Austin-HealeyÂ’s and the Austin Healey Car Club of NZ and Others

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Tue Apr 19, 2016 3:09 am

Seen before on the Dunedin Festival thread but belong here ;
*** corrected information from " Spinaway " ..
Des Spillane in his early 100 from Temuka SI ***

Neal Ferguson for Waiau SI in his Blue 100

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Wed Apr 20, 2016 11:43 pm

A night out by the Dunedin branch of AHCCNZ, two Healey's with matching paint.
Photo by Albert Chang ..

Ross and Shona Osborne 100/6 and Laurie Hart BJ8, identified by Mark Donaldson from the AHCCNZ..

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Thu Apr 21, 2016 7:14 am

Back to the Grass Gymkhana / Sprint ;
ID 9783 which became LX 100 known as Alex the Red ;
my attempt at the test photos by Wayne Brown and his camera and my camera as well.

The start

The finish

Milan Fistonic · Post by **Milan Fistonic** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:29 am

A couple of items from the programme for the first race meeting at Levin on January 14 1956.

ged · Post by **ged** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:35 am

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

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:52 am

A few more of my Healey ID 9783, in various hands, firstly the Browns from Salem Oregon.

Sylvia in action, ready to start Bernie Huynens Valiant Healey beside the 100

on the test

Wayne getting ready a couple of shots one mine, one Sylvia's

ready by a line up of Healey's

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 6:32 am

That Red Healey again,

That is the end of Napier 1984, will follow with Rotorua a mix of 1985 and 1986 pics, then we will go further back in time to 1980 and few from 1976 at New Plymouth, the first AHCCNZ Rally I attended in a Triumph GT6.

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 1:33 am

Found a few more from Napier, and the story of the Puketapu Tavern [ Hotel actually according to the name over the door ]..

Heading out from the Motor Camp at Havelock North,

This car was the third Sprite purchased in 1979 !!, sold by my ex-wife in 1983 to this young couple.

Frank Karls other Healey complete with gunsight on the bonnet, being repaired again, puncture on the way down, and now this

Wayne Brown in ID 9783 It ran 14 inch X 6 inch Hotwire Mags, sat rather low, even with 185 x 14's

Puketapu Hotel
The visit was the second one as on Saturday we had arrived by Bus on the Saturday afternoon as part of a tour, the Americans liked it so much as did the publican, a few consumed and some takeaways for later. this was on the Monday when many headed home, a group of us stayed on to revisit.

Outside the Tavern 50% Americans / 50% Kiwi's counting the camera Guy
BMC BOY on the left, and the two in blue are rest of the four that went to the USA in 1982 and traveled in the VW Kombi for several months

That now is the final pics from 1984 Rally

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 12:49 am

Ross Hollings wrote:Roger, EC 4802 was the Mk1 Sprite i restored which eventually went to Japan.The first owner was a Leslie Grant Bradley ,car registered here on 24 th October 1968.Your name features on page 3 of the rego papers i still have.You bought it from a somebody in Taupaki.Passed through Ken Smith and Chequered Flag car sales.We bought it in 1987 and restored it over 3 years,it is in the photo of the row of Healeys.

Ross has kindly sent me the Registrations papers [ originals and marked " cancelled " ], for the Sprite EC4802, chassis # AN5L 7311 under our ownership [ in my ex-wifes name actually - in the LH Drivers seat in the picture ] from 28 July 1978 to 11 November 1980, when sold to Craig Fisher, Max Fisher's son. Ross bought it 11 March 1987.
Thanks for the papers Ross and the picture you sent me taken according to the back in 1990.

This " EC4802 "

which had this

became this " 59BUG I "

A great job Ross,

45DCOE · Post by **45DCOE** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 2:02 am

Came across this in the weekend. Looks more or less complete

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:23 am

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Came across this in the weekend. Looks more or less complete

Would be worth having, 4A judging by the side lights and chrome trim on the front guard, with the Targa / Surrey type roof [ the word Targa not used for them back then ], on Strombergs, mine a '67 had SU's. Damn I miss my TR4A - sold to help buy a house as at the time was in rebuilt condition and worth more then the Healey I also had the '53 100.. torn between the two marques ..

khyndart in CA · Post by **khyndart in CA** » Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:36 am

Who ever gets this Triumph don't forget to check this site.

http://www.mossmotors.com/Browse/ComponentMenuProducts.aspx?WebCatalogID=11&PlateTypeID=1

Just remember it is for LHD cars.

(Ken Hyndman )

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 12:45 am

khyndart in CA wrote:Who ever gets this Triumph don't forget to check this site.

http://www.mossmotors.com/Browse/ComponentMenuProducts.aspx?WebCatalogID=11&PlateTypeID=1

Just remember it is for LHD cars.

(Ken Hyndman )

Is that " where everyone gets a bargain and a money back guarantee ", sorry Ken that is the " W[h]arehouse "..

khyndart in CA · Post by **khyndart in CA** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 5:06 am

Roger,
It is to use so you can get an idea of the parts prices here and you can say "I have a mate in the states who will ship it for half the price " as a bargaining tool.
So you put the money in my NZ account first and then perhaps one day I will get around to sending it to you.
Does that sound like a fair deal ?

(Ken )

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 7:07 am

khyndart in CA wrote:Roger,
It is to use so you can get an idea of the parts prices here and you can say "I have a mate in the states who will ship it for half the price " as a bargaining tool.
So you put the money in my NZ account first and then perhaps one day I will get around to sending it to you.
Does that sound like a fair deal ?

(Ken )

Love it, now to try and buy the TR, will take a bit of explaining with the Ministress of Finance, though, that could also take a while.. cheers

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Wed May 04, 2016 9:40 pm

These photos, some of which have appeared on other threads belong here.
They are from AHCCNZ events in the late 1970's and February 1981,

Mark Donaldson's pictures of me driving my Uncle Eddie Dowding's LHD Rover 3500 at a gymkhana on Bruce Belton's farm, near Waiuku, what was Franklin County, South Auckland. February 1981

very spirited but casual driving, arm on window ledge, probably to hold me in place. same event.

Ken H, not quite as sideways as the TR4 got ..

three Ross Cammick photos of other Healey events;
a mid winter run, which was at the 1981 National Rally in Rotorua includes Ross's car HL3000 and others. pic appears elsewhere in this thread with another of the same stop ..

a Gymkhana event which may have been at the Bruce Belton farm. I am unsure, but remember it was near the water in the Waiuku - Glenbrook area,

BSA Healey and Sunbeam, a mixed lot at AHCCNZ events, as many Healey owners had cars that were not mobile, two of the guys in the photo actually jointly owned a Big Healey at the time that was more or less a chassis with some parts. BSA owned by Lyle Chambers [ sitting on Bill Povey's Healey beside Bill's wife Kathy ] and the Sunbeam owned by Richard Leaper [ peering into the Healey ] Bill also looking into his Healey ( passenger side ), Judy Leaper sitting on the Sunbeam.

The BSA being driven by owner Lyle, passenger not known [ not remembered ].

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Thu May 05, 2016 7:06 am

A couple of Sprite Brochures, front covers ; courtesy Andreas Lindenberg who runs a Sprite forum on Facebook..

Wheels are unusual Centrelock Splines but 8 spokes not wires or Slotted Steels as original..

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Sun May 08, 2016 1:44 am

Brochure Cover for the Mark 111, Sprite 1098 cc engined and on wires as I owned in 1974-76 and the second one in 1979 - 80 ish, was on steel wheels ..