The Roaring Season

Wanted an L34 torana twin point , twin coil type distributor plus cap and rotor to suit . 03 215 9493 027 283 0920

Torana XU1 replica circuit racer built by Keith Rennie . New panel and paint , car is not going but comes with everything to put it back on the track . Race 202 with 12 port head , stud girdle winged sump triple 40mm delortos , commodore crankshaft , acl race series pistons , 2 X m20 gearboxes ...

Are you still looking for a cheap LC/LJ project ? , l've been cleaning out the shed and l have a 1970 gtr that l bought for a spare shell while l was racing that is next to go . Rolling shell with tags , seats , glass etc but no motor and box .

I'm looking for some old Reg Cook 10 X 8 mini mags . Any number , someone must have some of these stuck up in their garage roof somewhere from years ago or perhaps know where some are . 03 215 9493 or 027 283 0920

Sure can , most rolling starts asked for and ( ususally given ) to noters down here in their fancy BMW's with special Nurburgring gertrag 6 speed boxes with 1.5 to 1 first gears ratios and triple plate clutches should handicap themselves to the back of the grid for the start .............problem ...

Hi, Angus Fogg here, 43 years old from Auckland, currently at home with a broken leg.... great site !!! This stuff is right up my alley, hoping to build a Historic Muscle Car in the near future, have done a bit of racing over the years, worked on a couple of CMC cars, suspension development etc ...

What a shame they're not HQ / L34 stud pattern or would have been in !

Hi John, If it is the Hartley car which had the subframe moved up in the chassis etc, then it went to Lance Evans who amongst other things put a rear wing on it and a KAD 16v engine, it was run here like that for several seasons by Lance and was sold to the States some years ago. Might have a photo ...

On the subject of race minis l've been wondering if my old shellsport clubman GT is still alive and kicking these days , would love to buy it back . Was sold to a guy in Palmerston North 25 years ago now who's name escapes me and the last time l ever saw the car it was painted white l think . Very ...

Good morning Gerald ! , was wondering if you had a picture of how you managed to get your carbs on your arden setup to fit under the standard bonnet of your mini please ? , yeah , yeah l know you shouldn't be helping out the opposition ! . The car is off to the panelbeaters sometime over the next ...

It went to Melbourne Gerald , a guy brought his whole family over on holiday to pick it up and they took it back in their suitcase lol ...............minispares in England were making Ardens again but l think they have come to a stop now ? . The heads you are talking about from the USA rf84 l think ...

You are correct of course Gerald , different priorities in life come along and we needed the money too , way back then 25 years ago we were paying 17.5 percent on our farm morgage under Rogernomics so every dollar counted , including the measley $250 bucks l got for the complete injection setup l ...

l'm sorry to say that yes the car is decidedly 2nd hand looking now that l've got it back with some good bits robbed off it too unfortunately , but l knew all that and l guess it was my choice to hand over the cash for it in the end : ) . The auxillary radiator under the drivers side guard is ...

Hey Gerald , yes you're probably right .......l shouldn't have weakened and gone and bought it again but l couldn't help meself ! It will be a while before it's going again though , the head actually dropped a valve but the previous owner had it repaired and rebuilt with all new valves and springs ...

Interested in my MK1 escort twin cam complete car ? . 027 283 0920 .

Cheers John A.

Hi Steve , ............ * Emson * , a very famous name from the past indeed in motor racing circles ! . l too have done lots of miles in XU1's over the years , the green LC XU1 in the above picture was actually our family car from 1986 till about 1996 .........l still can't believe looking back that ...

Les Bognuda did indeed own this car during the 80's in New Plymouth . He was an insurance assessor from memory ( memory aint so good these days either now ) , pretty sure that Larry Taylor used to do the maintenance on it and that probably the last time l ever spoke to Les they were thinking about ...

It had started to rain as we were lining up on the dummy grid and most of the cars in the race had slicks on ( l had kumho V700's ) . l was 10th and Anton was 2nd on the grid . l managed to pass 5 cars by the 1st corner so l was up to 5th , then a porsche slid off and l was behind an M3 beemer which ...

Hi Gerald , unfortunately no l can't help you . My motor racing only really started mid 70's with my doing club events and driving my cars down to Manfield to compete in club days , was never into national events that early unfortunately . l did own one other ex shellsport mini that had originally ...

Not only jappers , escorts and avengers , but the occasional BMC too . This is the ex Brian Hartley shellsport clubman GT that l owned for a number of years after l purchased it from him ( the less said about that deal the better too ) . l only ever did one shellsport race with it at baypark and ...