The Roaring Season

Thanks for invite Dale , we go back a long way .....I remember some of the pre 65 rules 'not sure how it read , " in the spirit of the rules" lol I thought shit this means valiants [ap5] can go 318 0r 360 ci & guess what ?? & a mustang or two went 302 .. have proof ,but I said nothing , I spent [sponsor did] mega $$$ to keep it 289 & strong , was given the opportunity to protest but thought nup sooner or later they get found out , we still got them , the rules got bent in our class politics got involved with wrong people in control ,[no disrespect to them as people] RE CHEATING , I was blamed for having a LSD once as well as an other v8 they [laymen] could not under stand the knowledge of wise people to get a car out of a crn quickly by physics, [springs ,bar & shocks] with an open diff, [with the help of a master mind [Roly] we shared the info with others never hiding & guess what they still got it wrong so" we must be cheating" or just perhaps they don't & cant messure .up. I needed to put this here because the tall poppy syndrome live on ...[10,000 flies cant be wrong]..... & not pointed at this group at all...so when we think , of tennis , cricket, cycling, boating , F1,we hear the same thing ........ perhaps the world needs more relaxed involvement in sports , like yours no choky fish [as was pre 65 a battle of egos at time though] , but [nature has it ]there will always be some one that wants to win , & yes yr cars look beautiful no two ways about it , Keep up the good work so cool to see this spectacle you have achieved lots in a short time & well done Dale

Too all HMC racers, we have a one day TACCOC meeting in just under 3 weeks on Sunday December 8th, please get entered NOW at http://www.motorsportentry.com

Dale M

This is the latest build heading to HMC and is specifically for historic racing, its a 76 Dodge Aspen owned by David Wood outta Auckland, powered by a Chrysler 360 engine out to 401 with W2 heads, Tex101 box, etc. David contacted us first before purchasing this car as Dodge Aspens weren't on our eligibility list but after checking we found they have quite some race history in the USA so myself, Tony and Steve approved it. As this body style runs past the 12/77 cut of date we have stipulated he must use pre 78 components.

Will be a great addition once finished

Dale M

Congratulations to Jim Richards for winning the 2013 Touring Car Masters A Class Overall in his Falcon Sprint. Great to see at 66 years of age he can still do the business and a great ambassador for Trans Tasman motorsport. Having known him for many years certainly helped, but the time he made available to the HMC group on our Queensland trip in June/July gave those that went a very close insight as to why he is so popular and the fact he is genuinely interested in what HMC is all about.

fullnoise68 wrote:Congratulations to Jim Richards for winning the 2013 Touring Car Masters A Class Overall in his Falcon Sprint. Great to see at 66 years of age he can still do the business and a great ambassador for Trans Tasman motorsport. Having known him for many years certainly helped, but the time he made available to the HMC group on our Queensland trip in June/July gave those that went a very close insight as to why he is so popular and the fact he is genuinely interested in what HMC is all about.

Steve you got that right, he is a true champion, sportsman, gentleman, and ambassador for Motorsport.

We all struggle to be just one of those.

This Gary Raiti's XA Falcon Coupe with minilites and Hoosiers fitted to meet HMC historic rules, Gary will be at the Festival. One would almost think Allan Moffat was at the wheel, LOL. Dale M

Too bad about all the sign writing spoling the lines of the Car....just say'n

Kiwiboss wrote:This Gary Raiti's XA Falcon Coupe with minilites and Hoosiers fitted to meet HMC historic rules, Gary will be at the Festival. One would almost think Allan Moffat was at the wheel, LOL. Dale M

Can a XA have a bonnet scoop in HMC ?

richiev8 wrote:Can a XA have a bonnet scoop in HMC ?

One is allowed the body components that came on that same make and model body style up to 12/77, in this case from XA thu to XC!!

Hows your project coming along Richie!!

Dale M

Horizon wrote:Too bad about all the sign writing spoling the lines of the Car....just say'n

Its all in the eye of the beholder Horizon??????????

Im just happy to have this car in our group, makes a change from the Mustang, Camaro's we have.

Dale M

Great, I like the look
Progress is been made, engine getting built, sadly need to keep busy with work to keep the race car fund alive, oh for sponsorship......

Does anyone have a copy or pics of the "Shell" logo that was seen on the headlights of many for the saloons from the early 70's!!

As always help appreciated

Dale M

Google `Shell Pecten Logo' Dale, they are all there. Bruce had some done for Rods Pontiac Firebird.

I have got period decals from this guy in the UK - he has a number of Shell versions (and lots of other stuff) :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?_odkw=&_osacat=0&_armrs=1&_ssn=isaydingdong&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC0.A0.Xshell&_nkw=shell&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Other stuff :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/isaydingdong/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

On a positive note: Dave and Kens Sturrocks 67 Camaro making good progress!! not sure if they'll make the festival but 2015 for sure!! Dale M

This is from the latest Aussie "Motorsport Legends" magazine. Can email direct if you can't read it.

As a matter of interest, and although very early in the planning, HMC will most likely return to Australia and race with the ATA group again in June/July 2015 at QR and Lakeside.

Dale M

Hope your engine problems yesterday were not serious Dale

nigel watts wrote:Hope your engine problems yesterday were not serious Dale

Nar, kept drop a cylinder and back on 8 and then dropping it again, too shitty a day to solve it at the track!! Dale M

How are HMC entries shaping up for the Ferrari festival?

Shoreboy57 wrote:How are HMC entries shaping up for the Ferrari festival?

Very average shoreboy57, around 12 to 15 HMC cars max, some are broken and still too many in the build stage that won't make it and others with there hands in there pockets!!! we are now combining with the Under 3L cars for this event but its looking that by the following year(2015) with the Aussies back we'll defiantly have more!!

Would luv'd to have started HMC 20 years ago, oh well.

Dale M