Photos: The Allan Cameron Collection - Part 1

[Steve Holmes]

Help required as always guys, but possibly Tony Shelly in the Lotus?

[hilstwist]

I think you are right

[bob homewood]

Yes Tony Shelley it would possibly be from the same March 1964 Levin meeting,a lot of people have forgotten or don't realize in 1962 he competed in three F1 World Championship events and a handful of non Championship ones

[Michael Clark]

Yes Bob he is one of 8 kiwis to start a F1 GP

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks guys.

[Steve Holmes]

Any help with this one? I've zoomed in on the car. Could it be Rex Flowers in the Gemini?

[Grant Ellwood]

I have the tail section of that Gemini stored somewhere.

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks Grant. So it IS Rex Flowers in the Gemini? Is this the car Jim Barclay now owns?

[bob homewood]

That is the Gemini ,but I believe that is in the time when Mr Thomas owned it from Fielding .it would have been in 1340 cc engine size at that time

[GD66]

So would that be Brian Thomas, the engineering wizard and motorcycle racer from Feilding?

[Grant Ellwood]

Didn't Roy Lyme win a NZ hill climb championship in the Gemini?

[Michael Clark]

Jim Barclay today confirmed that that is Bryan Thomas in the Gemini

[David McKinney]

Didn't Roy Lyme win a NZ hill climb championship in the Gemini?

No, he bought the Gemini after twice winning he Hillclimb Championship in a Cooper-Porsche

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks for the info guys.

[Steve Holmes]

The last of the photos from Levin. This looks to be Kerry Grant taking a victory lap in the back of the Alpine. Has he just won an open wheeler or saloon car race?

[David McKinney]

If it's 1964 it will be a saloon race

In any case, he tended to wear overalls when racing single-seaters

[bob homewood]

If its the March meeting he won four races in the Lotus Cortina that day

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks for this you guys.

[hilstwist]

They must have used that Sunbeam Alpine far taking winners around Levin for at least a couple of years after that. its the same car I bet that there is a couple of shots of with Jim Clark on the back in earlier thread of my photos.Followed by some EH Winfield s/wagons.

[Steve Holmes]

Yeah thats a good point Steve!