I probably have pics of it there too Roger - but much later of course, as I didn't land in NZ until January 1983!!! I think it is on a slide. There are several other local Kestrels around. To think, when I was about 16, you could pick them up for about 30GBP...
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Ray, have a big interest in Riley's as my uncle Ed [ Eddie from NSCC ] and my dad Mac Dowding [ NSCC auditor in the 50's ] , had several in the late 30's through to the early 50's, Monaco, Kestrel and others sometimes jointly owned - one in particular was modified - engine, the block was planed too much that they needed double head gaskets and aircraft spark plugs to make it run.. ran too hot ~~ !!..Originally Posted by ERC
have a few photos of the Rileys, now must find them.
Last of the saloons and sports 'attitude' pics. I won't trawl through the single seaters as I know that there won't be many that would fit into that grouping.
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Have two pictures of Riley Kestrel " DA 2527 " and another of a similar Riley, Registration " AZ 1275 ", looks like an earlier model with a Fabric covered roof. will be putting them on a Vintage thread as have around 60 photos, plus my Hunua Hundred ones, so close to 90 photos.
Back to Brands Hatch 1971, with the trusty Leica and no telephoto lens... Scanning is so slow.
F5000 Kitchiner. I'd forgotten all about this car which added a welcome touch of variety to the F5000 grids of the day.
Mike Hailwood driving the F5000 Surtees.
Howden Ganley
Ray Mallock
Barry Foley, Lotus. I think he was the star of a long running cartoon in the UK motoring press. I might have to Google that.
A Google search did indeed confirm that. Posted January 2003 on a Lotus 7 message board.
"Barry Foley Saddened to discover, reading this week's Autosport, of the recent death of Barry Foley. For many of you of a similar vintage to me I'm sure you will remember his weekly "Catchpole" cartoons in the self same magazine, featuring the eponymous hero and a host of friends including Grunt, Mad Dog and Booby. This was pre-PC! Until I read the obituary I didn't know he was the genius behind the JPS livery on Lotus Grand Prix cars, nor that he used to race a Seven - no real surprise there then."
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Back to Mallory Park, May 25th 1970 (not 1971 as posted earlier). Gee, that is such a long time ago... Some are a little out of focus but that camera had no fancy rangefinder or auto focus, no auto shutter speed and aperture settings and no long lens.
Should have been in the whoopsies section, but I hadn't scanned it then.
Real Cobras...
Little did I know then, that exactly 21 years later, almost to the day, I'd acquire a Volvo engined Marcos, albeit the big brother version.
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Interesting to see your photo of the Modsports Healey 3000 as it looks like the ex Syd Segal car ABL6 now owned by Bill Bolton in the USA. I was lucky enough to have a short drive of this car in 1986 - it was very light, very fast and very loud, but a great experience.
This is a photo of it competing in a hillclimb at Whistler in Vancouver, Canada and the other shot outside his home in Oregon where I think it still resides.
I posted earlier that the above was 1971 but my eyesight and marbles are getting a bit cloudy... It was in fact May 25th 1970, a year earlier. Ross, that means that although the Healey looks to be identical, it was then driven by John Gott, as many know the then Chief Constable of Northamptonshire and a Healey works driver, albeit, in rallies. It probably moved on to Syd Segal a year later, unless he already owned that car, but Syd was down as racing another Healey, number 87 and Bill Viney (probably with 'HAS 2'?) was a reserve carrying #89.
Same meeting, but taken earlier in the day and on an unbranded film, hence the colour differences. Less than perfect, but a couple of historical interest anyway. I may also have taken slides at this event, celebrating the freedom of a recently failed marriage no doubt, with a bit of a spend up on film!
That Healey again. I loved Modsports. A class that would probably be outlawed in NZ today! Fancy removing bumpers and trim, and just look at those widened arches. I suppose you couldn't get a CoD if you built one like that today.
Ted Worswick's Modsports E Type.
Nearly a pic of Mike Hailwood...
F5000 Leda - driven by Mac Daghorn who I seem to remember running the Felday (sports) at some stage.
Trevor Taylor.
The Kitchiner as posted earlier at Brands Hatch was down to be driven by Gordon Spice at this meeting. Graham McRae driving an M10B McLaren. The F5000 entry list shows up one or two oddballs, even if non-starters or reserves.
Riboto P1 Ford; Dulon LD8; Nike Mk 4; Harris Chevrolet.
Attachments disappeared yet again... Reposted Tuesday.
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More from 1970.
The late Roger Williamson.
The Tarmac F100 series didn't do a lot for me. The Royale out front, but the green car to the right is Nick Cole's Nerus, sister car to the ex-Paul Madeley car that did so well in the Hampton Downs Festival, before being exported to the USA.
Another for the whoopsie section.
More oldies...
Cossie 1
Cossie 2...
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Fast forward to 1993 as I skip through the mountain of film negatives - 8,000 of which have been logged so far (includes non-car stuff) but only a fraction scanned. Relatively few slides scanned.
This gorgeous Singer 9 coupe (identical to the only car dad owned when we were young) is now for sale (Fremantle) if anyone is interested. According to the owner, there are only about 12 known to have survived (Dad's was scrapped in 1966). I can put anyone interested in touch with the owner. I was tempted, but out of my price bracket without selling the Marcos. The seller also owns a Marcos Volvo 3L... Strange coincidence.
Ferris de Joux's second BRP - I believe this one was Ford twin cam powered. The BRP-BRM is mentioned in Tony Robinson's excellent book.
A bit of tickling going on at Chelsea...
A late neighbour who passed away a couple of years ago, but the car is in in safe hands. A favourite pic.
Another Singer. Ian Coldingham.
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These pics are just so cool! What was that modsports Healey powered by?
Any idea who is driving the red Cobra?Back to Mallory Park, May 25th 1970 (not 1971 as posted earlier). Gee, that is such a long time ago... Some are a little out of focus but that camera had no fancy rangefinder or auto focus, no auto shutter speed and aperture settings and no long lens.
Should have been in the whoopsies section, but I hadn't scanned it then.
Real Cobras...
Little did I know then, that exactly 21 years later, almost to the day, I'd acquire a Volvo engined Marcos, albeit the big brother version.
Ray, I hope the whanau didnt all try to squeeze into the back of the Singer and go for a day trip to the seaside. Would have been very claustrophobic. Has a very similar body style to the MG of the period. I have a soft spot for Singers.......had a 1928 8hp Junior back in 1958, and a mate had a LeMans while we were at Lincoln.
Would you believe it - but a Healey engine! I'm not too sure of the Modsports rules of the day, but generally I think the engines had to be based on the standard item. It was a very popular class for several seasons and seemed to cater for fairly standard looking cars as well as the more heavily modified ones.
The Whanau was quite small then - me and a younger brother and a baby brother. For 12 years, our car languished in the garage, as dad ran out of half shafts I believe. My best pal and I would spend hours sitting in it and wished we had the ability to get it on the road again!
Thanks Ray, there were many Healeys that received V8 transplants in the '60s and '70s, both in circuit race, and drag racing, thats its quite cool when one retains its original motor.
Ray, who is driving the red Cobra in post #746?
#81 Entrant Bill Harding, driven by Shaun Jackson - pole position
#98 John Sabourin's Elan was 2nd on the grid.
#82 Richard Taft (Cobra) 3rd on the grid, but won the race.
Andy Belcher's Sprite was 4th on the grid.
There were 4 classes, by capacity.
Note to commentators: In days' past, the commentators had time to read out a list of non-starters - slowly enough for you to record them - grid positions and then afterwards, the official results. But, the UK and European system then and now is of a long winded day with lots of wasted time between races, whereas the NZ system has a lot more racing - and you can find the results on 'MyLaps' anyway, even if most of the time it only has the driver and not the car!
Prefer the NZ system hands down.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed 1996. This is now a sell out, ticket only event, so if it looks as though there weren't many people there in some pics, think again, as it was a case of getting in early. Despite my considerable height, viewing the on-track action was often behind three or four rows of spectators, so getting decent action shots was just about impossible.
Talbot-Darracq
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