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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Hirst View Post
    Send it up north young man
    Kevin,
    Kind thought Mate,
    - but with this Covid - thing, both us and the car are staying put.
    Intended coming to Auckland and bringing the Assembly up - but now on Hold.

    A bit later in the year - will get it towed as currently sitting on a street - not the best idea.

    Cheers
    Roger

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post
    Great collection " Growler " and thanks for the notes on Guy's car

    Still looking for the Green Hotwheels .. may have to paint a Blue one ..
    Have a couple of the NA 1;24 kits - never been made and one never opened
    - The Green one - a 2020 issue - but seems USA only - keep looking for it- and want another Red one and a Blue too !! to keep
    " Mint and Boxed "..

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post
    Kevin,
    Kind thought Mate,
    - but with this Covid - thing, both us and the car are staying put.
    Intended coming to Auckland and bringing the Assembly up - but now on Hold.

    A bit later in the year - will get it towed as currently sitting on a street - not the best idea.

    Cheers
    Roger
    I'd make sure it was secure. Stealing MX5's seems to be on the increase...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post
    Great collection " Growler " and thanks for the notes on Guy's car

    Still looking for the Green Hotwheels .. may have to paint a Blue one ..
    Have a couple of the NA 1;24 kits - never been made and one never opened
    Yeah...I have lots of unopened kits. When I was younger I was collecting and building all of the Tamiya Group A Cars and JTTC Cars they released. Some are becoming quite valuable now...unless they decide to do a re-release!
    I then built a real race car so all of that stopped.

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    Finding more photos MX5 and others

    Going through a box of photos from 1995 through to around 2004, mainly family, houses and holidays ..
    In among them are photos from
    - MX5 Track Day at Pukekohe in 2004 that I competed in - entered [ probably the more correct word as not competing ]
    - NZ Targa Rally 2003 - taken out near Ardmore / Alfriston area -must try to read the Road Signs.
    - 3 more from " Whenuapai Wings and Wheels " around 1999 - 2000
    - 1;18 scale Mazda MX5 - Eunos Roadster - V-Special in Neo ( BRG ) Green that was given to me on my 50th Birthday in September 1997.

    A bit of scanning and sorting to do.

    Just noticed the view 19947 .. if you go 19/9/47 - that is me - an Omen or ?? , that is where the usual edit of ### 47 come from !
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    MX5 Track Day 2004 - around March from memory.

    From the archive of recently rediscovered photos.
    Attended the 2004 MX5 Club NZ Track day at Pukekohe in UN7284.
    Only took a few photos and here they are.
    In the middle of the group - Hard Top on .
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    UN7284 closest !!

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    quality of the photos not good - think the camera either had a bad battery or the lenses were very dirty - according to the Photo processors - camera stopped getting used shortly after.

    This is the only photo of UN7284 on track - taken by Nigel Every - who I worked with as well as were both in the NZ MX5 Club at the time. [ posted before but relates to this post ]

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    " Growler " may know the other cars in the photos..
    Took a few photos of engines too - will be in a future post.

    Also have collected a few photos of the " Bryant Racing " MX5 - that has been at Leadfoot and other places / races !
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    Under the bonnet - MX5 Club 2004 Track Day

    Modified NA - with Turbo ? or Super ? -Charger.
    Lots of Chrome too !

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    NB with Supercharger from the side and the front - impressive.

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    UN7284 an NA as standard.

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    Later in 2010 with POD Filter - at that time it got 15 inch wheels and lowered suspension too !
    Photo from 2017
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    Mazda MX5, Maxda Miata, Eunos Roadster SMALL,

    Photos from the archives - 1997 when I was given this model a 1;18 Scale Kyosho Model - complete with Hardtop.
    My real car purchased in 1996 - had to wait almost 12 months to get a Hardtop and it was Black.

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    The Model is in better condition these days than the real Car.

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    Bryant Racing MX5 - at Leadfoot..

    Photos from Bryants own Facebook page - photos as credited and an article from the " Taupo Times ".

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    Funny things happening on TRS today - the above post Bryant Motorsport MX5 - I gave it a Title and put the 5 images - only 4 images attached and the Title Dropped Off . - have edited to add the 5th image the article, but need to re-ad the Title.

    A Big oops not sure if by me or the site.

    And now a few minutes later the first 4 photos have gone - you need to click on them [ numbers in the brackets ] in the post

    13 April the 4 photos are not there !! Grrr ..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post

    " Growler " may know the other cars in the photos..
    Took a few photos of engines too - will be in a future post.
    Some of the cars look familiar but it was a long time ago. I may have been running the day but not sure.
    I think the Orange Supercharged NB is still around and now owned by Clive Granger.
    When the Greedy Supercharger kit was released no one wanted it as it only added around 50hp. Now they are rare as hens teeth and worth a bit of money.

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    UN7284 1991 V-Spec Eunos Roadster .. now fixed ..

    Yep the MX5 is going, with the repair done and a warrant - just - a couple of things to do before the next one is due.
    Driving OK, but because we got a bit of water in the fuel fluffs a bit - mechanic says maybe use some 98 Octane and add some injector cleaner - so will do that - Just waiting for the Bill $$$.

    It will be at Caffeine and Classics at Smales on 28th June.
    Understand that ERC Ray Green , Geebeez Graeme Banks, and a couple of others will be there too

    Thanks again Kevin for your offer, may take you up on some further work in the future - hope to see you at C and C too !!, and Andy Thorp too !!.

    Cheers

    and a photo - this is before - has new Spark Plug Leads that i haven't looked at yet - maybe not BLUE

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    Roger
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    [QUOTE=Roger Dowding;73115]Yep the MX5 is going, with the repair done and a warrant - just - a couple of things to do before the next one is due.
    Driving OK, but because we got a bit of water in the fuel fluffs a bit - mechanic says maybe use some 98 Octane and add some injector cleaner - so will do that - Just waiting for the Bill $$$.

    It will be at Caffeine and Classics at Smales on 28th June.
    Understand that ERC Ray Green , Geebeez Graeme Banks, and a couple of others will be there too

    Thanks again Kevin for your offer, may take you up on some further work in the future - hope to see you at C and C too !!, and Andy Thorp too !!.

    Cheers

    and a photo - this is before - has new Spark Plug Leads that i haven't looked at yet - maybe not BLUE

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    Yes , will be there, will be bringing A95 for it's first out of town run after wof & reg. still a work in progress but will be using it while updating it, looking for motor parts soon as some compression's not too flash, need 3ltr block have supercharger waiting on sidelines, also Roger put some meths in tank as it absorbes water which then mixes in with petrol

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    Caffeine and Classics June 2020 A95 and MX5, plus ERC and Geebeez are coming too !

    Kevin,

    Re " also Roger put some meths in tank as it absorbs water which then mixes in with petrol "
    Was told that, by the Mechanic they drained the old fuel but didn't remove and flush the tank [ too long a job ] it is running better and I have some Meths in Auckland where the car is so will do so
    See you there will be great to see the A95 - will have camera in hand
    Cheers
    Roger

    So You, me, Ray Green, Graeme Banks should all be there !!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Dowding View Post
    Kevin,

    Re " also Roger put some meths in tank as it absorbs water which then mixes in with petrol "
    Was told that, by the Mechanic they drained the old fuel but didn't remove and flush the tank [ too long a job ] it is running better and I have some Meths in Auckland where the car is so will do so
    See you there will be great to see the A95 - will have camera in hand
    Cheers
    Roger

    So You, me, Ray Green, Graeme Banks should all be there !!
    We are looking forward to it, We should be easy to find as not a lot of A95's around & only one in this green, see you there

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    "We are looking forward to it, We should be easy to find as not a lot of A95's around & only one in this green, see you there"


    Green like this one?

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    Looking forward to C & C - rain or shine, it will be good to get back to some normality and giving the camera a bit of exercise. With Goodwood cancelled, it is going to be a very thin year for new photographs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Milan Fistonic View Post
    "We are looking forward to it, We should be easy to find as not a lot of A95's around & only one in this green, see you there"


    Green like this one?

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    No, used to be,is now more like the green in the side flash but now has white flash & roof , old rusty & bent bumpers have now been incoorporated into body contours

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kevin Hirst View Post
    No, used to be,is now more like the green in the side flash but now has white flash & roof , old rusty & bent bumpers have now been incoorporated into body contours
    Will be easy to find then Kev.!!.
    John Vevers from the Austin 3 Litre Club will/should be there, he will be very interested.
    Back in the mid 70's a few of us in the Austin Healey Club knew a guy with the pre-Farina A95 but a wagon - we contemplated buying it in shares to use to tow a trailer with our Sprites on -
    The ultimate for a BMC Team to have.
    - Usual story though Good Ideas and very little money .. 50 years on life is a bit like that again ..
    Tatty MX5 will be pleased to see the car too and as ERC says lots of camera with photos to be taken as a paucity of events at the moment !!
    Cheers Guys.

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    Kev, not an MX5, but this is for you . to go with Milan's pic of the green one ..

    " Austin A95 Bathurst 1966 as driven by Graham Tribe and me (John Bruce Moxon) " John Moxon archives.

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    Great shot, Memories of days gone

    An Austin Healey in Saloon form - same engine different chassis/body = almost the same !!
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