The Roaring Season

Perhaps a call toTemperos in Oamaru could be worthwhile as they have built a number of early Ferraris and would have experience with chassis design and manufacture and sourcing of suspension, steering and brake components

I was recently in the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart and they had a 917 crankshaft on display, made from Titanium and weighed 13 kgs, 10 kgs lighter than a steel crank. Very cheap too I would imagine.

What a shame we cant turn the clock back to 1970. What a fantastic group of saloons. If only motor racing was like that now.

Hi Rod, checked my facts re the red tiger, that one belongs to Dale Akuszewski (Dales Restorations) apparently has 289 engine, but has standard brake calipers and must run 13" wheels. 400 plus HP. My yellow Tiger uses one of his front suspension set ups. John Morton drove a white Tiger No 74 at ...

Hi Rod, if it was a Mk1 Tiger, which I think it is, it would be running the 260 CI engine so that would make it even better. Only the Mk2s had the 289 and I think the cars have to be very period correct, including small disc front brakes and drum rears.

Hi,yes I still have the car, its a lot of fun. A number of Tigers in the US (where most of them reside) have been stroked to 347 and have in excess of 400 hp. I understand mine is about 360 hp. The best part of it is, that with its high gearing I have had over 32 mpg out of it on trips.

Thank you. The wheels are American Pannasports. They are used quite a lot on Tigers.

Kiwi285 Do you mean something like this. Unfortunately 289 has been stroked and bored to 305 so dosent quite fit the bill.

Yes the car is a wee bit out of place in that group, but surely there must be a group to run in at HD next weekend. A new set of tyres would be of more advantage than a sequential gearbox?

I dont think I have seen the Escort race, but it is certainly a beautiful car. I am sure if you had a genuine Alan Mann Escort racing with a good driver, it to would blitz the feild. Why not allow the car to run, but start it from pit row 30-40 seconds behind the rest of the feild, so that ...

In the picture of the Dolomite Sprint, I am pretty sure the man in the brown jacket is Ralph Broad, of Broadspeed. I think the car is in Group 2 spec and it could be Andy Rouse in the centre.

The ex Arthur Kennard Healey Corvette was at Highlands Park over the weekend, now in plain black and looking extremely nice having been recently restored. It is about to have it's twin 4 barrel carbs refitted. A wonderful old car.

Go onto the http://www.vhrr.com website. There is a list of contacts. They will be able to point you in the right direction. They are extremely helpful and accomodating. It is an event not to be missed.
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Was this the car Brent Hawes had. If so I recall seeing it sitting for sale outside in the weather,at Speedway Motors in Timaru looking the worse for wear. I think they wanted around 1400 pounds for it. Probably 1966.

I have always felt that the simplest way of checking a historic cars elegebility is to ask the question, Could this have been built in its day, meaning that the parts must have been available to the public at the time the car is depicting. This would stop later components being fitted, with the onus ...

I am not sure that "chose" would be the correct word. You very much took what you could get. Very few imports and to buy a new car generally involved a waiting list or having overseas funds which favoured farmers. Whetever you drove you generally looked after. It would be quite easy to name all the ...

No it wasnt the Clyde Collins PDL Falcon (which ended up as a road car in Dunedin). As far as I remember it was orange, looked more like a production touring car (but wasnt) and was from Australia. The way the Escort went that day is my most vivid memory of motor racing.

It was at Wigram, and I can still remember to this day the little Escort howling down the straight prior to the start finish line. I think it must have been the best it ever went.Was it Moffat in a fairly standard looking Falcon that he was racing against

The exhaust on the GT40s had the two centre cylinder exhaust pipes of one bank coupled to the the two outer cylinder exhaust pipes of the other bank just behind the engine in order to give better scavenging. This is probably what made them sound different. With a flat plane crank you could run a ...

Southspeed,did you you get any photos of the Mustang P51 flyover. Also some photos of the Historic Touring cars?