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I was at Baypark in Dec. 1975.
If you look closely at the crowd past the F5000 field you might see a young Grant Sprague drinking beers with his mates, out of sight from his dad !
Grant,
You never replied to this photo. Was I right or wrong ?
Is that the same Keith who had a beautiful light blue Mini Cooper that drove past Summit Service Station after 5 pm each work day ?
(Ken H)
Ken- I had an original light blue Mini Cooper in 1990, it had a white roof......could this be the same one?
Keith was a very active member of the TVCC way back, always had nice cooper S gave it heaps too.Quote:
Originally Posted by khyndart in CA
Yes replied ..... but did not show up ... will try & repost Ken tomorrow ....thanks mate
Yes , oddly enough I was at B / Park that year I was up from Timaru racing in GTX...... I had heard lots about Bay Park & Mr Peter Hanna..... was a warm weekend I think it was the finals for the season , little did I know about 6 yrs later I was to move to Tauranga not only because of the weather & B/Park but to be with my big brother , Gary had a car yard with a beaut work shop on the site , Gary taught me a few things but before I could get my own licence Gary moved to the Gold Coast , I had learnt enough by this time sold my little hunts home unit & cars & got my licence, Roly Levis bought Gary's car yard so I moved into one about 3 k,s down to wards town .... a bit long winded lol..... Tauranga was a great place to live but is becoming a little like Auckland , we live in the country & takes about 15 to 20 mins to get to the city so its not that bad ..PS re Keith , I would think is was for sure he had an Austin Healey 3000 as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by khyndart in CA
Australian " Auto Action " has just ceased publishing after 45 years, the publication name has been sold to a big group, but no indication that it will survive, started going backwards when the stopped putting the weekend results in and published on a Thursday, to being on the shelf on a Monday, with nothing of the recent racing.
Interesting at the time it started Motorman had been going for a number of years, Allan Dick's " Auto News " was around, the NZ Hot Rod magazine the longest running Automotive magazine, apart from the AA members only publication had been going since the 1960's [ correct me here !! could be a bit wrong there.
Here is the front page, I haven't read much of it yet !!. Couldn't scan as reduced so in two parts .. overlaps, sorry.
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Auto Action which was sold and ceased publishing with issue # 1688 in May 2016, has returned, new publishers, new / old format, fortnightly and with Race Results, just got the latest issue. July 21 - August 3. #1689
The Cover - must get a larger capacity scanner this only does A4, didn't think of it when I shelled out the Dollars ..
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Letters and the Editors comments about resuming publication, Hope they go well.
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And now the lost magazine has returned Auto Action is back see Post #67Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Dowding
AMC issue 89 is out now..
from the back page ;, Oran Park did it in 1986, Pukekohe did it in 1966..
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Latest issue of AMC #90 is out and an article about the success of Chrysler Valiants and Chargers in NZ, ..
copied here, only 3 pages..
plus the top photo.. L Leonard .. the best !!.
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the article.. hope it is cropped correctly .. bloody scanners !! .
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If it does not look good, either buy the mag or let me know, and will try again.. Big day and had a couple of Moosehead Lagers tonight, from Canada, available in Brisbane, first time since about 1990 .. as they say " Hang Loose with the Moose " .. head Lager ..
cheers
Roger