Motoring pics Vintage cars - early years, events from 1960's 70's and 80's

[Roger Dowding]

" Year: 1930
Make: FORD
Model: SEDAN
Colour: Black
Second Colour: Red
Body Style: Saloon
Plate: BZ3656
Engine No: CAE404
Chassis: CAU1343 "

" BZ3656
Plate Type: Standard
Origin: NZ New
Used as: Private Passenger vehicle
Cause of Latest Registration: New
NZ First Registration: 05-May-1930
NZ Last Registration: Get Full CarJam Report
Was Registered Overseas? No "

Car was New in New Zealand in 1930. Most likely a CKD Kit out of Canada - the John Stokes Book "Ford in New Zealand should tell.

Recent photo of the car - duotone and with cream or white wheels ..



Repost of the Official photo of the car - the start of the Hunua Hundred in 1971.
** Car has black wheels and I seem to think was only one colour " Black " at that time.
Carjam mentions Black with Red - so ?? - unless taken back to original, if known !!



The crew [ Ken H's Gangsters sans guns ]. Sepia print to reflect the right age ??



Ford in New Zealand - the book. John Stokes Fb photo Mark Three Zephyr - just like our family had 1963 -68 ..and the Author.

[928]

why the audi and daimler in the last photo?

[Roger Dowding]

why the audi and daimler in the last photo?

928, your question ??
That is from John Stokes Facebook page - guess he likes them !! - I got for the Book Cover ..
Understand that John is writing another book on Ford in New Zealand, more about the Seaview Plant than the cars.

[928]

thanks

[Ray Bell]

That Ford 'New Beauty' is the same as the one I went on my first trip to Boggabilla in...

No it's not! Ours had a spare wheel on a front mudguard. But it wasn't black, it was a very dark blue.

It was quite a trip, the exhaust pipe broke somewhere near Dungog and made it quite noisy until we got to Taree.

I remember this trip quite well, right up to when we went to play in the river at 'Little Bondi' between Boggabilla and Goondiwindi, but I recall nothing whatever of the drive home.

Oddly, I am the only person left who recalls the trip details at all. My 'big' sister doesn't remember anything, nor does my younger brother, my youngest brother was there, but only a baby and he died 11 years ago anyway.

It was certainly different to our previous car, a Chev 4 converted to a panel van.

[khyndart in CA]

Ray,
You will have to write a book, just the names of the towns / places, amused those I shared this with here at work today.
Cheers,
Ken H

[Roger Dowding]

Saw this today at Fraser Cove Shopping Centre, Tauranga .. no photo just noted the Plate

" Year: 1931
Make: VAUXHALL
Model: TOURER
Colour: Silver
Submodel: T80
Body Style: Convertible
VIN: 7A8HP0W0703756410
Plate: EK4
Engine No: 356025
Chassis: 2216 "

Car is now a dark green almost black - Huge Tourer and very tidy too !!.
John Mck - may know of it - done work on it or ??.

[Roger Dowding]

An interesting car - 1952 Standard Vanguard - a wreck provided the chassis and some components including the Engine. -Motor has been modified with TR3 parts and stated to have TR4 specs.

Body of the car is Fibreglass, by Ferris De Joux
If it looks familar - It is - as Ferris De Joux used the same body on his own Holden powered Coupe.

Photos from Sports Car World March 1964 issue -kindly given to me by BMC BOY [ Ross there were some photos cut out from other articles in the Magazine ? ].

Car was built by Kevin Lamb around 1963 -details from SCW March 1964 - Australian Magazine - article written by Grant Howard who was the New Zealand correspondent for SCW in the 1960's





Photos a bit small - may try to resize !

This thread is called " Motoring pics Vintage cars -.."
The car is that now 1952 Chassis, mid to late 1950's mechanicals and created in 1963, Under the 30 year rule its a Vintage - wonder if it still exists.
Any information welcome.

Have gleaned quite a bit more about this car and the other similar bodied one - Bodies by Ferris De Joux - some details posted on the De Joux thread ..
Rumours are of a third car No1, Holden 6 powered - later repowered with a Holden 253 V8 - then ?a 350 V8.. however there is a comment that the Holden car was wrecked in 1967 .. sohis is there a third body - as a non Vanguard powered car - a V8 was for sale in 2013 ??
Questions, ??