2013 Leadfoot Festival

[Oldfart]

"Nother one you probably won't see again is the Hawkeswood Audi, SOLD to Oz.
According to Bruce Manon (NOT hearsay) you should always check the course for yourself, rather than believe rally drivers like Skidmark! He tried to go straight when the track went left and right, hit the very big ripple strip which launched him left into a bank, and then rolled.
Alan Wylie Jim, spend some money and buy a programme next time!
That's Ross Dunkerton taking a ride in the wickerwork sidecar with the Peace sign.

[jim short]

Excuse my spelling oldfart ,I didnt know they had programmes,so hapens I did not need one to tell me who was who Allan hapened to help me out at Wigram some years back when the Baker pulley came apart on my Spyder,the cost was a btl. of whiskey and it has never been a problem since

[kiwi285]

[QUOTE=AMCO72;26237]I will let other people elaborate but......Bruce Manons Escort is SEVERELY damaged....hit a tree! Procters Escort had some damage but was beaten out by his boys.....Custaxie undamaged as far as I could see......Amco Mini....I hesitate to tell this, but on his final run today, after getting into the top ten shootout for pre75 cars, Angus clipped a curb up in the 'forest' and one of our dear old mags finally cried enough and disintegrated. The tyre immediately deflated sending Angus into the hay bales.....more frontal damage to fix.....shit!!!!

Said with feeling Gerald.

[John McKechnie]

Should that be Custaxie 2 ?

[Oldfart]

Should that be Custaxie 2 ?

If you really want! The crew were blithely telling everyone it is the original car all weekend.

[Rod Grimwood]

Should that be Custaxie 2 ?

Does it really matter, it's there showing people what was around in old days.

[RogerH]

Does it really matter, it's there showing people what was around in old days.

Yea right - with six pot Wilwoods and slicks ..... just like the old days ........

[AMCO72]

Yes John, it should be Custaxie 2. You see how easy it is to slip from 'Custaxie 2' to 'THE Custaxie'. And down the line a bit the number 2 will get forgotten about and another replica/tribute car becomes the real thing.

[Jac Mac]

Was'nt the Custaxi 2 moniker used by someone on here or other media rather than by the current owner or builders, probably better to refer to all replicas/copies etc as tribute cars when they are painted/decorated in similar fashion to the originals, that should cull off the nit pickers etc when they sprout 6 pot calipers & over engineered roll cages ....... genetic engineering at work.... Its not the only car that has gained improvements during its restoration/rebuild whatever...at least its out there & being run at events.

[Oldfart]

Yes the Cust 2 was seen here first (I think), and would be a much better reflection of the current car. The term "tribute car" would allow for cars to be not seen as faulty in their authenticity, and of course had the original car kept racing, even spasmodically, it would have gained enhancements. However, I don't see it as "nit picking" when an owner of a car claims it to be THE original, when it clearly is not, and then makes the changes. Compare this one with many others, Craig Staceys Fahey fastback is the real deal, and as he said, he could make it better, but won't.

[ERC]

AMCO, that is a great word - a "Tribute" car. Pays homage to the original without being a true replica or an exact copy.

In terms of over engineered roll cages, if the car was not actually built in period, even if built out of a mix of period parts, then it has to have a cage built to the current regs, not period regs. The same cage rules apply to a true replica, whether the original had a cage or not. (That debate is ongoing...)

Events such as Leadfoot score well because they do bring out the huge variety, and as they they are not scrutineered to or strangled by current MSNZ rules anyway, the event is probably all the richer for it - though there is an element of measured risk involved, one that most drivers and spectators obviously seem more than happy with.

[AMCO72]

I would suggest that MOST restored cars gain improvements along the way..... cant see any point in incorporating a KNOWN fault in a vehicle when it is being restored.

By the way the 6 pot Willwood guy was driving the car VERY carefully........I am certain he is going to get a big shock when he finally takes the plunge and puts in on the track........

[jim short]

I would suggest that MOST restored cars gain improvements along the way..... cant see any point in incorporating a KNOWN fault in a vehicle when it is being restored.

By the way the 6 pot Willwood guy was driving the car VERY carefully........I am certain he is going to get a big shock when he finally takes the plunge and puts in on the track........

Amco I would say over half of the cars driven with care even the blue {Johnstone} car ,this comes back to the debate about Puke and the wall,.You notice the real fast drivers were flat all the way to the top ,most of them had a off somewhere along the way but did not slow them down,now do you think that wall over Rothmans will slow them down???

[Steve Holmes]

The display of so many cars of so many makes and years was a sight for old eyes ,the green 39 V8 Rob Williams went well, a long time since brake and tyre noise has been heard, the cream 36 coupe with his own {Allan Willey? }Auto Resrorations fuel injection was driven up from Christchurch and went great {and why would I not drive it up he said} The Lycoming was never better,.The hillclimb was a little boring but thats just me getting old,Fred C in his Northlnd Sp just loved it young Martin in the Camry said its the best raceday he has had!!!Years since I have seen such a display, Proctor hit the front then later a rear corner, also spun his single seater when low flying .Just home in time to see Mitch 3rd

Thanks for that Jim. I went and found that article, Rob has owned the '39 since 1959, and was a long time member of the Northern Sports Car Club, racing the coupe all over the country. In the late '60s he fitted it with a 283 small block Chevy, which it still has now.

[Oldfart]

On the line of the Coupes, the one from down Greymouth way that lunched it's gearbox Saturday was going again with a new box Sunday, then had an argument with the ripples up the top. It is a real car with history! Does every event he can in the upper South Island, has been raced since the guy was 18 and he is now into his 70s. Has raced at the Tahunanui Beach races and a zillion more. I suspect he won't be going home the same way he came up, in convoy with Alan Wylie.

[Jaydee]

Some more random Leadfoot photos; and well done Neil Tolich and all the other pre 1975 top ten shoot out guys.

[Steve Holmes]

Great photos John, thanks for posting! How did the AM go?

[jim short]

Great photos John, thanks for posting! How did the AM go?

It looked and sounded great.

[CUSTAXIE50]

He did have a run at manfeild with cus 2 a lot of work need to get it right,a lot of diff oil pissing out all over the back wheels and setting the front end up.So they are saying this is the original is that right.

[jim short]

Yea right - with six pot Wilwoods and slicks ..... just like the old days ........

Roger did not the D type Jaguar have 6 pot brakes back in the 1956 Le Mans??? so whats so new????