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Marmon
Back in about 1947 petrol was also very hard to come by in Australia and my Dad had a very early model Burgundy colored Marmon sedan,I am not sure of the year, but it would have been a mid to late 30's model at the time, I cannot remember if it was, or whether it was a V16 as the one in this photo but if it was, it would have appealed to my Dad, as flying Spitfires and Kitty Hawks he would have been used to having at least 12 cylinders in front of him.My Father died at the early age of 39 as results of the war .
I didn't know much about it, only that it appeared to be nearly as big as an ARA bus and used fuel accordingly,my dad having just come back from the war and being a fighter pilot, would mix up, along with my uncles this fuel mix, which consisted of 50% petrol 50% kerosene and they put some other additive into the mix that was suppose to help your car to run on this 50% petrol and 50% kero.
The above photo is what my Father's Marmon was like, except his was a hard top sedan, to me as a kid it was huge ,I remember sitting in the back seat with my brother along with one of my uncles and my brother and myself's push bikes,in the back, across the back of the front seat ..
Last edited by markson; 07-07-2017 at 05:52 PM.
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Holden
The next car I was fortunate enough to part own ,again with a little help from uncle Frank, in late 1959, was a near new very nice two tone grey, 1957 FC holden,the same as the one in this photo, but without the rear spat's
I must say I was not overly wrapped with it the way I was with the Vauxhall, and felt it was not as sporty as the Vauxhall ,but it was great if I went any long distance, as I could take a couple of extra mates with me to help pay for the gas.It was not unusual for us to drive 100 miles to Melbourne from Bendigo of a saturday night, to go to the pictures.
Unfortunately, on the early evening of Saturday the 13-11-1960 prior to us heading off to Melbourne to the pictures several of my group of friends, were involved in a tragic car accident,resulting in three of them being killed ,one being my girl friend at he time.This left quite a void in my life,at the time.
At this time in my life at the age of 20 I had just finished a 5 year apprenticeship qualifying as a textile engineer having turned 20 in September of 1960, prior to my coming out of my time, I was approached by a large company in NZ,with the offer of a position in that company,
In 1961 before I came to NZ Uncle Frank payed me out what I had put into the car pound wise,which was about 700 Pounds.
Uncle Frank traded it in on a 1956 FJ Holden Ute
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and stopped riding his horse to work, or going on his bike ,he was a builder at the time and he used to look quite strange going off on his horse with his saws in the front of him like a cowboy would have his rifle in the front of the saddle.
Last edited by markson; 07-24-2017 at 02:42 AM.
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Erskine
The first car that I owned 3 months after coming to NZ was a 1929 Erskine ,the same as the one in this photo except the paint color had faded somewhat, and was more a rusty brown in color, pretty much the same color as the B Model Ford, in the photo above, but without the white wall's and flag , as the one below, other than that it was the same.
I had purchased it from a car dealer in Greenlane, called Lew Schultz,he was on the corner of Market road and Greenlane road at the time, I think there is a dry cleaner there now,I paid about 300 Pound for it, which was a lot of money then, considering that my Holden that I had in Australia was worth about 1200 Pounds at the time.
It looked very much like my Dads Marmon,but a bit smaller,I remember having 11 guys all packed in like sardines one Saturday night on our way to a party over Herne Bay way.
I will never forget going up Bond street which used to be a very step gully down one side and up the other in Kingsland before the Motor Way was put through, with eleven of us in it,and getting 3/4 up the very steep hill, and all the guys having to jump out and push, as the clutch started slipping and she just didn't have enough momentum to get to the top,and some one in a MKV Jaguar screaming up the hill overtaking us,he most have hit the bottom of the dip in the gully at, at least a 100 mph to fly past us at the speed he was going when he passed use 3/4 up the hill.
Over the following months we had a lot of fun in the old girl and went every where imaginable in her,without to many problems, except it had a small hole in the radiator at the bottom and I had to keep a close eye on the water level and had a few punchers, but other than that, it was a great old car
The Erskine came from the Studebaker stable
Last edited by markson; 10-05-2017 at 07:01 PM.
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!936 Ford Sedan
After the old Erskine finally gave up the ghost ,three of us all chipped in and purchased a very tidy 1936 Ford sedan off a young guy,Wally Reid, who at the time was an apprentice locksmith,that worked for Chubb's at the time
!937 Ford V8 Coupe
I purchased a very nice looking Black 1937 Ford V8 coupe from a dealer called Able Motors in Onehunga. They used to be in Onehunga Mall opposite the Hotel
The model was know as a Salesman Coupe,as you could pull the front of the back seat forward and access the boot,and travelling Sales men used to have a mattress in there,and would sleep in there when they were out of town.
Last edited by markson; 08-04-2017 at 11:04 PM.
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1966 Triang peddle car
Last edited by markson; 07-10-2017 at 03:58 AM.
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1929 DA Dodge
The photo above is a pretty good example of what my DA looked like, when I purchased it
Last edited by markson; 08-04-2017 at 11:07 PM.
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DD2
The DD2 That I sold (swapped) to Bruce DA5574,is the green one on the left, as I had it with the A30 ???roof
Last edited by markson; 07-08-2017 at 06:48 AM.
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The first Alpine that I owned was a very straight Series 3 GT with hard and soft top
I had purchased it to replace the Buckler above that I sold to Bruce Sutcliffe for the pricely amount of a swap for a 12ft long x12ft wide,white shag pile carpet,not a bad deal for me at the time considering I only paid $50.00 for the Buckler and the carpet was worth about $150.00 back then and my wife of the time was wrapped to have the carpet in the main bedroom ,I was not very happy though, as I had nothing in the garage,to play with
Series 4 GT Alpine being converted with Ford Capri Essex V6 Motor and 5 speed Alfa box
Some of the founding members of the Sunbeam Alpine Tiger club inspecting my work
To fit the V6 and Alfa box,required the fire wall to be modified,as can just be seen in the top photo
Stev Carr the Valiant into a Austin Healey man, did all the welding for for this mod for me
Last edited by markson; 07-07-2017 at 06:55 PM.
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Triumph Stag
Last edited by markson; 07-07-2017 at 03:52 AM.
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Triumph Spitfire--GT6--TR7
Last edited by markson; 06-27-2017 at 04:01 AM.
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