Photos: The Allan Porter Collection - Part 1

[bce257]

This one makes me nervous! Ford flathead V8 powered 3-seater trike. Looks like a disaster waiting to happen. Rider is game! Is he wearing jandals?

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This is fantastic!

Any more info on this contraption?

The exhausts are pointing right at the passengers feet and that thing ready to nads him if he crashes looks like a bonnet ornament off a Jaguar. So much work, so much dangerous, so much detail- even pinstriping, but why?! Something says gang to me.

The engine looks about 1935 so 85hp and a 3-speed wouldn't make it a rocket ship but it would have sounded great.

[Steve Holmes]

OK, time for more.....

[Steve Holmes]

Still at Kerrs Road, and Baloo lights 'em up and gets all cranky.

[Steve Holmes]

Great colour shot of Max Turner in Purple Haze, with (I think) Ralph Wright giving chase in the heavily customized Ford coupe.

[Steve Holmes]

Croydon Thompson and Pure Heaven.

[Steve Holmes]

Now this is an impressive piece of Kiwi ingenuity. The amazing tandem Zephyr powered 12 cylinder 'Two Thing'. Does it still exist?

[Steve Holmes]

Graeme Vautier's magnificent Hemi powered Chizler.

[Steve Holmes]

[Steve Holmes]

The wild Chevy V8 powered 'Harold's Hauler' Prefect of Graham Wright and Graeme Kidd.

[Steve Holmes]

[Steve Holmes]

Two Thing.

[John McKechnie]

Two Mk 1 Zephyr motors- would this be a "boxer"set up ?
BAN Engineering made it.

Top 10 Dragsters -August 1971

1- Pete Lodge 11.35.....Baloo 392 H
2-Brian Trigg 11.4 Andromeda 301 Chev
3-Dave McDougal 11.8 Gnome Mobile 292.Ford.
4-Jon Patton 11.9 Rail 270 GMC, V12 distributor.
4-Colin Lane 11.9 Bullitt 2.5 V6
6-Graeme McConnachie 12.2 Judge Zephyr.
7- Noel Jones 12.4 Rebel 263 Rambler.
8-Bob Rossiter 12.5 Pirate Merc sidevalve.
9-Colin Prast 12.5 Roadster 427 Chev.
10-Barry Fuller 12.6 Rail 302 Chev
Graeme Smith- Triumph 650 13.4
Curley West 14.4

[Jac Mac]

Two Mk 1 Zephyr motors- would this be a "boxer"set up ?
BAN Engineering made it.

IIRC it was two zephyr engines geared together, NZHRM had a an article and pics of the build.

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks John and Jac, great info!

[Steve Holmes]

Back to Bay Park now and its 'Puppy Love', the Dave Chung (of Berry & Chung speed equipment) '56 Chevy sedan. This is still a drag car today, owned and raced by Reece Fish, though it looks very different.

[Steve Holmes]

Details anyone?

[Steve Holmes]

Warren Anderson in 6-cylinder T Bucket.

[Steve Holmes]

Details anyone?

[Steve Holmes]

Nick Liefting's wild T Bucket Altered.

[Steve Holmes]