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Thread: Club Events - Hillclimbs, Sprints, Club Circuit, Grass Track, Trials, Rallycross, etc

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post
    John B, Yes I have an Original of the picture - was taken at a Northern Sports Car Club Grass Sprint in 1974'75, at a farm in Woodhill, near the forest, not sure if it was Tom Grace's farm.

    Will have to edit the photo as too large to post, can Email it to you though.
    Glad to see the Cheetah back as your Avatar
    But now you've changed your Avatar - it's no longer the Sprite.

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    1964 Puke April Auckland car club program. Free to be collected in St Heliers Auckland. hatz@xtra.co.nz My first race in a mk 1 Zephyr but ready to bin it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John B View Post
    But now you've changed your Avatar - it's no longer the Sprite.
    John B, am going to change back to the Sprite but a different picture.. cheers at Mangere Town Centre, sealed Gymkhana 1974, pre Roll Bar .. Rollbar built by Reg Cook in Papatoetoe..

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    Quote Originally Posted by John H View Post
    1964 Puke April Auckland car club program. Free to be collected in St Heliers Auckland. hatz@xtra.co.nz My first race in a mk 1 Zephyr but ready to bin it.
    Don't bin it, and John, any photos of the Zephyr, ?? I am too far away to collect it, hopefully someone will, anything else to go ??.

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    Gymkhana, Mangere Town Centre 1974 ..

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    Rodger- I was also at this meeting in my Coopers S, I was working for Paine Motors, Mangere Branch at the time.

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    Gymkhana, Mangere Town Centre 1974 ..

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    Does anyone remember this Mini,Lotus-Cortina Motor grafted onto BMC Mini Transmission, I belive by Ted Thompson an engineer in Kumeu, this is at A Club Circuit meeting at Pukekohe around 1968-69, was a quickfire race meeting that was televised.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John McKechnie View Post
    Rodger- I was also at this meeting in my Coopers S, I was working for Paine Motors, Mangere Branch at the time.
    From memory so was Bryce Platt in a Torana XU1, thet spent most fo the time sideways, amazing what you could do in a public carpark, back in the day. this was an NSCC event. We must have met I am sure
    - the photo is again by Dennis L Green

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    another Gymkhana Sprint - grass track near Waiuku. organised by Austin-Healey Car Club mid 1970's, photo by Ross Cammick. the car was originally a four wheel BSA saloon from around 1930, has the front and rear suspension /chassis parts cut off and a twin tube central section welded in, running a Ford 10 motor, back to front, with three brakes front wheels and hand brake. Owned at the time and for many years after by Lyle Chambers - Waitemata Vintage Car Club and AHCCNZ member

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post
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    Does anyone remember this Mini,Lotus-Cortina Motor grafted onto BMC Mini Transmission, I belive by Ted Thompson an engineer in Kumeu, this is at A Club Circuit meeting at Pukekohe around 1968-69, was a quickfire race meeting that was televised.
    Was this the one that Kevin Masterton ran, could be in my car mags, will check.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post
    Don't bin it, and John, any photos of the Zephyr, ?? I am too far away to collect it, hopefully someone will, anything else to go ??.
    email your address Roger and Ill post it to you plus some other items. Chrs

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    Quote Originally Posted by John H View Post
    email your address Roger and Ill post it to you plus some other items. Chrs
    John, have sent you a PM and an Email, address to send them to. cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by John McKechnie View Post
    Was this the one that Kevin Masterton ran, could be in my car mags, will check.
    Post 364 in the 'Lost Race Cars' thread, is this the same car?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jac Mac View Post
    Post 364 in the 'Lost Race Cars' thread, is this the same car?
    Jac Mac, unsure the Ted Thompson ran 13 inch front wheels and 10 inch rears, plus radiator out front, that one
    is a mean Mini, however.

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    Auckland Car Club Gymkhana 1974

    Seeing Rogers photo of his Sprite in a Gymkhana led me to print a few fro a couple of events one of which was held at the St Lukes shopping mall carpark.

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    Auckland Car Club Gymkhana 1974

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    Auckland Car Club Gymkhana 1974

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    I wonder if anyone from Motorsport NZ will look at these and see how healthy club sport events USED to be, before the powers took over and stuffed it.

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    Also people do track days instead of this.
    Too much emphasis now on power instead of control.
    Health and Safety plus onerous Council restrictions have stopped these public events.
    I remember that they were difficult but fun., if you couldnt do the exercise properly then just light up the tyres.

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    MMMmmmmmmmm ..

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