Lionel Spitz?
Lionel Spitz?
David ,thanks ,I have the name Brian Paddy in my mind ,it would have run the early days of Pukekohe around 65/65 ,I am pretty sure the chap used to advertise his business in the NSCC monthly rag back then,I don't think he was the person who changed the engine in it .but I could be wrong for some reason I'm connecting Peter Hull with it ,not sure ,thats why I thought I would ask on hereOriginally Posted by David McKinney
Car 219, slightly obscured behind the officials, is Lionel (?Lou) Spitz. Programme says car is red/black, but not so. I won't name the event, as it occurs to me that punters might like to try to identify Who What or When. Where is obvious!
Does trigger off any more memories? How about 'name the officials'.
Stu
Lots of Bucklers in there!
Thanks ,yes its triggering memories ,but I just got to get the brain to agree with my thoughts ,by the time the Alpine crossed my path in life again around 1975 ,it was red in colour,at that time I took the MG twin Cam engine out of it and returned it to Rootes power for a completely different person ,incidentally one of the young locals in my area brought the motor to put in his Morris Oxford ,don't know if it ever happened,I guess its with the Metal Man now,Stu thanks for that photo ,will browse it more fully when time allows
The person with the clipboard has to be QuackerCar 219, slightly obscured behind the officials, is Lionel (?Lou) Spitz. Programme says car is red/black, but not so. I won't name the event, as it occurs to me that punters might like to try to identify Who What or When. Where is obvious!
Does trigger off any more memories? How about 'name the officials'.
Stu
Not as many as you might think, O.F.
Only one actually.
Red cars from left : O.Cullen Buckler, K.Yeats Orchid, Hughes Lotus 11.
By mid 1960's Bucklers were getting a bit sparse on the staring grids.
Stu
who what were
Dan Gurney, Lotus <LA
nope
John Surtees, Lotus 18 USA!!
[QUOTE=Kwaussie;7313]John Surtees, Lotus 18 USA!
Hmm, Mclaren used to run the #47, looks like a Austin healey 100/4, could it be Levin ?..Im not familiar with NI circuits of old. Car currently owned by B.C. Clearwater if it is...
Lots of people seem more interested in the car in the background!
The Healy entrant has I think near new Dunlop racing tyres so must be someone serious like Bruce or Pop McLaren.
Place would be Ardmore 1955 GP Meeting (circuit was run anti-clockwise in the first 2 GPs)
Car 47 was J(John?) Seabrook - of Seabrook Fowlds Austin importers presumably.
McLaren car was No 11.
Reg no. is wrong for the McLaren car. I'm with Stu on this one
From memory Bruce didn't run the Healey as 47 very much - it wasn't really till the Coopers that he stuck with it
Yes, Stu's correct. It was a little bit of a trick question with the 100/4 and number 47. The McLaren 100/4 had a rego number of 346.239.
Sounds very technical! I just looked it up in the programme(s).Reg no. is wrong for the McLaren car. I'm with Stu on this one
From memory Bruce didn't run the Healey as 47 very much - it wasn't really till the Coopers that he stuck with it
Stu
Hi Stu, what is the white car behind the Daimler, alongside Cullen? In front of the Hughes car is a Mistral. Keith Yeats is still a very handy peddler of an innocuous looking BMW on Targa events. (Assuming it's the same Yeats!)Not as many as you might think, O.F.
Only one actually.
Red cars from left : O.Cullen Buckler, K.Yeats Orchid, Hughes Lotus 11.
By mid 1960's Bucklers were getting a bit sparse on the staring grids.
Stu
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