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

[Roger Dowding]

Have just discovered that when uploading to TRS - if you take too long - in the above post over an hour that the attachments disappear, I though they " Autosaved " - just added the 1954 Ardmore results from the 1963 Des Mahoney " Rothmans Book of New Zealand Motor Racing "- edited by Des Mahoney, but we know a young David McKinney did much of the work.

The Book

[Oldfart]

Brian Skudder's archives were very helpful in identifying the Bucklers and others of the northern parts. He also gave me leads to wives of deceased members and such which helped to clarify along with Kelvin Brown a few of which cars had some "mixed histories". I believe he contributed a lot to their history and celebrations of the 50th (?) of the Northland Car Club a few years back.

[Roger Dowding]

Brian Skudder's archives were very helpful in identifying the Bucklers and others of the northern parts. He also gave me leads to wives of deceased members and such which helped to clarify along with Kelvin Brown a few of which cars had some "mixed histories". I believe he contributed a lot to their history and celebrations of the 50th (?) of the Northland Car Club a few years back.

Rhys, yes that would be right about Brian, there was a web page or link for the Northland Car Club 50th Anniversary, that is where I got a couple of Austin Healey photos.

Thanks for your comments about the Roy Billington Car - If it is considered a Buckler, would like to put them on your Buckler Thread and also send them to David Montgomery for " Buckler Cars and Karts " which we both belong to.. I must be an Associate Member of the Facebook group as don't own a car - not even a model one, sadly.. need to get Bart Jonkers to make me one, or Tony Lucas, who is closer ..

I hadn't connected the photos at Levin with the couple I had of Puhipuhi Hillclimbs - same car at different parts of the Island.. Must check for more..

Here a Healey at Puhipuhi - posted before. from Brian Skudder archives, George Lawton 100 SIX. This photo was on the NCC 50th Anniversary post - some time ago.. 1957




Another NCC Healey photo - this time a 100S.. posted before - from Brian Skudder's archives. - 1956
Rego # 60.608 - the Ross Jensen - Seabrook Fowlds and later Graham Pierce car

[Milan Fistonic]

It was the Northland Car Club's 60th Reunion in 2015

[Oldfart]

Roger, if a builder doesn't consider a car something and gives it a different name???
In NZ so many cars with a de Joux body were registered as Bucklers. Buckler is the chassis. Also in NZ Buckler NZ were in a position of being unable to fill the demand, so a number of copies were "approved" some just blithely went ahead.
Here in the UK some of the groups who hold dear to their fibreglass body cars will attempt to change the identity from what it has always been to something else, for example SUG55 (the Allan Staniforth Buckler I had here) has gone to a new keeper and that group consider publicly that it's a Rochdale.
Rachel Hunter is still Rachel, even with some other clothes

[Roger Dowding]

[Roger Dowding]

3 recent Photos from Paul Woolmer who looks after the Car in the UK for the owner.

- Paul looks after a few Works Cars for Austin Healey owners too - including ARX92B - the Rally Car built for the 1967 RAC Rally that was cancelled -because of the " Foot and Mouth " outbreak. Car ARX91B was also a Works Rally Car -more to come on these cars, over time.

AHS3810 was sold new in East Cairo, Egypt to Raymond Flower
Engine #1B 222740 Body # 70 despatched 10th June 1955.







4th Photo from a Rally in Sweden in 2015 by Clas Arleskar



Must see if any more information on the car is in my archives

[Roger Dowding]

On the bookshelves and I dithered so need to search harder, may even have to ask Alan Walton or Allan Dick for a copy.
However, visiting friends today who are staying at some other friends house I saw the car that features in the magazine.

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Took a couple of photos which will download later, It sits next a 1970 Alfa Romeo GTV a type 105, for Spgeti.
Was a bit torn as to which I wanted. Healey like I had or the Alfa which I lusted after.

Photos from the magazine - article by Alan Walton Editor

Met John Crook and his wife Lee, who own the featured Austin Healey and told him I had taken photos of the car.
The occasion was a service for a mutual friend who had passed away, just before New Year, my mate Rex Harris, who had shown me the car that day in 2017.
John is building a large garage to house the AH, the GTV, a recently acquired 1967 Mini-Cooper S, and others. The Healey has been inactive for some time.



I did find Issue #73 of Classic Driver, one of four issues in the last few years to feature Austin Healeys
Issue #60, The Peter Riley works car
Issue #63 the Healey Corvette,
Issue #70 The Lost 100S,
and this one issue #73.

There is an early issue with an article on Graham Pierce, who owned " The Lost 100S " after Ross Jensen.
Probably there are other A - H article that I have missed,while across the ditch 2009 - 2017.
More searching to be done..

[Roger Dowding]

Hawkes Bay Photo News - report on the races which I assumed were 1955/56 [ Napier founded in 1855 ] however Jim Barclay advised this ;
" This was the Hawkes Bay Centennial held on the South Pond circuit at Ahuriri, Napier, on 22nd November 1958 - Len Gilbert had done one prior hillclimb at Horahora recording a FTD (date unknown but sometime in late 1958) in the Cooper Bristol "
Article posted by Kelvin Brown.

It shows a couple of Austin Healey's in the photo's the 100S with Reg # 60-608 which have seen before racing at Puhipuhi in Northland Car Club Hillclimbs
Have included photos of other cars to give the whole article.











Cars that have been identified so far
#33 Cooper Bristol - Len Gilbert
#36 R.A.L. Special Roly Levis the Elva OHV conversion on a Ford 10 Motor
#40 Brian Tracey in the Alfa Romeo
Others are named on the pages.
The TR3 ' Minstrel ' is a Mistral.

The Austin Healey 100S is the Ross Jensen car complete with the chrome scuttle vents in front of the windscreen / aero screen -
I must do some checking as Allan Dick posted a photo of the car at Puhipuhi and stated to be George Lawton driving.
The car has Rego 60.608 and the scuttle vents so the Ross Jensen - Seabrook Fowlds car - " The Lost 100S "
AHS3908 - the car had plate 60.608 when in Melbourne, in Wigram in 1956 the number plate was 451.100, and in Dunedin also 1956 451.100 ..
George had a 100 Six, am unsure about running a 100S .. more to come on this.

[Milan Fistonic]

Competitors at Ahuriri 22 November 1958

[Roger Dowding]

Milan, You Champion - the details I was seeking.
Had worked out that Graham Pierce would be the owner driver by 1958 -from Allan Dick's story on the car. Will edit the story and add some more information - gleaned from You, Allan Dick, Jim Barclay, Graham Kyle, Kelvin Brown, Rhys Nolan and others.

Photo - which appears in the Napier article on the Centennial Races - 1958 .. Rhys Nolan " Oldfart " posted the photo a while ago elsewhere .. as a single photo..



More to come on this car.

[Oldfart]

OK, I was wrong using somebody else's dating, mea culpa, but I'm not reposting stuff seen many times before Roger

[Ray Bell]

why not?

Maybe we all don't remember it...

[Roger Dowding]

OK, I was wrong using somebody else's dating, mea culpa, but I'm not reposting stuff seen many times before Roger

All Good RN .. just trying to bring things together ..
I would never have known but for the photo being in the Hawkes Bay Photo News article..

Later - as in 14th January - just going over the thread of Kens " Blast from the Past " - and Rhys, I am one who should say mea culpa - or My Bad - as Ken had already corrected me that the photo with the 100S, TR3 Mistral, and others was indeed 1958 - so must be my putting 1960 on it and your name too !!.

A big oops from me ..
as for " reposting stuff " , I do it to either bring a post to the fore or to connect to a further story or even just for fun !!

Cheers
Time for a Beer, it is 5;15 almost in NZ right now ..

[khyndart in CA]

Hang in there Roger, I'll let you use this for a reference source !
http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...hlight=Ahuriri

KH

[Roger Dowding]

Hang in there Roger, I'll let you use this for a reference source !
http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...hlight=Ahuriri

KH

Ken H, now I am thinking was it your post of the photo I saw, or did I see it somewhere else - have edited the post, and added the entry lists from Milan to the Ahuriri thread too !! ..
Have fun on the weekend, take care on the narrow NZ roads ..

Roger

[Roger Dowding]

AH 3000 Works rally cars -
The Austin Healey swansong should have been the 1967 RAC Rally in the UK, but the Rally was cancelled because of the outbreak of ' foot and mouth ' disease in cattle.
The production of the car ceased in December 1967 ending after the production of 17,000 cars - notes from Bill Price book ' " The BMC / BL Competitions Department " - 25 years in Motor Sport - the cars, the people, the events '.

A couple of pictures I had not seen before. from Paul Woolmer. photos are recent - not period - event not stated by Paul. one from the George Holt collection.





For 1967 there were two AH 3000's this one ARX92B, and ARX91B - an ex-works car which had come 9th in the 1967 Targa Florio driven by Ted Worswick - notes from the Bill Price book.

This Book. well used since being published in 1989, and purchased soon after. photo of my own copy.



Cover photo the Morley Brothers AH 3000 XJB876 - being serviced on the 1961 Alpine Rally [ photo Marcus Chambers ] Sister car beside it - Peter Riley, Tony Ambrose car XJB871

E&OE. RJD.

[Roger Dowding]

All Good RN .. just trying to bring things together ..
I would never have known but for the photo being in the Hawkes Bay Photo News article..

Later - as in 14th January - just going over the thread of Kens " Blast from the Past " - and Rhys, I am one who should say mea culpa - or My Bad - as Ken had already corrected me that the photo with the 100S, TR3 Mistral, and others was indeed 1958 - so must be my putting 1960 on it and your name too !!.

A big oops from me ..
as for " reposting stuff " , I do it to either bring a post to the fore or to connect to a further story or even just for fun !!

Cheers
Time for a Beer, it is 5;15 almost in NZ right now ..

Now it is 5;15pm 14/01/2020 or as it is on the US date system on TRS 01 - 14 - 2020..

The front cover of that Programme - from Ken H's thread posted by Milan Fistonic back in 2017 -
My Bad again .. now corrected thanks Milan ..

[Milan Fistonic]

Now it is 5;15pm 14/01/2020 or as it is on the US date system on TRS 01 - 14 - 2020..

The front cover of that Programme - from Ken H - borrowed form his thread as mentioned above..

I think you'll find I posted that image of the 1958 Ahuriri programme.

[Roger Dowding]

I think you'll find I posted that image of the 1958 Ahuriri programme.

Thanks Milan , just when I thought I got it right - you posted the competitor entry list and a couple of the Race entries - will correct it..