Who what and where
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:42 am
Apart from the make and model what other specs did this car have.
45DCOE and D.McK can go back to sleep
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Who What and Where?
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Apart from the make and model what other specs did this car have.
45DCOE and D.McK can go back to sleep
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 11:35 pm
ElCoyote wrote:[ATTACH=CONFIG]5499[/ATTACH]
Apart from the make and model what other specs did this car have.
45DCOE and D.McK can go back to sleep
Fresh coat of paint !
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 4:48 am
ElCoyote wrote:[ATTACH=CONFIG]5499[/ATTACH]
Apart from the make and model what other specs did this car have.
45DCOE and D.McK can go back to sleep
Same car different coat, think 327 Chev 100e/105E hybird.
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:35 am
Initially at least the engine was smaller - 275, I think
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:21 pm
Was on Trade me a couple of years back!
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 7:53 pm
Oldfart wrote:Was on Trade me a couple of years back!
The one on Trade Me was a replica. Images are of the original suppled by cars builder Alex Wilson. Alex also built the replica, there is an article in NZCC on the replica.
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:16 am
Yo That was GOOD it was a BEAST havent seen it for years wat,s next Jamie
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:21 am
that was actually Chris Chiles junior. Chris has been persevering with that car since 2007. 2011 was juniors first drive. He has been shaming bigger and faster cars with their Chevron B8. And drove a tidy race indeed!
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:23 am
Kiwiboss wrote:I see Chris Chiles got 3rd, he raced his Anglia in our 60's saloon group at Amon earlier this year!! living the dream them boys are!! oh well.
Dale Mathers
that was actually Chris Chiles junior. Chris has been persevering with that car since 2007. 2011 was juniors first drive. He has been shaming bigger and faster cars with their Chevron B8. And drove a tidy race indeed!
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:58 am
Any help with these three shots I have found:
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 9:25 am
Going way way back in history here, Laurie. Here's my guesswork -
Top picture looks like Pat Hoare's RA-Vauxhall, at Mairehau(?1951?) judging by rural background. Next one is Hec Green's RA-Wolseley (RA 1 - Wolseley special?) at Ohakea I think - the hexagonal concrete slabs don't look like Wigram. Last one George Smith's earlier GCS or Ford V8 Special at Ohakea same reason. Whenuapai still had some of those hexagonal slabs until very recently when they started rebuilding all the runways - must date from about 1935!
Stu
Top picture looks like Pat Hoare's RA-Vauxhall, at Mairehau(?1951?) judging by rural background. Next one is Hec Green's RA-Wolseley (RA 1 - Wolseley special?) at Ohakea I think - the hexagonal concrete slabs don't look like Wigram. Last one George Smith's earlier GCS or Ford V8 Special at Ohakea same reason. Whenuapai still had some of those hexagonal slabs until very recently when they started rebuilding all the runways - must date from about 1935!
Stu
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 10:16 am
I think you're sport on with all IDs, Stu
Some nomenclature issues though. Green's car was never known in period as anything but Wolseley Special - 'RA1' was applied retrospectively around 1990. Nor was Smith's 1950 car a GeeCeeEss, it was simply entered as a 'Ford Special'
All three cars had distinguished South Island careers. The RA Vauxhall became the RA Zephyr and then the 260M Zephyr Special, the Wolseley Special morphed into Wally Darrell's first ACE Special and the Smith Ford was raced in a variety of forms by Frank Shuter
Some nomenclature issues though. Green's car was never known in period as anything but Wolseley Special - 'RA1' was applied retrospectively around 1990. Nor was Smith's 1950 car a GeeCeeEss, it was simply entered as a 'Ford Special'
All three cars had distinguished South Island careers. The RA Vauxhall became the RA Zephyr and then the 260M Zephyr Special, the Wolseley Special morphed into Wally Darrell's first ACE Special and the Smith Ford was raced in a variety of forms by Frank Shuter
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 7:27 pm
260M currently looks a bit sad after the Skope!
Wasn't Gee Cee Ess later too? GCS?
Wasn't Gee Cee Ess later too? GCS?
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 9:20 am
The GeeCeeEss (that's what was painted on the side) first appeared in 1951, a year after the car Smith raced at Ohakea in the picture above
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:47 pm
David McKinney wrote:The GeeCeeEss (that's what was painted on the side) first appeared in 1951, a year after the car Smith raced at Ohakea in the picture above
Resolved for good!
The hex slabs were still at Ohakea when I raced other things there in about 1994.
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:01 am
Hay YOU guys you have gone ALL SILENT JAMIE A
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 4:16 am
Jamie, you must have some black and whites hidden away. Or colour will do.
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 6:53 am
Who? Jamie A. What? Steinlager in hand. Where ? Phillip Island March 2012
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 2:17 am
bry3500 wrote:Who? Jamie A. What? Steinlager in hand. Where ? Phillip Island March 2012
I have had a quiet word to Jamie and he assures me it will be VB
Re: Who What and Where?
Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 12:33 am
Yes boys off on thur to the HOWL of F1 that is where the action is it is A noise one needs to have at least once A year to stay HEALTHY Jamie A