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Rough shell of a racing Imp for sale on Trademe. Wonder if it has any interesting history?
Type: Posts; User: Paul Wilkinson
https://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=1995023526
Rough shell of a racing Imp for sale on Trademe. Wonder if it has any interesting history?
According to Patrick Harlow's book, the chassis was a bespoke unit. The only engine mentioned is the prototype's A35. Bear in mind that it could also be a Tiki or Falcon as they were all derived from...
Hi Ray, Your Queenstown car looks to be a Puma.
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I was standing right in front of that incident. While not the worst accident I've seen, it was certainly the most irresponsible and avoidable. The race officials have to take some of the blame though...
For what it's worth, I've had trouble with replies not appearing for a while and also with the forum summary not always accurately listing the latest posting, i.e the list shows a post as the most...
There were quite a few Scimitars racing in the early '80s. Of course Dave and Richard then graduated to racing their Marcos's instead and my father started setting himself on fire in a rotary Chevron...
Found details for a Peter Walsh on the Recreational Aircraft Association site, he's in the Hawkes Bay - don't know how current though...
Have PM'd you,
Interesting old race car or something more recently cobbled together in the backyard?
Could be an interesting project if there is a history there.....
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That (I assume) stub-axle failure happened right by where I was spectating. Geez it all happened quickly! I was particularly upset about your car, having known it from the days of Richard's...
Ahem, I think you mean Snagglepuss!
It'll take you a while to find them all but there are several instances where your car appears in the videos of the 'Historic Sportscar Racing NZ' profile on Facebook.
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Yep, last month was the biggest ever apparently. This month's will probably be smaller than average though as it clashes with Beach Hop.
$57 is very reasonable for what you get but it becomes $500 by the time you factor in petrol, food and a nights accommodation. It's always the time of year when the girl's schools want their...
I've always wanted to go but kept putting it off because of the cost. Now I'm not so sure, they keep announcing guest drivers and vehicles that I have no interest in and there as so many of them that...
Guilty as charged. I wish it was as quick as it is noisy...... Was driving it around the neighbourhood to see if it is finally behaving. As long as it doesn't sit in traffic too long it seems to be...
There was what looked to be a deJoux GT body being disposed of on the Facebook group 'Race Cars in Sheds' about six months ago. They were giving it away but someone had cut the roof off for kicks.......
The way I heard it is that it sat under a hedge for a while before the Impwerks guy (Brian Bradshaw?) bought it. I was told he stripped it and dumped the carcass as he felt it was beyond repair. Some...
I knew Charles professionally via the British New Zealand Business Council for ten years. I can't believe I didn't know about his motorsport interest. All those hours talking about UK/NZ business...
It has been on Trademe for a week or so. I asked the wife if we could sell the house but she said no.....
Hi Joe,
There was someone on here who had part of a Tiki but it wasn't me. My only connection is that I spotted one on the roof of a building in Lyttleton and posted it here although the...
An interesting article on the NZ car industry in the late 70's. The deJoux Mini GT, Steel Brothers S4 and Buckler all make an appearance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUwg5zEjIQE