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Enjoying the stories Ken H, Oldfart and Kevin Hirst, as made me think back and remember great things happening as a young lad.
Here are a few more pictures, almost the last of them..
1924 Rolls Royce, featured in a B & W shot earlier on..
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1930 Buick, a modern one compared to Dons 1919, featured previously..
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1929 De Soto
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A very English and large car , rival for a Bentley 1929 Vauxhall [ Hurlingham !! ].
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1924 Mercedes, a pair of photos, ready to leave on the days run..
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that is all for today .. the final few soon !!, back to you Ken H .. cheers
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Vintage Car Rally 1972 - Hawkes Bay, New Zealand - the last photos ..
This is I believe the last, certainly of the coloured ones from the International Rally in 1972.. may have a few odd Vintage shots, but will need to find them, [ my usual comment ].
Leaving the gates of the park, Ford Model A at the gate, Mercedes in the middle and an Austin, I think closest to camera.
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a 1929 Essex Super 6, owned by B Ogston .. two views ;
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my handwritten list of the photos, must have borrowed a programme [ possibly from Don Osborne - 1919 Buick ] to get the information, in my terrible and then minute handwriting / printing.
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Another folder of photos can now be put away !!.
Take it away Ken H ..
The 1924 Mercedes was christened 'Monster', by its creator,
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Greg Mackie
The 1924 Mercedes was christened 'Monster', by its creator, the late Bob Pritchett [that's Bob, with wife/navigator, Phyl in the car]. He grafted the Mercedes engine and drive-line into a Crossley chassis. When I asked Bob when the car was finished, he said that he started the project in 1938, and drove to Melbourne for the 1956 Olympics...so somewhere in between. Bob was a founder member of the VSCCA.
One of the best examples of Aussie 'specials', and it is still regularly exercised by Tim Shellshear, in VSCCA events.
Greg, thanks for you information, interesting car then. I thought that it was all Mercedes, the story makes it even more a " Special " Vintage Special .
I see your location is Southern Highlands NSW , we visited Tallong to stay with friends over Easter and went to the markets at Barrawong and to a winery at Berrima, a great part of Australia
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Vintage Car Rally 1972 - Hawkes Bay, New Zealand - back to the topic !
(Another memory unrelated to this thread..sorry Roger. )
(Ken Hyndman )
Just looking again at this thread, and comments by Kevin Hirst and Ken Hyndman about Walton and the surrounds.
Kevin and I actually met at Caffeine and Classics back in July this year and we both own MX5's the one he was in belonged to " The Boss ", his wife.
Kevin now lives " Up North " Mangawhai ?, and Ken you are in California, so I am now the closest to your old " Neck of the Woods " and in fact get closer as we visit Te Poi to stay on a farm and go to Matamata while there, plus sometimes pass through on or back from Auckland.
Must have a look through more " Vintage Car /Bike " photos to see what I haven't posted.
This one I have, it shows my TR4A quite early in ownership so Mid 1978 - before Russ Abbot,whom I bought it of fitted the three point roll bar -it had a inverted U mounting over the driveshaft tunnel and the side bars connected to the rear wheel arches. In another of the " Small World " stories - Had to get new tyres for my Suzuki SX4 and went to the local Tyre Guy at " Omokoroa Tyres and Alignment " next door to the Wof Guy and his name is Steve Abbott.
Turns out he is Russ's son and asked me later if I was into Triumphs - before I twigged who he was and the family. We are now locals in the same " Town " !!
The TR4 and a Motorbike at Manganui Northland back in 1978.
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Vintage Car Rally 1972 - Hawkes Bay, New Zealand moving South
I posted my photos of the 1972 International Vintage Car Club Rally a while ago on this thread.
Have just come across the " Nelson Photo News " photos from their Issues #135 February 1972 and #136 March 1972.
This is the same Magazine /Newspaper that did the Tahunanui Beach races, the Pig Valley Hillclimb and other Nelson Car Club and Tasman Stock car Club events.
Bringing the thread forward - nothing since 2018.
Photos of the cars in Nelson
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The first 4 pages - 3 more to follow.
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Vintage Car Rally 1972 - The Old Ones Arrive.
As the headline said " The Old Ones are Coming " then " The Old Ones Arrive " and here they are :
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Posted again as the 4 pages of the March issue - Magazine " Nelson Photo News "
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The Cover of the Rally Book again ; Not mine although I do remember having one back then
Copy from John Manhire's archives - John runs the Facebook Page " South Island Motorsport ".
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Vintage of a different sort the Gipsy Riley / Riley Moth
Photos from the NZ Classic Driver Magazine issue #47 from 2013, by Tony Haycock.
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Static photo by Nigel Watts - posted on another thread.
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Action photo by ERC Ray Green at Chelsea Walsh 2015.
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Thanks TRS members for the " borrows ".
Richard McNair - son of Wallace McNair built the car a 1931 Riley 9, with the Gypsy Moth 6.1 litre engine - same as in Richard's Tiger Moth - aeroplane..
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Hunua Hundred Rally 1971 Auckland Veteran & Vintage Car Club
Have found some more photo's - to be scanned and posted - only 6 ..
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Posting them soon.
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Hunua Hundred Rally 1971 Auckland Veteran & Vintage Car Club - last pictures.
Been busy scanning and sorting [ ERC knows what that is like as do many others - takes time ] found the Hunua Hundred photos and a set of 8 or so from Gold Coast Indy 2003 - but not the Indy Cars - will post them on Lakeside [ my Australia thread ] .
Hunua Hundred 24th October 1971 [ coming up 48 years ago ]
- the 1930 Model A Ford that I was navigator in - Charles ' Charlie ' Liddell checking the Radiator, with me watching.
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At the park the finish - checking again - with other cars Charlie checking and my Mate Peter in the background.
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Another Model A Tudor Coupe and a Truck
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Yet another Model A - A Roadster
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Talbots Left and Right of a Buick
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Last one a Graham - Paige Coupe - looks like a DKW and Ford Zephyr beside /behind the tree.
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John Mck probably knows some of the cars -has worked on them ??
Charlie's Car is still on the NZ Register
" Year: 1930
Make: FORD
Model: SEDAN
Colour: Black
Second Colour: Red
Body Style: Saloon
Plate: BZ3656
Engine No: CAE404
Chassis: CAU1343 "
The accompanying photo on Carjam the Car is Red and Black - I do not remember !