The Roaring Season

....Sandown, mid 80's Lucio Cesario, RT4 Ralt ,lapping a second a lap quicker than anybody else, Wins!! ,CAMS (Completely Against Motor Sport) impounds the car and in complete view of all other competitors and public,strips the top of the engine (think open air and dust) Mr C is not happy,well it ...

....What was the Question ???.......................Autorama 1967, Autorama 1968, Autorama 1969/70,three Cars imported for show from Australia, I'll find time to tell this story one day, how to run a Autoshow when the Whahine has sank, there is a three month shipping strike, but the show went on ...

..apart from the Bentley Mesh grill, I actually like that 'Flower'!...Different, even if its deemed 'Ugly', a shit load of quality workmanship has gone into this 'Green Machine' !!!......................MJ

Steve is Right;I have been some what 'sidetracked' with assisting to get BJRH 'Social Media' thing going, with Our Resident 'Kiwi', 'IT' Guru and Memorabilia Tragic, Simon Popplewell (Ex Christchurch/Southland Lad!!)...also, its been a very trying time for Big Bob, with an on going public Dispute ...

...The 'Legendary ' Dean Jeffries' passed away quietly in his sleep last Sunday........ my 'Mystic' mentor....................Thunder427/MJ

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Peter Brock in Bob Jane's Chev Monza, 1983?

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Alfie Costanzo Tiga FA81, 1983

...Paint and body resposibilities on Monza,also had the contract to keep Alfies/Porche Australia cars in colour......... MJ

Still @ Calder [ATTACH=CONFIG]17226[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]17227[/ATTACH] Jacques Laffite Ralt RT4, 1981 [ATTACH=CONFIG]17230[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]17231[/ATTACH] Ray Mallock Ralt RT4, 1981 ....Painted both these Ralts prior to 1981 Calder Australian Grand Prix, the Gitanes colour scheme was ...

So why did you tell the guy they were $3 each if they weren't for sale individually ????? Powder, Quite possibly comes under ,'The figure of speech', He asked me would I sell my collection,I said 'Yes' as I had aprox 15000 magazines,he said how much, I subjested, work it out at $3 each!!!!...that ...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]16316[/ATTACH]An Ebay buy, neat old american comic featuring race driver 'Clint Curtis' chasing down the Mclaren Can Am cars. .....have a got a couple hundred of these along with some 15000 ,Hot Rod style magazines from mid 50's to present day, USA/UK/NZ/AUST, most of them in ...

I know the Treka was NZ made, but did they actually use a piece of distressed reinforcing rod in the construction, as is evident in post 15.....somehow attached to the petrol tank. Do you remember the ad for the machine......will go anywhere a fourwheel drive will go.........yeah right. They did ...

Would that be Kevin Bartlett in the TVR Grantura? KB, you had a bit of an association with assembling TVR's in Australia didn't you? I have a road test from (I think) 1965 on a V8 Griffith that had been assembled by you. Did anyone ever race a Griffith in Australia? [ATTACH=CONFIG]14839[/ATTACH ...

[quote="BMCBOY"]I managed to dig up a few old photos last week The photo of Jim and Rod>>>>>>>>>>>> ........." Hey Rod, How many Aspro's can you have and still drive"!!!!!! looks like Jim's Got the tooth Ache thing going!......................regards thunder427/MJ

Steve..that's a great looking book...amazing photos!! The first motor racing book I can remember was one in Dads bookshelf..The Green Helmet,,I remember skipping over the "love stuff" and re reading the racing bit's over and over when I was about 9 years old..Left a lasting impression ...geat ...

......well I'm a little late for the 'Merry Christmas' thing ,So from me it's a 'HAPPY GOODYEAR' lets make '013 a great year for all Forum members and inline with my other forum friends..."Steve, your doing a great job,we all felt your families pain with the passing 'of mans best friend' but I'm ...

....Lee, Tim Slako is a real Kiwi pioneer in motorsport,lives and runs a very succesful 'tune Shop' in Perth, is the Australian distributor of 'Red Line Oil' products, Tim is one of those people in motorsport that you can't help admiring,he has that ,'I'll give it a go', approach, topped up with a ...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]14533[/ATTACH] Here is one of Bruce McLaren at Riverside spoofing the Chaparral crew. Wally Willmott leaning in and Tyler Alexander at the back. That is Teddy Mayer in the front. This was taken at the Riverside Grand Prix in 1964. photo: Kirby Guyer ...check the nose 'art',precursor ...

ERC... I have removed offending reply to Jim's statement,will not trouble 'your' thread again !!!.....sadley thats a promise....thunder427/MJ

Ray thats the way it was once ,when racing was exciting cars passing not follow the leader with parity this and parity that today,I think the greenies are to blame,some time back I asked Eric Mal. why dont we cut all that scrub back between the pits and the track ,we used to see the cars come over ...

Steve, STEEL!!!!.....your right to assume the 'glass' concept, but as I stated, Chris was the 'Master' with a 'Hammer and Dolly' and the amazing thing was how quick he could 'rough out' the basic's, but what really impressed me most was how've would get the 'Left to match the 'Right........ 'Eye ...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]14000[/ATTACH][/QUOTE] Steve, this car was built By Ron Harrop, at the Harrop Family Engineering workshop,in nothing more than a one car bay ,surrounded by Lathes and other pieces of large machineery,this facility was in Colebrock St., Brunswick,Chris Farrell,Master bodyman, who I ...