Now to the story of my car.......
As I may have mentioned, I have a long time friend and old Humpy racer from the 60's whose car I worked on.
For the last 20 years after a few reds the talk always turned to ....Why dont we build another old Humpy race car...
These conversations caused me to look for Mikes old cars over a long period and all I could come up with was a set
of our old Del Orto carbies. After admitting defeat it was decided to buy an old log booked Humpy and restore it. A few were found but no one was selling...heard that before...Nah we are going to do her back up.
Interest waxed and waned and we had spies all over the country looking out for us. In 2008 we got an email saying one was for sale near Orange in NSW. It had been built to run at the Gnoo Blaas revival meetings . Negotiations began and concluded with Micks Humpy arriving in due course in Tas.
So our job was done, completed , finnished......well not quite.
Forward 3 or 4 months and I received a phone call...A bloke in Vic is thinking of selling his log booked Humpy.
We had forgotten to call off the dogs who were still on the hunt it seems. Sorry mate we already have one.
I'll give you his number just in case you want to talk to him. Thanks but no thanks.
Next day me thinks , what harm could it do to ring him and find out about his car.....2 weeks later after getting pics etc
I had bought the car and another one that was in one of the background shots.
A friend in Vic went 90k's and collected the cars and stored them at his garage until I could arrange to go and get them across our rough little Bass Strait ditch.
I picked up the race car and got it to the boat , smooth sailing and on landing at Devonport drove it the 100k's to Launceston with no problems . I left the 2nd car in Vic . Some 6 months later I onsold it (2nd Car) to a Launceston aquaintence who went and got it and guess what...he's building an Nb Humpy. It was a real original old girl and will make a nice race car.
The car when in Vic on display at the Sandown Historic meeting with the Brock Goodwood car and a red FC (Now in Tas)
On the way to get dropped off at the boat in Vic
Not much has changed in here...Just older driver
