The Roaring Season

If we have another interested we are on the road even more!
Yes VCC umbrella
Racewear, either multi layer or approved wit nomex etc underwear
Harness optional but suggested
Roll protection likewise
We have been offered 2 more Hampton events + Roycroft and Taupo 1st weekend December.
My email for further mailto:?subject=&body= for the whole deal

If we have another interested we are on the road even more!
Yes VCC umbrella
Racewear, either multi layer or approved wit nomex etc underwear
Harness optional but suggested
Roll protection likewise
We have been offered 2 more Hampton events + Roycroft and Taupo 1st weekend December.
My email for further mailto:?subject=&body= for the whole deal

ERC wrote:What? No dynamo, starter motor, voltage regulator box, lights, switches? Hey what is this Oldfart, a thinly disguised Hot Rod!!!!! Don't let Dale hear that you have lightened it by stripping out the surplus wiring. He'll go apoplectic.

Crunch - not quite, though it was penny in the meters for gas and electricity!

Well, as it was in the day "as it was, so it shall be" the dynamo has the guts ripped out, the voltage reg is decoration only, switches are not lucas, and yes it does have a starter, but being as it was, the solenoid is a press button in the engine bay, pull the knob on the dash the lights show as Smiths. No gauges at all!

ERC wrote:What? No dynamo, starter motor, voltage regulator box, lights, switches? Hey what is this Oldfart, a thinly disguised Hot Rod!!!!! Don't let Dale hear that you have lightened it by stripping out the surplus wiring. He'll go apoplectic.

Crunch - not quite, though it was penny in the meters for gas and electricity!

Well, as it was in the day "as it was, so it shall be" the dynamo has the guts ripped out, the voltage reg is decoration only, switches are not lucas, and yes it does have a starter, but being as it was, the solenoid is a press button in the engine bay, pull the knob on the dash the lights show as Smiths. No gauges at all!

Another neat picture of Fred and his buddies. Take time to study that photo.......it's priceless.

Talk about a 'patina of age'...........not only the car!

AMCO72 wrote:Another neat picture of Fred and his buddies. Take time to study that photo.......it's priceless.

Talk about a 'patina of age'...........not only the car!

That Northland Special is such an iconic car and part of our history. Not only for it's performances but also because it's the first car in NZ to have sponsorship from two opposing oil companies!

AMCO72 wrote:Another neat picture of Fred and his buddies. Take time to study that photo.......it's priceless.

Talk about a 'patina of age'...........not only the car!

Your right Gerald, how long has Fred owned that car for and how old is Fred ?
Fantastic photos Nigel.

Trevor Sheffield wrote:I am 85 years old in a day or two and can prove in depth knowledge and experience in regard to all forms of electrical systems. I get very annoyed when people who do not know the basics run down English and in particular Lucas electrical systems. Never anything specific is detailed and in depth knowledge is seldom on display.

Trevor, my father-in-law is about your age, and was an auto sparky in the family business (C.E. Monty Whites) in Frankton, Hamilton. He learnt his trade from his father, who had worked at Lucas (in Coventry, iirc). He held 6-volt VWs in the greatest disdain.

Allan wrote:Did I read somewhere the reason the British like their beer warm and their pies cold is because Joseph Lucas used to make fridges and ovens?

LOL. Exactly when, where and why? N.B. Those who are well read in respect of facts, know full well that Joseph Lucas exclusively manufactured quite superb oil and carbide lamps for horse drawn vehicles and bicycles before electricity was in use.

crunch wrote:That Northland Special is such an iconic car and part of our history. Not only for it's performances but also because it's the first car in NZ to have sponsorship from two opposing oil companies!

Quite a flash car in its time, but the rough and ready old GeeCeeEss had it beaten and was the true icon of the type and era.

Trevor Sheffield wrote:Quite a flash car in its time, but the rough and ready old GeeCeeEss had it beaten and was the true icon of the type and era.

Really? Which one won the first NZ Grand Prix?
Both are a bit grandfathers axe like, I just asked Fred 1970 was when he got it and he's now 72, had a birthday not too long back

Trevor Sheffield wrote:Quite a flash car in its time, but the rough and ready old GeeCeeEss had it beaten and was the true icon of the type and era.

Really? Which one won the first NZ Grand Prix?
Both are a bit grandfathers axe like, I just asked Fred 1970 was when he got it and he's now 72, had a birthday not too long back!

Oldfart wrote:Really? Which one won the first NZ Grand Prix?
Both are a bit grandfathers axe like, I just asked Fred 1970 was when he got it and he's now 72, had a birthday not too long back!

The frst N.Z.G.P, Ohakea, 1950, was won by John Mcmillan, Jackson Special. The first N.Z.I.G.P. Ardmore, 1954, was won by Stan Jones, Mayback special.

Really, when did the Northland Special head off the GCS, anywhere and at any time? Today is my birthday.:-)

Happy Birthday Trevor

Trevor Sheffield wrote:The frst N.Z.G.P, Ohakea, 1950, was won by John Mcmillan, Jackson Special. The first N.Z.I.G.P. Ardmore, 1954, was won by Stan Jones, Mayback special.

Really, when did the Northland Special head off the GCS, anywhere and at any time? Today is my birthday.:-)

The Northland special is the Jackson.
Maybach to be totally correct too!
Happy birthday

Trevor Sheffield wrote:The frst N.Z.G.P, Ohakea, 1950, was won by John Mcmillan, Jackson Special. The first N.Z.I.G.P. Ardmore, 1954, was won by Stan Jones, Mayback special.

Really, when did the Northland Special head off the GCS, anywhere and at any time? Today is my birthday.:-)

The Northland special is the Jackson.