That's the second-to-last corner at the top of Chamberlain Road.Originally Posted by bob homewood
That's the second-to-last corner at the top of Chamberlain Road.
This was taken at a MG Car Club Hillclimb held in the Crum clay pit in Golf Road Titirangi. I don't remember the driver's name but I do remember the car being called "Granny" because it belonged to his Grandmother.
Unfortunately it all proved to be too much for the front axle.
As it is now after many years of transformation. Chris Amon at the wheel before it ran out of petrol (my fault) :
Good to see you finally broke the ice Milan, its great to have you here. Off to a good start too with Granny!
Doug Cross in the MER at Chamberlain Road
Actually Houghton Bay
(And I hope you got permission from the Alexander Turnbull Library before posting the pic)
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Could the driver have been Terry Waterfield? My newspaper clipping for a 12 Feb 1961 event has him first equal in the up to 1500 cc saloons in an Austin 7. Report describes it as an "equalising course" - listed results show 20 drivers in 6 classes with only 3.6 seconds covering the lot of them.This was taken at a MG Car Club Hillclimb held in the Crum clay pit in Golf Road Titirangi. I don't remember the driver's name but I do remember the car being called "Granny" because it belonged to his Grandmother.
I presumed that was a Mini, as his time was equal with a VW, with a[nother?] Mini third and a Humber 80, driven by one R Franicevic, fourth
Cool head and hands and the power from a Gypsy aircraft engine took Motueka racing driver Charlie Bensemann and his Stanton Special up Pig Valley hill climb conducted by the Nelson Car Club in the near record time of 39 sec - just 7 sec off the record he established last year. Neil Stuart, who was given best chance of fastest time, lost this chance when he ran off the shingly surface and plunged down a hill. (Pix by Merv Knowles).
Yes, perhaps a Mini was a more likely scenario. A few weeks later, at Chamberlain Rd, the Saloons up to 1100 cc class result was :
1. Miles(Austin 7) 2. Waterfield(Austin 7) 3. Johns(Mini Minor). At this stage, as I recall, Minis had only just appeared on the NZ motor sport scene and there weren't any Mini Coopers yet. Wasn't there a problem with Mini wheels breaking up under the stresses of racing/fast cornering in the very early days?
In the Titirangi hillclimb report Franicevic was spelled "Francevic" anyway. A sign of things to come?
I forgot to mention that I was at that Chamberlain Rd climb - we arrived quite late in the day to see a long black car coming round the top corner, hanging the tail out somewhat. Mansel in the TecMec - apparently he had hung the tail out a bit too far on a previous bend and knocked the oil tank off its mountings.
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Whos Sheldon Douglas and whats in the Popular ? we have lost so much excitement in our modern wowser world
Found this info Angria....
A born & bred Nelsonian, Sheldon served his apprenticeship as a motor mechanic at
M.S. Motors, the local Ford agent. Having spent almost 15 years there, he then moved
in to self-employment for the next 7 years, which included 3 years in the building trade
which puts him in good stead with the family home renovation project demands.
Sheldon’s interest in vehicles has continued (he has a bias towards Ford vehicles
though) (I wonder where that came from?....Ed), particularly with his current employ-
ment at Vehicle Testing New Zealand Limited (VTNZ)
Sheldon was a member of the Nelson Car Club for many years and raced a locally built
Ford 8 in many events including the beach races. Later , Sheldon raced a Ford Anglia
105E in the Port Nelson races.
Just to highlight his Ford bias, Sheldon now owns a 1972 Ford Escort Twincam, of
which there were only 2100 built. He imported the car into NZ from Australia in 1999,
but the bias is not only Sheldon’s, as his wife Yvonne owns a 1971 Ford Escort 1300XL.
This was sold new by M.S. Motors and the pre-delivery check and servicing was quite
possibly done by Sheldon when it was new!....
thanks Bry, he had an Anglia, good taste, what was in the pop?
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