The Roaring Season

Thanks Rhys. I must have missed it at Roycroft - or not known what it was!

PS: Found a pic, so it was the latter...

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Probably not the best of pics, but may be of interest to some.

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Cooper Ford - not Climax




2000 - old fashioned film.


Goodwood 2009 - small compact digital camera, but shows the opportunities at Goodwood without a long lens or a Press pass. Friday is much less crowded than Saturday or Sunday. I think this last year, they had 184,000 spectators over the 3 days. Note the famous Elite DAD10.


With and without scaffolding. I really must try and get back to Goodwood with a decent camera...


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Ray, Goodwood seems to be a bit like Hampton Downs in that the spectators can get a good possie for photography without having to get permission for media access. I would love to attend the Goodwood meeting myself - maybe when I win Lotto!

Sell your pics Nigel and bank the money. Full sized images at $5 and you'll have the money in no time.

Rhys - check back to #589. Have added a pic.

Back to the Hamilton museum for a good reason and I hope that if anyone has a close link to the management, they can sort this out!

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Mclaren? Seabring? Earn't? Easy to fix and one or two other minor typo errors around, which was a shame as the rest of the display was most impressive.

The owner and I discussed this very car when I was there to collect the RA Lycoming as I will now call it. He told me that he has asked the owner of the car to get the placard more correct, but hasn't got too far with that, and was aware that the semi correct information (which means somewhat incorrect too) may negatively impact with more knowledgeable visitors. The vehicle concerned is not on long term display.

ERC wrote:Sell your pics Nigel and bank the money. Full sized images at $5 and you'll have the money in no time.

Rhys - check back to #589. Have added a pic.

Back to the Hamilton museum for a good reason and I hope that if anyone has a close link to the management, they can sort this out!

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Mclaren? Seabring? Earn't? Easy to fix and one or two other minor typo errors around, which was a shame as the rest of the display was most impressive.

Surely this is referring to the Manta Moulds that McRae brought back from the States which then became the Mararn, with one body going to a Rhubarb? Trying to claim a bit more status than it deserves by the look of it. That said, nice car...

Does anyone remember an American TV Hardcastle and McCormick program from the early 80s ?
I remember they use one of these and it was called a Coyote?

"The car that McCormick drove, the Coyote X, was built from custom molds based on the McLaren M6GT.[1] The original Coyote X was molded, modified and assembled by Mike Fennel."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcastle_and_McCormick.

John McKechnie wrote:Does anyone remember an American TV Hardcastle and McCormick program from the early 80s ?
I remember they use one of these and it was called a Coyote?

"The car that McCormick drove, the Coyote X, was built from custom molds based on the McLaren M6GT.[1] The original Coyote X was molded, modified and assembled by Mike Fennel."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardcastle_and_McCormick.

Yep. It was definately a modified Manta Montage, although George Barris won't confirm/deny....

Grant Ellwood wrote:Back in the '90s I had a rear engined Renault Alpine GTA, I was pleasantly shocked by how well it handled with the big iron V6 hanging out the back of the trans.

Fantastic car! I bought my Renault Alpine GTA from Neil Tolich in the early 90's, and kept it for approx. 5 years. Wish I had never sold it.

2.8 litre PRV (Peugeot, Renault and Volvo) alloy V6 engine; 1150kg; fibreglass & plastic body; and a drag coefficient of only 0.28 made this a quick car. Mine was good for 250kph.

David Wenman (yellow Connaught) was rather pleased to see your photo of himself Ray!

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That was the Delorean based car used in the third series as the older chap in the series refused to keep climbing in and out of the original Manta based car. It's pretty sad that I know this without assistance from Google....

Oldfart wrote:David Wenman (yellow Connaught) was rather pleased to see your photo of himself Ray!

I'm sure you'll pass on these too!

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Hampton Downs ACC meeting April 12th.

Some were taken during practice.

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Good to see Veen Smith's car back in action.









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ERC wrote:Hampton Downs ACC meeting April 12th.

Some were taken during practice.

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Any shots of the #19 Falcon XE from Northern Muscle Cars by chance?

Looks as though you were lucky!
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Overall, a good day for the Jaguars. They all survived!
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A maiden win for Derek Moore in his ex-Andy Turpin XJS. Hard to believe this car has been with us for almost 20 years and was first raced as a bog standard car, complete with auto gearbox.




Birthday boy Adam Jones Escort won the second handicap by a whisker from Ricky Cooper, with Derek Moore just 0.3 seconds behind. Everyone (combined, both groups) across the line within 17 seconds. A good end to the ERC season with the rain just holding off.


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From the 'probably still trying to date accurately' folder

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Ex Mick Hill VW during a practice or test day at Donington.






Same age as my car, but the 1970 4 seater Mantis, along with a hiccup sending a shipment of cars to the US, effectively knocked the company down for the first time, only to be resurrected about 10 years later.


The Turpin XJS, October 1997 in its original form.


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Well, the last race meeting of the season in NZ was only a very brief call, but long enough to get a couple of pics.

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Not normally my sort of car, but I can appreciate the stunning presentation.


I have no idea what this is, so if anyone can identify it, I'd appreciate it.







All tucked up for the winter.


Just our awards dinner May 9th and Automania May 10th and that will be it from me for a while.



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