The Roaring Season

Hi Paul Did you say somewhere on here you had a tiki car or part of ? I am interested in any and all information Cheers Joe if you were after the original new Zealand tiki . as in previous posts . I have the roadster version of the lyttelton coupe version . body only . this is not the imported body ...

Alan Watson of Auckland built the original Ching during the early 50s. Later starting with this body style he and three friends would mass produce a car, which is clearly an evolution, called the F10 special. (See NZ Cars – A Cottage Industry and previous page) Alan sold this car which was just c ...

Patrick the car you show is certainly the same as mine (anzari) mine has the rear bonnet. its not the one shown tho as mine has never had headlights cut out in the front or a windshield . I will add some more pics .. the red coupe on the roof is the same shape as my car . Their must have been more ...

i blew up the picture of the original tiki and in behind the car in the bush is another surprise . looks like another sports car body.

Next question .. tiki was rear engined .. it has a moulded front with no bonnet. if so was it ford engine to vw trans . ??? its all a mystery to me .

that pic of the coupe beside the roadster isnt right . fronts wrong and so are the rear quarters .. the red coupe is correct tho .

looking at the rear of that coupe and the way the rear arches suddenly hump up. i would say its the same as my roadster . but im no expert .my photo of the cars side makes it look flatter in the profile than it really is . the front guards have quite an arch to them like the coupe does. too .

That's it .. wow .. awesome . restore coming up . it looks cool .
thankyou Paul and Graham vercoe.

Paul Wilkinson wrote:Doors aren't missing believe it or not! Will hunt up a picture...

Thanks paul

Thanks guys .. ive spent hours and hours trying to source what it was . Ford 10 makes sense for a period build .. the motorbike engine idea was only if I couldn't source the maker or history... anyone have a pic of a tiki finished. The guy I got it off was in chch and didn't know what it was .. I ...

[ATTACH]20578[/ATTACH][ATTACH]20579[/ATTACH]Hello . can anyone help me with this cars identity .. fibreglass body ,front of the vehicle looks like bugeye sprite without the eyes . i would say possibly austin 7-10 running gear , maybe ford . .. reason for this presumption is the narrow wheel track ...