New Zealand National Library Photo Collection

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Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer
Racing cars being hosed down before leaving for Ardmore. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1955/2888-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22325818

[Oldfart]

Old fart - When I first scanned through these I thought 'Merv Mayo' - I see you've posted that it "...could be..."

I first met Merv in 1980 and wasn't alive in 1957 so can't comment what he looked like then 0 but I'd run with that. This is an excuse for me to phone him and get his email address. I did a story on him for NZCC in 2008, 50 yrs on from he, Phil Kerr and Bruce McLaren were the three finalists for the Driver to Europe.

I figured he was the 'forgotten one' and deserved a story.

He certainly does deserve a write up. Fondly remembered in Buckler circles, and very clever engineer.

[Michael Clark]

Perhaps a Buckler thread then? I'll see if I can find that article to post on it.

[bry3500]

Saloon car race, New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore, Auckland. Drivers Lou Kingsley (Holden - front), George Dixon, (Chevrolet Coupe - middle) and Tom Doughty (Ford V8 - rear). New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: 1/2-132679-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23127500

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A Le Mans start, New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore, Auckland. New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: 1/2-132675-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22881866

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Raine, William Hall, 1892-1955. A stream of cars heading to a race meeting. Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection. Ref: MNZ-2388-1/2-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22336416

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Jack Brabham checking equipment at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore, Auckland. New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives. Ref: 1/2-132669-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22768657

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/23201747Stan Jones, winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore, Manukau, Auckland, 9 Jan 1954. Shows him an a Maybach Special, an Australian car powered by a World War II German Maybach scout car engine. Photogaph taken by K E Niven and Co.
Stan Jones, winner of the New Zealand Grand Prix at Ardmore, Manukau, Auckland. K E Niven and Co :Commercial negatives. Ref: 1/2-123782-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records

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1 Bruce McLaren with Race Champion's Cup and Stirling Moss, Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0062a-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/3066079
2 Unidentified people walking around, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0105-0113-5-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30656499
3 Men sitting on a make-shift scaffolding, watching race, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0105-0113-1-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30646962
4 View of two unidentified mechanics working on Stirling Moss's Cooper race car engine at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0060a-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30651090
5 Stirling Moss working on his race car engine with an unidentified mechanic at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0070-1-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30635488

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1 Unidentified girls being timekeepers at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland
Sports car at a bend on a hill, [Wellington?]. Negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1956/0514b-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23081675
2 Racing cars competing, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0109-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30652320
3 Jack Brabham at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0069-2-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30645563
4 Jack Brabham at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0069-1-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30658485
5 ack Brabham in his Cooper-Climax race car No.4 at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0068-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30661240
6 Stirling Moss in car No.7 making a record lap record at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0064-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30628215

[David McKinney]

POST 36
Houghton Bay, not Palmer Head. Some photos presumably from another year, judging by the different-style number-plates
Bruce Cook (Porsche 356)
Brian Watson (Bagnall-Jaguar)
Jack Oakley (U2)
G Zidich (Lotus 7)
Bob Gibbons (Mini-Cooper)
Watson in the "Baggy Jaggy" again

POST 37
Houghton Bay again
the unidentified Porsche driver is Dr Cook

POST 39
Gaze (L) and Whitehead Ferraris with the Parnell single-seater Aston Martin behind

POST 42
Tom Doherty

POST 43
G A Tulloch's GAT (Ford 10 special) from Wanganui in foreground

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POST 36
Houghton Bay, not Palmer Head. Some photos presumably from another year, judging by the different-style number-plates
Bruce Cook (Porsche 356)
Brian Watson (Bagnall-Jaguar)
Jack Oakley (U2)
G Zidich (Lotus 7)
Bob Gibbons (Mini-Cooper)
Watson in the "Baggy Jaggy" again

POST 37
Houghton Bay again
the unidentified Porsche driver is Dr Cook

POST 39
Gaze (L) and Whitehead Ferraris with the Parnell single-seater Aston Martin behind

POST 42
Tom Doherty

POST 43
G A Tulloch's GAT (Ford 10 special) from Wanganui in foreground

Fantastic David, I had a feeling some of these captions are quite wrong.It's so great to have an accurate record of this material
Cheers B

[bry3500]

I was wondering about that one, great looking little car. Anyone know it's fate?

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G A Tulloch's GAT (Ford 10 special) from Wanganui in foreground[/QUOTE]

[David McKinney]

It went from Wanganui to the Wairarapa, where it was - inevitably? - called an Elva-Ford

[David McKinney]

It went from Wanganui to the Wairarapa, where it was - inevitably? - called an Elva-Ford. I never saw it after 1962

If Beowulf sees this, he might know more. Owner's name then was Hans Andresen

[bry3500]

It went from Wanganui to the Wairarapa, where it was - inevitably? - called an Elva-Ford. I never saw it after 1962

If Beowulf sees this, he might know more. Owner's name then was Hans Andresen

Very cool David, thanks again.
Wanganui is my home town, I was 7 years old back in 62 and that seeing that photo strikes a chord. I wonder if I may have seen it at Ohakea or perhaps at Noel Thompsons place across the road from my house. I remember the JBS 500 and a couple of other racing cars leaving in convoy to go to Ohakea back then ..mmm

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1 Lou Kingsley aged 71 with his Holden car at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0063-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30631823
2 Portrait of Lew Kingsley aged 71 with his Holden car at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0062-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30634611
3 Unidentified race member with race marshal behind him, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0106-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30651367
4 New Zealand driver Ross Jensen's borrowed Maserate race car No.23 at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0065-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30649928
5 Unidentified race member with his racing bike, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0112-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30656105
6 Len Gilbert in his Cooper-Bristol race car No.33 at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0067-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30659833

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1 Racing cars competing in race, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0108-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30645169
2 Portrait of Bruce McLaren in his Cooper-Climax race car at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0060-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30648672
3 Jack Brabham in his Cooper-Climax race car No.4 at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0066-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30666202
4Racing car on trailer, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0110-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30653691
5 Stirling Moss and his No.7 car with unidentified pit crew and officials, at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30654897
6 Race car no 77, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0111-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30650259
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1 Unidentified winners with trophy, at the New Zealand Grand Prix, Ardmore Airport, Manukau, Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0107-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30644924
2 Portrait of Ronald Roycroft, Grand Prix Driver at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-04-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30634601
2 Portrait of Ronald Roycroft, Grand Prix Driver at Ardmore Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-02-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30648651
4Stirling Moss and [his wife?] at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0070a-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30661858 ...
5Portrait of Stirling Moss at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0070-3-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30645176Portrait of NZ Driver Ross Jensen at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0064a-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30655499
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1 Portrait of [Arnold Glass?] at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-08-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30666193
2 Portrait of [J Bonnier?] at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-10-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30627907
3 Portrait of [Bib Stillwell?], Grand Prix Driver at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-07-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30649955
4 Portrait of Tom Clark, Grand Prix Driver at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-01-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30664701
5 Portrait of Jack Brabham, Grand Prix Driver at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-05-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30631808
6 Portrait of Carroll Shelby at Ardmore Aerodrome Racetrack, South Auckland. Further negatives of the Evening Post newspaper. Ref: EP/1960/0058-09-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/30659832