Supercharged Austin A70!
That was followed by a Lycoming aero engine (run just once, I think) then a Humber 80 that grew from 1500cc to something around 1700 or 1800
When Lance Crawford bought the car from McRae he didn't get the big engine, but ran a 1500 Humber 80
Slightly off topic but in the same vein, bike rider John Boote is famed for being a great natural rider - but also for taking his TZ750 Yamaha to race in Daytona. To get it there he stripped it to constituent parts, packed it all into suitcases and took it on his flight as his luggage. Assembled it all at the other end (if my memory serves me, DNFed the first year and got second the following year).
Yes the trailer makers name .I think that must have sort of been up to clerk at the office doing it .I had a country garage for a time and we used to make and modify lots of trailers ,from memory they used to put wss as the maker on ours which was the initials of our business.mind you we did it our local Post Office which was just next door
My first Mini 7 (ex Gerald Fava) in the early Eighties had a reg plate bolted to the floor. The registration document had been hand altered over the years from Morris Mini 850 up to Cooper S 1000 when it had a brief life as NZ saloon champs entry. Each time I registered it the classification on the paperwork baffled the post office so I told them to treat it as a tractor. Insurance? Nah. Trailer reg and WOF....not often. I toyed with getting an official replacement (lost paperwork?) for the ersatz Cooper registration and faking a Cooper. Too chicken. The thing broke in half eventually anyway.
Never owned or lived on a farm, but have had a couple of tractors. (no smart commments about my cars either)
" Faminz ", the " Masararri ", " Masserari " and other spellings.Originally Posted by faminz
Have just come across some photos of the car at Levin in 1962 ..
More to come on this.
Needs a thread in its own name or a Graeme McRae thread perhaps.
David McKinney posted [ post #28 July 2011 ] about a lot of events that the car was in and the photos that have come to light are from this; David also commented on the spelling of the name of the car.
" 27/7/62 WCC Levin sprint
Evening Post: Masarrari
WCC Bulletin: Masarrari "
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Photos from 1961 - 1962. by Gary Lang - shared by his son Greg Lang recently.
Believed to be from Levin Sprints in 1962 Race #22 and some others
Car #22 before and after a fire.
Notes about the incident from the Wellington Car Club Bulletin - archive from Milan Fistonic.
The Wellington Car Club Bulletin article with another Spelling the " Massarri "
On track - no race number - event not known.
All photos Greg Lang archive, taken by Gary Lang.
More to come.
Last edited by Roger Dowding; 11-29-2024 at 11:16 PM. Reason: Massarri .. ###47
Graeme McRae and the Masararri - Brian Faulkner archives.
- photos processed in August 1962.
In line at the Wellington Car Club Houghton Bay Hill Climb in 1962. Gary Lang photos - Greg Lang archives.
Note from David McKinney archives and lots of versions of the name.
" 07/04/62 Houghton Bay hillclimb
Evening Post: Maseratti
WCC Bulletin: Masarrari, Massarrari, Maserarri, Maserrarri "
A Euan Sarginson image from the Shell Book series, the 1963 Edition -
- yet another spelling of the cars name .
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Last edited by Roger Dowding; 11-29-2024 at 11:20 PM. Reason: Notes added ###47
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