Austin-Healey’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others

[Roger Dowding]

Ray Bell
" Found this page today, a part of a report on a hillclimb at Foley's Hill at Mona Vale in 1958. "

Thanks
Ray, must look up the map as worked in Mona Vale back in 2010 for a few months then went to Newport, with the " Manly Warringah -later Northern Beaches - Credit Union ". know a few of the roads around there - remember there was a big Hill coming into Mona Vale from the West - connected to the Pacific Highway going North quite a few Km's inland..

Cheers
Roger

[Milan Fistonic]

A couple of adverts from 1955 Motor Sport magazines.

[Ray Bell]

Google up 'Lane Cove Road, Ingleside', Roger...

It won't be hard to find then. Though I admit I've never found it myself, but I didn't have the advantage of having Google Maps or anything like that when I looked.

It's just off Mona Vale Road, which is the main road you've mentioned. I would say that Mona Vale Road supplanted Lane Cove Road when it was built and left it usable for motor sports for a while. Sprints were also held somewhere up the top of it on a straight road, probably Walter Road.

[Roger Dowding]

Memorabilia / Regalia / Collectables - call them what you like ..
Came across these with connections to Austin Healey ..

These were Rally Plaques - issued by BMC to the various Marques A-H MG, etc for wins class or main classification.



the B - BMC Bag with all the various marques mentioned ;
The A - H side



The " Other " brands - Nuffield side



Thanks Milan for the adverts, more for the archives
and
Thanks Ray Bell for the map details - will have a good look, and I do remember a road running parallel to Mona Vale Road - somewhere off there was the Rubbish Dump - Transfer Station - a road that went South towards Frenchs Forest - from memory !

[Ray Bell]

If it's the one I know, that was some kilometres further along...

Old stamping grounds, eh?

[Roger Dowding]

" Old stamping grounds, eh? "

Indeed, Ray - just looked at a map..

The Recycle Station was in Belrose - on the road that went from Mona Vale Rd neat Terrey Hills, there was also a Centre there where big retailers had " surplus stock " store - used to visit often
Looking at a map I also see Powderworks Road
- My bus from Brookvale went through there. I used to get the more direct bus that went the main road - until one day was a bit late and my lovely Manager - years younger than me " Tore a Strip of me " as they say - so used to get the slower earlier bus [ an hour earlier ] that went Powderworks - and have about 30 minutes to grab a scone and a coffee and chill out before work.

Great memories, later worked in Newport ( on the beach almost ) and got the Branch Managers car to get to work from Dee Why - magic and low stress..

[Milan Fistonic]

Another advert from Motor Sport, this time April 1958.

[Roger Dowding]

The car is owned and raced and rallied by Tim Pyne - in Australia and has ventured to other parts of the world.
Car is registered in WA and came to NZ for the 2000 Targa
This article from New Zealand Classic car dated November 2000 [ I don't recall seeing it and if I did haven't kept the Magazine - May have to try for a Back Issue ] - the scans are by owner Tim Pyne.

The article ;











To follow are some other photos of the car from Tim's archives.

Update 8th November 2024, when I got all those NZ Classic Car Magazines from ERC, covering 1980's into the 2000's I looked for this issue and didn't find it. Today at a Lions Book Fair at Tauranga Race Course there were a couple of 1000 magazine many of them NZCC and the Issue #119 Vol 10 No 11 was amongst them, actually got 10 Magazines some NZ CD and a couple of American ones Vintage Motorsport plus a book on early New Zealand Motoring - they will feature on the " Bookshelf " thread

[Roger Dowding]

Photos from Tim Pyne's own archives. taken at various events.
The Lady is Tim's co-driver and partner Brigitte ..

[Roger Dowding]

Story from Tom Parkinson - Admin for the Austin Healey 100S Facebook page.
Tom owns [owned an AH 3000 UJB 143 ].


1st Photo - Terry Valmorbida in AHS3909 into the bales Albert Park the GP meeting 1958

The story - for the last four photos;

" 1958: Albert Park - Melbourne GP - synchronised cornering of #61 AHS 3906 Jim Goldfinch and #77 AHS 3909 - Terrry Valmorbida /Paul Hawkins].

Plus #61 [AHS 3906] being undercut by Bill Paterson [Cooper T39] - both cars road registered.
1956: Australian TT.

Add in Ross Jensen [#18], gun NZ driver on AHS 3908 and we get to see all five 100S that ran at Albert Park between 1956 and 1958. Jensen's car was Weber-equipped and ran a fastest lap of 2 minutes 10.2 sec compared to Whiteford's fastest of 2:09.8. Whiteford retired, Jensen was 8th outright, Phillips [AHS 3906] was 10th. Sam Miller [AHS 3905] did not place. Moss and Behra [Maserati 300S] dominated. Fastest lap by Moss : 1:55.8.

1957: Victorian TT [March 1957] Ron Phillips [#9 AHS 3906] fresh from winning the 40-lap AGP Sports Car race at Caversham WA on March 4th., crashed out of the TT at Albert Park after the engine "blew up". He did however set the fastest AH time at Albert Park of 2min 8.8sec. "





The photos; in order as above.

[ERC]

Just remember I have several boxes of NZ Classic Car awaiting your collection Roger!

[Roger Dowding]

Just remember I have several boxes of NZ Classic Car awaiting your collection Roger!

Yes Ray I know - " One Day Roger Fitch - One Day " when this is over and I get to Auckland - they will be going the Hillcrest as the family house is vacant again - Am hoping to get the MX5 back there too in a Garage to work on.

How many Magazines Ray ? - an estimate - would be great if this one is there Nov 2000.

[Roger Dowding]

Yes Ray I know - " One Day Roger Fitch - One Day " when this is over and I get to Auckland - they will be going the Hillcrest as the family house is vacant again - Am hoping to get the MX5 back there too in a Garage to work on.

How many Magazines Ray ? - an estimate - would be great if this one is there Nov 2000.

Magazines were collected back in 2020 and passed on, as mentioned, a year or so back - this issue I did not find, but today scored a copy at a book fair. More to come on 9GO.832 and others.

[Kwaussie]

Just spied this car for sale today - using a Healey 3000 frame with Devin body

http://race-cars.com/carsales/other/...60275283ss.htm

[ERC]

I'm sure that one will be there Roger. I have just about all up until about May 2014. There are 6.5 x 5 ream paper boxes.

[Roger Dowding]

I'm sure that one will be there Roger. I have just about all up until about May 2014. There are 6.5 x 5 ream paper boxes.

Thanks, ERC,

Should not be a problem - so when we can [ as in allowed to travel ] get to Auckland, will be in touch.

Cheers

and Ray Bell, Re " Put those in the boot of a Healey and it'd drag its tail something terrible! " - I once [ around 1987 ] went to collect a load of bricks in my late 1970's Minivan - a 998 cc one from the President of AHCCNZ, Mark Donaldson .. the drive home was interesting as the steering was amazingly light, probably should have pumped the rear tyres up to over 40 psi, like you did for speed events ..

The van survived - it was a great workhorse - had the Dominion Motors wagon conversion - a folding back seat and sliding side windows. It lived the with the AH 100 and the MGB GT a " BMC menage a trois " with a foreign interloper as the daily driver.
Here in real life



Here in a diorama I am working on while I can't get to work on the MX5 or pick up ERC's magazines and sort out the 6 huge boxes from seaqnmac Sean that I collected over a year ago .. first was inertia now covid -19 is the excuse !!.

[Ray Bell]

Put those in the boot of a Healey and it'd drag its tail something terrible!

[Roger Dowding]

Australian 100S cars - a few photos from Melbourne in 2006 when they were there in force to support the AGP -

AHS3905 and AHS3906 being loaded on a Transporter in Adelaide heading for Melbourne.

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On the grid at Melbourne

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both Tony Parkinson photos

Four AHS well five actually OON 441 is a works car one of the 5 - that were built alongside the 50 customer cars.
AHS3904, 3905, OON AHS3901 and 3906.

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Tony Parkinson archives.

Posted before - this of four of the AHS along with a Cooper Bristol which is a famous car too !!.

Melbourne 2006.. Michael Cass photo - Paul O'Neill archives
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[Roger Dowding]

As mentioned on a new thread - Barry Moon racer of an Escort in the Leisuretime series and also an Austin Healey guy, passed away a couple of days ago - knew Barry from around 1981 - 82 when he bought his first Healey a Blue AH 100, and joined the Club. I bought my first Big Healey a 100 in early 1982 [ Been a Sprite Man four times prior to that ].
AHCCNZ President Mark Donaldson advised me that Barry was still a AH Club member and until recently he and Hazel attended a few meetings in recent years.

A photo of Barry in his later Healey a 3000 that we travelled to Masterton and back for the 1989 AH Club Rally.



Another photo - think I was the rope holder this time.



Prior to Leisuretime the Escort et al, Barry raced a Mini - seen here at a Hill Climb in 1970 ..


A Graeme Lindsay photo - ACC event so guess Chamberlain Road

See my last post was an " Epic Fail " all the photos fell off.
Will try again another Day.

[Milan Fistonic]

Prior to Leisuretime the Escort et al, Barry Moon raced a Mini - seen here at a Hill Climb in 1970 ..


A Graeme Lindsay photo - ACC event so guess Chamberlain Road.

This must have been that event.