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Colin Prast (left) and John Agnew.
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The rail pictured left is Noel Jones, which is AMC powered.
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Printable View
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Colin Prast (left) and John Agnew.
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The rail pictured left is Noel Jones, which is AMC powered.
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Peter Lodge again in Baloo.
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Colour shot of Noel Jones.
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Baloo again, pictured at Autorama, 1970.
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Hot Rod mag at that time gave coverage.
Autonews, motorman didnt cover them, only some stockcars and speedway.
Just find those who were there and I am rapt at the pics appearing here....neat.
Enjoyed Errol Uttingers Ponty straight eight rail.
Heading South now, this is Ruapuna, 1970. That little fenderless pick-up on our left was featured in the very first Weetbix Hot Rod collectors cards. Who remembers those?
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This is Aussie Top Fuel racer Graham Whithers, doing a publicity run at Wigram.
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Pictured here is Garth Hogan, assisting Whithers.
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Brian Trigg, I believe.
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Moving on again, to Rotorua, from 1970. Pictured in the T Bucket in the background is, I'm told, Terry Furness. Terry was featured in a book I write a few years back called Kiwi Hot Rodders Guide To Life.
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Curly West (left) and Dave McDougall. The bright green GMC 6 powered Willys coupe is also pictured earlier in this thread. Curly later replaced the Willys body with a T Bucket body, and stored the rare Willys body behind his shed. He later had a rubbish remover come collect some junk off his section, and the rubbish guy crushed the Willys body, thinking it was junk! Anyone who knows anything about these cars knows how valuable they are now.
The car still exists in Christchurch in its T Bucket guise, and was also featured in my Kiwi Hot Rodders book.
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Still at Rotorua. Interesting the mix of cars being raced.
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I have no idea!
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Noel Jones' Rebel dragster.
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John Parry in the hot rod pick-up. Note the quad-carb set-up on the flathead V8! Not sure who is in the Chevy coupe.
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Amazing x-ray photo Allan did of Baloo in 1970.
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