The Roaring Season

Thanks Steve I will pass this year as I still have my two CanAm shirts in pristine condition , however I will be 'flying' the flag at Brenda and Bryans wedding this weekend in Wellington by wearing my very cool track roadster tee !

Usually around this time of year I put together a t-shirt design and sell a few tees to help keep the lights on at The Roaring Season. However, life has got in the way this year, and I've not had a chance to put anything together. But, rather than be defeated, I've decided to pre-release a design ...

This is Bel Air 3 , not the first . I recommend a book "The Boss" which his nephew loaned me , great reading Hec Green was his engine man .

woody wrote:Peters boat that set the world record was Bel Air, powered by a Ford V6. Latimer Lodge that Peter owned was destroyed in the earthquake. Has been demolished and ready to build a new hotel.

Bel Air 3 in fact , 2.5 V6 and 114 mph was the speed .

Thank You Grant and Steve , Just fantastic to see these images . My first knowledge of Ernie was from about 65 onward ( as a younger fella ) and in later years befriended Robbie Gibb who knew your family from his Timaru days . I will look forward in anticipation for more of this for sure ! . Best ...

What a neat looking DAF !

Autorama " 67 "

Not a " Roundy " racer as such .

225sloper wrote:Only info i could get was guys name was Richard Moon and Cortina had a Ford 289 power

Richard was a regular campaigner at Ruapuna back then . I remember being told that it was based on a real Lotus shell .

A great shot indeed when mechanics were just that and actually had dirt beneath there fingernails and on there overalls , real " Hands on " blokes !

That sounds feasible as a flat crank Olds was an option .

Almost as ugly as the creation of a engishman called John Dodd , I had in a 70,s magazine " Hot Car " with a Rolls Royce grill and Merlin powered . Man those poms had / have some weird ideas on " Hot rods " !

...... And who ended up with the TKR Primeras ?

Thanks Woody, Did Thorpe race in OSCA at some stage. I think he ran a OSCA Monaro in Sydenham Park signage around the same time as his altered which he he had over here for a standing and flying at Orwell Creek Rd , Ahaura and if I recall was named " Wynns Wynder " , however this would have been ...

And how could we forget our Bruno !

Fandatstick wrote:What's the deal with the big front bumper bar on the 120Y coupe?

American style bumper, I guess as a method of getting around the fact of this car using an L series mill , as our models had the A12,s .

[ATTACH=CONFIG]17201[/ATTACH] Up to and including the 1969 SCCA Trans-Am Championship, cars racing in the Under 2 litre class were bundled into the same race as those in the Over 2 litre class. Throughout the first few years of the Trans-Am , from its inception in 1966, the U2 cars heavily ...

Ok so Datsun 240Z, Toyota 2000GT and Mazda RX3 are NOT classic cars? sorry are not GREAT Classic Cars? Then what about the Honda S600 or the Prince Skyline or Datsun 510/1600 and that is just some of the late 60's early 70s classics, without going into the more modern classics. It is a little ...

It may not have been the most loved of Touring Car series but back in the mid-90s I was involved with Greg Brinks campaign in the Schedule S Touring Car Class - Lynx sponsored Toyota Carina, which I think was an ex-Toyota factory car. Do we many survivors from those days? Where did the TKR Primeras ...

Racer Rog wrote:This was Classic Muscle Cars in the program, I didn't see one racing, so was not sure just what I was watching?
Roger

Does a car with " Muscle " have to derive from the great USA to wear this title , e.g Jack Ondrack in his TVR . If this dosen,t have " Muscle " then I have missed something !