The Roaring Season

And of course, Simon Taylor, himself, was known for owning ( and competing in) something of a 'Bitsa".....otherwise known as the "Stovebolt Special"

I know this is a bit out of place but this was also a NZ Allcomer that I clearly remember accelerating away from the "Elbow Corner" at Pukekohe with smoke pouring from the dual rear wheels. Great memory of a very brave driver, Colin Lumsden.
I just wondered what became of this behemoth ?
Thanks Bruce T for the photo.


(Ken H )

khyndart in CA wrote:I know this is a bit out of place but this was also a NZ Allcomer that I clearly remember accelerating away from the "Elbow Corner" at Pukekohe with smoke pouring from the dual rear wheels. Great memory of a very brave driver, Colin Lumsden.
I just wondered what became of this behemoth ?
Thanks Bruce T for the photo.
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(Ken H )

Ha you must have been sitting next to me!!! very clear memory of the tyre smoke. Was that the 1960s?

John H wrote:Ha you must have been sitting next to me!!! very clear memory of the tyre smoke. Was that the 1960s?

I saw Lumsden a few times, 65/66 I think. He used duals on the back at least once.

Kevin Hirst wrote:Hi, yes, sort of remember, it was a while ago now, a handicap race from memory, all the corner's sort of tightened up as you were accelerating out of them, seemed all wrong somehow, can remember looking in rear vision mirror after coming out of the hairpin & watching [ I think ] a mk2 zephyr rolling with doors coming open, did not really enjoy that meeting seemed all wrong somehow.

Found this earlier post which explains what Kevin saw that day-

01-09-2013, 07:02 AM
Hi Guys, . The extra strengthening on the front wheels was done as the drivers side rim collapsed at the very end of the back straight at Pukekohe. Ken was driving, thats him with the dark shirt having a fag to calm his nerves. This meeting was a reverse course, the powers thought it might be a good idea to have a race meeting reverse direction.
Colin

This is that accident damage-#105 and #107
http://www.theroaringseason.com/showthread.php?911-Rod-Coppins/page6&highlight=zephyr+corvette

Happy New Year to all on here. 2018 is a big year for us and the Morrari recreation and we look forward to keeping this thread going with updates. And as always we are always looking for photos and recollections of the original Morrari

The transaxle is all jigged up and mounted on the Morrari specific chassis table. Centred and wheelbase marked out so things are progressing....

Greg is having trouble posting photos.
Here you go first of many i hope. She is on the way, this is going to be good.

Its happening............YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's one from Puke my Dad took back in the day.Converted from a slide. Another to add to the collection...Reece Killingback.

That's an early photo of it, before it bashed about too much. Should be a good reference one for Greg.

Reeceracer wrote:Here's one from Puke my Dad took back in the day.Converted from a slide. Another to add to the collection...Reece Killingback.

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Reece,
Many thanks that's an excellent shot which shows clearly at least the color of the rear tin work from the rear seat area - this gives us a big starting point to how the inside of the car may look.
Thanks,
Greg

Reeceracer wrote:Here's one from Puke my Dad took back in the day.Converted from a slide. Another to add to the collection...Reece Killingback.

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Thanks Reece that's an excellent reference for us on the rear sheetmetal inside the car
Thanks,
Greg

Greg Stokes wrote:Reece,
Many thanks that's an excellent shot which shows clearly at least the color of the rear tin work from the rear seat area - this gives us a big starting point to how the inside of the car may look.
Thanks,
Greg

Greg are you going down the " Early " Morrari path, with Borrani Wire Wheels, or the later Flares and wide Steel Wheels ???

Roger Dowding wrote:Greg are you going down the " Early " Morrari path, with Borrani Wire Wheels, or the later Flares and wide Steel Wheels ???

Hi Roger,

The guise this car will be recreated to is when the widened 15" Merc rims were fitted with Firestone rubber and the exhaust stacks came thru the hood, the car was numbered 172 and still red.

Thanks,

Greg

Reeceracer wrote:Here's one from Puke my Dad took back in the day.Converted from a slide. Another to add to the collection...Reece Killingback.

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Wow, that's a beautiful photo, one of the best I've seen of this car.

Set of Borrani wires for sale on trade me recently. Not cheap but try and find a set of these in NZ.

Steve Holmes wrote:Wow, that's a beautiful photo, one of the best I've seen of this car.

Hi Steve, Yep it's amazing what quality the old slides have, I've got some fantastic ones of Red Dawson (dad was a mate of his), Graham Hill, Jim Palmer, etc from that era, all never before seen, which I'm am looking forward to posting on this site when I can figure out the best way of doing it.......any guidance appreciated...Cheers, Reece.

Greg, I have come across a guy who is making the correct sized tubing for Ferraris! He was bemoaning that it was near impossible to find the right size, then came across all the dies and machinery to make it, so he bought them, as you do!