The Roaring Season

by **bob homewood** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:32 am

stubuchanan wrote:Don't think so. John Richards was a leading light in the formation of the Pukekohe Car Club in the early 1960's, and raced or hill-climbed a Daimler SP 250. He was of somewhat more solid build than Jim, whose origins were in Weymouth, near Manurewa.

Stu

Correct John was a larger than life fellow who came from Pukekohe ,vary instrumental in getting the Pukekohe Car Club up and going in its formative years as a point of interest I worked on that car that year

by **khyndart in CA** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 11:05 pm

Thanks Roger and Grant,
I have to admit these are my two favorite photos from that selection.

These two must have seen a lot of car deals in their day with Ray's agency and Tony had successful
dealerships not only in NZ, but also Hawaii and California with BMW and probably more that I am not aware of.

(Ken H)

by **Grant Sprague** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:24 pm

Ken , thank you , these are so cool to see for the era , 54 year ago if my maths correct , photo of Ray Archibald , my father had a lot of respect for him , also Ray had the Chistchurch Jag agency , some how he got it for Ernnie for the s/cant .... they raced hard but were good friends

by **Roger Dowding** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 4:22 am

khyndart in CA wrote:I was recently looking up some info on Pukekohe and came across these great shots from the 1963 Wills 6 hour race.
Hope it is ok to share these from the "Hawkes Bay Photo News."
"Sailone" if you look closely you will see a slight view of the Alfa behind the Mini at the finish.
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(Ken Hyndman ..inputs)

Ken, H those shots are great .. cheers

by **Peter M** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:42 am

The Triumph Vitesse car no 8 driven by Dick Izard,this is Richard Izard the man who invested recently at Taupo Motorsport Park which is now Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park. Back in the late 60,s and 70,s he had a successful Triumph and Rover franchise in Te Awamutu.
Peter

by **stubuchanan** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 1:24 am

Don't think so. John Richards was a leading light in the formation of the Pukekohe Car Club in the early 1960's, and raced or hill-climbed a Daimler SP 250. He was of somewhat more solid build than Jim, whose origins were in Weymouth, near Manurewa.

Stu

by **khyndart in CA** » Tue Jan 31, 2017 12:39 am

p.s. Is the Jack Richards in the Jaguar 3.8 related to Jim Richards ?

by **khyndart in CA** » Mon Jan 30, 2017 11:22 pm

I was recently looking up some info on Pukekohe and came across these great shots from the 1963 Wills 6 hour race.
Hope it is ok to share these from the "Hawkes Bay Photo News."
"Sailone" if you look closely you will see a slight view of the Alfa behind the Mini at the finish.

(Ken Hyndman ..inputs)

by **Spgeti** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 3:08 am

Sailone wrote:Ken,
The plates in the Puke photo are the black&yellow NZ plates
The Bring a trailer auction team in the US bought one of these cars on e bay recently $19000! and are rebuilding it for classic events
2 litre motor, 5 speed box, LSD,disc brakes (don't know why,the original finned drums do the job) plus some panel work.
My other TI (pale blue) which has been on the track at HD, Taupo and the Chelsea hillclimb is a heap of fun with only minor mods,long distance trips are no problem either, just been to Mt Cook with the Alfa Club .

I will have a serious talk to you re this Keith....so you stay on the right trail..LOL

There is a early Sprint in Whanganui which the guy bought off TM some time back with a 2 litre in it plus cage etc. Was a good project and I think from memory the price was $15K.

Cheers
Bruce

by **Sailone** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:52 am

Rod,
Tell us more about Graham Pierce,is he and Feo Stanton still around?
Keith

by **Sailone** » Mon Nov 23, 2015 2:46 am

Ken,
The plates in the Puke photo are the black&yellow NZ plates
The Bring a trailer auction team in the US bought one of these cars on e bay recently $19000! and are rebuilding it for classic events
2 litre motor, 5 speed box, LSD,disc brakes (don't know why,the original finned drums do the job) plus some panel work.
My other TI (pale blue) which has been on the track at HD, Taupo and the Chelsea hillclimb is a heap of fun with only minor mods,long distance trips are no problem either, just been to Mt Cook with the Alfa Club .

by **Roger Dowding** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:34 pm

khyndart in CA wrote:Keith,
Did it have a foreign license plate at the 1963 Wills race ?.
You mentioned the Roycroft family, Ross Jensen Motors, Feo Stanton and Graham Pierce. Wow !
This car could have a great history and it is just waiting for you to restore it.
Keep us updated.

(Ken Hyndman )

Ken, the number plate would be the last of the two year issue plates, that were put on the first year then a sticker issued for the second [ subsequent ] year of Registration, then you got new and different coloured plates, think the last series before the aluminium black with the silver numbers, paint buffed off permanent plates, were yellow with black numbers.
I think permanent plates started in 1965, [ don't quote me on this !! ] as my dad's Zephyr 6 had the two year thin metal plates when purchased new in 1963

was almost right plates were issued yearly from 1925 then 5 yearly in 1941 because of shortage of steel, then in 1963 back to annually with permanent plates starting in 1964.
the Annual licensing process was started in 1963 and finished in 1965

by **khyndart in CA** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 11:09 pm

Keith,
Did it have a foreign license plate at the 1963 Wills race ?.
You mentioned the Roycroft family, Ross Jensen Motors, Feo Stanton and Graham Pierce. Wow !
This car could have a great history and it is just waiting for you to restore it.
Keep us updated.

(Ken Hyndman )

by **Steve Holmes** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:35 pm

Wow, thats a fantastic looking car!

by **Rod Grimwood** » Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:17 pm

Graham Pierce as driver, if that is the famous Graham from Bay Park then more history to the car.

by **Spgeti** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:14 am

Fantastic Keith. Put a half cage in it and come and join us in HSC. It would be another Historic Car it join our grid.
Cheers, Bruce

by **Sailone** » Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:03 am

Thanks Milan for the information, there is a lot of well known drivers in the entry, and the prices are interesting. Here is the car now after a long spell in a damp shed. It needs some work on the doors, A pillar and the chassis rail. It *might* become a vintage racer.
Keith

by **Milan Fistonic** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:11 am

The Alfa finished ninth having completed 158 laps and was seven laps ahead of the second 1001-1300cc car to finish. That was the Histed/McLean VW. The winning Jaguar covered 172 laps.

by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 8:00 am

Thanks for taking the time to post this Milan, you are awesome!

Keith, do you have any pics of your Alfa as it looks today?

by **Milan Fistonic** » Wed Oct 28, 2015 7:57 am

This is the entry list for the 1963 Wills Six-Hour Race. The Peugeot 403 numbered 14 in your photo is on the list but just the one Alfa.

The Roaring Season

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