Count someone?Originally Posted by bob homewood
Count someone?
He did it have it for a while, but I don't recall him using it much before selling it to the Baker brothers
ROY LYME in Cooper Jamie
Thats who I meant ,sorry it was a bit of a private joke ,I always called hin the "old english gent " he always took it in the right vein
Where?
Actually looking at Roy on the serious side he was not too bad at getting the job done ,I helped him at the wet Easter Bay Park meeting ,the same one the Aussie mini guys came over for ,it was a pouring wet day and was his first drive in the ex Tony Batchelor Brabham TC ,he did a dam good job and acquitted himself well that day,considering up to then most of his running had been on the hills
Ah - but not as good a job as fellow Rotorua driver Tony Baker in the Gemini
Yes ,got to agree with that one David ,that was a good drive by Tony that day ,and of course a few months later ,Roy's single seater aspirations were over after he crashed and badly damaged the Brabham at Pukekohe ,strange all the experts knew better ,nobody wanted to listen to me ,there was no way we should have been trying to run those tyres on that type of rim ,there was no safety lip to retain them if the pressures dropped,which is what happened
I wouldn't have minded Roy Lyme's Pukekohe "off" so much if he hadn't aimed the thing at my viewing spot inside Champion
Roy got badly burned, refuelling the Gemini I think but Jamie would know the details I'm sure. Possibly the reason why there was quite a time gap between running the Gemini and the Brabham.
I recall seeing a photo of Roy's crash at Puke, the fence posts went down like dominos.
Roy said later that Tony B. told him prior to the moment that Champion was flat in that car..... He also said that he had aimed it at David (joking).
I wouldn't have minded Roy Lyme's Pukekohe "off" so much if he hadn't aimed the thing at my viewing spot inside Champion
Tarawera ?
Yes that is were I think it is also Jamie
Down the bottom I reckon Jamie ? ,I could tell a few stories about that area ,but they belong in another thread .Might sound stupid but the tow truck looks familiar ,was that Bakers ? I tried reading the name in the photo but can't
Last edited by bob homewood; 12-10-2011 at 07:52 AM.
I have coloured pics of this car in NZ, from probably the 70's running the #85
It is, and was a bit of a give away given the Minimax is in the background having already started his run, especially given the ones on the 'max before.
I also have some stories from there, should be in Yards etc.
No I never take it for granted with photos , I know of at least three seperate old hillclimb venues out in the hills around here and to be honest sometimes its real hard to tell them apart with some photo shots even for me and I have lived here on and off for years
Yes BOB Bakers had an old Ford flat head v8 wrecker and I recon that,s it Jamie
Talking of Baker Bros ,Jamie all we need now are some photos of that standing quarter they had on Old Taupo Rod,down by their workshop ,could you ever imagine that happening today
No Bob we all would be locked up .I have some photos of that sprint in the Cooper Jag I will see if I can find them Jamie
And what about the one down Rawhiti Rd in suburban Matamata?
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