and wife and son with him in the car. Originally there were 2 Mk 5/6 in NZ, another brought in by Graham Brayshaw more recently. The white one is now with Mike Endean, the brick with Kelvin Brown