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Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
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Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 3:39 am
by Steve Holmes
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Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:23 am
by Ellis
I notice with interest some pics of Jim Clark in the Tasman Series.
The Lotus 39 is now in Devonport Tasmania.
The car was run by Clark in 66 Tasman Series then purchased by Geoghegans
and ended up with a Repco V8. When sold by Geoghegans it went thru 2 more
owners untill Hon John Dawson-Damer purchased it in 1976 and restored it back
to 66 Tasman specs with a 2.5 Climax. It was auctioned a few years after
Dawson -Damer died at Goodwood.
It was purchased by the current owner at auction in 2008. The owner is an
avid Jim Clark fan.
This was at Longford Revival in Apr 2011
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 10:32 pm
by frd1
Photo 3 of post 34, #57, Bryan Faloon, 1650cc 105E Anglia
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:37 am
by beowulf
The sports car waiting to come up to the start line is Beowulf. Built in the mid sixties by Ian Horley from Palmerston North and raced very successfully by him. Ian was 6th fastest and second in class behind Peter Ransom in a Lancer. The car is still very active in Historic Racing. Ian is alive and well and turns up at a lot of meetings astride a 600cc Suzuki.
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:16 pm
by kiwi285
Its amazing how many photos have come up on this website that haven't seen the light of day before. Fantastic shots all of them
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:23 am
by hilstwist
Gerard Richards wrote:Wonderfully evocative collection of pictures from a different era. Quality is amazing, I imagine they must be images from slides. The pit scenes convey how much simpler it all was then and how easy it was to get close to the world's best. The two FJ Holden's intrigued me the black no. 26 and the green and yellow no. 50, don't recall having seen them before. The sports car image of Spencer Martin I think it was in the 250LM Ferrari, leading Geoff Mardon in the Stanton and Jim Boyd in the Lycoming was cool as were all the others including the Houghton Bay Wellington Hillclimb pics. A tremendous collection, thanks Steve Twist.
thats actually Andy Buchanan in the Ferrari.from memory a rather well to do farmer i think from wairarapa.
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 2:39 am
by hilstwist
great job! i took the photos and remembered a lot of them but some until now were mysterys.is the bailey Zephyr corvette coppins old car does any body know? how did you know who all those drivers were? I would love to know!
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 3:56 am
by bob homewood
Yes ,went to Bailey in Tauranga from Coppins ,he crashed it at the back to front Pukekohe Meeting up by Railway into a pole from memory ,remember the circuit was being run in reverse so it might have been under braking ,David Mc may remember
I remember once in that era I went down to Tauranga to compete at a sprint which was being held on one of the straights of the old street circuit ,the start was just up by the Lumber Company,you had to come out the gate and then back up to the start ,he managed a real comic book start by dumping the clutch with quite a few revs on reverse by mistake it certainly,scattered the crowd
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:08 am
by hollylodge
yes it does...well the body does, it has swapped a few owners s a body since about 1980, now back with tht owner here in wellington, and a long slow restoration starting, still has those fabricated front guards and aluminium bonnet that gave it that distinctive look...
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the bennett " A fordie "
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:21 am
by hollylodge
well I can tell you it is the original, it been around the mill, had different owners but he bought it back while living here in wellington in the 80's, rebuilt it with some mods (improvements), then saw the light and has rebuilt it again back to it's original state. I saw the car again just today !! hope that helps.
Can anyone tell me if Peter Bennetts A40 Farina pictured above is the car he still has today, or did he build a replica of his old race car?[/QUOTE]
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 9:32 am
by bob homewood
Peter was in my shop a couple of weeks ago ,and he also confirmed that question ,he actually wants to sell the car at the moment ,probably one of the last chances to get a car from that era of racing
hollylodge wrote:well I can tell you it is the original, it been around the mill, had different owners but he bought it back while living here in wellington in the 80's, rebuilt it with some mods (improvements), then saw the light and has rebuilt it again back to it's original state. I saw the car again just today !! hope that helps.
Can anyone tell me if Peter Bennetts A40 Farina pictured above is the car he still has today, or did he build a replica of his old race car?
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Bryan Faloon
Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:09 pm
by Grant Ellwood
If anyone has a photo or two of Bryan's Anglia I would be very greatful if you could send to my email address -
mailto:?subject=&body=.
I worked with Bryan in his last season with the Anglia then his first Tasman series with the Brabham Climax but most of the pics I shot have been lost.
Currently I have a LHD Anglia up here in Virginia, 105Es are pretty rare in USA, I only know of one Broadspeed example based in Florida and racing in some vintage events.
Cheers, Grant E.
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:35 am
by Steve Holmes
hollylodge wrote:yes it does...well the body does, it has swapped a few owners s a body since about 1980, now back with tht owner here in wellington, and a long slow restoration starting, still has those fabricated front guards and aluminium bonnet that gave it that distinctive look...
Thanks for that info, great to know the car has survived. Will be a nice addition to the historic grids when it returns.
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:36 am
by Steve Holmes
hollylodge wrote:well I can tell you it is the original, it been around the mill, had different owners but he bought it back while living here in wellington in the 80's, rebuilt it with some mods (improvements), then saw the light and has rebuilt it again back to it's original state. I saw the car again just today !! hope that helps.
Can anyone tell me if Peter Bennetts A40 Farina pictured above is the car he still has today, or did he build a replica of his old race car?
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Thanks for that. I was quite sure this was the original car, I recall reading an interview with Peter about it. But more recently I'd read that the car is a replica of that which he'd originally raced. Thanks for clearing that up.
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 12:40 am
by Shano
Amerikiwi - this is from the latest Classic Car magazine and may put you one step closer to that photo - "One of Bryan's old Levin mates, Murray Whitehead, now owns the ex-Faloon Anglia 105E, still in its original livery..." Article is by Michael Clark. Allan Walton is the editor and his email is
mailto:?subject=&body=You can probably track it down through them.
Re: The Steve Twist Collection: Part 1
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 6:34 am
by fastback55
This is a great collection of first class photo's thanks for sharing.