More photos from Dennis Green archives - all at the same corner on Cosseys Farm Road - The Hillclimb.
John Coker -Mazda
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Thought to be David Thexton Datsun 1200 SSS..
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Type: Posts; User: Roger Dowding
More photos from Dennis Green archives - all at the same corner on Cosseys Farm Road - The Hillclimb.
John Coker -Mazda
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Thought to be David Thexton Datsun 1200 SSS..
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A set of photos from Dennis Green archives - as processed by Ross BMC BOY Cammick.
Ross is unsure who took the photos as Dennis appears in some of the set and in a photo below.
Competitors in...
Thanks GregT, I was picking 1962 by the number plate,
Cheers
Roger
Motorsport Day was held on 28th January 1978, by NSCC for the first time.
A 4 event day.
3 Speed events a Gymkhana, at the field by the Mt Richmond Clubrooms, a Club Circuit Sprint at Pukekohe and...
Thanks OF, RN,
Another photo from Peter Preston - his first meeting after he bought the car from Barry Cottle - Wigram 1961 ?-trying to read the number plate and see the ' colours " used - White on...
Peter Preston in Buckler 90-3.
Photos from Peters own archives.
One taking a spin, at Renwick in 1962.
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The other stated to be Teretonga - helmet seems different but car has same 1961...
ERC and Ken H,
Thank you both and ERC for the extra photo - now think I have heard - read, of the car, and the driver !. More for the archives !
ERC, thanks for the picture, not a car I know of !.
Would like to know whose it is and the Chassis AHS ... number.
Have " borrowed " the photo as you would expect.
Cheers and thanks
Roger
Milan, Thanks also from me. I had seen your image of the Programme Front Page of the NSCC Championship Hill Climb 1953, at Wairamarama, but not the entry list with the times etc.
Along with Trevor,...
Trevor, Thank you for that.
I have just been going through your great book " Ralph Watson - Special Engineer " as has details of many NSCC events that Ralph's cars and the ones he worked on for...
2013
Just going back over this thread - back to 2013 - as have recently seen a few photos by Peter Preston when he owned the Buckler that is now with Mark Garmey, and a previous custodian was "...
Trevor, an interesting comment " At the time when I joined, the club enjoyed a degree of sophistication which unfortunately, quite quickly became lost. " which is echoed here in a different way.
An...
Plans for the Event are progressing and contributions to Story boards are sought.
Rod Peat has asked for some of my 1940's images and there are others from the Arthur Siddall Album collection now...
A Special Edition of New Zealand Classic Driver - entitled " ROAD, RACE & RALLY " was published in late 2021.
Six bucklers were gathered together for the article;
Peter Benbrook, 1950 Buckler MKVI....
Well said RN, and ERC, yes it is a great place for photo's.. your 1.5 million, is impressive, keep up the good work.
Cheers
Roger
The Article from Historic Racing Car news - the link;
Tried to extract the photo of the car around 1959 - 1960 - Race #10 with it appears to be E Candy leaning against the car.
" ...
The Healey Corvette, was invited to Goodwood for the Historic event that ERC has attended and Milan was there too in 2019.
New Zealand Classic Car posted this brief article in there Issue #345,...
ERC, Thanks for the Healey picture and the great one of Mr " NZ Buckler " Bruce Sutcliffe and one of the Bucklers hwe was connected with. Would like to borrow them both, and put the Buckler one on...
The Healey Corvette has featured on this thread a few times going back to Page 20 Post #387 - through Posts 409, 417, 420, 429, 476, 547, 709, 805.
Have come across a couple of early photos of...
For Ken H and others - " foreign " plates.
All " Fifty " States;
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Our old, recently sold, car on its second plate from Queensland June 2011 - March 2017. Car was Registered new in New...
Ken H,
" Masterson Motors was a VW dealership in Ventura. CA. that did have a racing division. ".
makes sense now 40 years later !!
Like the NZER plate too !!
PS spelling corrected on my post...
Ken H,
Thanks for the information.
" Every two years in order to register our vehicles we have to only pass a smog certification. (No safety check !) ".
Sounds a bit like Queensland - the onus...
In the original post was an image from Graham Freeman with all number plates from 1908 t0 2017.
Here is the full article as published in NZ Memories magazine in 2020. Issue #144.
Article was 3...
Registration Plates Registration Stickers, Car-Less Days and Warrant Stickers.
Warrant Stickers.
These have changed over the years as has the process.
Warrants were due 6 monthly from when I got...
1979 into 1980, New Zealands answer to the " Second Oil "crisis, the first being in 1972, not counting the Suez crisis of 1956.
Carless Days [ " Car-Less Days " Officially - or as was referred to...