Can some of you guys post some car info to educate me when you put up some car photos as you lot have the unfair advantage over me and you are all topping up your sun tans too !!
Can some of you guys post some car info to educate me when you put up some car photos as you lot have the unfair advantage over me and you are all topping up your sun tans too !!
Yes I know Im behind you guys, i like warm beer and it rains a lot here too.
Brent raced it with the Jaguar engine. His "Special" claim to fame was when he raced it in the sports car races at Wigram and then fitted a type of hardtop to it and raced it in the Allcomers saloon car class later in the day.
He and Leo did get a bit of a hard time from Team Timaru over that but it did show that they were innovative.
Someone must have some photos of it at that meeting, it was a bit hard case looking.
Didn't the Lycoming do something similar, but 3 classes? I heard a rumour way back when that it ran without guards in the singleseater class, guards on in the sportscars and a roof for Allcomers. Then again rumours are not always too correct!Originally Posted by Carlo
I can't remember it running as a saloon but it did run in both the single seater NZ Specials class and as a sports car at many meetings just by as you say, adding the guards
I think Brent ran it as an allcomer saloon after he heard Scuderia Veloce were going to be allowed to run their Ferrari 250LM. It had a roof, so it must be a saloon, right?
I'm pretty sure the Tojeiro's owners all resisted the temptation to drop a Chevy V8 in
tell me more about the 250 LM and how it got to Middle earth
Yes I know Im behind you guys, i like warm beer and it rains a lot here too.
Run by Scuderia Veloce in Australia, and in 1966 NZ sportscar races by Spencer Martin, then did a year with NZer Andrew Buchanan before rerturning to SV. Now owned by Ralph Lauren
Heres a old shot taken by a then keen young fella with his own little camera. I actually bumped into him at Hampton Festival and he said he had some old photos. he sent them to me and I will post them on threads and may even start a thread for them and any similar shots taken by amatuers with ordinary gear. It is all good.
Can some one name the drivers and cars please ? come on Jim
I think I know 3 of them
Was he photographing the cars or the girls?
Front row Riley (Lotus "19"), Harvey (Elfin 400), Boyd (Stanton Corvette)
Second row Ross West (Lotus 23)(I think), John Armstrong (Lotus 15)(I think)
Thanks David I had Boyd and Harvey but was not too sure on Riley, and had no idea of other two.
No he was trying to get Bob Friends car in shot with Graeme Pierce standing on the observation point
According to John A, David is correct on all counts.
Thanks David. Timbo you raise a good point, as he was known to "look" around in years of past. Looks like the one in pink/purple was way before her time in dress code.
Note Lexington wagon in back ground also and it looks like Lexington colours on Boyds Stanton
I've just started a dig through some old photo's and found a couple here of Peter Preston in his Buckler. The first during a LeMans start at Teretonga and the other at Wigram. Guessing around 1960/61. Unfortunately I didn't record any details on photo's back then. I recall it as being green with a white stripe.
Hi Wal, every Buckler photo you can find is sought!
Not strictly yesteryear, but some sports car photo's from Amaroo park, a circuit which is no longer with us.
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Thanks timbo, Amaroo sure was a neat little track with a nice flow.
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