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Some magazine ads from back in the day
Chris Whites 100 [ M spec ] NE 354
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nigel watts
NE 354 the well raced [ in different forms over the years ] by Chris White, looking very complete with its bumpers on. Nigel thanks for the posts, keep them coming, great shots.
the car with the cold air box intake, when I posted the engine shots in this thread, was if Chris' car at Masterton in 1989, was " sans bumpers " then.
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
Not chronological but another set of photos, the 1984 National Rally, have already posted 1989 and 1990, so going backwards in time.
in 1984 a group of Americans, from the West Coast, California and Oregon mainly, people I had met in 1982 when in the USA and a few others. We all billeted them and arranged share in cars to get there including some BJ9's [ not Healey's in AHCC parlance, one was a " WolsHeAley " 16/60 - seen in a couple of pictures, was still BMC.
outside my home in Herne Bay, our daily driver the Mini 1275 and my Healey 100 with Wayne and Sylvia Brown, Frank and Margaret Karls 16/60 and on up the road for Spgeti a Riley Elf !!.
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on the road Taupo Napier Road I think, Wolseley in the group, it kept up obviously didn't do the 90 mph thing like in 1989
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same road on the move, Sprites.
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more Sprites
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we got there, after many stops, a few repairs, but are outside the Holiday Park at Havelock North.
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Saturday morning and the Concour'
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The Red Sprite at the front nearest camera, FD 6525 was mine back in 1979 - 80, retained by my ex-wife and then sold in about 1983 .. had an engine rebuild and was rather quick ported polished balanced had a Cooper S Distributor, Cooper exhaust manifold modified by turning the bottom of the pipe through 90 degrees and rewelding, Cooper muffler and at one time ran a 40DCD Weber, before reverting to twin SU's to make it more tractable for the lady concerned, plus my mate wanted his Weber back, came off a Sunbeam Alpine
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North some more
The Concour' d'Elegance and others.
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Alec Issigonis would be proud !!.
Morris Minor and the Minis bigger brother the Maxi
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Outside the Puketapu Tavern on the Saturday touring run, Wolseley and Healey's to the left, locals to the right
" Clowns to the left of me Jokers to right " ....
More on the Taverrn later as it prove a popular stop !
Had to be in the Hawkes Bay - Leopard Beer on tap
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Sunday was competition day, Gymkhana and Grass Sprints type event.
The people and some Healeys,
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Competitors at the ready
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Coming up the competing, a few familiar cars ..
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally H, V-H ...
The famous H, V - H, Bernie HUYNEN's Valiant - Healey
Trying,
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Trying a bit harder,
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Trying even harder and serious, Top down to increase vision to the side and rear.
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Not sure who was driving, as cars were shared amongst others including our American visitors, probably Bernie in the last shot.
The car was sold by Bernie in recent years and the new owner tried to fit a Chev 350 ci V8, but had issues with compliance, so is / has reverting / ed to a Valiant Motor as all complianced and had been that way for much of its life since 1967/68 one of the last series of BJ8's .. I think BMC BOY knows a bit more about it.
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
Two pictures by Wayne Brown from the Oregon Healey Club,
My 100, getting ready for Concour'
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One of several breakdowns on the way to Napier, Bill Bolton from Oregon changing the wheel [ white jacket ] on Frank Karls Healey 100, yes he had one as well as the racing 3000.
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Healey Club members Heather and Adrian Rhodens - in the TR5,
[their Healey was under restoration. Their Healey seen at a Hillclimb earlier in the thread, photo by Ray Green of the Healey.]
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Back to the Gymkhana,
Sprite in action Sylvia Brown from Oregon driving [ one of many shares of cars ].
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another Sprite with a lot of opposite lock, that is how we drive them.
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Healey 100 running a bit wide and no slide.
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Bill Bolton's Healey's at Corvallis Oregon in 1986 - Ross Cammick photo
Seeing as Bill features changing the wheel post above, Here he is with two of his Healeys in 1986, both works racers, ABL 6, in BMC colours [ Red White ]and UJB 141 [ Green ] which raced at Sebring in 1960.
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Bill was a regular visitor to NZ,worked in the timber industry [ machinery ] and used to visit Rotorua, Tokoroa etc to see the Forestry people .. handy to catch up with his Healey mates in NZ ..
other person is Mark Donaldson, founder of the AHCCNZ in 1972/73 .. wearing his famous shorts
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Healey's at Dunedin Revival meeting 1984
Seen before on the Dunedin Festival thread but belong here ;
*** corrected information from " Spinaway " ..
Des Spillane in his early 100 from Temuka SI ***
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Neal Ferguson for Waiau SI in his Blue 100
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A pair of Healeys at Portobello Dunedin
A night out by the Dunedin branch of AHCCNZ, two Healey's with matching paint.
Photo by Albert Chang ..
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Ross and Shona Osborne 100/6 and Laurie Hart BJ8, identified by Mark Donaldson from the AHCCNZ..
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
Back to the Grass Gymkhana / Sprint ;
ID 9783 which became LX 100 known as Alex the Red ;
my attempt at the test photos by Wayne Brown and his camera and my camera as well.
The start
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The finish
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
A few more of my Healey ID 9783, in various hands, firstly the Browns from Salem Oregon.
Sylvia in action, ready to start Bernie Huynens Valiant Healey beside the 100
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on the test
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Wayne getting ready a couple of shots one mine, one Sylvia's
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ready by a line up of Healey's
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North last pics
That Red Healey again,
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That is the end of Napier 1984, will follow with Rotorua a mix of 1985 and 1986 pics, then we will go further back in time to 1980 and few from 1976 at New Plymouth, the first AHCCNZ Rally I attended in a Triumph GT6.
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AHCCNZ events - 1984 National Rally at Napier / Havelock North
Found a few more from Napier, and the story of the Puketapu Tavern [ Hotel actually according to the name over the door ]..
Heading out from the Motor Camp at Havelock North,
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This car was the third Sprite purchased in 1979 !!, sold by my ex-wife in 1983 to this young couple.
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Frank Karls other Healey complete with gunsight on the bonnet, being repaired again, puncture on the way down, and now this
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Wayne Brown in ID 9783 It ran 14 inch X 6 inch Hotwire Mags, sat rather low, even with 185 x 14's
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Puketapu Hotel
The visit was the second one as on Saturday we had arrived by Bus on the Saturday afternoon as part of a tour, the Americans liked it so much as did the publican, a few consumed and some takeaways for later. this was on the Monday when many headed home, a group of us stayed on to revisit.
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Outside the Tavern 50% Americans / 50% Kiwi's counting the camera Guy
BMC BOY on the left, and the two in blue are rest of the four that went to the USA in 1982 and traveled in the VW Kombi for several months
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That now is the final pics from 1984 Rally