The Roaring Season

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This is a great photo of Heather and Adrian Rhodens beautiful BJ8 Healey 3000 which I had a bit to do with the
reassembly of in the late 80's. It was delivered to me straight from the paintshop and I put it back together, got it running and Heather drove it to the upholstery shop to be completed. I believe it won our club concours the next time it was held.

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This is a great photo of Heather and Adrian Rhodens beautiful BJ8 Healey 3000 which I had a bit to do with the
reassembly of in the late 80's. It was delivered to me straight from the paintshop and I put it back together, got it running and Heather drove it to the upholstery shop to be completed. I believe it won our club concours the next time it was held.

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" I believe it won our club concours the next time it was held." think that is correct and when they sold it, it raised the price for Healeys in NZ, went for around $85,000 back 89 - 90 from memory. that was big money at the time

All English or in two cases Anglo - American = British Chassis / Body + American V8.

A group of spectator cars on the ridge - the local farmers were very generous with where we could park and Reg Whittaker even installed a couple of long drops - how convenient.



those Anglo - Americans



Ugly and beautiful at the same time - by the people who made the Big Healey bodies for a while.



A couple of Jaguars

Roger- At that time there werent a lot of CV8s- was this Bill Muirsons one?

John McKechnie wrote:Roger- At that time there werent a lot of CV8s- was this Bill Muirsons one?

John M, that name sound familiar, I would say yes, and think Bill was a Healey Club member at the time, BMC BOY may know
cheers
Roger D

if it was Bills, 4 years ago I carpeted and trimmed the interior.
Car was sitting on Minilites.
I heard that it went to Australia.
He told me he owned it, sold it , then eventually bought it back.
At that time there were apparently only 2 in NZ- other one in East Tamaki.
A Northern Muscle Car racer brought 3 in-one races, the other 2 -parts.
Bills was one grunty machine

Alfa


Jaguar - seen before - different place


That Lotus Cortina


The Watson TR again -


I did mention the provision of a long drop for the spectators
well look over the fence behind the TR. it appears in the Alfa and Jaguar photos too !! and a few already posted


the angle of said long drop, indicates I had my camera angled to catch the car.

Coming up single seaters and some specials, vintage and not so.
then finale is of Healeys

These are the photos as taken just resized for TRS.

Single Seaters





John Wigston


Vintage and Specials
A Three wheeler [ Morgan ?? -].






any details, car or driver please add..

the brown jag would likley be the westhall/ uhlenberg car, (now back in use)

Roger- correct, also bonnet has the distinctive vents

Just scanned some from the 1989 event. Posted 1 or 2 on my mix of pics thread. I think the white MGK3 special might be Brian Haywood. Definitely Mike Westall's brown Jaguar. Sadly, still dealing with cylinder head issues, so has withdrawn from the Porsche Festival.

Post 69, not a Morgan, suspect a one off. The white car is one of a few built by MG club owners with BMC B series mechanicals and a mould taken off the Ransley Riley. Grant Kern runs one in your series Ray.

I had noticed that Rhys!!! Heading to Paihia/Keri Keri tomorrow for a couple of days.

Oldfart wrote:Post 69, not a Morgan, suspect a one off. The white car is one of a few built by MG club owners with BMC B series mechanicals and a mould taken off the Ransley Riley. Grant Kern runs one in your series Ray.

Colin Lewis from matakana had or still has one the same as the white M.G. type, used to compete with the S.C.C.N.Z then moved to S.I. some years ago. May still have it.

Chris White 100/4


Phil Mules

closer


This give a view of the start and the first corner on the Hill. Phil Mules again



and here is the map, Start was near the Red Icon and finished near the left wording Maioro Road.
Downhill Start, which was kinder on the " Older " Cars.

Following on from the AHCC Hill Climbs
A few Healey pics including more of the black Healey CT 1125, these were taken at the Clubs National Rally held at Pukekohe and surrounding district, with Concours, Touring Run, and a Dinner Saturday at the Pukekohe Club, then Gymkhana and prizegiving at the Gymkhana then back to the Motel on the Sunday.
I was organiser / co-ordinator, my last Official Duty with AHCCNZ, as we ceased running the Hill Climb that year too !!.

CT 1125


The Concours some BIG ONES


Busy driveway at Autoasis, Mark Donaldson the AHCCNZ founder and first President's place on Papakura Clevedon Road, near Ardmore. Mark raced at Ardmore in 1989.




Pukekohe Hill, overlooking the town


The Gymkhana, near Otaua organised by Reg Whittaker who helped the Hill Climb organisation and was the man on the ground with the locals.

Nice to see a couple of photos of my BN7 here Roger. Where is the concours judging taking place - I can't remember that particular occasion. Looks like Chris White filling in the form.

Here's something to make you envious Roger.
In 1985 a group of us went to Melbourne and then travelled up to Ballarat for the A-H Rally.
On the day of departure Steve Pike threw me the keys to this 100S (belonging to Jim McConville) and said
you're driving this!
I thought he was taking the piss, but he was deadly serious. Even then, this was an extremely valuable car
so I was very careful at all times. I remember it had very tall gearing and took a while to get off the mark.
It also had that awful 3 speed gearbox and overdrive that I have always felt a bit clumsy, but it was amazing
to get the opportunity to drive one for such a distance and over the whole event. Absolutely lovely car and very original at the time. I believe since then it has been repainted in the original blue and white colours.