Go to Posting #34 this thread and 'tweaks' is there with a name at the bottom 'Lynds'...so assume it is Mr Marr along with his comments about Brian Mabey's BCM #2 list he gave me. Think he is Aus now...last time in Blackburn South.Originally Posted by woody
Chris Read -Arrowtown
....last few frames depicts a very wet race ,the last face thats covered in 'wet sand' features a young Allan Rhodes,who was driving the R.A Zephyr in 'Green' warpaint ......Dam!!!...they where great Christmas Holidays!!!!........thunder427/MJ
Last edited by thunder427; 05-16-2012 at 01:04 PM.
Best Christmas holidays i ever had !
They certainly were gtrat Xmas's there , especially as a 15 year old ,watching motor racing ,discovering girlsand drinking Harleys ? beer in the sandhills at night ... then going back to aour tent in the camp ground that was directly in front of the ladies shower block
Hi to Chris and Woody yes it is me the "Good Old Kaikorai Boy" am still alive and now living in Geelong.
Regarding the BCM Special ???? . I bought it of a chap in the Gore area , and from the receipt the reg was AA 5179 and his name was G Mill .
Attached is the spec sheet typed up by Brian Maybey for the origonal build
Cheers
Lynds
Thanks for that info Lyndsay. John Noble had it and sold it to Winston Wingfield....in between somewhere there was a guy in Green Island (had a motor bike shop I think where Barry Vuyk used to operate from)..... was it Twaddle???
I bought the later BCM Special off Malcolm Bathgate who kept the trailer...I paid $349 for the car. Most of the OSCC had 'molested' the car at some time with Armie giving it the most use. Armie (or was it John Reid) drove it to the Balclutha evening sprint and as the story goes drove it back in the dark.
Good to hear from you . Chris Read - Arrowtown.
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Last edited by Chris Read; 06-25-2012 at 09:49 AM. Reason: Senior moment re name now overcome
Attached is the spec sheet typed up by Brian Maybey for the origonal build
What a mixture. Just imagine going to the Repco or Supercheap Counter for parts for that.
Come on GB, you know you need to have the registration number before either of the aforementioned (that's a bigger word than wheelbarrow) can source parts.
Chris, Sounds like Johnny Twaddle. Old Mayfair Motors in Green Island by the railway crossing.
Ooops...just noticed I had chopped bottom of the spec sheet which had the following on
Camshaft...BCM . full race ( which he would have done on his own cam grinder
Steering wheel ... 32 Morris Minor
Sump holds ... 1 1/2 gallon
Valve springs ... 1931 Chev / Consul
Push rods ... 1949 Vauxhall 18 / Consul
..Rear shock ... 1928 Vauxhall 28.
..Front Shock absorbers ... Allard
It certainly had a few odd sods in there , the Healy 100S diff , 23 Caddy clutch pedal ,Scout car rev counter ect ....
Chris as for the Later BCM , Ron Perry, had shares in it with Alan Jamieson and Malcolm and it sat in Rons garage in Chapman Street for donkies ..the garage had 1/2 roof missing and front doors were just hanging there ....Would be good to the the Consul going again sometime
Cheers
Lynds
Lynds, Sounds like the latter BCM car was not far from your home in Shetland St.
Lynds, I have sent you a PM.
Is that Stewyq standing beside the car? How many years did Stewart run the v8 coupe for?
Not Tahuna, but relevant
http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/s...th-special-car
Yep, he's the crew chief..Dad raced the Ford Coupe between '68 & '70, he sold it to buy the Stuart Special from Norm Smith.
He has recently bought another '39 Deluxe and is now busy restoring it.
Mark Quertier
Beach Racing Champs 1972 - Stuart V8 Special
Stewart Quertier holding roll bar, Geoff White, Jac Mac, Mervyn Gutschlag and the late John Jeffery.
Together that year they won the the South Island Beach race champs, Nelson Provincial Champs, the Lap record.
and placed 2nd in the NZ champs to Peter Leversedge.
Would that be the Crowe Ford special in the background or Charlie Bensemans # 4 ?
Beach Racing Champs 1972 - Stuart V8 Special
Stewart Quertier holding roll bar, Geoff White, Jac Mac, Mervyn Gutschlag and the late John Jeffery.
Together that year they won the the South Island Beach race champs, Nelson Provincial Champs, the Lap record.
and placed 2nd in the NZ champs to Peter Leversedge.
Or Kelvin Browns?
Ford 8 was owned by Roger Funnell and driven by Bensemann I think
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