Just A Mix Of Pics - Ray Green Collection

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Sun Apr 22, 2018 9:31 pm

The name is Bond, Laurie Bond. Not exactly the best front end treatment by a country mile.

That almost brings me up to date with the current stuff, apart from a few damp Ferrari pics so now I'll need to either get back to scanning old stuff or delve into the archives to see what I haven't published before. Here's one I scanned recently for the ERA Facebook site.

Earl Howe at Donington 1937 in ERA R8B.

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Mon Apr 23, 2018 9:39 pm

Ferrari Festival
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I have always liked the classic front engined Ferraris.

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ERC · Post by **ERC** » Tue Apr 24, 2018 9:55 pm

Meanwhile, inside the pavilion...

Whilst outside...

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:21 pm

I'm not a huge fan of one make, one model racing but made the trip to HD hoping to see more than just Ferrari 488's. As it turned out, we didn't see anything out on track at all and several pit garages were closed, so no apologies for the sameness of the next batch or two.

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Thu Apr 26, 2018 9:09 pm

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:10 pm

Bruce302 · Post by **Bruce302** » Sat Apr 28, 2018 6:30 am

Fantastic pics Ray, You have captured the atmosphere of that meeting, damp as it was.

Bruce.

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Mon Apr 30, 2018 9:51 pm

Gad it was miserable Bruce! The atmosphere was indeed damp and depressing. I have only published the pics because I took them, not because I am in any way proud of them. Like Nigel, not sure that I'd bother to go again, even it was fine, as the programme was basically a Ferrari Owners Club bash, despite all the publicity.

When TACCOC had a Ferrari race at Whenuapai, it at least had a variety of Ferraris on track. When you look back at the photos you have taken, no matter what the one make/model series is, you tend to skip through them. You take your time when there is true variety, even if it is just a variety of models. Quite simply, any one model series means that the optimum line through a corner is the same for every single car and as we all know, you are not going to get the varied lines and car attitudes seen in Central Muscle cars, Pre 65's or any of the saloon series for that matter.

And that's a wrap.

Roger Dowding · Post by **Roger Dowding** » Tue May 01, 2018 5:56 am

ERC have borrowed - stolen the Healey pic, car is ex Germany,new to NZ this year.

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Fri May 04, 2018 9:49 pm

We only called in a for a few minutes to the April Caffeine & Classics quire late on, so needless to say, many had already left. Never mind, there were still one or two we hadn't seen before or worth a snap.

Back to Ferrari and Italian...

Ferrari GTC Lusso

Never realised before just how similar some hatchbacks are, so noticeable when they are painted the same colour. There was a time when we had 3 small Fiats running in the ERC series.

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Sun May 06, 2018 8:07 am

Hampton Downs (today) Sunday - guess what the weather was like in the morning...

Some very impressive driving by the youngster in the D Type replica (Louis McNair?). I for one am happy to see good replicas like the C type and the D type as otherwise, Kiwis would rarely get the chance to see some of the world's more iconic cars. Even some of the 'real' cars have so many replacement parts that they are hardly original anyway. It certainly makes for a more attractive (ie varied) grid and this was the best grid of the day for me.

Thankfully, the weather cleared up later and young Louis had a tremendous battle with the two leading Formula Juniors - but I haven't yet got that far with sorting the pics! Several hundred taken to add to the library.

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Sun May 06, 2018 9:33 pm

Back to C & C just to keep things chronologically correct.

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Mon May 07, 2018 8:51 pm

Last batch from C & C.
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How often have you seen one of these in NZ? Matra Djet

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ERC · Post by **ERC** » Tue May 08, 2018 9:46 pm

HRC Series Finale, two day meeting. Just the Sunday for me as the Hooters cars were only doing Sunday. Wet practice, so a good opportunity to try out the waterproof cover I'd made for the camera. It seemed to work OK but the monopod, fully extended, is a few inches too low for me.

The mixed grid provided some interesting car combinations. How often has an Austin A30, even a Speedwell one, had a Formula Junior Jocko filling its mirrors? This is now Tim's cover photograph on his Facebook page. He emerged from practice with a shredded fanbelt so VCC Scrutineer, Kevin, was busy replacing it afterwards, so that Tim could race again.

Not sure that a MSNZ Scrutineer would be happy with Bevan's roll bar height...

French car, British engine. The Roycroft Bugatti Jaguar.

frans · Post by **frans** » Wed May 09, 2018 11:16 am

ERC wrote:Last batch from C & C.
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Thanks for posting the Matra Ray.

Some useless info.

It belongs to my son and we are on the final stages after a complete body off restoration. This car is a Jet 6. The French dropped the "D" in the name for these last models. It is No.139 of 222 Jet 6s made during '67 and '68. This one being a '68. An estimate of about 70 remaining.

Regards, Francois.

ERC · Post by **ERC** » Wed May 09, 2018 9:53 pm

Thanks Francois. I might have guessed you had something to do with it! Thanks also for the info about the 'D' being dropped. I didn't know that.

Like Nigel found a couple of days ago, no pic uploading option at the moment.