Bruce had a caption on his facebook page which as i recall said it was Hugh Kettlewell,a very rapid Mini peddler.
Bruce had a caption on his facebook page which as i recall said it was Hugh Kettlewell,a very rapid Mini peddler.
The Car is Hugh Kettelwell's and that is him walking between the cars - he was my Solicitor when I bought the first house in 1973.
Identified by Alan Boyle, another Mini Racer, was his Solicitor too !!.
Hugh later on had a rather bad racing accident at Pukekohe at another meeting
Interestingly I posted the photo on Facebook " Old NZ Motor Racing " page and Bruce Blacklock as well as Alan Boyle replied about Hugh and the accident.
Alan Boyles Mini - as an aside
My Mini, never raced just thrashed,although did drive around Pukekohe to get to the Flag Marshall point - never realised until then how tight the hairpin is
Are those wider wheels on the front? Did that on my 36 Austin 7 once - only once - made for "interesting" handling......Originally Posted by Roger Dowding
My Mini, never raced just thrashed,although did drive around Pukekohe to get to the Flag Marshall point - never realised until then how tight the hairpin is
SPman the wide front wheels !!, I saw it first on a Mini that was racing, even remember seeing one with the wides on the back, no idea why, ?? - although when I ran the second Mini with 4.5 inch Dunlop " reverse rim " Cooper style wheels, in car trials use to use the standard rims with 145 x 10 mudgrip tyres,they really cut through the shingle !!
Roger,
With those wide front wheels and double over riders, did you use the Mini for starting the midgets at Western Springs ?
That's a real "chic magnet" mate.
Where is the steering wheel ? Sorry I forgot that I am the one that lives where you drive on the "Parkway" and park in the driveway !
KH
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Ken H, funny you should say that push car at the Springs, those double Over-riders helped save the car one day up near Matapouri, Northland as i slid around a bend on a metal road and went front first into an earth bank.
That car got quite modified with twin SU carbs, a Cooper exhaust manifold, the pressed steel one, and a Rob Williams special exhaust with a Massey Ferguson Tractor Muffler [ no sales tax - agricultural equipment - before the GST regime ] with the baffles knocked out. The interior dash was modified too !!
The partially blacked out grille and the little stripe helped it go faster .. Tui ad Yeah Right !!.
The Fergie muffler look
The Dash with Barnacle brand " Oil Gauge and Ammeter" , Smiths Temperature Gauge and a Smiths Tach
Just noticed the foot operated " Dip Switch ", not to be confused with " Dip Stick " that is either under the bonnet or the guy behind the steering wheel..
Chick Magnet - well the jury still out on that, however prior to having " A Car " very hard to get a good night out," meet you at the bus stop in town " did not work
Last edited by Roger Dowding; 11-21-2017 at 05:57 AM.
Father of a friend of mine way back in the day, bought his daughter a Mini. Father reckoned you couldn't get up to much mischief in the back of a Mini, and we all know the answer to thatAnother I know bought his daughter an MX5 for the same reason a few years back.
Rhys, have owned both, 4 Mini's over the years and one MX5 - didn't do me much good,except to confirm that the first Mini was used for a bit " Couch Rugby " as they called back it in the dayFather of a friend of mine way back in the day, bought his daughter a Mini. Father reckoned you couldn't get up to much mischief in the back of a Mini, and we all know the answer to that
post #10 fire, looks like the Nazer Cortina Lotus accident. the body shell actually ended up at Waikaraka Park when Ron Kendall put Lotus engine from his little 100e in it. never could get it to handle as well as 100e. scrapped it after only few races.
I spoke to Jack at length about his early cars this year
He said that until I told him about it being a Waikaraka park car, he never knew where it ended up. Never thought it could be used again as body would be too weak after the fire....... like a certain Capri .
Rod, did the Cortina end up on speedway as well as the fastback Anglia. I know for certain the Anglia was on a stockcar running at Rotorua.
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