The Roaring Season

one car most people are not talking about Rays mk1 jaguar was 3.4 on wires, disc brakes,special seats steering wheel etc . i owned the car it purchased from A.Dick, I sold the car onto Ray Larsen who i think still owns it, "A special Car"

any photos of Peter mcfarlane, raced healey in south island,always with the top up. also raced a Borgward isabella,E type,ex pinkney cooper bristol

33 year old petrol head from dunedin that has just started the restoration of the Barry Walker built Sabre sports car, If anyone has any photos of her that aren't already on here I'd really love to see them hi i would have been the last guy to race the sabre,i saved it from under a hedge, rebuilt ...

ged wrote:last I herd moxham turned it back into climax car and buick was destend for ajet boat

further to this I belive it was a traco olds engine not a buick I do belive that they are similar

These are more great photos Pete & Ray. Thanks for showing them. The photos in post 23 & 24 of Frank Matich Lotus 19 & Bib Stillwell Cooper-Monaco, as best I can work out potentially makes it the February 1963 Lakeside International meeting. The Monaco would have still been Climax powered when ...

tony rioeden gore worked on inkys Camaro/ capri jac mac would know. went to usa

ah yes but who was Harvey Mushman and what were his most noted moments in motor sports

hi just further to the archibald disscusion,ihad brought a1958-59 mk1 3.4 wire wheels disc brakes woodrim steering wheel[factory], bucket seats [akin to series 1 e type] from Allan Dick ,with intentions of restoring it. it was involved in a major flood and i became uninterested in it and on sold it ...

hi woody #60 t. hickey, fiat, this car may have been a topolino with t\c ford, or pushrod motor. but what i can remeber it was nicely presented. are there any photos out there of l nielsons mk 111 zephyr corvette,as i remember it was amajor mission just to start the car , switchs, taps, etc . memory ...

hi steve as i now live o/s i find that TRS is far more topical than any magazine that i might subscribe to.they say looking back only gives you a sore neck, well i do not object to pay for that privilage. you do a truly wonderful job in running this site. looking forward to being more involved in ...

was there not driver Butler that drove avery fast chopped mini had very good win ratio come on you soutland and otago drivers \ fans there was heeps going on in our part of nz not just happin in the N\island

barry walker built the Sabre. i found it under a hedge, rebuilt it and raced it in country gents for couple of years

jim we fitted a set of falcon wheels to it and apair of cooper s mufflers and he set sail about 2.00 am for auck.did not take him very long to get home. i have some good stories about that car and will share sometime

jim , that car was owned by nevlle goodsir of timaru. barry morgan built a new chassis for which i think he may still have the jig. i do not know what has happend to it since,brian morris of timaru would know. barry also made a chassis for another D ray larsen made the body longnose / fin barry and ...

Rod Grimwood wrote:ged, those wheels i think you will find were the original wheels of Faheys first mustang.

Who did you sell car too please.

I sold the car to clive gott. some thing for you guys to track down the steering wheel that was on that car was off the dalro jaguar from here in aust

Hi Guys, Can anyone recommend a good magnesium welder? I have a nascar 429 boss spider intake that has been modified for short track racing by reducing to port size, which has cut through the top ports. They have covered over the thin placers with filler. As it is fairly rare I would like to have ...

trevor you talk of the ralph watson book. I have two in my possesion one printed normaly but one is printed wrong way around and bound front to back anybody else come across this unusal book gwyn

1950-1960? austin healy corvette i think i rember one going around south island

carlo is john christies xa yellow if so i think that is the only one ive seen with chrome bumper/door handles option could be wrong

hi one sports car i can think of, ex trevor crowe, john armstrong MG TF sidevalve V8 sorry no photos.This was a very succesful hill climber anyone know of it or if it still is about ged