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Re: Merv Hunt & The Ivy H Bee / Vanguard Special
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:58 am
by David McKinney
Yes, Peter Harrison
The bloke in my photo (well, I didn't take it!) is George Wilson - presumably not the later B&H driver of Simca 1000s etc
Re: Merv Hunt & The Ivy H Bee / Vanguard Special
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 11:57 am
by stubuchanan
PaulieG wrote:I will have to get a copy of the book or get someone to scan the photos for me. Hopefully David can shed some more light on the situation
Have you found the "The Way We Were" photo yet, Paulie G?
I scanned it a year or two ago in the course of borrowing almost all of the 16 books of the series, looking for motor racing photos. The Ivy H Bee photo and one of George Smith and John McMillan at Muriwai Beach were the only 2 I recall, plus 2 motorcycle racing pictures. Not a very productive exercise at all!
It's presumably somebody's copyright, but if you give me your email address by Personal Message, I will email it to you. Interesting but not very accurate caption as well.
Stu
Re: Merv Hunt & The Ivy H Bee / Vanguard Special
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:07 pm
by stubuchanan
A further comment on Mike Bevington's entry at Ardmore GP meeting 1960: he was an entry for the 'Ultimate-Ekco Race Car Feature'
which was a racing and sports car handicap, but he didn't figure in the list of actual starters, and probably wasn't there at all. I don't recall ever seeing a car looking like the Ivy H Bee or Vanguard Special.
Oops, slight error. He ran in the sports car handicap race, run after the Grand Prix, and retired on lap 7 of 10. But I still dont recall the car!
Stu
Re: Merv Hunt & The Ivy H Bee / Vanguard Special
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:41 pm
by PaulieG
Thanks Stu
Have sent PM, thanks for letting me know in regards to the Buckler.
Re: Merv Hunt & The Ivy H Bee / Vanguard Special
Posted: Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:09 am
by Bob
David McKinney wrote:Apparently built by Sam Mills with body by Bert Fiddymont. Sorry, don't recall where I got that info from
This is how it looked as a sportscar (Horahora hillclimb, 1959)
the vehicle is still in New Zealand (Napier)waiting to be brought back to life regards owner bob