First time posting photos - hope this works
First time posting photos - hope this works
And for those who want to know - I am NOT biased towards Ford, it just so happened that they seem to be the most photogenic!!!!! lol...
Thanks for the images Malcolm. Great shots! What is the whether like down there this year?
Um.....actually it's raining.....quite heavy and steady at the mo :-(
Hi Malcolm,
Great shots - keep them coming for those of us unfortunate enough not to be able to make the event.
Cheers Mike
And this is the last you will see of THIS car for a while....at least Bruce was unhurt in the crash. and his time wasn't too bad either!
Action from day 2.
Fantastic stuff Malcom
What happened to Bruce - an off I am guessing.
This '39 Ford coupe is interesting. Got any more info on this? There was a similar '39 Ford featured in NZ Hot Rod mag a couple of years ago, owned by the same bloke since the '60s, and mildly modified in the period. If its the same one I think from memory those are Peugeot tail lights he grafted on to the rear.
The display of so many cars of so many makes and years was a sight for old eyes ,the green 39 V8 Rob Williams went well, a long time since brake and tyre noise has been heard, the cream 36 coupe with his own {Allan Willey? }Auto Resrorations fuel injection was driven up from Christchurch and went great {and why would I not drive it up he said} The Lycoming was never better,.The hillclimb was a little boring but thats just me getting old,Fred C in his Northlnd Sp just loved it young Martin in the Camry said its the best raceday he has had!!!Years since I have seen such a display, Proctor hit the front then later a rear corner, also spun his single seater when low flying .Just home in time to see Mitch 3rd
I will let other people elaborate but......Bruce Manons Escort is SEVERELY damaged....hit a tree! Procters Escort had some damage but was beaten out by his boys.....Custaxie undamaged as far as I could see......Amco Mini....I hesitate to tell this, but on his final run today, after getting into the top ten shootout for pre75 cars, Angus clipped a curb up in the 'forest' and one of our dear old mags finally cried enough and disintegrated. The tyre immediately deflated sending Angus into the hay bales.....more frontal damage to fix.....shit!!!!
BUT..... a great day. lots of wonderful cars, caught up with a lot of old mates, and even got to meet fellow poster on here....Oldfart, alias Rhys Nolan. So we had a good old chin-wag about all the lads on the roaring season.......good stuff!
And a big crowd, despite the rather eye-watering $95 entrance fee. Got to be fit though, there is a lot of hill climbing to do, and that's not just the cars.