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Manunui Coastal Hill Climb 28th March 2021
Manunui Coastal HillClimb 2021
28th March 2021
The event is on again, the second running,
After losing " Chelsea Walsh " the road at the Chelsea Sugar Refinery, in 2018, the Waitemata Branch of the Vintage Car Club were invited by MG Car Club to run at Maioro Road, Otaua, Franklin County South Auckland - the event that was started by Austin Healey Car Club back in 1983 and handed to MGCC in 1991,
The event is at Pakiri off Pakiri Road, near Mangawhai, Lower Northland
" https://waitemata.org/manunui-coastal-hill-climb/ "
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Map of the Track. A Private Road
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Hopefully someone from TRS is going and can take some photos.
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Car Day for Locals - part three - more from Pahoia
British Sports Cars, a couple of my favourites too !! AH and TR.
AH seen on the AH thread
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This TR was at the local Tyre Guys shop recently - Steve Abbott, the son of Russ Abbott who was into rallying and Hillclimbs and other Motorsport in the 1970's / 80's. Steve had the Chev C10 Pickup posted earlier.
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Other BMC BL vehicles in RED.
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More Fords - they were a big group, but think the Morris Minor Club group was even bigger " the MM Club arrived in convoy, as did the local branch of the Ulysses Motorcycle Club, having made the event part of their Sunday runs.
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More to come- more Fords, the Morris Minors and others.
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Car Day for Locals - part four - some more from Pahoia
A bit of a mix of vehicles ;
Fords, again !! The Mark two is a rebuild was held in place by concrete blocks as had no brakes or engine.
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Morris's
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The Club arrives,
then park in a big group - split by a gateway
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Top of the Morris group with the AH TR and other further up the hill
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Lots more to come;
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Car Day for Locals - part five - more variety from Pahoia
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Car Day for Locals - part six - the MM set, from Pahoia
The Morris Minor set.
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MM Motors - A series
In the white convertible
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In the green Van
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MM Motor - something else
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The " Toyota " motor was in this MM - have seen a similar Toyota Twincam in an Austin Healey Sprite - the one Allan Horner competes in the " Classic Trial " series of circuit events at Hampton Downs and Pukekohe.
The van runs EFI, Allan runs carburetors [ less bulky under the bonnet of the Sprite ]
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Hopefully no more duplicates .. Oops !! with a couple.
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Car Day for Locals - part seven - more from Pahoia
A bit of a mix ...
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Sunbeam - a 1960's one - a 1950's featured earlier.
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The backs of the MM's and a few others..
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The Bikes arrive - turns out it was the local branch of the Ulysses Club - our local Librarian is a member - Liz and her husband both arrived on their bikes. Matthew put a series of photo's in the local paper that they publish.
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Car Day for Locals - part eight - more from Pahoia
Most of the small group or single car shots have been posted.
A mix of the others; the Galbraith Zephyr - another photo
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The White Truck - in Blue.
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The Morris Minor group -
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Zephyrs from the back
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More Fords from the back
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Car Day for Locals - part nine - at Pahoia
More of the Morris Minor group.
scene two;
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scene three;
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MM quintet not so many people in the photo - more of the cars / vans.
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More cars from the rear
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Chev Corvette, Red Rover etc..
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A distant Zephyr - as it arrived - the Galbraith car. It has a lovely sound with its 3 into 2 into one exhaust manifold instead of the terrible single pipe version.
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Car Day for Locals - part ten - at Pahoia
A few more
- this first one features " Her Indoors " and another Zephyr.
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Three from BMC / BL, - AH TR and MM.
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The AH engine. posted on the AH thread before.
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A BL MGB GT - the high bumper late model version.
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Well that is all from Pahoia
Cheers
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No Chrysler representation, Roger? Yep here it is..
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Ray Bell
No Chrysler representation, Roger?
You must have missed this Plymouth - thought it was in an early post.
Just for you Mate - and it was a beautiful car too !!.
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Cheers Ray Bell - we never quite met when in QLD, it was close though !! Had a couple of phone calls..
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Car Day for Locals - part 10 - the last few, AWSTIN and a general view.
The very last photo's - promise hopefully no repeats.
AWSTIN, the interior [ will be on the AH thread ]
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General view - taken as I was leaving, just before the Morries from behind photos.
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" That's all from here,
Waiting for next year. "
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Vintage photos of cars that are now Vintage
Photos of mine from the archives - the 3 x 3 prints were made from film in a Kodak Brownie Starlet Camera that I got as a young fellow in 1962.
Cars include ones owned by family and friends
Many of the later posted photos are from Seabrook Avenue in New Lynn, where I lived from 1955 to 1970.
Others from Muriwai and other places.
Some on the old Black on Yellow plates
My Mates Morrie and Muriwai.
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My Aunts Austin A40 at Whangaparaoa Peninsula. -1962
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Our Mark 3 Zephyr near Helensville in 1963
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A neighbours brand new Mark One Cortina in 1962 at New Lynn
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Large Dodge /Plymouth in Seabrook Ave in 1965
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The car again Seabrook Ave 1965
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A bit of a " Mix of Pics " or " Images from my Past " type post like ERC and Nigel have
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More " Old Photos " of cars - my old Black and White ones from the 1960's
Seen in and around Auckland.
at Whenuapai Airport - when it was a Commercial one too
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New MG's at Princes Wharf, Downtown Auckland
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Us boys and our cars in 1967 at 54 Argyle St,Herne Bay - the house behind a two storey brick place was demolished in the early 2000's and a modern place built. The Mini was mine.
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An FL1 Austin Hire Car version of the London Taxi the FX3.
Firstly at Waiheke - before I bought it for $170, It was owned by a Mates Father at the time.
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Had to ship it back to Auckland via Subritzky's barge. It failed to start when trying to leave the boat at Half Moon Bay and was unceremoniously hauled off by a Tractor - the Subritzky Boys were not amused at the extra work involved.
Here in Mount Albert with my daily driver a 1996 Austin Mini 850 in 1973 - my second Mini.
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The FL1 was later sold, for around $250, to an American, living in the Waitakere's as a project along with a bunch of spare body panels from a wrecked FX3
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Vintage Car photos - well they are now - a few more
GM big - Australian big
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GM small - the smallest at the time
At Orewa, with my little Sister in the car
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Never owned a Sunbeam but drove several, a mates 1950's Talbot and an Alpine like this.
Borrowed another mates Alpine when my TR4A met with an accident in 1980 as was carless for while.
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Ignore the typo on the photo,
The real details ;
" Year: 1965
Make: AUSTIN
Model: COOPER S
Colour: White
Body Style: Saloon
Plate: EX4796
Engine No: GFSAY/38072
Chassis: CA257/766951
Vehicle Type: Passenger Car/Van
Seats: 5
CC rating: 1,275cc "
Another MG
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My mates MM, which he got from his Grandmother - here again at Muriwai.
Complete with a sticker for the Dunlop Motor Races at Pukekohe.
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Family Cars and / or Family with friends Cars from the 1930's /40's..
Some more photos have emerged from my Late Uncle Ed Dowding's archives [ Eddie the NSCC man - Club Captain 1944 and President 1945 ]
My Great Aunt Dolly [ Mary ] Bell and her 1936 Nash La Fayette [ the basic version of the Nash Six ]
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My father Mac Dowding in the Austin Seven that he and Ed owned 1938 - 1940 - before Mac went to War.
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A Riley - think a Monaco - some doubts about the body - could have been a Coachbuilt one.
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My Uncle with a couple of mates and a Fiat 509 [ Trevor Sheffield knows these cars as he had a Fiat 509 Special ]
in Northland they went camping. The car was not one in our family
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More photos are coming to light, as my cousin goes through his fathers archives.