The Roaring Season

Was a nice day for a pic last weekend. Some filters added in https://pixlr.com/o-matic/

Programme for the race ; note 24 entrants selected from this entry to race.
supplied by Graham Woods



the Ross Jensen Healey #16 photo provided by John Manhire on South Island Motor Sports Facebook page



I see the Keith Roper 100 shown at Mairehau is in the entry list too !!

Picture provided by Jim Reece, who appears in the photo, third from right;

Andy's car at Caffeine and Classics in May, Smales Farm, Allan Horner with coffee.



John Crooks car that featured in Classic Driver, the July August issue.



It sits in company with an Alfa GTV

In " The Garage " at Herne Bay, with LX100 the 1953 100 and my 1974 MGB GT,around 1990



Sold the car in 1995, still have the Wyoming Number Plate,given to me me by John Wilson,from Eugene, Oregon, back in 1988, when a group of Oregon Healey Club people visited NZ as part of a trip to Wanaka for " Wings Over Wanaka " and the South Island Austin Healey Club meeting.
Later in the year went to California and Oregon to see the great people again, even got to Portland Raceway for a Classic meeting

Only one Healey there on Sunday and I do not know whose it is ;



there were however a couple of other British Sports Cars, well one an Anglo - American.

I owned one of these Triumph's , after this, my first Austin Healey Sprite



Mark 3, Triumph GT6


Well known local Cobra with an all alloy body


was in this ; hiding between the FJ40 Toyota and the Holden Commodore

Roger= what is the vintage car to the right.?

John McKechnie wrote:Roger= what is the vintage car to the right.?

John, I am unsure but appears in this photo too !! Hope this helps as shows more of the car, a large American !!



and the MX5 looks much better in pictures than in real life. A project for me.

And a very nice sequential tail light Cougar in front as well.
BTW- we were off walking the dogs a couple of Sundays ago, and we counted forty seven MX5s going onto the Southern motorway at Sylvia Park........modern day equivalent of a early seventies British Sports Car run.
Great parade of the same model MX5- you are in good company Roger.

John McKechnie wrote:And a very nice sequential tail light Cougar in front as well.
BTW- we were off walking the dogs a couple of Sundays ago, and we counted forty seven MX5s going onto the Southern motorway at Sylvia Park........modern day equivalent of a early seventies British Sports Car run.
Great parade of the same model MX5- you are in good company Roger.

Thanks John Mck.. those early MX5's are finally being considered as collectible classics .. mine needs a lot of work, could be an upholstery job in the future.

Seen today by my cousin, who took a series of photos at the Le Mans Relay Race in February 1983, that started this thread..
a 1962 3000, model BT7. The car was at a roadside cafe and apparently on a long drive to a meeting The Spring Southern Tour.



and from the rear;



and a pic from those original shots by John Dowding , sitting in my 100 waiting to race.

The car has featured here, with Phil Mules racing at Hamilton in the Telecom Motorfest in 1994 and in some recent photos when Bernie Huynen took it to an Austin Healey Car Club event

Phil Mules Telecom Motorfest in 1994 - my photos




With Bernie Huynen in February 2017 - photos courtesy AHCCNZ facebook page




The Car is now for sale at " AutoClassics " in Paraparaumu for $90,000 and described as
" 1962 Austin Healey BT7
Road going race car, fast
and spectacular, $90,000 "

The Advert appears in the issue # 74 of Classic Driver which also features a couple of Letters to the Editor about the George Lawton [ driver to Europe with Denny Hulme back in the 1960's ] Dick Shanks Austin Healey 100/6

The George Lawton car has featured on this thread with photo by Graham Woods

The Tour has been to Invercargill and many other places in Otago and Southland.

The Tourists seen here, well the cars at Transport World. Courtesy AHCCNZ



and a few appeared at Autospectacular in Dunedin - photos Allan Dick Autonews and Classic Driver writer and publisher.

With Bernie Huynen in February 2017 - photos courtesy AHCCNZ facebook page
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The Car is now for sale at " AutoClassics " in Paraparaumu for $90,000 and described as
" 1962 Austin Healey BT7
Road going race car, fast
and spectacular, $90,000 "

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Sad news to report - Bernie passed away last Saturday night. A celebration of his life will be held at Southward Car Museum from 1pm on Wednesday 25th October.

Alan Hyndman wrote:With Bernie Huynen in February 2017 - photos courtesy AHCCNZ facebook page
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The Car is now for sale at " AutoClassics " in Paraparaumu for $90,000 and described as
" 1962 Austin Healey BT7
Road going race car, fast
and spectacular, $90,000 "

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Sad news to report - Bernie passed away last Saturday night. A celebration of his life will be held at Southward Car Museum from 1pm on Wednesday 25th October.

Alan, yes very sad, have known Bernie and Julie for over 30 years, there have been many tributes to Bernie on his Facebook page and by Austin - Healey Clubs and Club Members around the world.

Bernie at a Hill Climb


AHCCNZ Masteron Rally at the Gymkhana 1989


Bill Povey Bernie and Ross Cammick at Rotorua Rally 1980's

posted on Austin Healey 100S facebook page Graham Pierce 100S AHS 3908 qualifying for the 1959 NZ Grand Prix.



What a field, Lycoming, Piccolo Maserati, Ferrari's and others .. Photo attributed to Barry Mckay

Roger Dowding wrote:posted on Austin Healey 100S facebook page Graham Pierce 100S AHS 3908 qualifying for the 1959 NZ Grand Prix.

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That would be the first heat in which Pierce finished 11th and thus didn't qualify for the Grand Prix.

Bernie at a Hill Climb
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Roger, you are welcome to add these images to your files - my club's records show the date was 28 October 1984 and the venue was Mauriceville in the Wairarapa (someone told me years ago it was a road to a limestone quarry) - and to prove we lived in colour in the 1980s:





TRS's more knowledgeable contributors can tell me why Bernie's Healey is gold over white in some photos and burgundy over white in others.

Allan Hyndman, thank you for the offer I will save the photos and thanks for posting them here.

My photo's of Bernie car in 1989 at Masterton were after a repaint to Burgundy, which was a lot better than the gold, presume had some other work done too. I remember when it was Gold unsure if I have any photos back then.
My version of your photo I got from Jerry Luidahl in Oregon USA he used on a Facebook tribute to Bernie as he knew him well too, we were all at Snowmass together in 1982, Bernie used it on a Christmas Card a few years ago.
A lot of Healey Guys were doing that, their Healey on a card and sending them to friends, have a few tucked away from some of the USA guys
In recent times the car was purchased by a guy who wanted to fit a V8 but couldn't get compliance so he reverted to a new Valiant six