Good plates Milan!
This was at C & C last Sunday.
Good plates Milan!
This was at C & C last Sunday.
Always good to see a straight 8 car built by the company that made the BEST Spitfire/Mustang/Mosquito/Lancaster engines
Are you saying that Rolls Royce could not properly make their in-house designed engine ? Interesting that the Mustang was NBG without it. LOL
Coming soon - Pukekohe November 3rd.
David Metford's leap from a fairly standard Ford Escort, to this Ford Escort!
What a fantastic job on this car guys. Looks superb and is in the right ownership.Originally Posted by ERC
Coming soon - Pukekohe November 3rd.
David Metford's leap from a fairly standard Ford Escort, to this Ford Escort!
Thank you. We had a really great day today, lots of encouragement from everybody, and the car was well received. Most nights of the last 6 months spent out in the garage stripping, fixing, and rebuilding every part of the car was all worth it today. Unfortunately the only part of the car car we haven't touched ( fuel pump and filter ) let us down half a lap from home in the last race. But we'll get that sorted out and tune a few other things up and have another go at Manfield in a few weeks time.
It was also great to finally meet Dale Mathers today, along with Graeme Park, Adrian Dobbe, Jennifer Mossman, Richard Quinn, Bob Hyslop, and a few other people who's names I've forgotten ( or didn't hear properly because we had earplugs in ). I hope Spgeti will come and see us at Manfield so we can finally put a face to the name.
Now I just need to find a Sports Sedan for me so I can race with my brother instead of being his spanner-man ( not that I mind that though )
Hi Andrew,
Glad you and David enjoyed yourselves.
Manfeild is my home track and I only live 2 minutes away so I will be there organising our group and give Dale a rest....yeah right !
We will catch up.
Regards
Bruce
Andrew- just Copy it....you should know every nut and bolt by nowThank you. We had a really great day today, lots of encouragement from everybody, and the car was well received. Most nights of the last 6 months spent out in the garage stripping, fixing, and rebuilding every part of the car was all worth it today. Unfortunately the only part of the car car we haven't touched ( fuel pump and filter ) let us down half a lap from home in the last race. But we'll get that sorted out and tune a few other things up and have another go at Manfield in a few weeks time.
It was also great to finally meet Dale Mathers today, along with Graeme Park, Adrian Dobbe, Jennifer Mossman, Richard Quinn, Bob Hyslop, and a few other people who's names I've forgotten ( or didn't hear properly because we had earplugs in ). I hope Spgeti will come and see us at Manfield so we can finally put a face to the name.
Now I just need to find a Sports Sedan for me so I can race with my brother instead of being his spanner-man ( not that I mind that though )
Last edited by John McKechnie; 11-04-2019 at 09:10 AM.
David knows every nut and bolt too, so does that mean we can build 2 more? LOL
I should point out that David and Andrew and their parents are one of those families who have put a tremendous amount of volunteer time into car club events, for many years, in their case, with the MG Car Club. We could never have run successful race events without the Metford Clan running the dummy grid.
Look forward to you getting a suitable car Andrew!
Another before images are transferred to the PC.
A few more from the 'waiting to be posted pile'.
...and a few from Sunday
In practice, Phil was going like a rocket, straight out of the box. Sadly, he overdid it in race 1.
Start of Historics, race 1
Practice
My apologies that all pics from Pukekohe are from left to right, but recovering from a cataract op just three days earlier, I opted to call it day early, (before lunch) rather than hike around to another vantage point, just to get some shots of cars going from right to left and exposing my eyes to the welcome but very bright sun. The sun is so much brighter and colours more vivid now both eyes have been done...
Last edited by ERC; 11-05-2019 at 01:10 AM.
My apologies that all pics from Pukekohe are from left to right, but recovering from a cataract op just three days earlier, I opted to call it day early, (before lunch) rather than hike around to another vantage point, just to get some shots of cars going from right to left and exposing my eyes to the welcome but very bright sun. The sun is so much brighter and colours more vivid now both eyes have been done...
Your pics are much appreciated Ray, sorry we missed you.
I know about the eyes, it is amazing isn't it.
Double trouble, ey lads? Maybe I should have taken the bazooka lens but I opted to leave it in the car.
Last edited by ERC; 11-06-2019 at 02:16 AM.
Great action photos Ray,
Thanks for sharing with us.
But I do think the Monaro wheels need to be shinier !
Ken H.
Agree Ken H [ Hy ]... with the comments Great action ... and Thanks .. The Wheels ..Great action photos Ray,
Thanks for sharing with us.
But I do think the Monaro wheels need to be shinier !
Ken H.
Or is That /That is an American thing all show and no go !! John Mck 's Car looks brilliant .. Thanks again ERC ..
Thanks Roger...here in NZ you dont have to go to a Museum to see real Historic race cars, they are in their natural environment
...race track....YAY
Good help is hard to find .............
If I don't clear the backlog, it just grows and grows...
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