The Roaring Season

Aha. You have seen the light? Might have to change the name to tryp or mushyp?

I was thinking of “Smurf”......or “MOWOG”

I like “Tryp”

Spgeti wrote:Very nice Ray, might have to change my name as I have sold my Alfa. Time to move on and go back to BMC.

Kind Regards

You can't be " BMC BOY " - that is taken Bruce, perhaps just " BMC " The Bruce Motor Company

I wasn’t going to change my non de plume, but changed my Marque....

Spgeti wrote:I wasn’t going to change my non de plume, but changed my Marque....

For you Bruce, and Ray too !!

Ray would be pleased that sitting in the shed is my little Riley Elf, owned by John Fitzpatrick ( no not the famous one) and it raced in the Telecom Festival and is listed in the other thread.

Good to hear Bruce. I unfortunately had to scrap two Riley Elfs just before Trade Me started. The 1300cc engine I brought from the UK is now with Mike Lucas and the 998cc part reconditioned engine is with John Hudson.

Not sure if I still have a box of bits (many brand new) for the Elf but I do have various bits and pieces including a lovely pair of 1 1/2" SUs on a Mini manifold, Cooper remote gear change, two sets set of glass, boot floor cover panel etc.

A mix

First is a professionally taken slide (ie not mine). Can anyone identify the second car? Teretonga 2005 2018 2018 Goodwood - of course

ERC wrote:Good to hear Bruce. I unfortunately had to scrap two Riley Elfs just before Trade Me started. The 1300cc engine I brought from the UK is now with Mike Lucas and the 998cc part reconditioned engine is with John Hudson.

Not sure if I still have a box of bits (many brand new) for the Elf but I do have various bits and pieces including a lovely pair of 1 1/2" SUs on a Mini manifold, Cooper remote gear change, two sets set of glass, boot floor cover panel etc.

Hi Ray, I will PM you.

Spgeti wrote:Ray would be pleased that sitting in the shed is my little Riley Elf, owned by John Fitzpatrick ( no not the famous one) and it raced in the Telecom Festival and is listed in the other thread.

Bruce, your Avatar has changed to suit the new car and your new name should be " BMC ELF " well done Mate, need some photos now !! ,

ERC, a guy in the UK has a Riley Pathfinder - year and details unknown at this stage but it came with this Number Plate.
He says DVLA has been unable to assist - understand many " Local Body " records have been lost / destroyed ! - seems a bit like NZ did with obsolete / expired Rego's .

Can you help
Seem to remember you know quite a bit about the system and where a Rego could be from.
Cheers..

My knowledge NZ based like this.

That rego plate was originally issued in Surrey. British Motor Museum Heritage should have the build data for the Pathfinder as Riley was under the Nuffield/BMC/Leyland banner.

https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/ar ... rtificates

ERC wrote:That rego plate was originally issued in Surrey. British Motor Museum Heritage should have the build data for the Pathfinder as Riley was under the Nuffield/BMC/Leyland banner.

https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/ar ... rtificates

Briiliant Ray and thanks - hope it didn't involve too much work .. Cheers Roger

A bit of colour to brighten up the day.

2000 2011 2012 De Thomaso

Recreations and replicas. A photographer's nightmare... Not so much that they are in anyway non-photogenic, far from it, but often, you just can't tell from a photograph. If I ever publish a book of photographs, it will have to carry the disclaimer that pics may or may not be of original cars.

Hamilton 1994

Auckland Domain 1997 Goodwood 2004 Pukekohe 2005

bit like 250F's ERC

2009 2011 2013

But wait, there's more...

2014 2016 2018 - shame about the wheels...

Hope you are still able to view these Oldfart. Let us know when it drops out. back to real cars.

1990 2018 Hampton Downs café. 2019

No issues at all so far