I think there may have been a bit of time sitting around waiting for the TV people to get organised so I had time to photograph a few of the competitors.......
I think there may have been a bit of time sitting around waiting for the TV people to get organised so I had time to photograph a few of the competitors.......
Love all the facial hair and concentration.
True, but not quite the fashion crime of the Ashley wallpaper covered cars of Kevin Smith & Jim Robb.Originally Posted by Shoreboy57
Those are great shots Ross, love the profile shots of the boy's sitting in the 'office'. Howdy still got his beard but different colour now and Cookie still looks the same ( well kind of), bump into them occasionally.
That 'cat' Blair Robson sitting in casual style of his back then.
John and Grant, what a pair of neat guy's, still think of them.
Great stuff. Loved the earlier set with a great range of cars. Sunbeam Alpine, MGBs, Triumph Vitesses and the later pic of the Dolomite Sprint with wheel arch extensions, various clockwork frogs etc.
Above photo taken at club circuit 67/68, Minimax,[myself] Lola Ray Orlenious,Copper 500 Graeme Brayshaw,was a handicap race and the Lola was overtaking us for position.
Kerepehi Grass Track Meeting,still have results for this day if anyone interested,big meeting with Mary Carney,Margaret Duff,Jim Boyd,Ralph Emson etc
Ross what year was this, remember going down 1 day with Rod in the buggy and Steve gave the BMW a run, now that was different.
11/2/67, they do not show in the results,will try and put those up tomorrow.
Here are results,hope you can read them.
Couple of shots from Cossey,s Farm NSCC Hillclimb ,wet day ,FTD and new hill record at time ,date 3/12/67
Minimax 650cc Triumph Bonneville,car built by Max Rutherford.
Wonderful photo's of Cossey's Farm. Once a superb event venue ( with a jump even ! ) , now a sealed road lined with houses.
I will take some photo's from these points of view over the xmas break and post for members who enjoyed the track in the day.
Thanks for posting these Ross
Jeff
Couple of shots from Cossey,s Farm NSCC Hillclimb ,wet day ,FTD and new hill record at time ,date 3/12/67
Minimax 650cc Triumph Bonneville,car built by Max Rutherford.
Hi Ross , It would seem that facial hair and natty hats / outfits were the order of the day in the 70's :-)
In order to show a few people I have just roughly copied this short snippet of ( silent ) 16mm film of a night time service break for the Fiat and Masport Teams in the 1977 Radio NZ Rally.
Note the denim caps and other fashionable items worn ( love those Masport jackets though )
That's Jim Donald with the extra large sideburns working on getting the front wheels to point straight again.
Ari sure did a number on that poor car ! It's a tribute to the crew to have kept him in the event.
This looks like it's in a service station forecourt and it's probably the night before the Mystery Creek stage.
Although this is low - res footage at the moment I will have it professionally transfered in the new year
Great nostalgia, thanks.
Had a request to publish a photo of the Humber 80 Special,car is now in Brisbane Australia and being called a Buckler !!!Other photos that i found while looking for the above,top photo Graeme Brayshaw ,Cooper Norton Cossey,s ,Graeme still has and races this car.Middle photo the late Peter Bruin,Cooper Vincent 1000cc,looks like Bombay.Bottom RH in Minimax ,Bombay,on this day beat Boyds record in the Lycoming,them Jim went and knocked another 10th of a second to reclaim it,he always liked to go up last....just in case !!!
Photos referred to in Humber pic post.
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