The Roaring Season

Swannie wrote:Bread van Anglia's

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I would think this was Dave Simpson's Lotus Anglia at the November 1965 Levin meeting. He won three races that day and obviously got a trophy for one of them and has it proudly displayed on the top of the car.

Swannie wrote:In the Wars

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This is the 998cc Imp driven by Murray Hart. The throttle jammed open through Hokio Bend in practice and he hit the bank. A few minutes later an Anglia left the track at the same point and rammed the rear of the Imp. This was at the November 1965 meeting at Levin.

Swannie wrote:Bread van Anglia's


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Looks like the 1966 NZGP meeting at Pukekohe.

117 Paul Fahey Lotus Anglia Fastback
111 T.R. Warrington Anglia 1200cc
38 David Oxton Daimler SP250
39 Ken Richardson Heron Mk2 Daimler
48 Roger Smith Daimler SP250

If the cars are lined up in numerical order which it appears they do then the the cars behind Fahey's car are:
115 K.G.Bradley Fiat 1500
116 Cliff Everson Anglia

Is the Farina no 31 Graham watsons and did he also do the fabrication work on the Kerry Grant farina?

Originally posted by khyndart in CA
That was a brave driver that competed in a drum braked Mini !

And just a couple of weeks ago you posted this link:

http://www.minicooperrace.com/1971_SCCA_Regional_Racing_Recollections_From_John_Unsbee.cfm?page=1

fastback wrote:Is the Farina no 31 Graham Watson's ?

You would think so with that color scheme !

I was at TACCOC meeting at Whenuapei in early 90s and there was an ex-racing red A40 Farina with a similar nose cone, in beautiful condition
It was on display with a white board giving its history,only remember that it was not allowed to race with the Classics as it had a Lotus motor in it, not an Austin.
Any one know whose car it was?

As per a quote from the very talented 1970s US Mini race driver John Unsbee regarding driving a drum braked Mini;
" I started out trying to drive like John Rhodes, snapping the car sideways and drifting into corners and that was something I learned how to do out of necessity because with the drum brakes I never could get it slowed down enough and I had to figure out how to get to the apex and exit without going off the road or lifting,. Believe me I went off the road a lot in practice but eventually I perfected my technique. "

Pete Geoghegan Mustang 1966 NZIGP meeting




Neil Doyle Anglia Corvette


Mini Sprint, possibly with Dick Butters in the background

Honda S600

Swannie wrote:Honda S600
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Feo Stanton from Tauranga ran a Honda Coupe S600 at Pukekohe a few times in the 1966-67 period.. Is that it ??

These photos are absolutely stunning Swannie! Thanks so much for sharing them, I'm really enjoying them. Its amazing that these collections just keep on coming.

Whats interesting about many of these is that the cars and events are featured in other collections posted on this site. Your father was likely standing right next to the photographers who took the other photos.

I think that I was one of them!

hilstwist wrote:I think that I was one of them!

Indeed Steve, you're one of the people I was thinking of.

In the very first picture (Coppins #141) there is a road lined with power poles, two of which are padded with hay bales. This suggests a road circuit, and the only one that comes to mind for the Coppins era is Renwick. The bales are placed to suggest that cars were running left to right across the view, which also could tie in with Renwick. Any comments?

Stu

stubuchanan wrote:In the very first picture (Coppins #141) there is a road lined with power poles, two of which are padded with hay bales. This suggests a road circuit, and the only one that comes to mind for the Coppins era is Renwick. The bales are placed to suggest that cars were running left to right across the view, which also could tie in with Renwick. Any comments?

Stu

Renwick is most likely, I do remember being told a story of the Wellington Car Club chartering a DC3 to fly across the strait and watch the racing

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Feo Stanton and Jim Palmer ran the Honda in the 1965 Gold Leaf Challenge at Pukekohe and the photo shown is from Levin in January 1966 when Stanton raced it with the number 7 in the sports car races.

stubuchanan wrote:In the very first picture (Coppins #141) there is a road lined with power poles, two of which are padded with hay bales. This suggests a road circuit, and the only one that comes to mind for the Coppins era is Renwick. The bales are placed to suggest that cars were running left to right across the view, which also could tie in with Renwick. Any comments?

Stu

Stu,
You are correct. When I saw these old photos of Renwick in November 1962 and then saw the background in Swannie's wonderful photos.
The background trees are the same at the hairpin corner. The start line photo shows the same type of power lines and hay bales.
Coppins car was white in 1965 so I assume this would be a new paint scheme for 1966.
Also further down shows the Segedin Mustang with a red/black Mini Cooper # 39. The AR Johns sponsorship was for Brian Innes in the 1965/66 season in his 1293 cc Mini Cooper.




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(Marlborough Car Club archive photos in b&w)


(Ken Hyndman )

I don't think it can be 1966 as Coppins was entered in an Anglia that year. The Innes Mini was number 93 in 1966.

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Pete Geoghegan Mustang 1966 NZIGP meeting

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Neil Doyle Anglia Corvette

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Mini Sprint, possibly with Dick Butters in the background

In the bottom photo just above the Mini's roof there is what appears to be a radically fastbacked Anglia(?) in primer. Any one with any information?