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Scarred for Life by a DeLorean
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his month we chatted with two classic
aficionados who both share massive
enthusiasm for the stainless steel-wrapped
confection dreamed up by John Z DeLorean,
the man who, during his lifetime, could quite
legitimately have referred to himself as the ‘father
of the muscle car’. For those that don’t know,
DeLorean created the muscle car by the simple
expedient of dropping a large-capacity V8 into a
mid-size sedan — think Pontiac Tempest and, of
course, the legendary Pontiac GTO. Amazingly
successful at General Motors, DeLorean didn’t
do quite as well following his split with it and,
although he would achieve his dream of placing
his name on a model of his own, the car that
resulted — the DMC-12 — was something of a
let down and certainly wasn’t a sales success.
However, an odd thing happened just as
DeLorean’s company was stepping into seeming
oblivion. A bunch of Hollywood producers
decided to put together a time-travel movie, and
rather than build a static time-travel machine,
they opted to design their machine into a car.
The vehicle chosen was a DeLorean DMC-12,
no doubt because of its futuristic appearance.
The real-life DMC-12 — powered by a wheezy
2.9-litre V6 — was hardly a road-burning car;
cynics pointed out that the time to reach 88mph
(or 142kph, and the speed at which the movie
car’s flux capacitor activated) would be longer
than the final movie! Alas, all the on-screen
publicity provided by the DeLorean’s appearance
in Back to the Future wasn’t enough to spark sales,
though the film certainly helped to further the
DMC-12’s current cult following. Indeed, there’s
now a new DeLorean Motor Company providing
parts and restoration services for the present-day
DMC-12 owner.
Most probably we shouldn’t be too surprised
that the DeLorean did, eventually, benefit from
its ’80s dose of movie magic — plenty of cars
that achieved star status on film have since risen
to the point of motoring legend.
When Popular Mechanics magazine printed its
list of the top movie cars of all time, the timetravelling version of this month’s cover car finished
in fourth spot. No real surprise that 007’s Aston
Martin DB5 held down number one. Mind you,
I’m not sure I would’ve put the ’77 Pontiac Trans
Am that appeared in Smokey and the Bandit in
third place ahead of the DeLorean and Steve
McQueen’s Mustang from Bullitt — although
the inclusion of the Mad Max Falcon was a nice
down-under touch.
Here’s the list as compiled by Popular
Mechanics:
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The Fast and the Furious
For me, Bond’s DB5 would be the car I’d most
like to own — however, as one of the modified
Astons used by 007 recently sold at auction for
well over five million New Zealand bucks, I
seriously doubt I’ll ever be in a position to have
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of the 007 DB5 will set you back at least $250
PS
When it comes to the Back to the Future
DeLorean – when that appeared on the big
screen in the ’80s I was long past being an
impressionable teenager. Having said that, the
DeLorean DMC-12 is the only movie car to
have made a real mark on me — and I mean
that quite literally! When I was photographing a
DeLorean for an article that eventually appeared
in the November 1997 edition of NZ Classic Car,
I caught my bare arm on a sharp stainless edge
around the passenger door lock. I left a bit of my
DNA on that DeLorean and it, in turn, left me
with a scar that I have to this very day.
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The DeLorean DMC-12 was immortalised in the ’80s flick, Back to the Future, and the owner
of our featured car is full of enthusiasm for the movie — flux capacitor anyone?
UNTOUCHABLE
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Time travelling to Prohibition-era US of A with an amazing Lincoln-Zephyr V12 Coupé –
a car owned by Kiwi drag-racing legend, Garth Hogan
ALFISSIMO!
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On our recent trip to the
South Island, we uncovered
this lovely Alfasud Sprint Veloce
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THE COLLECTORS
We visit New Plymouth to check Allan Inch’s
extensive collection of classic cars and automobilia
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Is 3D printing the way of the future when it comes
to reproducing rare auto parts? We look at the
processes involved and check out a 3D-printed Aston Martin
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1. Copy of advert from The Evening Post, November 29, 1969 2. Photo of car with original New Zealand owner, Graham Chamberlain, racing at (possibly) Ruapuna
3. Photos of the bits bought by Don Jamison in 1998 4. Photos of the finished vehicle today
Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious!
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n 1998, to my wife’s
everlasting regret, she
suggested that I purchase —
for my birthday — an original
Lotus 7 that was advertised in The
Christchurch Press in completely
knocked-down condition. Having
previously been the proud owner
of a 1958 Lotus Eleven and a
1962 Lotus Elite, I needed very
little encouragement, and the
heap of bits, collected together in
banana boxes, was duly acquired.
Having literally fallen to bits,
the car had been off the road for
18 years.
I am interested in trying to
establish the vehicle’s early history
and, in particular, trying to
find the person who originally
imported the car. If he or she is
still around, I am sure they will
remember the occasion very well.
Upon being imported into New
Zealand from the UK, the car
was seized and impounded by NZ
Customs, and subsequently sold
at public auction on December 6,
1969. The auction was conducted Zealand owners.
by Wright Stephenson on behalf
Many of your older readers
of the Government Stores Board / will remember the difficulties
NZ Customs, and was purchased that existed in the late 1960s
by Graham Chamberlain of
regarding the purchase of a new
Palmerston North.
vehicle within New Zealand, or
The car was registered on the
the importation of anything from
same day as the auction as
overseas. With the currency
a 1968 vehicle, with a
regulations that existed
speedometer reading of
at the time, it was
240 miles (386km).
virtually impossible
Letter of the
Although not shown
to do either unless
on the registration
one was privileged
certificate, the car’s
enough to have
colour was white.
access to overseas
After purchasing
funds. As a result of
the remains in
the existing regulations
1998, I managed to
there were many instances
establish contact with Graham
of people trying to circumvent
Chamberlain who was, by that
the system. I can only presume
time, living in Motueka. He was that the original owner, who
very helpful, but unable to shed
was trying to import the car
any light as to who the person
from the UK, was guilty of
was who had imported the car
such a misdemeanour resulting
into New Zealand. Regrettably,
in the car being confiscated by
Graham has since passed away.
Customs. As a result of scouring
In the intervening years the car
The Evening Post records for the
would have had several New
period, I was able to find the
MONTH
Peter Lodge
and Baloo
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ith regard to your two
features on my career
in motor sport — great
story, and both articles came up
a lot better than I was expecting.
I have had a lot of calls and have
been spoken to by heaps of people
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advert offering the Lotus for
auction. At the same auction
there were also two MercedesBenz vehicles that had also been
imported and similarly seized
by Customs, no doubt for a
comparable breach of regulations.
I am pleased to say that after
several years of restoration, the
Lotus was finally re-registered in
2005. Every effort was made to
restore the car as near as possible
to original condition, and I would
like to think that it is one of the
best examples around.
Hopefully through your columns,
the original importer may come
out of the woodwork.
Don Jamison, via email
That’s a great story, Don. Next time
we’re looking to feature a Lotus 7 in
the magazine we’ll come a-knocking
on your door. Now, it’s up to our
readers to see if they can winkle out
the information Don is looking for
— if you can help, drop me an email
at [email protected]. AGW
who all say the same thing — great
stories with really interesting bits
and pieces. One friend said, “These
stories have really filled in all the
detail that I was unaware of.” I’ve
also had some great comment on the
early days of North Shore rodding.
Thanks again for a great story.
Peter Lodge, Auckland
Kudos to our man, Gerard Richards,
for putting together such an interesting
series of features. AGW
What a Duesy #1
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’d just like to correct an error
in the September edition
of NZ Classic Car. In bold
writing on the front cover
you wrongly state, “The Only
Duesenberg in the Southern
Hemisphere.”
This, of course, is untrue.
Australia does, in fact, have a
Duesenberg — not the wonderful
Model J, but the perhaps
lesser-known Model A. Not as
glamorous, but still a genuine
Duesenberg.
Although I am not certain,
I am led to believe that this car
was purchased new into Australia.
However, you missed out the
real story of the car. A weekby-week photo essay of it being
restored would have been great to
see, along with the wonderful
way it showcased the restoration
prowess of Kiwis in a small town
such as Wanaka.
The other story about this car,
which has not been published, is
how it ever managed to get out
of the US. By law, Duesenbergs
are a protected icon, and cannot
be exported from America (it’s
the same with a Bugatti Royale
out of France).
Rumour has it that this car
was exported through Canada.
Obviously, at the US/Canadian
border it is, perhaps, not so hard
to cut through the red tape.
Now there, I have given you
ideas to fill the next issue.
Joe Tyler, via email
Alas, we didn’t know of the
Australian car until now —
however, it was still an eye-
catching cover line. Yes, we
would’ve liked to feature some
images of the car under restoration,
but that simply wouldn’t be
possible for a number of reasons
I’m not at liberty to explain here.
I do like the idea that it’s illegal to
send a Duesenberg out of the US,
but I doubt if it’s founded on fact
— and if the same idea is correct
for the Bugatti Royale, then the
French authorities weren’t too good
at enforcing that ‘ law’ — only two
of the six Royales ever made reside
in France! AGW
What a Duesy #2
IT’S A DUESY!
1934 DUESENBERG MODEL J
I
just had to write in and thank
you for the great story on the
Wanaka Duesenberg — we’re
planning a family holiday to
Queenstown this coming summer
and I’ll definitely be adding a
visit to Warbirds and Wheels to
the to-do list. It’s a shame you
couldn’t get the car out of its
museum location, but I assume
the owners would be very careful
with such an expensive vehicle
— nevertheless, I reckon your
photographer did a great job of
capturing its lovely lines. A big
plus was the included poster —
mine’s already on the garage wall!
Pete Leigh, Wellington
Glad you enjoyed the article, Pete
— Ashley certainly enjoyed meeting
up with the Duesy. AGW
Auto Restorations
T
hanks for your
excellent coverage of
Auto Restorations of
Christchurch (NZ Classic
Car, August 2013). By happy
coincidence, the feature
appeared the same month as
our company was celebrating 40
years in business.
On reading the story I noticed
there was a lot of emphasis
on the Ferraris, Bugattis and
other European exotica. This
is understandable as they are
exciting and fascinating machines
but I wouldn’t want people to get
the idea these are the only sort of
cars we work on. In our shop at
www.classiccar. co.nz
present are a ’34 Chevrolet coupe,
’36 Ford coupe, ’67 Camaro and
a ’43 Buick — and I’d like your
readers to know we are just as
enthusiastic and expert at working
on these Americans as on their
transatlantic cousins.
Every issue of NZ Classic Car is
eagerly read and passed around our
tea room — so please keep up the
good work.
Allan Wylie, General Manager,
Auto Restorations Ltd
Thanks for the kind words and for
allowing us to poke our noses into your
workshop — and congratulations on
your 40th anniversary. AGW
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NZFMR Ferrari Festival Hampton Downs
Motorsport Park — January 17–19 and 24–26, 2014
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he place to be this summer
will be Hampton Downs
for the Ferrari Festival,
a major classic racing event
brought to you by the New
Zealand Festival of Motor Racing
(NZFMR), and the Ferrari
Owners Club of New Zealand
(FOCNZ).
The Ferrari Festival will take
place on Friday, January 17 to
Sunday 19, 2014, and the Friday
to Sunday of the following
weekend, and as you’d expect
from the name of the event, the
theme of the festival will be to
celebrate all things Ferrari.
Of course, Kiwis and Ferraris
have long had a very special
relationship, especially when it
comes to motor sport. Our first
up-close experience of genuine
racing Ferraris came in 1955,
when Australian Tony Gaze and
Englishman Peter Whitehead
raced a pair of former Formula
1 Ferrari 500/625 cars in New
Zealand. Both men returned
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with their cars in the summer
of 1956, by which time the late
Ron Roycroft was also racing a
Ferrari — the famous ex-Froilan
Gonzales 375.
Other notable local drivers
included Pat Hoare, who even
developed a close bond with Enzo
Ferrari. Hoare won the 1962 New
Zealand Gold Star Championship
at the wheel of his V12-engined
Ferrari single-seater. The late Sir
Tom Clark also raced an ex-works
Ferrari F1 car — in this case a
Super Squalo Tipo 555 fitted with a
3.5-litre Ferrari sports car engine.
Then there’s Chris Amon. Not
only did Chris race a Ferrari in the
1968 and 1969 Tasman Series but,
of course, he also became Ferrari’s
number one F1 driver, and New
Zealand’s first — and so far only —
Ferrari Formula 1 works driver.
Chris Amon will be at the
Ferrari Festival. When he was an
international F1 works driver, he
piloted Ferrari Dino single-seaters
in the Tasman Cup championship
held in New Zealand and
Australia in the summers of both
1968 and 1969. In 1968 he was
runner-up in the Tasman series
to World Champion Jim Clark,
who was driving a Lotus 49 Ford
Cosworth. In 1969 Chris won
the Tasman Championship in his
works Dino Ferrari.
Finally, let’s not forget Graeme
Lawrence’s 1970 Tasman Series
triumph in the ex–Amon Dino
single-seater or Andy Buchanan’s
storming drives in his delectable
Ferrari 250LM, his car now part
of the prestigious Ralph Lauren
Collection.
ON-TRACK RACING PEDIGREE
As well as celebrating Ferraris young
and old, the Ferrari Festival will
feature race classes similar to those of
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previous NZFMR events, including
Formula 5000, Historic Muscle
Cars, Historic Saloons, Sports Cars
and GTs, Historic Formula Fords,
Historic Formula Libre, Formula
Junior, Classic Trials and more.
One of the highlights of the
festival will be the appearance of
two iconic Ferrari Formula 1 cars
from the legendary turbocharged
era of the 1980s. These 745kW-plus
flame-spitting machines — both
1985-model Ferrari 156/85s —
were driven in their day by
the late Michele Alboreto and
Stefan Johansson.
It is hoped these amazing F1
machines will be demonstrated on
both weekends by owner Guido
Belgiorno-Nettis, and one special
guest driver. Nettis has owned
both cars (chassis 079 and 082) for
some time, and they get regular
track workouts.
The two 1985 turbo cars are
not the only Formula 1 cars the
organizers hope to secure for the
event, and they expect to make
further announcements in the leadup to the Ferrari Festival.
You can find out more about the
Ferrari Festival by visiting
www.nzfmr.co.nz.
Southwards Auto-Jumble
N
ovember 17, 2013 will
be a day no automotive
lover will not want
to miss as the Southward Car
Museum will host its first ever
Auto-Jumble
The Auto-Jumble is a
name commonly used for an
automotive-only swap meet,
when car/motorcycle lovers can
bring along there unwanted
parts and memorabilia for others
to rummage through looking
for that elusive missing piece to
a project.
Another feature of the AutoJumble will be the Car Corral
area, this area is for those who
would like to advertise their
pride and joy for sale, it is hoped
this will be a buyer’s paradise on
the day.
As well there are areas set
aside for automotive themed
trade vendors to show off their
bring their classic car/motorcycle be available as well as some
products to the public.
along for a ride on the day
children’s entertainment.
Preferential parking will be
Gates open at 8am on the
You are encouraged to get
set aside for anyone wanting to
day, food and beverages will
there early so you don’t miss
out! For more information email
[email protected]
or go to
southwardcarmuseum.co.nz.
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Series One Land Rovers at the 150th Hawke’s Bay Show
rganisers of the 150th
Hawke’s Bay Show
recently announced
plans guaranteed to ignite the
hearts of Land Rover enthusiasts
nationwide. The Land Rover is an
iconic vehicle that plays a key part
in the history of agriculture in
New Zealand, and the show will
include a purpose-built extreme
4WD course, and a display of pre
1960s Series One Land Rovers —
celebrating 65 years of Land Rover
during this year’s 150th Show.
The NZ Series One Land Rover
Club will manage the display,
with the aim of bringing together
65 vehicles. The response from
Land Rover Series One owners
has been phenomenal.
“Word has spread very quickly
and we’ve had a fantastic response.
It will be a pilgrimage from all
over the country, some from as
far away as Whitianga. They all
want to be a part of this event and
the overall 150th celebration,”
says Mark Warren of Hillseekers
4WD, who is designing and
managing the 4WD course.
“As far as we know, there has
been no other display like this of
Series One Land Rovers, so it’s
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going to look fantastic. There are a
lot of these wonderful machines in
sheds and garages, all in differing
states of use or repair,” Mark says.
“Some will be able to drive into
the Showgrounds, and some are in
a more delicate condition.”
The Land Rover display and
4WD course give enthusiastic
owners the opportunity to show
off their vehicles to the public,
and also have a spin around the
purpose-built 4WD course during
the show.
The 4WD course will run
over three days at the Hawke’s
Bay Show, and will feature safe
driving demonstrations with the
latest in 4WD off-road vehicles,
quads and Gators. The course will
include a measured side slope to
demonstrate roll-over points and
safety performance.
Anyone wanting to be involved
should contact Anna Hamilton,
events manager, ph. 06 878 3123
or 021 244 0673, or visit
www.hawkesbayshow.co.nz.
The 150th Hawke’s Bay
Show runs from Wednesday
October 23 to Friday October 25,
2013, at Showgrounds
Hawke’s Bay.
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Out West
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kids; there are plenty of activities
organized — including face
painting and Lollipop the Clown
— to keep them entertained.
A full onsite cafe facility will be
open the keep the caffeine levels
topped up or get a quick bite to
eat as you enjoy the show.
All proceeds are donated to the
Auckland Mustang Owners’
Club’s charity of choice —
Canteen; supporting young people
living with cancer.
Mustangs Out West, 31–35 Te
Pai Place, Henderson, Auckland.
Show open from 10am–4pm.
Admission, $10 per adult, $15
per family, children free when
accompanied by an adult.
he Auckland Mustang
Owners’ Club will be
hosting their annual
national car show on Sunday,
29th September.
Visit the fully carpeted indoor Te
Pai Netball Centre in Henderson
to view over 70 Mustangs from
classic 1964½ models right up to
the latest 2013 Shelby GT500;
including some of New Zealand’s
best award-winning classic
Mustangs as well as work-inprogress restorations.
There will also be an excellent
selection of trade stands for the
technically minded to stop by
and visit as well as other special
interest vehicles on display.
This show is definitely a must visit
for the entire family — bring the
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Brits at the Beach
H
i-de-hi campers! Yes,
it’s almost time for this
year’s Classic Cover
Brits, an event which has risen
in popularity since the inaugural
one back in 2010 at Tairua. The
weekend fixture grew so quickly
that organizers were left with
little choice but to move it to
Whangamata for the first time
this year.
Brits at the Beach is a celebration
of all things British — cars, bikes,
machinery, food, music, fashion
and culture. This year even
Seagull outboard racing has been
added to the list of events.
The weekend starts on October
4 with official registration from
3–5pm, followed by a tour for
those who have not been to
Whangamata. Then there will be
the Classic British Drive-In Movie
(Mini owners will love the show
— that’s a clue) and the Austin
Powers International Man of
Mystery Comedy Show.
The big day, Saturday,
October 5, starts with late
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registrations before entries are
marshalled into marques for
the Grand Parade of Motor
Vehicles — a 20- to 30-minute
trip through the township
officially led by the British High
Commissioner, Vicky Treadell,
in her new-model Jaguar. This
year marks the Morris Motor
Company’s 100th anniversary, so
it will lead the car groups on the
Grand Parade. The parade finishes
at Williamson Park, where the
Great British Village Fete will
be held. The fete features British
food, including bacon butties and
Devonshire teas, plus cultural
events like maypole dancing, a
Scruffs Dog Show and a whole
host of family entertainment
through until 2pm.
There will also be British
Motoring Games, where the
question of what is best — Mini
or MG, Triumph or Norton —
will finally be put to rest. All will
be revealed at the Great British
Village Fete.
Brits is also about fancy dress, so
if you plan to attend, make sure
you find yourself a great British
costume to wear on Saturday —
the best costume wearer will win
$500 cash!
There will be two organized
rides for the attending bikes – one
on Saturday afternoon will take
you to Tairua (where there’ll be
entertainment arranged by the
Tairua Information Centre),
the other on Sunday morning
to Pauanui (with a welcome
arranged by the Paunaui Business
Association.)
Late Saturday afternoon is time
for the Brits Quiz, and that’s
followed by the Big Brits Saturday
Night Show. This year it’s the Joe
Cocker Experience, which will
play at the Whangamata Club
from 8pm.
Sunday, October 6 kicks off
bright and early with the Big
British Brekkie, then registered
entrants can take to the road for
the Sunday Drive. This is followed
by a car show at Williamson Park,
and the official high tea.
The organizers are expecting
nearly 50 per cent more entries
than in 2012 (400 or more),
coming from far and wide.
The longest distance travelled
by any vehicle so far is a 1953
Alvis TA21 that registered from
Timaru —that’s 1186 kilometres
— and the oldest car registered
is a 1911 Calthorpe coming from
Hamilton. The oldest bikes are
a 1928 Wolf Utility and a 1928
Triumph N Deluxe.
If you haven’t been to a Brits at
the Beach, we urge you to get your
knotted hankies out, socks and
sandals on, and be prepared for a
weekend filled with fun activities
and car shows highlighting the
history of British motoring. We
hope to see you there.
Classic Cover’s Brits at the Beach
is a fundraiser for Junior Sport,
with this year’s beneficiary being
Junior Soccer.
Classic Cover Brits at the Beach,
October 4–6, 2013. Details and
registrations are online at
www.britsatthebeach.co.nz.
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Words by Steve Holmes Photos by Dewi Jones and Ground-Sky Photography
Historic Muscle Cars Update:
Profiling Dean Cameron
T
he Historic Muscle Cars
race series has now been
in existence for less than
two years, but it’s seen staggering
growth in that time. The class
was always intended to be a place
for enthusiasts of big-bore racing
sedans and motor sport history to
have fun on the track with likeminded people. By supporting
the series, a core group of racers
has provided the backbone of the
class, helping it attract similar
folk who want to go racing for the
right reasons. One of these people
is Dean Cameron.
Dean is from Taranaki, and runs
Dean Cameron Tyres in Stratford.
He has been a Mustang enthusiast
all his life, buying his first — a
1967 coupé — at just 18 years of
age, while his second, a ’65 coupé,
arrived a year later, and is still in
the family. In fact, Dean’s wife
Desirae learned to drive in this car!
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Having grown up in Taranaki,
and been part of the close-knit
Taranaki Mustang Car Club, for
which his father-in-law Dennis
Goble was one of the founding
members, Dean has made some
strong friendships over the years.
Nigel MacDonald and Bruce
Ekdahl are a couple of his good
mates, and it was Nigel who got
Dean involved in car racing. Nigel
had been racing a ’67 Mustang
fastback for years in classic car
competition, and it was here that
Dean got the bug.
He decided to take the plunge in
1998. He bought a ’67 coupé road
car, which he planned to convert
for racing. However, he also
knew of a ’65 fastback that Dale
Mathers had for sale, and after
chatting with Dale, agreed to parttrade the coupé for the fastback
race car. Dean was set to go.
The pretty little Mustang had
originally been built for racing by
John McKechnie (incidentally,
another to join HMC) in 1990.
John built it as a classic racer,
being careful to retain its history,
and not take the conversion too
far. He even opted for a bolt-in roll
cage, rather than having it welded
in. John actually used to drive the
Mustang to the track, race it, and
drive it home again.
From John McKechnie, the
Mustang was sold to John
Espagne, then Dale before Dean
purchased it, and he has owned
it ever since. His first event in
the Mustang was the Ngawhini
Hill Climb, followed by the
Waitara Street Sprint, before he
entered his first circuit-racing
event at Manfeild, the MG
Charity Classic.
the Mustang had retained the
same motor as was fitted when
Dean first bought it, a perky
little 289 that had given many
years of good service. He added
a bit of bling when he had Mark
Segedin import an Inglese quad
48 IDA down-draught Weber and
manifold set-up, but essentially
he has retained the Mustang
largely as it was when he got it,
apart from a little fine-tuning, and
some tidying up. It still retains
the original 1965 gearbox casing
and diff. That 289 was good for
around 290kW (390bhp), but
it finally gave up on the second
weekend of the 2013 NZ Festival
of Motor Racing.
Dean’s team was one of eight
HMC teams to take their cars
to Queensland to race with the
Australian Trans-Am group, and
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so he needed a replacement motor.
Amazingly, until January this year This he got off fellow HMC racer
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Pete Stephenson. Now beneath
the bonnet of the little Mustang
there’s an ex-Andrew Fawcet
NZV8 Touring Car 302, which is
good for around 336kW (450bhp).
“It’s all HMC legal,” says Dean,
“so I could just bolt it straight in.
I’ve never actually raced with alloy
heads, only cast iron!”
Dean is a genuine car guy who
races for fun, and was one of the
first to put his hand up to race
with HMC when the class was
announced.
“It’s my kind of class. I like the
cars to be proper classics, like Paul
Fahey and those guys used to race.
I used to go to Australia each year
for the Muscle Cars Masters, and
I think the Aussies are a bit ahead
of New Zealand in having the
cars how they should be.” Dean
is referring to Australian Historic
Group N, which has been in place
for over 30 years, and goes to great
lengths to keep the cars original
to how they raced in period,
while also controlling costs. It
was this recipe which influenced
much of the thinking when
HMC was being created, though
with some local changes made
to further control costs, improve
reliability, and to get the cars
period-correct to how they raced
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in New Zealand in the late ’60s
and early ’70s.
However, it’s not just the cars
that attract Dean to HMC. “It’s
the people, the camaraderie.
They’re a really good bunch,
and genuine car enthusiasts.
We all give each other space out
on track. For some, from the
outside looking in, it takes a bit to
understand what we’re trying to
achieve. We’re not V8 Supercars,
we’re only really racing at eight or
nine 10ths. We’re just enthusiasts
with old cars.”
and we were both really close on
performance.”
Finally, what does Dean see as
being important for the future
growth of HMC? “We need to
educate people coming in. Tell
them we’re really not flag racing.
We’re just having fun. If we can
keep the cars from getting too
fast, and keep the class from
getting too expensive, we should
attract more people, but also keep
the people that are here. People
will likely stay if the cars don’t get
too fast. With Nigel, Pete, and
Steve, it’s great for me to race with
a small, core group of people who
are all really close on lap times,
respect each other’s cars, and have
a laugh in the pits after the race.”
Essentially, this is what HMC is
all about.
More info on Historic
Muscle Cars can be found on
the HMC website at
www.historicmusclecars.co.nz
or through the HMC online
discussion forum at
The Roaring Season,
www.theroaringseason.com.
RACING HIGHLIGHTS
So, having been one of the
mainstays of HMC, Dean must
have a few highlights?
“There are a few. Racing in
Australia was great. Getting to
meet some of the legendary drivers
like Jim Richards, Paul Fahey and
Dennis Marwood — all of whom
HMC has brought along to our
events. I’ve really enjoyed racing
against guys like Pete Stephenson,
Steve Elliott, and Rodger
Cunninghame. But another big
highlight was lining up next to
Nigel [MacDonald] when he was
racing the old Red Dawson ’67
Mustang at Hampton Downs
this year. That’s a very special car,
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Words Ashley Webb Photos Adam Croy
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MOTAT
— Motor
Nation
Exhibition
M
Acquaintances (cars that provided
a much-needed service), to the
Power and the Passion (the cars
that dreams are made of), they
all capture the essence of Kiwi
motoring through the decades.
From the museum’s oldest
car at over 100 years old — a
Brush Roundabout — to a true
New Zealand icon, the Trekka,
our only locally designed and
mass-produced vehicle, the
Motor Nation exhibition will
certainly tug at the heartstrings
of an older generation who will,
undoubtedly, have fond memories
of such vehicles as the Morris
OTAT opened up
Minor, Mini and Ford V8. As
the doors to its latest
well, the new exhibition should
exhibition — Motor
spark interest for an inquisitive
Nation — on September 2,
younger generation keen to learn
showcasing a fine collection of
more about these wonderful old
original and restored classic cars.
machines.
Kiwis’ love affair with cars is
highlighted as you step back into a Just to make things a little more
bygone era and experience the cars interesting, particularly for school
children visiting the museum on
that helped shaped our society.
a regular basis, there are a few
From our First Love (cars that
hands-on displays encouraging
captured our hearts), to Passing
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interaction. Here, children can
find out what it’s all about by
sitting behind the wheel of a car,
or listening to the interesting
sounds produced by squeezing the
bulbs of vintage brass horns.
There is certainly something
for everyone at Motor Nation,
including the opportunity to
check out some of the intriguing
history behind vehicles that were
the transport backbone of this
country for many years.
For more information about
Motor Nation and other
exhibitions featured at MOTAT,
visit the website, at
www.motat.org.nz.
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Bursts, 4 Purple
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6 Shots, Green Burst, White Burst, Green Burst,
White Burst, Green Burst, Time Rain Burst.
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5 Shots, Red and Blue Bursts, followed by
Crackling comets
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3D Classic
3D printing is here to stay and — although there’s
more involved than simply pushing the ‘print’ button —
it’s even possible to ‘print’ your very own classic car
Words Ashley Webb Photos Adam Croy
A
s the average consumer
prepares for the new
— albeit complex and
expensive — wave of 3D printing
technology, businesses, enthusiasts
and individuals have already
found some interesting and
challenging uses for this newly
developed equipment.
Some may ask how this relates
to the classic car hobby, but for
Aucklander Ivan Sentch, 3D
technology is very much an
integral part of his Aston Martin
DB4 project: imagine a fibreglass
body on a bespoke space-frame
chassis fitted with mechanical
components from a donor car.
PUSH PRINT
At the moment, Ivan is preparing
the plug that will be used to make
an Aston Martin DB4 mould. He
investigated a couple of alternative
methods of producing this based
on what he could comfortably
achieve himself. The first (and
easiest) was to get it cut out of
foam by a local CNC mill. That
would cost anything between
$12,000 and $15,000, which
Ivan thought was too expensive,
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considering the former gets thrown
away when he’s finished with
it. The next idea was to make
a framework or buck, fill it out
with foam sheets and manually
sculpt the exterior body shape — a
laborious exercise that Ivan decided
would involve far too much work.
This process would also be even
more expensive than his third
and chosen option, 3D printing
individual components. This also
allowed Ivan to print the bonnet,
doors, boot and dash separately
instead of just having a shell.
In order to achieve his goal,
firstly Ivan purchased a 3D CAD
drawing of an Aston Martin
DB4 online — according to Ivan,
this looked reasonably correct.
The next step was to make a
few slight modifications to areas
including the flanges surrounding
the windows, boot and bonnet
guttering and the doors, which
required major surgery, as the
inside shapes just wouldn’t work
in the real world. Once the
modifications were complete, the
next step was to slice up the entire
drawing into suitably sized pieces
for the 3D printer.
prints (which are only 5mm wide)
fall over. He can usually fit five
individual slices in one print job,
and estimates there are about
500 print jobs (so 2500 pieces all
up) to complete the final plug.
To date Ivan has printed and
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assembled the boot, bonnet, and
His first attempt was too large for
doors plus about 80 per cent of the
the 3D printer’s print envelope,
body, and he just has the dash to
the second time it fitted but the
complete after that.
overall idea wouldn’t work (the
Once all the 3D printed pieces
biggest challenge with ‘slicing’ is
are printed and assembled the
figuring out if the printer can print next step is to apply a layer of body
it, i.e. it can’t print on thin air, and filler, sanding it back again and
requires a 45-degree angle). A third repeating that until it’s all smooth
attempt worked, but it took a while and true, then sanding back with
to figure out how to best set up
progressively finer sandpaper (400,
the printer to limit failed prints.
600, 1000) until it’s glassy, then
The biggest cause of failed prints is applying a mould prep and sanding
when the bottom peels off the bed, everything back again with
which is caused by the contracting 1000 grit.
forces between the cooling plastic
Once that’s all complete, Ivan will
and a glass bed that’s heated to
be able to make a fibreglass mould
95 degrees. Using Kapton tape (a
and cast a fibreglass Aston Martin
special polyimide film capable of
BD4 body.
withstanding high temperatures)
and hairspray has reduced the
PRINT READY
failures to less than one per cent.
Ivan is planning to use a Nissan
Skyline GTS25T as his donor car,
Ivan figured that the best size
for the sliced sections was 105mm for a number of reasons. It has
the correct wheel track (taking
by 105mm, any more and the
This was a fairly challenging
exercise, to say the least. Ivan had
to experiment with the bonnet
drawings until he eventually
got something that would work
successfully.
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into account the Skyline’s wheels
have a higher offset than the
DB4’s wire wheels and knock-on
adaptors), which is important,
as you can’t get modifications
to standard car-steering systems
easily certified. Also, the Nissan’s
in-line six-cylinder engine will
sound right, and it’s the same
engine he’s currently running
in his Ferrari 250 GTO replica.
As a side note, Ivan plans to fit a
BMW V12 engine into this car that
will provide him with a spare sixcylinder engine for the DB4 replica.
Apart from the drivetrain
components, Ivan will also source
other items from his Skyline
donor car — such as steering,
electrics, window mechanics,
some hinges, latches and seats
— all of which will require some
modification before fitting into
position. Ivan can then partially
construct a chassis before sending
it off to an engineer for final
construction.
Once this is done, the body
will be fitted to the chassis, and
Ivan will complete the interior
with ad hoc fibreglass panels
(wheel arches, engine bay,
floor, undercarriage, boot, etc.),
before painting, upholstery and
installing glass.
Ivan’s reasoning for replicating
the DB4 over the more famous
DB5 or DB4 Zagato (or any
other car for that matter) came
about for a number of reasons.
He needed a car with four seats
(the 250 GTO just doesn’t get
used any more) and he has no
interest in anything modern.
Aside from that, it was always
going to be a replica of an old
Aston Martin as Ivan reckons
they are just too cool, and he
actually prefers the DB4 to other
models. Because of that car’s
bigger bonnet scoop, the simple
fact is that is easier to reproduce
and, in his opinion, it has betterlooking headlights.
The timeline for this project
is restrained by Ivan’s very
limited free time now that he has
toddler-age kids. However, that’s
fine because a longer build will
help ease budgetary constraints
— though he hopes to have the
project completed within five
years. We can’t wait to see the
finished product.
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ASSEMBLED OR DIY KIT
If you are more interested in
actually printing things than
tinkering with a kit then
assembled machines are the
way to go. All the parts are
obviously included and it is
likely set up correctly and
tested, but do check, as there’s
a good chance the person who’s
assembled the DIY kit for you
has made some customizations
to try and improve on their
earlier build efforts.
Tech Tip
3D Printing
What’s It All About?
Glen Sandbrooks from Sandbrooks Windscreens talks us through
the ins and outs of 3D printing, specifically as it relates to future
automotive industry applications.
W
hen it comes to
3D printing, there
are two different
processes, laser sintering and
fused deposition modelling.
Laser sintering is a process that
involves melting powder with
a laser or election beam. Fused
deposition modelling (FDM) is
the process that is currently in the
spotlight, and what most people
mean when they talk about 3D
printing While it has grown in
popularity recently it has actually
been around for quite some time.
It could be best summed up as
being like a MIG welder, except
the extruded wire is plastic instead
of steel. A computer moves the
extruder around the table (bed)
laying down plastic. Then the bed
drops down a set amount and the
extruder builds another layer on
top of the previous layer until you
have a completed 3D part.
FDM machines are popular
because they are basic machines
that make usable parts and are
affordable for the home user or
small business.
There are different variables to
what makes a good machine, as
follows …
BUILD ENVELOPE
If you have a particular object
that you want to print, choose
the required size first, as it will
narrow down your choice of
printer considerably. If you can’t
find one big enough that’s within
your budget to print the object
in one piece, a solution is to use a
smaller printer and split the object
into smaller parts which you can
then assemble. Note that most
printers don’t print as high as they
print wide.
HEATED BED
Choosing a machine with a
heated bed is a good option, as it
gives you more choice with the
materials you can use.
huge, from $500 for basic parts to
$1500 for a kit with all the parts
required, and then all the way up
to $8000 for industrial-strength
kits. For built-up DIY kits you are
either paying someone to put a
kit together for you that’s worth a
few hundred dollars (perhaps) or
you are paying someone to build
you a customized DIY kit.
FULLY BUILT UP MACHINES
These are generally more rigid
and come in open-deck or
fully enclosed machines. The
LOCAL SUPPORT
fully enclosed machines have
This is very important. If your
a controlled environment
unit doesn’t work you can call
for perfect printing and they
a real person and talk about the
normally come with their own
issue, and if it’s more complicated software. The best examples of the
you can have it serviced. They will open machines are the UP! range
also have spare parts, free advice
from 3D Printing Systems, with
and encouragement.
solid steel construction and priced
from around $2000, whereas fully
PRICE
enclosed machines start at around
If you choose DIY, the range is
$20,000 and go up from there.
CAN’T FIND THE PART? PRINT IT AT HOME!
The 3D Printing ‘revolution’ gives the ability
How does that compare to 3D printing?
to ‘print’ three-dimensional objects at home
Well, if you want to make one badge for
at a reasonable cost. However, the reality
your classic car, or the total demand is only
is that for the next few years it will still be
a small quantity then consider this: with
easier, and (if you include your time and the
3D printing you have the costs of design
cost of the machine) cheaper, to go and buy a (consisting of your time), a 3D printer (you
trinket or a tea cup from a shop.
will need one because by the time you have
The real revolution is not reproducing
read this you will have thought of a couple
day-to-day things but being able to build
of things you want to make) and enough
things you can’t buy; things
material to make those couple
that you can’t machine or
of items. If you don’t like
cast; things that are not
what you produce, just
worth making in small
change the drawing
numbers, especially
and print another
one-offs. Mention
one. Your friend
a one-off to most
wants one? No
manufacturers
problem —
and they either
just print another
This complete test fitting engine
see dollar signs
one. Because you
plus auxiliary parts for the 2011
or a waste of their
are adding material
Le Mans Aston Martin Racing
LPM1 car was printed by a
valuable time.
instead of removing
Stratasys 3D printer
The reason massit from a solid block you
produced items are cheap
can make it hollow and save
is that they are, well … mass
on material cost; or you can simply
produced! The cost of the item is made up of make it solid where it needs to be stronger,
design, tooling, materials, prototypes, more
or, even better, build some bracing
design, more tools, more material marketing, inside it.
front-end, back-end, capital costs,
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3D printing, a lot of hype or does it have applications that are useful for
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At the pointy end of the world racing industry, 3D printing has been used
for decades and is now so entrenched it’s indispensable. What started as
a tool for visualizing products has become a machine for producing usable
parts, patterns and jigs. To illustrate Glen takes us through the steps he
took to create a new aluminium Ridium diff cooler cover for RX-7s
and RX-8s.
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October 24–29 October, 2013. New Zealand
National Vauxhall & Bedford Rally. Centered
on Greerton (approximately four kilomtres south
of Tauranga CBD.
Event programme:
Thursday, 24th October: Arrival in the evening.
Meet and Greet
Friday, 25th October: Sight–seeing coach trip.
Saturday, 26th October: Show and Shine and
round trip to Te Puke.
Sunday, 27th October: Trip to Rotorua with a
photo–shoot of all the cars by the old Bath House.
Visit to the museum and a guided tour especially
to see the Tarawera exhibit. Prizegiving dinner.
Monday, 28th October: Trip to Whakatane and
back via Hongis track.
GENERAL EVENTS
Caffeine & Classics - In association with NZ
Classic Car, NZV8 magazine and Protecta
Insurance, this monthly brunch meet–up is
open to all types of vehicles and is the perfect
opportunity to get together with some mates,
check out some gorgeous classic cars and have a
great meal. 10am – 1pm on the last Sunday of
each month, venue – Columbus Coffee, Smales
Farm, Cnr Shakespeare & Taharoto Roads,
North Shore, Auckland. Upcoming dates: –
Sunday, 29th September, Sunday, 27th October
Hamilton Cock Cock & Bull Classic Car
Cruise in, held on the last Thursday of
the month, 5pm onwards Sponsored prizes;
discounted drinks; platters. All welcome, car
going or not. Come and meet like-minded
people. Enquires ph. Archie, 07 855 1071 or
email [email protected].
1st Sunday of every month. Breakfast with the
Cars, Marsden Road Paihia. Display parking
opposite Alfresco’s Cafe. 8am - 10:30am. If it’s
got wheels and it’s a bit different, we want to see
it. Enquiries to Tracy 0274 983-557 or email
Bay of Islands Wine Tours. [email protected]
September 29th 2013 Cromwell Swap Meet.
Venue – Vintage Car Club grounds, Litany Street,
Cromwell. Gates open 7am for stall holders – sites
$10.00. Contact Dave Manson, Ph 03 443 7906
or by mail at 139 Upton Street, Wanaka 9305 .
September 29th 2013. 20th annual
Canterbury Henry Ford Memorial Rally.
Departs from the New Brighton shopping
mall car park, Hawke Street, New Brighton,
Christchurch. Registrations in Janel Coffee
Lounge from 9am. First Ford departs 9.15am
then atone minute intervals. This is a special
event this year, as it is not only our last H.F.M.R.
after organising this for 20 years in succession,
but 2013 is 150 years since the birth of Henry
Ford on 30th July 1863. Special entertainment
has been arranged at the finish point, New
Zealand’s largest private museum of nostalgia.
This singer is of national standard, having sung
at the C.B.S. Arena in Christchurch, during the
new James Bond film publicity. She has recorded
two albums to date which will be on sale at the
indoor finish venue. (This is a free concert for all
H.F.M.R. entrants and their crew). Bring your
picnic lunch or buy at start point, Janel Coffee
Lounge (for the last time!). All Fords welcome,
irrespective of type, age or condition. 1903 to
2013. Event sponsored by Avon City Ford. Only
$10 per Ford. (Same as it’s been since 1994,
but donations to help pay for the day’s activities
most welcome). Event organised by Lorraine
and Trevor Stanley-Joblin (03) 314 8628 email
[email protected]
October 12th/13th (Saturday & Sunday)
– Constructors Car Club ‘DIY Car show’
in Porirua. 25 years on from its formation in
1988 the Constructors Car Club is staging an
indoor show at the Kennel Club in Porirua to
showcase its activities and some of the many
cars its members have put on the road (and on
the track) over that time. This is to celebrate
the Club’s activities and to give the public a
chance to view a broad selection of something
in the order of 100 vehicles – some completed,
some in the course of construction - and it
will be the largest show of its kind ever held in
this country.Open from 9am to 5pm on both
days, there will be an admission charge of $5
per person (Under 12’s are free) with the net
proceeds being donated to the Wellington Free
Ambulance – an organisation which is seen
as very relevant to motoring. Enquiries: Phil
Bradshaw (Club President) 0274 421 968 or
[email protected]
October 19 2013 Mosgiel Autospectacular
2013. Classic and vintage car displays, swap
meet, trade stands and door prizes. sSee the
only Duesenberg in NZ. Club display theme
this year is ‘Man Cave’ and the event will also
mark 60 years of the Corvette. Proceeds to the
Child Cancer Foundation. Venue: Edgar Sports
Centre, Cnr Portsmouth Drive & Midland St,
Mosgiel, show open from 9am to 4pm.
Organised by the Otago Classic Motoring Club
Inc and Otago Falcon & Fairlane Club Inc. For
more info, visit: www.otagoclassicmotoring.co.nz
October 25–28th 2013 Marines at Mahia. The
New Zealand Military Vehicle Collectors Club is
organising an event called The Marines @ Mahia
to celebrate the 70th anniversary of when US
Marines landed on the beach at Mahia, Hawkes
Bay. The Marines carried out their practice
landings in their island–hopping campaign
across the Pacific to fight the Japanese. There
will be a plaque for the US Ambassador to unveil
along with military parades, vehicle displays and
rides. There will also be an area for US cars to
park up on display. For more information, visit:
www.americarna.com/News/Marines-@-Mahia
October 25th -28th 2013. The 34th Annual
Mustang Convention will be hosted by the
Waikato. Mustang Owners Club in Hamilton
at Labour Weekend. The car show will be held at
the new Claudelands indoor Arena and will be
open to the public between 10am and 4 30pm,
Mustangs from the first Mustang to the present
day will be on show the best of the best. Regards
John Overend W.M.O.C ,Convenor, email
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October 26-27th 2013 – Mopars in
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to all Chryslers or Chrysler-powered vehicles,
Including Rootes Group. To register your
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October 12th/13th (Saturday & Sunday) –
Constructors Car Club ‘DIY Car show’ in
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over that time. This is to celebrate the Club’s
activities and to give the public a chance to view a
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construction - and it will be the largest show of
its kind ever held in this country. Open from 9am
to 5pm on both days, there will be an admission
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the net proceeds being donated to the Wellington
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as very relevant to motoring. Enquiries: Phil
Bradshaw (Club President) 0274 421 968 or
[email protected]
November 10th (Sunday) 2013 -Bay Of Plenty
Vintage Car Club Annual Swap Meet and
Vintage Car Show. Held at the club rooms,
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automobilia, vintage, veteran and classic cars on
show. Clubhouse cafe, sausage sizzle, motoring
books, magazine, parts shed. gates open 8am 3pm. Admission: Sellers - $15. Buyers/spectators
$5. Children free. For enquiries Ph Garry
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1-3 November 2013 Wigram Revival –
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Lady Wigram Trophy and also celebrating 50
years since the circuit was constructed in 1963.
Jan. 11/12 2014. Tasman Revival Taupo
31 January, 1&2 February 2014 – The SKOPE
Classic Ruapuna – with a Ford vs Holden theme
and featuring the Central Muscle Cars and F5000
racing. Feb. 22/23 2014. Tasman Revival Pukekohe
Historic Muscle Car Series
Sep 14/15 2013 Icebreaker - Hampton Downs
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Jan 18/19 2014 NZ Festival of Motor Racing
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Jan 25/26 2014 NZ Festival of Motor Racing
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Feb 22/23 2014 Tasman Revival Pukekohe - HRC
Mar 29/30 2014 Legends of Speed – Hampton
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
Hogan’s
Hero
Owned by famous Kiwi drag racer, Garth
Hogan, this gorgeous V12-engined coupé is
currently part of the amazing Warbirds and
Wheels attraction in Wanaka
Words: Ashley Webb Photos: Adam Croy
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
mongst the 30-odd cars on display,
and parked in-between a couple of
outstanding Packards, we spotted this
glorious-looking Lincoln-Zephyr coupé
owned by New Zealand drag-racing
legend, Garth Hogan. This model was
beautifully designed, with generous
proportions, and is arguably one of the
great business coupés of the late ’30s.
Garth Hogan is undoubtedly one of the
best-known drag racers in New Zealand
history. He broke many records in New
Zealand — including the 200mph (322kph)
barrier — as well as setting benchmark
seven- and five-second times for the
standing quarter-mile. During the 1970s Garth and his partner,
Grahame Berry, built the first AA/FC in New Zealand. Berry
constructed the chassis based on a Revell model, and together they
built the car’s Capri lookalike body. They also raced this car in Top
Eliminator against dragsters and altereds with great success.
A
PASSION FOR SPEEDWAY
Garth Hogan’s father, Ron, was always involved in motor sport and
had a particular passion for speedway — and especially with great
drivers such as Frank Brewer and Roly Crowther during the mid to
late 1940s. Ron also took to the water and raced two hydroplanes
— Wasp and Saga — at a time when it was virtually impossible to
purchase aftermarket engine performance equipment unless one was
extremely wealthy, and had influential connections. Because of this,
plus the fact that he was an extremely competitive person, Ron decided
to make his own V8 performance equipment that included cylinder
heads and twin-carburettor intake manifolds. Not only did Ron build
this equipment for V8 engines, he also went on to build performance
items for Ford 10s, six-cylinder Fords, Dodges, Hudsons and the like.
Garth still retains practically all his father’s original patterns for this
equipment, and has fabricated some of the parts himself.
As well, Garth remembers when his father bought a Lincoln sedan
in the early ’50s and decided it required a little more power. Ron made
high-compression finned aluminium heads and a triple carburettor
manifold for the Lincoln’s V12, which was certainly enough to push
the heavy luxuriously-appointed car along quite nicely.
Ron’s talented engineering prowess extended to building a
speedway midget as well. Initially this racer was to be driven by
Ian Holden, one of the leading speedway drivers of the time, and
it was subsequently the first full-size (as opposed to TQ) midget to
be owned and driven by Barry Butterworth, possibly the best driver
the sport has ever seen. Garth has fully restored this car and, to this
day, is in awe of the exceptional engineering craftsmanship his father
applied to its construction. Indeed, Garth still remembers his father’s
dogged determination and the fact that he took nothing at face value,
questioning every component and its function, and fabricating the
very best part for the gruelling punishment it would receive under
race conditions.
Ron would often comment to other drivers at Western Springs about
the things he believed they were doing wrong, “you should be doing
this” or “you should be doing that!” Eventually Ian Holden, who was
without a ride for the 1954–’55 season, approached Ron and asked him
to build a car. It was duly built, and in the first five nights of racing his
new car, Holden literally blitzed every Western Springs track record.
On the very first night he finished first place in the Heat Race and
Invitational Race, second in the Indian File race, after starting from the
back, and he won the Feature Race after again starting from the back
of the grid.
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Typically, Ron couldn’t contain himself, telling his fellow Speedway
competitors, “I told you that you were doing it all wrong!” He certainly
proved his point where it counted most — on the track. Ron was also
one of the founding stock-car racers in the days when the events were
held at Epsom Showgrounds in Auckland.
TEARDROP STYLING
Ron always retained a real passion for Lincolns, and when our featured
Lincoln-Zephyr coupé became available in 1961, he couldn’t resist
the temptation to own it, and who could blame him. The Lincoln’s
gorgeous, streamlined ‘teardrop’ styling was credited to designer John
Tjaarda of the Briggs Body Company, aided by a young Ford designer,
Eugene Turenne ‘Bob’ Gregorie, who was Ford Motor Company’s first
design studio chief from 1935 to 1946.
With the Lincoln-Zephyr coupé, Tjaarda and Gregorie perfectly
encapsulated the ’30s passion for automotive elegance. >
New Zealand Classic Car
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
Its low, wide grille was specifically designed to solve inherent cooling
issues with the earlier models, which boasted V-shaped grilles
that had been found to restrict airflow to the radiator. Indeed, the
Lincoln-Zephyr started a styling trend followed by the rest of the auto
industry, and helped make this model a style leader — a car that was
truly ahead of its time.
Naturally, Garth has fond memories of the Lincoln. He turned
15 years old in 1962, obtained his driver licence and was occasionally
allowed to drive the massive coupé, which had become one of
the family cars — they still had the Lincoln sedan as well. Garth
remembers that he always had to get special permission to drive
the coupé, despite the fact its V12 engine was getting tired. A set of
spare spark plugs — some used, some cleaned up and the odd new
one — were always kept under the seat, along with a plug socket and
a long screwdriver for shorting the plug out in order to replace the
plugs in the engine when they oiled up, as they frequently did. On
many occasions Garth received an unpleasant electric shock off the
plug when he wasn’t careful enough to earth it correctly, touching the
cylinder head before the plug. Garth also recalls that his father could
never resist the urge to tinker with the Lincoln, and he installed a
Columbia two-speed differential into the big coupé, and then decided
to completely rebuild the car.
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Once fully restored, it was pressed back into daily service.
The Hogan family home was on Auckland’s Point Chevalier waterfront
at that time, and the salty sea air took a toll on the Lincoln’s stylish body.
SOUTHERN RESTORATION
Three years ago, Garth took the Lincoln-Zephyr back to Wanaka
for a complete rotisserie restoration.
Lincolns were the very first of the unitary body cars, and the chassis
is quite literally welded to the body. A lot of fabrication work was
required around areas such as the cowl, windscreen, boot floor, and
posts — places the rust had taken hold — before the final black
paint was applied which, according to Garth, is the original colour
as far as he’s aware.
The suspension and cable brakes were completely refurbished. Garth
retained the Columbia two-speed differential, and rebuilt the original
three-speed gearbox. The V12 engine was running beautifully, so Garth
decided to simply clean it up, and install the finned alloy heads and
triple carburettor manifold that his father had made. Garth refers to
many of the changes as the ‘Ron only knows’ modifications — these
include the complex ignition system he’d built — but Garth chose
to reinstall the standard type of system, as his father’s set-up was so
complex. >
On July 30, 2009, Garth
received a call from
Noel Bunn at the Aparangi Village, a retirement village
in Te Kauwhata, with some interesting facts about the
Lincoln-Zephyr’s original ownership. According to Noel, the
Tristram family arrived in Hamilton during the Maori Wars;
Mr Tristram was in a company commanded by Captain
Beerescourt, and was either the father or grandfather of
the original owner of the Lincoln. The owner of the car (from
the original ownership papers this is listed as William John
Tristram, the car having been purchased from the Howick
area) had one daughter — Silvia Tristram, who was Noel
Bunn’s mother-in-law. She was married to a chemist,
Thomas Latrobe.
Tristram Street in Hamilton is named after this original
Tristram family.
When Silvia and Thomas Latrobe got married in 1919, they got
a new Ford car for a wedding present (probably a Model T).
Thomas was incapacitated as a result of wounds received
at Gallipoli. They owned more new Ford cars over the years,
HISTORY FILE:
including the first Model A to arrive in New Zealand.
WJ Tristram went to the US in 1937–’38 to buy a Lincoln-Zephyr
sedan, met Henry Ford and spotted a Lincoln coupé, but it
was left-hand drive. Apparently, according to Noel, Henry Ford
organized to have a coupé built to RHD specifications and
sent to New Zealand complete with original equipment, which
included a vacuum cleaner that plugged into the cigar lighter.
Noel’s wife went nursing at New Plymouth Hospital in 1942,
and was the only passenger to have ridden in the car at that
point. Noel’s wife was Vivian Mary Latrobe (presumably Silvia
and Thomas’ daughter), who he married in 1951. When WJ died
he left the car to Silvia, who subsequently sold the Lincoln,
although it was never put into her name on the ownership
papers, presumably being sold to the next owner directly from
the deceased estate.
The original ownership papers are still with the car, and trace
the Lincoln’s lineage all the way from WJ Tristram through to
the Hogan family in 1961. When Ron Hogan passed away, he
requested the Lincoln-Zephyr remain in the family and not be
sold — Garth has honoured his father’s wish.
With the Lincoln-Zephyr coupé, Tjaarda
and Gregorie perfectly encapsulated the
’30s passion for automotive elegance
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
Either way, the car runs beautifully.
Garth found some rust along the bottom of the sump bolts during
the engine rebuild, and decided to investigate further, only to find the
block had split. Luckily, he had a spare engine which his father had
rebuilt, and he installed it into the car — fitted, of course, with Ron’s
alloy heads and triple intake.
As usual, he had tinkered with just about every major component
in the engine, which was the first Lincoln motor to receive hydraulic
lifters, so Garth wasn’t surprised to find it ran perfectly with good
oil pressure despite the fact that, due to depression-induced frugality,
Ron had fitted the spare engine with second-hand piston rings. >
Garth refers to many of the
changes as the ‘Ron only
knows’ modifications —
these include the complex
ignition system he’d built
THE LINCOLN-ZEPHYR BRITISH CONNECTION
Several small British manufacturers utilized Lincoln’s 4.3-litre V12 in order to
give their models more performance and, no doubt, a touch of class. Allard, later
famous for making good use of the Cadillac V8, found time to install a Lincoln V12
in a handful of pre-war Allards, most of which achieved some success in trials and
hill climbs. Jensen, who had been employing Hudson six or straight-eight engines,
also utilized the Lincoln V12 to good effect in several specials.
Less well-known was the final Brough Superior car, the Type XII of 1938, for which
George Brough planned a Lincoln V12 installation. Unfortunately, his company
collapsed after only one car had been completed.
From 1938 Atalanta also offered the V12 in either a two-door sedan, drophead
coupé or sports model (with running boards or cycle-type wings). However, Atalanta
did not survive to see its V12 cars achieve any degree of longevity, the company
folding in 1939.
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1938 LINCOLN-ZEPHYR COUPÉ
t ENGINE
t CAPACITY
t BORE/STROKE
t VALVES
t COMPRESSION
t MAX. POWER
t TORQUE
t FUEL SYSTEM
t TRANSMISSION
t SUSPENSION F/R
75 degree V12
4380cc
70x95mm
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8.4:1 (as fitted with Ron’s heads)
82kW (110bhp) at 3900rpm (standard)
252Nm at 2000rpm (standard)
Triple two-barrel carburettors, as featured
Three-speed sliding gear manual
Solid front axle and live rear axle with transverse
semi-elliptic leaf springs
Recirculating ball
Four-wheel mechanical drum
t STEERING
t BRAKES
DIMENSIONS:
t OVERALL LENGTH
5144mm
t WIDTH
1879mm
3099mm
t WHEELBASE
t HEIGHT
1753mm
t KERB WEIGHT
1690kg
PERFORMANCE (STANDARD ENGINE):
140kph (87mph)
t TOP SPEED
19.3 seconds
t 0–100KPH
t STANDING ¼ MILE
22.4 seconds
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
12 INTERESTING LINCOLN FACTS
1
The Lincoln sat in Garth’s garage for a short period of time after the
restoration was complete, apart from the occasional outing, and is now
part this wonderful display at Warbirds and Wheels.
Garth’s daughter is getting married in November, and hopes to
arrive at her wedding in her granddad’s Lincoln-Zephyr coupé.
Garth’s hoping to remove the car’s V12 engine and install a new set
of rings prior to the big family occasion then, hopefully, this
eminently desirable coupé will be put back on public display for all
of us to admire.
In 1861, a young and patriotic American, having recently come of age, cast his
first vote in that year’s US Presidential election in favour of Abraham Lincoln —
who, of course, would be elected President. Many years later, on August 29, 1917
that same man, Henry Martyn Leland, recalled the pride with which he had cast
that vote, leading him to name his automobile firm the Lincoln Motor Company.
2
One of Henry Martyn Leland’s first jobs was with the Springfield Armoury, later
he would work for famous gun maker, Colt.
3
Leland’s first involvement with the automobile arrived when his own company
— Leland & Faulconer — supplied gear sets to Ransom Olds.
4
In 1903, Leland became Cadillac’s chief engineer.
5
Reputedly, the earliest Lincoln cars were styled by Angus Woodbridge — who
was apparently a ladies’ milliner.
6
Combined pressure from his wife, Clara, and son, Edsel, persuaded Henry
Ford to take over Lincoln on February 4, 1922, bidding US$8M for the ailing
business via a receivership sale.
7
At the time of Ford’s takeover of Lincoln, Edsel Ford would famously remark,
“Father makes the most popular car in the world; I should like to make the
best car in the world.” Edsel would become Lincoln’s vice president, along with
Wilfred Leland.
8
Early V8-powered Lincolns became required transport for US law-enforcement
agencies due to their reliability and outright speed. From 1924 special police
models were available complete with four-wheel brakes, bullet-proof glass
and shotgun racks, although gangsters of the day were just as likely to buy a
Lincoln as the G-Men!
9
Calvin Coolidge was the first US President to purchase a Lincoln. In later
years, presidential Lincoln owners would include Roosevelt, Truman and, of
course, John F Kennedy.
10
The Lincoln V12 runs twin distributors, while the spark plug cables branch out
from the distributors up into the vee of the engine, where they are routed to each
plug along a central rail. Twelve spark plugs require a good ignition system, and
the Lincoln has two six-volt coils and nine metres of spark plug cabling!
11
On its initial release in 1933, the Lincoln-Zephyr cost US$1275, making it the
world’s cheapest V12-engined production car at that time.
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from soya beans — something Ford was experimenting with during the ’30s.
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
Stainless
Steel Icon
John Z DeLorean’s dream of automotive stardom
may have turned into a nightmare, but for one Kiwi
enthusiast, DeLorean’s dream is very much alive
Words: Ashley Webb Photos: Adam Croy
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New Zealand Classic Car
33
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
ike most young lads, as a nineyear-old Mat Bedogni had a real
passion for Ferrari, and one of those
Italian supercars was always going
to be on his wish list. However, a
new candidate appeared when, as
a teenager in the mid 1980s, Mat
watched the movie Back to the
Future. While a Ferrari remained
his dream car, the film made a
real impact on Mat, undoubtedly
becoming the catalyst for an ongoing
interest in all things associated with
it — and that, of course, included a
DeLorean DMC-12.
L
When the first Back to the Future appeared, Mat —
who is about the same age as Michael J Fox, the actor
who portrays on-screen hero Marty McFly — was
enthralled by what seemed an unbelievably futuristic
storyline, in which a teenager is unintentionally sent
back 30 years to the past in a time machine devised
by McFly’s good friend and mad scientist, Dr Emmett
Brown, the time machine having been built into a
DeLorean DMC-12. Back to the Future turned both
Fox and the gull-winged DeLorean into superstars,
while the film itself earned almost $500M at the
box office, and subsequently spawned two equally
successful sequels.
BACK TO THE ’80S
Mat even remembers to this day when one of the first
DeLorean DMC-12s was brought into New Zealand
during the mid ’80s. He was about 15 years old, his
father took him to see the car at a Manukau car yard,
and he couldn’t believe his eyes. He was also was
fortunate enough to sit inside it, and the first thing
he noticed was that the speedometer only went up to
85mph — 137kph. Those of you familiar with the
movie will know that the time-travelling DMC-12
needed to reach a speed of exactly 88mph before it
could transport the occupants back in time.
Subsequent research by Mat revealed there were
in fact two dash options available for the DeLorean
DMC-12 — the other being fitted with a speedometer
that went up to 95mph (153kph).
Despite that minor blip, Mat loved everything about
the DeLorean — and it soon became another addition
to his wish list. >
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Back to the Future turned both Fox
and the gull-winged DeLorean into
superstars, while the film itself earned
almost $500M at the box office
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
For Mat, it was as if the rule book had been tossed away back
in 1974, when John DeLorean established the DeLorean Motor
Company. DeLorean’s DMC-12 did indeed push the boundaries of
car production, with the development of new construction materials
created by another company set up by DeLorean, the Composite
Technology Corporation. The end result, a totally impractical rearengined, two-seater sports car was so completely different to anything
Mat had ever seen, and that was what attracted him to the DMC-12.
As Mat grew older, his fondness for the DeLorean never waned. He
would quite often think about what it would be like to own one, and
never lost sight of that dream.
However, his first car was in stark contrast to the DeLorean — being
a Suzuki SJ410. Mat certainly had plenty of fun in it, and, despite
its notable lack of power and any appreciable handling ability, it
was relatively safe as a first vehicle. Later, when Mat stepped up to
a sportier Toyota Celica TA22, he began to tinker with his cars. It
wasn’t long before he installed such items as EFI, larger wheels and an
improved interior. The next phase was to install an upmarket stereo
system, which became another hobby. In fact, the Celica’s final stereo
system was so good that he entered into car audio competitions. He
would subsequently win several trophies along the way with various
different cars. During those days Mat became skilled at working on
car interiors — something certainly evident in our featured DeLorean
DMC-12.
As Mat’s working career advanced so did his mode of transport, and
company vehicles soon became the norm, despite the fact Mat always
had a toy tucked away somewhere, usually in the shape of a suitable
sports car. His toys included a Mazda MX-5 and a 1964½ Mustang
convertible, which he bought a third share of, with his parents, at the
age of 19.
Mat describes the Mustang as being basically a running wreck, as
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discovered in West Auckland, though it’s since been fully restored.
He also enjoys collecting model cars: 20 years ago he couldn’t
afford a DeLorean DMC12 — or, indeed, a Ferrari — but at
that time he could certainly afford to buy models and today, two
decades after buying his first 1:18 model, Mat owns an impressive
collection of them.
SEARCH FOR THE FUTURE
Mat was in a position to start looking for a DeLorean DMC-12 in
2006; his search beginning with regular visits to many internet sites as
he quickly learned what to look for in a ‘good’ DeLorean. Along the
way, he learned that the first 500 DMC-12s built had an inherent design
fault with their stainless-steel door skins, which meant that on occasion
the gull-wing doors would jam shut. He also discovered the difficulties
of trying to make contact with owners of such cars across the other side
of the world who, more often than not, simply wouldn’t reply to Mat’s
request for more information after discovering he was in New Zealand.
In cases where he was able to make contact and start inquiring about
the condition and history of the car, as well as assistance with shipping
arrangements, the vehicle had usually sold before he got the answers. As
such, he missed out on a few very nice cars.
Lending urgency to his search for was Mat’s gut feeling that
DeLorean DMC-12 prices were about to take off due to increasing
interest in all things from the ’80s, as the kids of that era were now old
enough to afford all the things they could never have when young. He
knew he had to act quickly if he wanted to secure a good example at
the right price.
Stepping up his search, he looked at more cars via the internet, but
with absolutely no luck at all. After six months of searching, he was
becoming quite despondent, and was on the verge of giving up on
owning a DeLorean. >
DeLorean and Lotus
John DeLorean initially approached Porsche when seeking an
engineering firm to help him during the DMC-12 development phase,
but it wanted a four-year lead time to produce the car. Instead,
DeLorean turned to Lotus, and in July 1978 DeLorean met Lotus
boss, Colin Chapman, with a view to not only acquiring Lotus’
undoubted engineering skills, but also actually buying Lotus Cars
outright. Chapman wasn’t about to sell up, but he did visit the US to
check out DeLorean’s prototype. He was not impressed.
That would’ve been the end of it, but DeLorean seduced Chapman
with a grandiose tax-avoidance scheme. Today we can only
speculate on how far Chapman and DeLorean went up this slightly
dubious path, but after jointly forming a Panamanian-registered
Geneva-based ‘shelf’ company — GPD Services Inc. — Chapman
finally agreed to engineer the DeLorean sports car over an 18-month
period, which slipped to 25 months, with £12M being paid to Lotus
Cars to cover development costs — much of that siphoned into
developing the Lotus Esprit Turbo.
In its initial guise, DeLorean’s car was to feature a structure formed
through a plastic moulding process — Elastic Reservoir Moulding
(ERM) — developed by Royal Dutch Shell. Atop this innovative
platform, the new rear-engined car would also feature a corrosionproof stainless steel body. It would be named the DeLorean Safety
Vehicle (DSV), and was intended to be a significant advance in
automotive safety.
However, Lotus wasn’t interested in DeLorean’s original concept
and, piece by piece, it ditched most of the DSV prototype’s
innovations. The specially-developed ERM body shell was replaced
with a Lotus-type steel backbone chassis and an injection-moulded
GRP body. Although it didn’t like the idea of a rear engine, Lotus
reluctantly agreed, and the Renault/Peugeot/Volvo family V6 was
used. DeLorean’s original stainless steel concept was retained, but
now merely as a thin outer skin over the car’s fibreglass panels.
When the proverbial hit the fan following John DeLorean’s arrest,
Colin Chapman would also come under scrutiny as DeLorean was
investigated, and the British government sought to recover its
losses. Indeed, there are those who believe that Chapman’s death
in 1982 was a direct result of the pressure brought to bear on him
during the DeLorean investigation. However, both Lotus Cars and
Chapman would later be cleared of any blame in the DeLorean affair.
New Zealand Classic Car
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
Then one day whilst sitting at his computer, he decided to see if
there was an equivalent website to Auto Trader in the US and, to his
surprise, such a site existed. Out of curiosity, he typed in DeLorean
to see if any appeared — and, wouldn’t you know it, a nice-looking
car located on a car dealer’s yard in North Carolina popped up. Mat
wasted no time in making further enquiries, and learned that this
particular DMC-12 had originally been owned by a US Airways
executive, and had been part of his car collection for the past 22 years.
Kept in a temperature-controlled environment, the DeLorean had only
travelled 900 miles (1448km) during that time.
Fortunately for Mat, the dealership selling the car was extremely
helpful and was able to send him many photographs of it, as well as
answering, via email, the many questions Mat had about its condition
and the history of the car. The asking price for this particular DCM-12
was probably a little on the high side in Mat’s opinion, but he knew he
was unlikely to find a better low-mileage example in a hurry, and he
subsequently made the call to purchase the DeLorean.
The next step was to pack it up in preparation for its long journey
down under and, thankfully, the US dealership was able to assist.
Once it was on board a ship, Mat was able to track the craft’s long
journey through the Panama Canal and all the way to New Zealand
via vesseltracker.com, although he says it was probably one of the
longest, most nerve-wracking months of his life, checking international
weather forecasts in fear that a storm might cause the ship to
sink, or lead to his container falling overboard.
BACK HOME
Fortunately for Mat’s nerves, the DeLorean
arrived on our shores in one piece during March
2007, and, in fact, the car was just as he’d imagined
it to be — perfect. In addition, closer inspection revealed
some rather rare items inside it such as the original
owner’s manual and parts catalogue, both of which,
according to Mat, are something you never see in
these cars. The documentation
also included original tyre
receipts from the ’80s and
even an airfreight receipt.
Apparently the last owner
had the DeLorean DMC12 air freighted from Los
Angeles to North Carolina
after he’d purchased it.
Now the car was safely
in Mat’s possession he
proceeded to have it
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checked and readied for compliance. The first items to be examined
were the areas around where the doors hinge — these being prone
to rust — and possible structural weaknesses. Being a gull-wing
configuration, the DeLorean DMC-12 has a ‘T’ box section
structure that runs through the roof, which is the only mild steel
component in the car. The doors, quite literally, hinge off this
structure. The rest of the car is fibreglass, with the exterior sheathed
in stainless steel — the chassis being epoxy-coated steel.
Due to the design of the door-opening structure, water can be
captured without anywhere to drain, and this can sit and cause surface
rust. Unfortunately Mat’s car suffered some slight rust damage in this
area, so he decided to replace the entire structure in order to bring it
up to perfect condition, thinking he’d easily be able to purchase the
section directly from the US. It may seem incredible but, although
John Z DeLorean’s original company has been defunct for many
decades, a more recently established US-based DeLorean Motor
Company exists. Alas, it did not have the part Mat was looking for
in stock so, after a lot of time on DMC website forums, he found a
firm in Europe which made the required box section out of stainless
steel. Mat purchased one of these replicated items — at great cost —
and had it shipped to New Zealand. Alas, when it finally arrived he
was disappointed to find the build quality was poor, the replacement
box section being far from dimensionally accurate. However, as luck
would have it one of Mat’s
friends — an experienced
stainless-steel worker
— came to the rescue.
The end result was an
absolutely perfect job,
better than a genuine
factory part, and even
grained to match the
brushed stainless look of
the car’s body-skin.
Without the help of the
DeLorean community
and the new DeLorean
Motor Company
in Houston, Mat’s
refurbishment of his car
would have likely been a
far more expensive job. He
admits the doors are definitely
very tricky to remove and install,
but help was at hand from an
unlikely source. >
John Z DeLorean: Innovator or Conman?
Born on January 6, 1925, John Z DeLorean’s involvement with the US motor
industry came early — his father, a Romanian immigrant, was a Ford foundry
worker. DeLorean gained an engineering degree from Lawrence Technical College
and began his working life with Packard, helping to lift the ailing car make into
something of an Indian summer. In 1956 DeLorean joined GM’s Pontiac division,
where he soon made his mark — first with the 1961 Tempest and later, in 1965,
by dropping a large V8 engine into a mid-size car: DeLorean virtually invented the
muscle car with the now legendary Pontiac GTO.
Charismatic and successful, at 40 years old DeLorean would become GM’s
youngest-ever vice president, later taking over as Chevrolet’s general manager.
However, bored with corporate life, DeLorean began investigating the possibility of
designing and manufacturing his own car. Basing his dream on a Giugiaro design,
he put together his own company and, after searching for suitable funding, ended
up persuading the British government to part with £85M in tax-payers’ money.
With that money, and development assistance from Lotus, DeLorean opened
production facilities in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, and on November 3, 1980, the
first DMC-12 rolled off the line. However, within 12 months DeLorean was in trouble
— the DMC-12 was not proving as successful as he had hoped, and the company
also had trouble with its inexperienced Irish workers. Despite the millions that had
been pumped in, DeLorean was rapidly running out of cash and, after a last ditch
attempt to raise more dollars, he was caught by FBI agents for drug smuggling.
Later it would be proved through an unlikely source — video tapes supplied by US
porn king, Larry Flynt — that the FBI had entrapped DeLorean. The case against
him was dropped, but the damage had been done. The Dunmurry factory was
closed, and any remaining cars or parts were auctioned off.
In 1992, a British judge said he would have liked to sentence John Z DeLorean to
10 years in prison for his “barefaced, outrageous and massive fraud” over stolen
UK government money. However, all DeLorean ever spent behind bars was 10 days
while he raised bail following his arrest on those charges of smuggling cocaine.
In retirement, John DeLorean came up with many more automotive schemes but
never got any of them off the ground. His latest brainwave was selling D=MC2
stainless steel watches over the internet for US$3495 apiece — although it would
seem that no one ever received their watch!
John Z DeLorean died on March 19, 2005, aged 80.
The doors, quite literally, hinge off this
structure. The rest of the car is fibreglass,
with the exterior sheathed in stainless steel
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
Apparently, this same scientist also builds prop replicas for
Universal Studios, which made the movie Back to the Future
When Mat was having a new set of tyres fitted to the car, a person
visiting the tyre shop at the time introduced himself, and advised that
he had experience working on DeLoreans.
The upshot was that Mat now had someone to assist him remove and
install the doors without putting a torsion bar through the side of the
bodywork or the house. If that last sentence doesn’t seem to make
much sense, it’ll help to explain that the trickiest part of the doorremoval exercise is tensioning the torsion bars that take the weight of
the huge doors, allowing them to swing up without effort. The tension
required is quite significant, and extra-special care and experience is
required to avoid any disastrous — and expensive — consequences.
During this time Mat also stripped the entire interior of the car to
prevent any damage occurring to the mint-condition cabin, and he was
amazed to find the odd nut and bolt — these having obviously been
dropped into the floorpan during final assembly, due to the mad rush
with which these cars were put together before carpet was laid on top.
He also found some original parts tickets still intact inside one of the
doors, showing how original this car really was.
Mat has since visited the DeLorean factory in Houston which makes
new DeLoreans, with about 80 per cent of original parts and the rest
with new, upgraded parts. The company is about to launch a new
electric-powered version. Mat also had the opportunity to view several
DeLorean DMC-12s whilst in the US, and appreciates just how lucky
he was to secure such a fantastic, original example.
FLUX CAPACITOR
Whilst Mat was carrying out the DMC-12’s minor restoration project,
his two young sons would quite often sit inside the DeLorean and
pretend to be Back to the Future time travellers. They would run around
the car, change seats and ask each other what year they wanted to
travel back to, as well as making all the relevant noises of the movie
car. Watching the excitement of his two sons, Mat wondered if it was
possible to find anything on the internet with flashing lights that might
simulate the famous ‘flux capacitor’ for them to enjoy. After all, what
DeLorean would be complete without one?
Once Mat began searching, one thing lead to another, and he found
far more than he was looking for on eBay — an actual ‘flux capacitor’
that Mat couldn’t resist, and subsequently purchased.
Ten Less Well-known DeLorean Facts
1.
The original Giugiaro design on which the DMC-12 is based
was actually a design previously rejected by Porsche.
2.
From 1975 to 1977, DeLorean raised a total of US$5.16M,
the company going public in 1977 with a share offering — a
US$250,000 stake buying 5000 shares and securing a
dealer franchise.
3.
When considering locations for a production facility,
DeLorean’s first idea was to build a plant in Puerto
Rico — at the time, the Puerto Rican government
offered incentives for foreign investors.
4.
A Saudi Arabian entrepreneur, Ojjeh Akram, was approached
by DeLorean to stump up no less than US$25M to bankroll a
factory in Puerto Rico. Akram contracted Zora Arkus Duntov
— father of the Corvette — to report on the proposed DMC
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sports car. Duntov’s report was unfavourable, and Akram
withdrew from the project.
5.
On August 3, 1978, DeLorean came to an agreement with
the Northern Ireland Industrial Development Authority
(NIDA), and the Department of Commerce agreed to
bankroll a DeLorean factory in Northern Ireland.
6.
The site for the new DMC factory was at the Twinbrook
Industrial Estate in Dunmurry.
7.
When Colin Chapman went to the US to check out the
DeLorean prototype, the car broke down during his
test drive.
8.
It was reputed that US-based DMC employees were
spending around 140 hours preparing each DMC-12
before they were fit for sale.
9.
Why did the Back to the Future film-makers choose
a DeLorean? In the movie, the Doc explains it, “
… the way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time
machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
Besides, the stainless steel construction makes the
flux dispersal — LOOK OUT!” Subsequently, model
maker AML/ERTL added more info on the box of its
DeLorean model kit by speculating that the car’s
stainless steel skin improved flux dispersal, thus
allowing for a smoother passage through the spacetime continuum.
10.
On a more practical level, the DMC-12 was chosen
simply because of that scene when Marty McFly is
mistaken for an extra terrestrial by a farmer — the
DeLorean, with its gull-wing doors, easily passing for
an alien spaceship in 1955.
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
He also discovered that a NASA rocket scientist based in Florida
was making these replica flux capacitors in his spare time — Mat
jokes that it might actually work, since a rocket scientist made it.
Apparently, this same scientist also builds prop replicas for Universal
Studios, which made the movie Back to the Future. After further
investigation, Mat found the same guy also made the Time Drive
Circuits (the unit with the large Y-handle that turns on the flux
capacitor and shows time circuiting in the movie). The icing on the
cake was discovering the seller also made a special box that was loaded
with speakers and a sound card to replicate the original sounds of
the movie car, linked to the other two items. Mat hit the ‘buy now’
button instantly.
This is where things can start to get out of control and, although
Mat had contemplated building a complete mock-up of the original
movie DeLorean-DMC12, he decided not to, as his car was so
original and in such good condition that he was reluctant to modify it
in any major way. Instead, he concentrated mainly on fitting just a few
interior items, all of which can easily be removed if he ever wants the
car to look standard. He also fitted a rather impressive stereo system,
which fits in nicely with the Back to the Future theme using car audio
items that have been made to look like ’80s time machine parts. He
says it’s far from an exact copy of the movie car, but he and his kids just
wanted to have a bit of fun with it all without getting too carried away.
As mentioned earlier, the Back to the Future movies had a huge
influence on Mat when he was a teenager and, judging by his
collection of memorabilia associated with the trilogy — including
two guitars as seen in the movie and eight hover-boards — it’s clear its
influence is still there. In fact, Mat proposed to his wife to one of the
original songs from the movie — Earth Angel — and danced to the
same song at their wedding.
Mat concedes his original idea somewhat snowballed, and now
half his DeLorean DMC-12 looks rather like the original Back to the
Future car — although he’s certainly not complaining, nor are his two
sons for that matter.
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
DELOREAN DMC-12
t ENGINE
t CAPACITY
t BORE/STROKE
t VALVES
t COMP RATIO
t MAX. POWER
t MAX. TORQUE
t FUEL SYSTEM
t TRANSMISSION
t AXLE RATIO
t BODY/CHASSIS
t SUSPENSION
t STEERING
t BRAKES
t WHEELS
t TYRES
DIMENSIONS:
t OVERALL LENGTH
t WIDTH
t HEIGHT
t WHEELBASE
t TRACK F/R
t KERB WEIGHT
PERFORMANCE:
t MAX SPEED
t 0–60MPH
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Light alloy 90-degree V6 (Renault)
2849cc
91mm x 73mm
SOHC
8.8:1
97kW at 5500rpm
219.5Nm at 2750rpm
Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection
Five-speed manual (optional three-speed auto)
3.44:1
Steel backbone chassis, GRP body sheathed in stainless steel
Front: Unequal length A-arms, coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers and anti-roll bar
Rear: Semi-trailing arms, upper and lower lateral arms, coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers
Rack and pinion
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1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce | FEATURE
Southern
Sprint
Following last month’s South Island Special
issue, Ashley checks out another wonderful
classic from Queenstown –
very appropriately an Alfasud
Words: Ashley Webb Photos: Adam Croy
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1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce | FEATURE
Thanks to Harnam’s local
knowledge of the area we were able
to quickly find an ideal photo-shoot
location overlooking Lake Wakatipu,
New Zealand’s third-largest lake
uring our visit
we couldn’t resist
Harnam Sudan’s
gorgeous Alfasud
Sprint Veloce —
finished in bright
yellow and definitely
one of the best
examples we’ve come
across for a while.
Thanks to Harnam’s
local knowledge of the
area we were able to
quickly find an ideal
photo-shoot location
overlooking Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand’s
third-largest lake, covering 293 square
kilometres, and with a stunning backdrop
courtesy of the snow-covered Remarkables, one
of only two mountain ranges in the world that
run directly north to south.
D
Whilst overlooking this incredible vista, I
learned that Harnam’s earliest childhood
memories revolved around playing with
Matchbox cars on a window ledge where he
grew up in London, England. His mother told
him that when he was young, whenever they
went to visit anyone he would always take his
precious Matchbox cars with him, find a quiet
spot, and quite happily play away in the corner
whilst the adults engaged in conversations
more befitting to their generation.
The acquisition of a bright-red pedal car laid
the foundation to Harnam’s ever-increasing
interest in automobiles, and provided endless
hours of entertainment, much to the delight
of his parents. This interest in all things
automotive never waned, and Harnam
vividly recalls the family’s first car — a light
blue Morris Minor 1000 — a classic in its
own right, with simple engineering, basic or
next to no creature comforts, but still full of
endless character.
The second car to join the Sudan household
was a Vauxhall Viva, which Harnam reckons
seemed like something out of the future
when put alongside the trusty old Morrie. He
clearly remembers asking his father to take
the new Viva up to 160kph to prove its worth
— his father replied, “I don’t think this car
can get to 160!” >
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On that initial inspection, Jeff
said, “You Italian car fellas
are awfully brave folk!”
1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce | FEATURE
1979 ALFASUD SPRINT VELOCE
t ENGINE
t CAPACITY
t BORE/STROKE
t COMPRESSION
t MAX. POWER
t MAX. TORQUE
t FUEL SYSTEM
t TRANSMISSION
t SUSPENSION
t STEERING
t BRAKES
DIMENSIONS:
t OVERALL LENGTH
t WIDTH
t HEIGHT
t WHEELBASE
t KERB WEIGHT
PERFORMANCE:
t TOP SPEED
t 0–100KPH
t STANDING ¼ MILE
Still, he gave it a go, and nudged the Viva to about 137kph before the
engine sounded as if it were gargling nails, and he was forced to retreat to
the more humble speeds within the Viva’s comfort zone.
Cars that followed included an Opel Kadet and two Honda Accords.
The Japanese cars, back in the day, were like something out of the future
with electric windows, air conditioning, power steering, and all the mod
cons we take for granted in modern cars today.
THE NOVELTY OF CAR OWNERSHIP
Years later, when he qualified as a pharmacist, the time came for Harnam
to purchase his very own car — a VW Jetta. The experience wasn’t a
pleasant one as the Jetta, unfortunately, turned out to be the worst car
ever, and the novelty of car ownership evaporated pretty quickly after
endless gasket leaks and constant brake issues, to name a few problems.
Fortunately for Harnam, he accidentally drove the Jetta into the back
of his best friend’s BMW only 10 minutes after the Bavarian machine’s
purchase! Not so good for his friend or the Beemer, but good news for
Harnam, as the Jetta was a total write-off.
He then purchased that same friend’s old Toyota MR2, not so much
out of guilt for smashing his BMW, but more for the fact it was a twoseater sports that car seemed to befit a young professional who had just
got his private pilot’s licence as well.
QUEENSTOWN ALFA
In 1998 Harnam left the UK and, after travelling extensively for
about 12 months, he finally settled in Queenstown. His first mode
of transport in New Zealand was a 25-year-old Mitsubishi Lancer.
As you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill car of that era, it wasn’t the
epitome of reliability — the engine haemorrhaged oil at an alarming
rate and was also prone to overheating. Still, it was in pretty good
condition for its age, and it held its worth for three years or so, after
which Harnam ventured into the 4WD market and purchased a
Jeep Cherokee. The Cherokee was great fun to own, according to
Harnam, except when he had to take it to the petrol station, which
was often and very expensive. Harnam also reckons it was a good car
with which to forge a solid friendship with a mechanic — as you’d be
seeing him on a regular basis.
Whilst still in possession of the Cherokee, Harnam decided to
purchase a car which some would also label a ‘money pit’ — yet it was
something he had always had an affectionate admiration for, but never
quite had the guts to buy, an Alfa Romeo.
As luck would have it, a friend mentioned his father was intending to
sell his little 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 Gold Cloverleaf. It was the first Alfa
that Harnam had given serious thought to purchasing, but his fears
were somewhat put to rest by knowing this car’s impeccable history and
its owner. His friend’s father had owned the Alfa since new, and was a
fussy type of person who wouldn’t let the car go 20km down the road if
Four cylinders, horizontally opposed
1490cc
84x67.2mm
9.5:1
71kW at 5800rpm
130Nm at 4000rpm
Two Weber twin-choke downdraught carburettors
Five-speed manual, front-wheel drive
Front: Independent by MacPherson struts, transverse link, coil springs and anti roll bar
Rear: Beam axle, Watt’s linkage, Panhard rod, coil springs
Rack and pinion
Disc/disc, power assisted
4019mm
1610mm
1270mm
2455mm
915kg
176kph
10.2 seconds
17.4 seconds
it was overdue for a service. And, of course, it had always been garaged.
On viewing the Alfa, Harnam found it to be a beautiful little car with
its Giulietta wooden steering wheel and gear knob and, on the road,
it produced that all so familiar chirpy little top note from its exhaust.
Harnam, in turn, would also maintain the car with great fastidiousness,
having found a local mechanic who understood these ‘European rust
buckets’ as they are so often known by more average mechanics.
The 33 stayed with Harnam for three memorable years or so, after
which he advertised it in NZ Classic Car just to see what sort of interest
it would attract. An enthusiast from Wellington gave him a call
expressing serious curiosity in the car, and sent a Queenstown-based
friend, Jeff, to check it out on his behalf. Ironically, Jeff would soon
become friends with Harnam as well.
On that initial inspection, Jeff said, “You Italian car fellas are awfully
brave folk!” However, his subsequent report to the prospective buyer
must’ve been enticing, as the asking price was paid with not even a hint
of an offer below it.
Harnam also parted company with the Jeep Cherokee soon after, as
he embarked on an overseas trip partly funded by its sale. >
SOUTHERN ALFAS — ALFASUD
The first Alfasud arrived in 1972 and came as a bit of a shock to Alfisti, with its
front-wheel drive. Intended to be a genuine entry-level Alfa, the new car was
manufactured at a brand-new factory in Pomigliano d’Arco, a depressed area in
southern Italy. Engineered by Rudolf Hruska, the Alfasud was clothed in a compact
body, styled by Italdesign Giugiaro. It was initially fitted with an 1186cc flat-four
engine, and reviewers were soon praising the Alfasud’s delightful handling. The
two-door Alfasud Ti appeared in 1974 with more power, twin headlights and a
boot spoiler. A few years later the car gained a fifth gear, while engine capacity
slowly increased to 1286cc, 1350cc and, finally, 1490cc. Interestingly, the Alfasud
was also assembled in Malaysia and South Africa.
Total Alfasud production 1972–’83
(all models): 567,093
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1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce | FEATURE
Arriving back in New Zealand, he purchased an old Subaru Omega
station wagon, which he still owns today as a workhorse. It has also
served him well and, indeed, comes into its element during the winter
months in Queenstown, making the crossing over the snow-covered
Crown Range roads a breeze.
ALFA SOUTH
Motoring became just a matter of A-to-B transport for a few years,
until the day Harnam hopped onto a local website just to have a look
at what was out there, and a yellow 1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce 1.5
caught his eye. Truth be told, he had no serious intention of purchasing
another car, even though he’d found himself repeatedly looking at cars
for sale on the computer. This time he eventually succumbed to his
curiosity, and made the call to the Alfasud’s Southland-based owner,
who provided a straight-up matter-of-fact summary of the car. As it
was considerably older than his previous Alfa, and he didn’t know
the owner personally, he was somewhat more cautious on progressing
any further with this one, despite the owner’s glowing appraisal.
Harnam suggested that next time he planned a trip down South he’d
give the owner a ring and have a look at the Alfa, providing it was
still available. Well, fate had it that the owner had a sister working
in Queenstown, and he was planning a trip to see her the following
weekend and suggested he could bring the car up for Harnam to have
a look at. Harnam thought, well why not, it wouldn’t cost anything,
and if anything, it’d probably not stack up to much. He was wrong!
As soon as he spotted the bright yellow Alfa pulling in to his driveway,
he dropped whatever he was doing and ran outside to meet the owner
of this gem of a vehicle. Harnam was sold; he wanted this car without
even driving it. He was, however, handed the keys and given an hour to
do as he pleased with it, before having to pick the owner up in town.
Harnam took the car to a local Alfa and Italian car guru, Eric
Swinbourne, who gave it a good once-over, pointing out some
minor shortcomings before giving it a thumbs up after reviewing its
comprehensive service history.
He parted company with the Alfasud later in the afternoon, and
following a few phone calls a price was agreed upon, and a week later a
trip was made south to collect the car.
This was back in 2006, and since then it has stayed in Harnam’s care,
providing him with immense joy and fulfilment, especially during
his fortnightly trip over the Crown Range. The car itself was in very
good condition when purchased, however, as with all Alfas of that
generation, rust was indeed beginning to rear its ugly head. Harnam
decided to leave the car as it was to start with, and just monitored
its development over the next few years, as it would be garaged in a
relatively dry climate.
SOUTHERN ALFAS — ALFASUD SPRINT
The Sprint was effectively a Giugiaro-styled coupé body atop a standard Alfasud
floorpan. Launched in 1976, the first Sprints featured the 57kW 1286cc as used
in the Alfasud. In 1978, the engine was uprated to 1490cc. Attractive and very
stylish, the Sprint shared all the original Alfasud’s dynamic characteristics —
alas, it also shared the Alfasud’s penchant for rust. In 1983 the Sprint was the
subject of a major facelift receiving, amongst other things, plastic bumpers plus
a new bonnet and grille. Under the skin, the car now sat on the more modern Alfa
Romeo 33 platform.
Total Alfasud production 1976–’90 (all models including Veloce): 116,552
In 2010, Harnam decided to
eradicate the awful stuff and
get the car looking as close to
concours condition as possible.
Bob from Alexandra Panel Beaters
took on the task, and did a great
job of cutting out all the rust,
making up metal patch panels to
fill in all the holes as opposed to
simply slathering on body filler.
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The result was most pleasing and
the Alfa did, indeed, look as if it had
come straight out of the showroom.
For a car of this age, it has been
nothing short of a dream to own,
horrendous or costly repair bills
having never bothered Harnam’s
bank account. Engine maintenance
has been regular, with minimal
problems and, apart from the
According to Harnam, his yellow Alfasud
embodies everything about him — it
expresses its own character and style and
is, indeed, one for the old school
occasional once-over from Eric —
together with oil and filter changes
— the car has certainly never been
the financial pit that so many
Italian classics end up becoming.
According to Harnam, his yellow
Alfasud embodies everything about
him — it expresses its own character
and style and is, indeed, one for the
old school.
SOUTHERN ALFAS
— ALFASUD SPRINT VELOCE
Originally a musical term, veloce — pronounced vee-lowchay and meaning, quite obviously, velocity — has long
been used by car manufacturers to denote a faster version
of a specific model, most notably by Alfa Romeo. As such,
its Veloce version of the popular Alfasud Sprint — first
introduced in 1978 — saw the Alfa’s 1490cc flat-four
pumping out 71kW as opposed to the standard car’s 63kW,
while top speed increased from 165kph to 176kph.
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The Collectors | FEATURE
An
Inch
from
Perfection
When you walk into Allan Inch’s basement, curiosity
soon turns to wonder at the treasures stored there.
And that’s without seeing his other two garages …
Words and Photos Gordon Campbell
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The Collectors | FEATURE
llan’s large basement is crammed with
cars and motoring memorabilia. Most
of the cars are mobile and registered,
but getting some of them out would
require complicated logistics. A
Honda S800 sports car (not running
at present), five Citroëns, a MercedesBenz 190SL, an early Toyota Corolla
and a 1925 Hudson fill the big garage
space.
There are more Citroëns, another early
Corolla and a 1926 Chevrolet Tourer
in the other garages, and there was a
vague reference to yet more goodies
stashed away at other locations.
A
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SHOES OFF
One garage is Allan’s workshop, and I had to remove my shoes before
I could enter! No, I’ve never had to take my shoes off to go into a
workshop before, but I was happy to comply. It was worth it. This fully
insulated workshop would be the envy of most, with an impressive
assortment of machinery, tools, carefully labelled and stored car parts,
an excellent sound system and a television set. It’s a light, warm, and
very comfortable place to be. On the spotless, shiny floor sat another
early Corolla, a 1986 2CV Dolly, a 1925 Citroën 5CV and a 1967
Citroën DS21 Pallas.
The DS21 was originally delivered to an owner in Nairobi, who later
brought it to New Zealand. Allan has owned it for six or so years.
Almost perfect inside and out, and underneath, the car has clearly
led a sheltered life. The original paint sports numerous careful hand
touch-ups by a previous owner, while the seats, under their covers,
look unused, as do the carpets and boot. The car has travelled a mere
138,500km. Being a Pallas, it has the extra touches unique to this
upmarket model, including additional bright trim on the outside and a
more opulent interior.
The 2CV Dolly, nicknamed ‘Blurple’ for obvious reasons, became
something of a celebrity, along with two other Kiwi 2CVs, when it
took part in the Shadow of the Andes Expedition 2012, a 9000km epic
adventure through four South American countries, including mountain
passes and areas with no roads (as featured in NZ Classic Car, January
2013). The car’s bright colours make an already attention-getting 2CV
truly eye grabbing, and there’s no way it could have passed through
South America unnoticed.
Safely back in New Zealand, Blurple had been returned to good
health after her arduous and dramatic journey. Her adventurous days
aren’t over though — in the next year or so she and Allan will join an
Australian outback trek in company with an as yet unknown number
of 2CVs.
The cute little 5CV was a fairly recent addition to Allan’s fleet. He
bought it at the Citroën national rally in Dunedin, in January 2011,
selling a 2CV to make room for it. The 5CV is in very good condition,
but Allan has a few enhancements planned so it will meet his exacting
standards. Its 856cc side-valve engine produces 8kW at 2100rpm. Top
speed is a heady 60kph.
The Chevrolet Tourer has been in his care for very much longer, since
1965 in fact, although its restoration only started in 2010. Now almost
completed, the car is in better condition than when it left the factory,
and it seems too perfect to use. Allan doesn’t plan to drive it much; he
will just be satisfied to have it fully restored at last. >
The Collectors | FEATURE
Back in the basement, the 1951 Citroën Light Fifteen is an unrestored
original. Its engine is worn out and will be reconditioned, but the
rest of the car won’t be touched. It needs nothing else, having hardly
acquired any patina with age.
LAST NUT AND BOLT
In contrast, the 1939 Light Fifteen was the subject of, literally, a last nut
and bolt restoration. Like the Chevrolet, it’s better than when it came
from the factory, and the boot holds a rare set of fitted luggage. Allan
says the car not only looks new, it drives as though it is.
There’s an immaculate 1955 Light Fifteen that’s had a significant
amount of work done over the years, but it has never been fully
restored. It hadn’t been started for nearly two years until shortly
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before my arrival, and yet it fired and ran as though it had been used
frequently. A 2CV Beachcomber is a rare, limited-edition model built
for export markets, and known in its home market as the France 3
to celebrate the French entry in the America’s cup. The Beachcomber
needed an extensive body rebuild to bring it up to its present condition.
LITTLE CAR, BIG FUN
The latest addition to Allan’s collection is a bright yellow Lomax that
was brought from England to New Zealand by its previous owners.
Designed to solve the problem of what to do with rusty 2CVs, the
Lomax was often built as a three wheeler to take advantage of Britain’s
tax laws. Three wheels or four, they shared a minimalist fibreglass body
and an irresistible charm that saw them become quite popular. >
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This Lomax started life on three wheels, and the
fourth was added shortly before the car was shipped
to New Zealand. Allan says the little car is a huge
amount of fun. It’s really no quicker than a standard
2CV, but the minimalist bodywork makes it seem
quick; he describes it as being like a fox terrier.
Some time ago Allan adopted a personal policy,
because of space limitations, of not buying a car unless
he sold one. That’s why a 2CV had to go, to make
space for the 5CV. When the chance came to buy the
Lomax he had to decide which car would be sold. On
looking at his fleet, he realized he had owned his lovely
maroon Big 15-Six for 26 years, and driven it a grand
total of 400km. When he bought it he’d promised to
give the seller the first option to buy it. Being a man of
his word, he offered it back, along with the spares that
had come with the car, and it will soon return to its
previous owner.
Numerous other desirable cars have come and gone
over the years, including a beautiful Jaguar MkV
drophead coupé that Allan now realizes he probably
should have kept.
When he was a lad, he went for a ride in a oneyear-old Mercedes 190SL. He decided then that one
day he would own one, and eventually it happened.
Again, the car has been fully restored and looks
flawless, too good to use, in fact. It’s travelled just
120,000km from new.
Standing twice the height of the Mercedes is the
huge Hudson, another of Allan’s very early purchases.
It was repainted in 1965, one year before he bought it,
and it’s hard to believe the car is otherwise completely
original. It looks like an older restoration, and the
luxurious interior is in almost perfect condition.
DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
Back before World War II, Mr Gray and Mr Inch
were mechanics. They both drove Citroëns, and after
the war, they decided to set up in business repairing
cars, specialising in Citroëns.
The business prospered, probably because of their
motto “Do it right the first time”. >
When he was a lad, he went for a ride in a oneyear-old Mercedes 190SL. He decided then that one
day he would own one, and eventually it happened.
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The Collectors | FEATURE
I was pleased to note that his extensive library
includes a shelf full of NZ Classic Car magazines,
complete from Issue No. 1 to the present day!
The 1951 Citroën in Allan’s basement was a
customer’s car they serviced from new. The owner
was a fastidious shipping-company manager who
insisted it was to be regularly serviced, even when
he was away and it sat in his garage. They would
collect it, service it and return it to the garage.
When Allan wanted to buy the car in 1963, the
owner interviewed him to make sure he would be a
suitable caretaker. Allan sold the car some years later
and soon regretted it, so he didn’t hesitate when the
opportunity came to buy it back.
Gray & Inch held the local Mercedes-Benz, Simca,
Allis-Chalmers and Skoda franchises. At the time
Skodas had a very bad name and were regarded as
a joke, but Gray & Inch created a demand for used
ones by paying careful attention to setting them up
correctly, and transforming them into good, reliable
cars. It got to the point where there was a waiting
list for used Skodas, and Gray & Inch scoured the
country looking for stock.
Allan recalls that after he passed his driving licence
test, he would often fly to Auckland after school,
get a taxi to Otahuhu, collect a new Skoda from the
assembly plant, and drive it home to New Plymouth.
He would arrive back about 11pm and rise early
the next morning to do his milk run before going
to school again. This ensured the early runningin process was done properly, and allowed him to
identify any problems with the car. It also shows that
his work ethic was thoroughly ingrained from an
early age.
WHY THE COROLLAS?
When Allan left school he went farming and
then headed overseas. On his return he helped
out at Gray & Inch, and gradually became more
and more involved. In time he bought his father’s
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shares in the business, and maintained the high
standards the company was known for. In 1963
it was approached by Toyota to become its New
Zealand importer and distributor, but the capital
requirement of £2M was beyond it. Back then,
Cable-Price was one of the few New Zealand
companies with that kind of money, so it took on
the role until Gray & Inch was appointed Toyota
agent in 1966.
The first products were the shovel-nose Coronas,
and Allan remembers some initial consumer
resistance. However, it wasn’t long before they
were flying out of the showroom. Needless to say,
Allan only drives one brand of modern car — he
and his wife have several — and that loyalty hasn’t
changed even though he is no longer involved
in the business. The two Corollas are tangible
reminders of those early years, along with Toyota
service manuals and brochures.
TREASURE TROVE
During the years when Gray & Inch was the
authorized Mercedes-Benz sales and service agent,
Allan also gathered a collection of Mercedes
brochures, manuals, and other literature to die
for. I probably drooled when I saw the two 300SL
Gullwing brochures. It’s all carefully stored in a
climate-controlled room in his basement, along with
every edition but three of Autocar magazine since
1942. I was pleased to note that his extensive library
includes a shelf full of NZ Classic Car magazines,
complete from Issue No.1 to the present day!
There’s weeks’ of reading material in there. Add
plenty of scale models and a large collection of
motor club and other car-related badges, and you
have the proverbial Aladdin’s cave of all things
automotive.
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by Donn Anderson
The Walker rotary-engined car prototype in 1968 with body designer Ferris de Joux (left) and project engineer Dennis Smith in the Auckland workshop
THE NEW ZEALAND–MADE
DREAM
DONN RECALLS SOME
LOCALLY MADE CARS
FROM THE 1960S
THAT DISPLAYED
BOTH INGENUITY AND
POTENTIAL
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n a market starved of new motor vehicles half a century ago,
the idea of a New Zealand–made car was plausible, even if the
economics were based on far from solid ground. Local initiatives
abounded, but were the dreams ever likely to become reality?
New cars were already in short supply when the government cut the
allocation of import licences by 20 per cent in 1966. In December that
year, Motor Industries International launched the low-cost Trekka, a
home-grown utility vehicle based on Skoda Octavia parts and built
in Otahuhu. It was the first Kiwi-built production vehicle to contain
80-per-cent local content.
At the same time, Roly Crowther conceived an idea for a wholly
New Zealand car, and by late 1968 a prototype was well under
construction at a Panmure factory in Auckland. This fibreglass-bodied
two-door sedan had flair, and aroused particular attention because it
was powered by a locally made 1.5-litre rotary engine.
Crowther came with impressive motor sport credentials. He was
the only driver to win the Junior New Zealand and New Zealand
Midget speedway titles in the same year (1945), and took out the
New Zealand title again in 1946 and 1952. As a result of winning no
fewer than 24 feature races at Western Springs, Roly was inducted
into the Western Springs Speedway Hall of Fame in 2008.
In 1967 Alan Gibbs revealed details of his Anziel Nova, which was
hoped to be New Zealand’s first national car, and the prototype I
Kevin Lamb’s Standard Vanguard-based de Joux–bodied GT in 1963
drove on Auckland roads was brisk and comfortable, if somewhat
spartan and totally conventional. Like Rotarymotive Developments
New Zealand, which was working on the Crowther car, Gibbs used
a fibreglass body for the Nova because of the lower tooling costs and
smaller capital/plant requirements demanded by the use of steel.
Modest production volumes also meant steel would be uneconomic.
The Nova dated back to 1964, when Anziel visited Reliant in
England and sought its assistance, along with David Ogle and
Associates which designed the bodywork. At the same time Otosan, a
Turkish company, was developing its similar Anadol car that went into
production in Turkey at the rate of 4000 units a year.
Anziel planned to use a Ford Cortina 1500 four-cylinder motor,
and while a good percentage of parts were expected to be imported, a
higher local content than locally assembled cars was anticipated.
Front suspension wishbones and the rear axle, for example, would
be made in New Zealand. Gibbs became frustrated waiting for
government approval for an allocation of import licences, and the
project was stillborn.
ROTARYMOTIVE
The government of the day did, however, show interest in the
Rotarymotive car, with its attractive body designed by the brilliant
Auckland-based Ferris de Joux. Retired Northland farmer
Hamilton Walker designed the rotary engine and Dennis Smith
was the development engineer. With the same number of firing
impulses per revolution as a conventional 12-cylinder engine, the
rear-mounted twin-rotor motor weighed a mere 18 kilograms.
In May 1967, I visited Hamilton Walker in Whangarei where he
showed me one of his working prototype rotary engines. Walker,
who was then aged 63, had originally farmed at Maungakaramea
in Northland, but became a self-taught engineer at a young age. He
took an interest in rotary powerplants in the 1930s, and actually
designed and patented one. “But lack of time and finance put a stop
to plans at that stage, although I had made up my mind to set my
life to inventing,” he told me. When his sons were old enough to
run the farm, Walker moved to Whangarei and revisited his rotary
engine project in 1960. Within four years he had developed no fewer
than 16 rotary designs, and by 1966 had a total of 30 designs on his
drawing board.
Walker worked on both an air cooled and water-cooled version
of his rotary for the Rotarymotive car, with power output ranging
between 45 and 75kW (60–100bhp) and generous torque. The car
was destined to use a New Zealand–made, variable-ratio automatic
transmission similar to the Dutch DAF. This inexpensive automatic
basically consisted of two belts working in variable cones controlled
with centrifugal weights and an induction vacuum.
New Zealand Classic Car
65
by Donn Anderson
Whangarei inventor,
Hamilton Walker,
with a working
example of his rotary
engine in 1967
Each wheel is driven independently of the other, rather like a limitedslip differential.
Suspension was all independent, with double wishbones, unequallength front, and semi-trailing arms rear, and the ambitious Kiwi car
also boasted front disc-brakes and 13-inch wheels. Roly Crowther was
hopeful that 90 per cent of the car would be made locally, and special
attention was directed at inexpensive production of local parts.
The side windows were not curved, to reduce costs, and both the
front and rear bumpers were identical. A $500,000 manufacturing
company was planned to produce the bodies and complete final
assembly, and contracts were scheduled to be let to more than
30 companies for component manufacture.
The VW Golf-size car was expected to retail for between $1400 and
$1600 — or less than a Mini. Local orders began flowing even before
the prototype ran in February 1970, and an Australian company
expressed interest in importing 5000 cars a year. Within weeks of the
Anziel Nova project being dropped, Pacific Auto Industries (NZ) Ltd
was formed to produce the Crowther sedan — but again production
would never see the light of day.
Walker must have been disappointed his engines failed to reach
manufacture, because they appeared so promising. In 1967, two major
US motor firms were closely evaluating his rotary engines, while a
Canadian company put good money into researching his project.
Walker was also negotiating with a British manufacturer and a large
Australian company over rights to his designs. He was convinced he
had solved the sealing problems that dogged the 70 different rotary
engine designs on offer at that time.
Dennis Smith was a clever engineer who built his own car at 15, and
constructed the tiny Spider single-seater racing car that he crashed at
Pukekohe in 1966. He realized the all-new engine for the Crowther
car required development, but reckoned the characteristics of the
Walker unit gave it considerable advantages over conventional engines,
and also over the Wankel rotary. In the New Zealand car the twin
rotors (each one 750cc) ran side by side, with one firing while the
other was on the overlap.
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Unmistakable Italian influence in de Joux Ferrari GT during its
construction in 1963 (Photo Jack Inwood)
In the New Zealand car the twin rotors (each one 750cc) ran side
by side, with one firing while the other was on the overlap
The Ferris de Joux Ferrari special built on the
ex–Ron Roycroft Ferrari 375 Grand Prix car.
Seen here in the Auckland Domain in 1964
(Photo by Jack Inwood)
FERRIS DE JOUX
De Joux designed the handsome body for the New Zealand–built
Buckler sports cars, and he made six of the bodies before selling the
moulds. In 1961 he designed the good-looking fibreglass-bodied
Standard Vanguard–based two-door coupé for Mangere mechanic
Kevin Lamb. The styling was based on the body crafted by Ferris
for his own Holden-based de Joux GT, and it graced the cover of
Motorman magazine in May 1963.
Kevin removed the damaged original body of the 1952 Vanguard,
made some suspension amendments and trimmed a lot of weight
from the car. He fitted the new, nicely-balanced GT body under the
supervision of Ferris, and modified the engine with a TR3 cylinderhead and manifold. The Lamb machine was listed for sale in January
2013 by a Wellington owner, who described it as a cross between an
AC Bristol Zagato and a Maserati A6G.
In 1963 de Joux had also been working
on his most spectacular car for more than
two years. This was the Ferrari special that
caught the attention of world champion
Jack Brabham when Ferris unveiled it in
the Pukekohe pit paddock at the 1964
New Zealand Grand Prix meeting. His
latest creation was a far cry from his first
1936 Austin Seven Ruby special, and the
body designs for Buckler sports cars.
De Joux described the soft purplecoloured look-alike Ferrari as a GP car
with a coupé body. It was built on the Ron
Roycroft Ferrari 4.5-litre, V12 Formula 1
chassis, was powered by a 3.4-litre
reconditioned Jaguar XK twin-cam
engine, had a rear-mounted gearbox and
de Dion rear suspension.
The chassis was lengthened slightly and
strengthened, while 30 sectional moulds
The late Motorman photographer, Jack Inwood, with the Ferrari GT under construction in de Joux’s Papatoetoe garage in 1963
formed the different body panels.
Ferris de Joux, who died in May 2009 at the age of 73, was New
Zealand’s most talented car designer, and his motoring skills
went far deeper than he would ever admit. I first met the quiet,
unassuming Oamaru-born enthusiast in Papatoetoe when I was just
out of school as a young journalist in 1963, and he was somewhat
reticent about his skills.
De Joux was dyslexic, and one of his first jobs was as a window
dresser for the Milne and Choyce department store in Auckland. But
his real love lay in things automotive. Motorman magazine’s bearded
photographer, Jack Inwood, was a mate of Ferris and lived nearby, so
it was only natural he got to see some of the de Joux creations during
their inception. And it was Jack who introduced me to Ferris.
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by Donn Anderson
The de Joux Mini GT launched in 1970 was acclaimed as the best-looking Mini special in the world (Photo Jack Inwood)
Ferris said the longest task was the finishing. “I spent more time on
the detail work than on any other car,” he said. “The making of the
panels inside the doors took almost a week’s work.” Donor parts from
production cars included modified Austin Farina A40 bumpers and
A40 taillights. The interior trim was finished in light green vynide,
and the car had wire wheels with knock-off central hubs and the
traditional wood-rim steering wheel.
Ferris used the Ferrari as his daily driver for four years before it
was acquired by Gavin Bain, who spent several years returning the
machine to its original racing-car configuration and refitted the
original V12 engine.
MINI GT
Fast forward a year or two, and de Joux was again in the
spotlight. Wearing dark sunglasses and immaculately
dressed in a suit, he looked decidedly like a man from the
Mafia when he turned up for Motorman’s Auckland photo
shoot of his then-new Mini GT in early 1970. He had been
working on the Mini coupé for five years, and when he first
showed us the plans in mid 1965 he described it as “just a
Mini with a Bermuda jacket”.
Around 22 examples of this fifth de Joux project would
be built — and it is arguably the best-looking Mini special
ever produced. The designer discussed chassis construction
with the McLaren development team, which made helpful
suggestions about spot welding to tubing and other
enclosed sections. Ferris looked at the current methods of
stressed panel construction, embodying a new method of
spot welding used on some of the Grand Prix cars. The
de Joux Mini GT used the Mini floorpan, bulkhead,
suspension, engine and running gear but embodied a
fibreglass monocoque above the sills. De Joux said this
allowed for simplicity of design with the freedom to take a
creative approach to the exterior and interior design.
“With the way the body is mounted I can completely
eliminate all body distortion,” he said. “This distortion is
caused by the different rate of expansion and contraction
of the fibreglass and the metal, plus the fact that the body
is exposed to the heat of the sun and is insulating this heat
from the metal underneath. Even the Gordon-Keeble,
which has cost a fortune to develop, is a mass of ripples.”
Here was real ingenuity. A new scuttle was built behind the firewall
to add strength, and the whole car was 76mm longer than a standard
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Mini and 228mm lower. Moving the side-mounted radiator to the
front was purely in the interests of styling, and resulted in a 22-percent reduction in frontal area. The car was another cracking success
from de Joux.
In more recent times there has been the prototype Hulme supercar
but, today, there are few reminders of the New Zealanders who, in a
distant era of restricted import licensing, wanted to offer a plentiful
supply of indigenous new cars and bespoke individual models.
Hamilton Walker died in 1990 aged 87, and Roly Crowther
passed away in 2011. In company with Ferris de Joux, this trio left
an indelible impression on the nation’s motoring history, even if a
production home-grown car remained elusive.
Drawings made by Ferris de Joux in 1965
when he was working on his Mini GT that
arrived five years later
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by Michael Clark
John also competed in the NZ Formula Pacific series (Photo Terry Marshall)
OCTOBER
1973:
ENGINEER
RACER
JOHN NICHOLSON IS YET ANOTHER HIGH
ACHIEVER WHO IS LARGELY ANONYMOUS
— JUST THE WAY HE LIKES IT
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good friend of mine has a great line when people start namedropping — he’ll quietly wait until the right moment and then
say, “When I had lunch with Prince Charles the other day …”
As you may have guessed, I’m about to do some name-dropping.
Let’s flash back to February 2004, the Canterbury Car Club had
finally managed to get Tish and Chris Amon to be its guests at the
annual ‘Classic’ weekend. Toyota had come to the party and lent us a
Prado so I could chauffeur them about. We were due to leave the hotel
soon after breakfast to head out to Ruapuna, and waiting in reception
were Amanda McLaren and her husband-to-be, Stephen Donnell —
both would be joining us.
Over breakfast it occurred to me that, although I’d been to Ruapuna
many times, I’d never actually driven there. I headed out to reception
five or so minutes before we were due to leave, just to make sure I
wasn’t going to be taking these famous names to the car races via
Amberley. The girl at reception had never heard of Ruapuna and, as I
was trying to quickly formulate Plan B, a voice quietly said, “You want
to go to Ruapuna? It’s right out of here …” I thanked him, and he told
me he’d been the day before for the first time since 1969. He admired
the Donington shirt I was wearing and said, “You’re obviously a fan
— here’s my card, please look me up when you’re next in England.”
By now the Amons had arrived, and I realized the man providing
the directions was John Nicholson — engine builder, racing car driver,
powerboat racing champion. “John, you’ll of course know Chris …”
but I assumed incorrectly. So here, in the reception of the Russley
Hotel, I introduced two of the eight New Zealanders to ever start
a Formula 1 Grand Prix to one another. Seconds later I introduced
John to the daughter of the man he first worked for after leaving these
shores in 1969 — none of which would have happened had the lass at
reception been a motor racing fan.
There is a further twist to this story. Over the holiday period I
typically plan my NZ Classic Car articles for the next 12 months.
Being 2004, I worked through the various deeds of Kiwis in years
ending in a four — I knew Emerson Fittipaldi had won McLaren’s
first World Championship, and that the Cosworth DFV that
had powered him that day was built by ‘Nicholson McLaren’ —
October 6, 1974. A wee bit more research, and I discovered that on
that very same day, John Nicholson secured the British Formula
Atlantic championship at the final round.
I figured this had the makings of a story, but I’d never met ‘Johnny
Nick’ and so had no idea how he’d respond to an email from an
unknown from his homeland. That was resolved when I asked
my mate Bob McMurray if he happened to know McLaren’s old
engine builder — “Know him? I was his mechanic when he won
that championship.” Now we were getting somewhere — an email
was sent, and when I mentioned all of this to John his near-instant
response was, “Why would anyone be interested in reading about
me?” I say near instant, because his wife added, “Do you know what
else was special about the 6th of October? It’s John’s birthday!”
to mine, and we met to try and get him to talk history. I’m delighted to say
we’ve remained in email contact ever since. The British Formula Atlantic
championship title in 1974 wasn’t John’s first as a driver — but it was easily
the most significant. After being introduced into the UK in 1971, Formula
Atlantic developed quickly and there was even talk of it taking over from
Formula 3 which, at the time, was struggling. By 1973 there were two
championships and in 1974, John won the more prestigious of them —
the John Player–sponsored series where he beat future Indy 500 hero Jim
Crawford, Tony Brise (one of Britain’s ‘lost generation’ of young stars who
died young), and a certain Alan Jones.
Formula Atlantic was booming, but by 1975, F3 was getting it
together, and in 1976 the Atlantic series imploded in Britain. The
halcyon years were 1973 and 1974 — drivers had the choice of
chassis from such as March, Lola and Chevron while everyone used
the ubiquitous Ford BDD. Johnny Nick’s BDD was, naturally,
built by Nicholson McLaren, but instead of being in the back of
a ‘mainline’ manufacturer’s tub, John used a chassis from the tiny
Lyncar company. The combination worked perfectly — in the more
prestigious six-round Yellow Pages championship he won twice
but finished runner-up to Colin (son of Tony/Vanwall) Vandervell.
However, he dominated the 18-round BP-sponsored championship
SERIOUS CONTENDER
with five wins. This gave him seven wins across both championships
In the many years I’ve been writing about New Zealand motor racing history, — the next most victorious driver having five wins.
It was a great improvement for John and Lyncar — in 1972 they’d
if there was a single common thread amongst the drivers, it is an almost
finished a distant third but with only one win. In 1973, of those seven
reluctance to consider their deeds to have been anything special — and if
wins, the best was undoubtedly at the British Grand Prix where the
there was a prize for the ‘most modest’, Johnny Nick would be a serious
Kiwi prevailed by less than a second after 15 fantastic laps.
contender. Typical of engineers, his interest is in what the next development
And here’s a quiz question for you — there were two other New
will be — what happened in previous decades is largely irrelevant. We
discovered his home while in New Zealand over our summer was fairly close Zealanders in the top 10 that day, answers on the back of a postcard!
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Price On | BY: GREG PRICE ILLUSTRATION: STEVE RICHARDS
The Vehicle
Theft Industry
IT’S A LOT BIGGER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK!
I
n recent times the New
Zealand police have discovered
several chop shops — a
nickname given to the so-called
businesses that make a living
from buying stolen vehicles and
parts either for scrap metal, or for
resale or export. Given that only
around five per cent of containers
for export are ever examined,
the likelihood of discovery when
exporting a container-load of
stolen cars or parts is slim. Clearly
the Vehicle Identification Number
(VIN) system is useless, as the
thieves tend to cut away the entire
firewall containing the stolen
VIN and replace it with another
in their efforts to conceal the
original identity. Contributing to
the problem is the New Zealand
Transport Agency (NZTA)
decision to no longer record
vehicle engine numbers in the
database. Thus, when taking a
stolen vehicle with a new identity
for a Warrant of Fitness (WOF),
the chances of discovery are also
slim. Exacerbating the problem
is the NZTA’s refusal to flag a
vehicle in its database that quite
clearly has a dodgy VIN.
I recently looked at a Mazda
ute. The first problem was that its
colour did not match the Vehicle
Information Report (VIR).
Not really a problem as it had
probably been painted recently.
While the ute cab’s rear window
had the VIN sandblasted into it,
there was no actual VIN plate
on the body or chassis. Closer
examination revealed that the
registration number, and the
cab’s rear window, belonged to
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another Mazda ute. Given I had
to meet the seller on the side of
the road, it became obvious this
vehicle had been stolen and given
another VIN. NZTA was simply
not interested in the information.
Obviously, I opted not to buy this
particular vehicle.
IT’S A STEAL!
New Zealand police figures reveal
that around 20,000 vehicles are
stolen each year. On July 14, 2013,
some 46 vehicles were stolen in
just one day! Approximately 6500
vehicles are never recovered.
Much of this could have been
prevented. Some time back I
wrote about microdot technology
— an additional vehicle identifier
that enables whole-of-vehicle
marking, and involves marking
the vehicle in various places
with between 8000 and 10,000
microdots that will make it easier
to identify recovered vehicles.
Microdots were never intended
to replace other security measures
(such as vehicle tracking, locks,
alarms, and immobilizer systems).
At the time, May 2007, the then
Labour Government proposed
the process to “disrupt organized
crime networks as the sale of
stolen vehicles and their parts
were a major way of funding such
networks!”
I recall the average cost per
vehicle was going to be around
$80, but car importers/retailers
protested at the further erosion
of their profit margins. Two years
later, in May 2008, National
Transport Minister Steven Joyce
pulled the plug on the plans
cent of 40,000 is 13,200 —
which is more than double the
police figures. Assuming the
insurance companies are correct,
you need to double my previously
mentioned figures, and then
realize that the government could
be pocketing as much as $45M
per annum from car thefts! Is
this why there is this seeming
reluctance to introduce any
means of reducing car thefts,
TAX AND INSURANCE
never mind one that is cost
Why didn’t the government pursue
effective?
At $80 per vehicle (a onethis practical and cost-effective
off cost) vehicles could have
method of reducing car theft? Well,
microdots applied at the next
it might have something to do with
WOF and, in a short period of
loss of government revenue. For
time, we could close down the
example, the GST to replace those
bulk of the car thieves. That
6500 stolen cars would be around
would be a good thing, right?
the $10 million mark. In addition,
The downside is the subsequent
there would be around $1.3M in
loss of revenue to government
ACC levies. I’m not sure what the
that would have to be met by …
Inland Revenue Department (IRD)
well, you and me as taxpayers!
would get from the profits on the
Another solution would be to
6500 additional cars, but assuming
dissuade people from buying
everyone involved was paying their
taxes, IRD might expect to see more stolen cars and parts, but with
ineffective border inspections,
than $10M. From that, it would
stolen cars will continue to be
seem the car theft industry is a
exported (and unrecovered). On
significant source of revenue for the
the home front there will still be
government, in that it brings in an
those who continue to buy cheap
estimated $22.8M!
Have I mentioned the insurance cars and parts with no thought
industry? Well, motorists are
about their origins. And as things
paying more than $60 extra
stand in terms of the money
on their insurance premiums
being made from car thefts, the
each year to cover stolen car
government is seemingly not of a
claims topping $100M. While
mind to intervene, and neither is
the police claim around 20,000
anyone else — except, of course,
vehicles are stolen each year,
the New Zealand police who
insurance estimates are double
have done a sterling job in recent
that — with 67 per cent of those times, despite the odds.
recovered and only one-in-five
And that is a very sad reflection
cases solved. Thirty-three per
on New Zealand!
for microdotting, claiming the
potential benefits would be
significantly outweighed by the
cost to motorists — without
supplying any figures. An industry
spokesperson at the time claimed
the cost was “around $400 per
vehicle”. I understand that BMW
does microdot its cars, but there
is no process in New Zealand to
actually use the scheme.
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DISCOVERED WRECKS ALONG NEW ZEALAND’S HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
Morris Minor attracting
attention to the Open
Café — photographed
during the running of
the Pirelli Mainland
Classic Tour, with a
tour entrant’s Minor
convertible parked
alongside
This ‘landcrab’
Wolseley 1800 is still
in remarkably original
condition, but resides in
a field in New Brighton.
The 1800 Austin/Morris/
Wolseley models have the
most spacious interiors
of any four-cylinder car
of their era — they were,
essentially, ahead of
their time
Part of a huge
collection spotted
in Ranfurly,
December 2008
A 1973 Land Rover — an
ex–Automobile Association
Canterbury service vehicle
owned by a neighbour in
August 2011
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This 1951 Lanchester LD10
was, for many years, parked in
a driveway on Avonside Drive,
Christchurch. Trevor owned one
of these back in the ’80s, and
it appears to be completely
original having only travelled
41,371 miles (66,580km)
A 1916 White truck, seen on
the roadside at Roxburgh —
note the solid rubber tyres!
This Ford Model A has been at the
Te Waimate Station for many years.
The station was founded in 1854 by
Michael Studholme, while this Model
A was purchased in 1953 for £35,
and was originally a four-door sedan,
but it was converted into a flatbed
pickup for use around the farm
At Ashburton’s Botanical Gardens this
Lanz Bulldog tractor is now used as a
children’s play vehicle. These German
tractors were built from 1921 right up to
the ’60s, the company being purchased
by John Deere in 1956. Can one of our
readers tell us when this particular
Bulldog might have been built?
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L
ike the owner of this
month’s cover car, from
the very first time Peter
Biggerstaff saw the DeLorean
in Back to the Future, when
he was around six years old, he
was hooked! Peter reckons the
car was just so unique that even
today, the DMC-12 looks as if it’s
from the future. From then on,
the more he learned about the
car, the company, and the man
who started the company, the
deeper the rabbit hole got for him.
Despite the DeLorean’s company’s
eventual failure, Peter believes the
act of establishing a car company
and going from ‘green fields’ to
producing cars is an epic feat in
anyone’s book.
Peter’s work is centred on IT,
and he has always had hobbies
that align with that career, so
when he decided to start hosting
his own website the first thought
that popped into his head was to
make a DeLorean-related site with
a Kiwi theme.
Whenever Peter talks to people
about the car, he inevitably gets
questions such as, “How many are
there in New Zealand?” or “How
much do they cost?” So creating
a site to answer those exact
questions — all from a unique
Kiwi point of view — just seemed
like the natural thing to do.
Peter’s website started off as a
simple table of all the DeLoreans
he knew resided in New Zealand,
and in which city they were
located. However, this simple
listing quickly grew to include
much more information based
around the car and the company
in general.
DELOREAN COMMUNITY
Peter also set up a Facebook page,
which has also really started to
take off, and before long he was
providing more information
on the DeLoreans around
New Zealand. The result is an
active community. Peter is also
frequently contacted by people
wanting to rent DeLoreans for
TV adverts, corporate events
and displays. James Espey, from
the current DeLorean Motor
Company in Texas, has even
sent Peter information on cars he
knows of in New Zealand, and
there’s been an on-line discussion
regarding a genuine DeLorean
barn find.
Andrew, a Christchurch-based
DeLorean owner who contacted
Peter, purchased his car through
a local car sales website and, at
the time, was in the very early
stages of restoring it. Covering the
progress of Andrew’s DMC-12
would become one of the main
focal points of both the website
and the Facebook page, allowing
friends and visitors to keep up
to date with the car’s progress as
Andrew blogged about all the
latest challenges of the restoration.
He also includes photo updates,
and even how-to guides to help
others with their own restorations
or repair jobs.
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As the community continues
to grow and more people get
interested in importing their own
DeLorean, the most frequently
asked questions relate to the best
methods and ultimate cost of
importing one into New Zealand.
With that in mind, Peter created
an on line importation and price
guide to help potential DeLorean
owners locate and import their
own car, as well as a for-sale page
for those cars already in New
Zealand and currently for sale.
Peter is working on adding
more pages to his website.
These will include a DeLorean
Timeline covering all the dates
and milestone events in John Z
DeLorean’s history, as well as
those of the company itself. As
more owners come forward with
their stories they will also be
added.
Peter’s aim is that the site will
eventually become the one-stop
shop for all Kiwi DeLoreanrelated information.
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general and within it
Hamilton, New Zealand’s
fourth-largest city, is a diverse
part of the country boasting
everything from our longest river
and the world-famous Waitomo
Caves, to the incredible Hobbiton
movie set.
Hamilton is also an ideal location
for business ventures such as
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advantage of its ideal proximity to
other North Island regions.
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and body restoration. Paul has
spent a total of 28 years in the
trade, and branched out to start
Bodymods seven years ago. Today,
he and his dedicated team of three
full-time and two part-time staff
enjoy the philosophy of ‘the bigger
the challenge, the better’ when
it comes to classic car restoration
projects, although they always
make the time to fit in smaller jobs
and cater for smaller budgets too.
From handcrafting quarter
panels from flat sheets of steel,
to rust repairs and complete
body fabrication, Bodymods’
metalworking abilities are second
to none. Paul and the team are
well practised with all traditional
coach-building techniques, which
is refreshing to see in this day
and age where most panel beaters
no longer know what an English
wheel is, let alone how to use one.
Paul’s well aware these
traditional skills are no longer
being passed down to the younger
generation, and has taken it upon
himself to ensure they’re not lost
altogether. As such, those skills he
learned through trial, error and
thousands of hours of practice
have been taught to his staff, as
have his patience, business ethic
and attention to detail.
Paul’s long-term goals for
Bodymods are to rescue as many
cool cars as possible, continue
to maintain a productive but
enjoyable workplace, and still be
working with metal at 60-plus.
Bodymods has a firm policy
that if it’s made in metal and you
want it done properly, “Come
and see us!” They proudly work
on Minis to Maseratis, rotaries
to –Royces, and pride themselves
in their diverse knowledge across
an extreme range of motor cars.
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Waikato theme for
this month’s Trade
Professionals section, we now take
a look at Cameleon Automotive
Spraypainters.
There’s one thing for certain for
most of us who own a classic
car — whether it’s already been
restored, about to be restored, or is
an original daily driver — we take
pride in its appearance, particularly
the paint quality and finish.
Andrew Kitson, owner
of Cameleon Automotive
745 Te Rapa Rd, Te Rapa, Hamilton
Mob. 021 287 1001 email [email protected]
Spraypainters, has spent 19 years
in the trade and understands the
requirements of classic car owners
when it comes to paint. He is
very keen on the classic and older
type of cars, and painting latemodel vehicles helps significantly
with keeping abreast of modern
materials and techniques that
can utilised in restoration work.
Andrew also enjoys painting
motorbikes for similar reasons, as
some bike owners like to push the
boundaries, which Andrew finds
challenging and rewarding.
Andrew established there was
no one locally that specialized in
painting muscle cars, classics, or
anyone’s pride and joy for that
matter, despite the fact there are
some outstanding local painters
whose main work flow appears
to consist of insurance / car
dealer-type work. Andrew spotted
an opportunity to take care of
the enthusiast market, which is
otherwise largely only used as fillin work rather than being given
the priority it deserves.
As far as Andrew is concerned,
doing this type of work was
always a long-term goal, and he is
happy to build on the momentum
he’s already achieved. Getting one
of his paint jobs on the cover of a
magazine or seeing it place well in
a car show always brings a smile
to Andrew’s face, and deservedly
so, as he takes immense pride in
his workmanship. His focus is
always on thoroughness. If it takes
an extra day to get it right, then
they put in that extra day, and
that level of commitment is what
classic car owners expect.
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By Ron Ford
A recent release from Brooklin Models is
BRK 186, a 1954 Buick Special four-door station
wagon that follows on from BRK 180, the 1954
Buick Special four-door sedan reviewed in the
January 2013 issue.
Naturally, the lines
of this classic car
have been well
captured by
Brooklin. It is
a completely
new body
casting with a
few subtle differences
to the sedan, apart from
the roofline of course. All the plated
parts are shared with the sedan, except the
bumper-mounted number plates, which carry
the Brooklin model number instead of authentic
State plates (in this case, Michigan). The grille
has a wash of black that helps define the very
thin vertical bars. The trademark side portholes
are nicely depicted.
The interior is well crafted, with typical bench
seats of the era that are correctly devoid of any
pleat lines. The dashboard is picked out in the
same colour as the rest of the interior lining,
although perhaps it should have been a plated
part? An authentic steering wheel completes the
interior. Only the main components are shown on
the base, and the model rides on realistic wheels
shod with nicely-treaded whitewall tyres.
The Buick is painted in Casino Beige with a
brown-and-buff-coloured interior. Unfortunately
the paint is a bit thick, as the smaller
details such as the cast-in badges are
not as well defined as with the
sedan. The wheels are set
off by a brown circle
to differentiate
between the
plated trims and
whitewalls.
Information on
the Brooklin range
of 1:43-scale hand-
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WINNERS
built models can be obtained from Nostalgic
Automotive Miniatures, ph. 09 535 572, or GRM
Models, ph. 03 213 1354. Thanks to Brooklin
Models Ltd, Bath, UK for the review sample.
The 1950s–’60s Bentley Continental is very
popular with model makers. There are examples
available from 1:18 scale down to
1:76, with most being 1:43. A
recent find was a 1:43 Bentley
S2 Continental DHC by Park
Ward, designed by
Vilhelm Koren
according to
the box base,
and made by
the Chinese
‘toy’ maker Road
Signature. I am always
amazed at how accurate these models
are (checked by images on the internet), and this
one seems spot on. There are a few concessions
to the price of $32, such as the rather plasticlooking interior, but it is accurate.
Plated parts are used for the trims and
components such as the bumpers and grille. The
headlights are clear glazed, and the tail lights
are picked out in their correct colours.
The wheels are convincing, but the chassis detail
is minimal. This version is painted silver with
a red interior, and there is burgundy version
available too, along with a Bentley Continental
coupé in the same scale.
WIN CORGI STEAM
LOCOMOTIVE
As a bit of a change from our usual car model
giveaway, this month we’re giving readers the
chance to win this lovely Corgi 1:120 diecast model of Call Boy, an A3 Class steam
locomotive. Introduced in 1927, the A3 Class
trains were introduced by LNER in an attempt
to compete against increased competition from
air and road travel as the demand for speed,
efficiency and luxury grew. Although initially
converted from older A1 units, 27 A3 locos were
built from new. Call Boy entered service on April
19, 1930, and remained on active duty for over
33 years, frequently being used for the famous
non-stop Flying Scotsman run.
This model depicts Call Boy between 1930 and
1937 when it carried LNER apple green livery, a
dome-type boiler and a single chimney.
Thanks to the New Zealand Corgi distributor,
Toymod, we have one example of this model to
give away to a lucky reader — just answer the
following question to be in with a chance to win:
Q: Name the two major UK
cities connected by the Flying
Scotsman run
Go to www.classiccar.co.nz/competitions to
enter this competition, competition closes on
October 24, 2013. You can now buy Vanguards,
Scalextric, Corgi and AUTOart models online
at www.webmod.co.nz — with all models
ordered through the website delivered free to
your door within New Zealand. Not only that,
if you buy a product from the website, simply
enter ‘Classic Car Magazine’ in the promotional
code section and you’ll receive a 10-per-cent
discount off your purchase.
Oxford Set of S1 Land Rovers Q: Name the Rover chief of design who is generally credited as the originator of the
Land Rover concept. A: Maurice Wilks WINNER: Mark Emsley, Hanmer Springs
Scalextric Ford Escort MkII Q: The Circuit of Ireland Rally is the world’s third-oldest rally — but in what year did
the inaugural event take place? A: 1931 WINNER: Trinna Santos, Palmerston North
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ANGLIAS
Although we tend to associate the name
Anglia with the so-called ‘Anglebox’ of the
’60s — the 105E — these small Fords
had been around since the EO4A produced
between 1939 and 1948. Ford first essayed
a panel van on the Anglia platform with
the E494A (1949–’53) and, later, with the
100E-based Thames 300E. However, what we
have here is a model of the 105E panel van
— in this instance, a 1:43 die-cast model
from the Oxford Roadshow collection. Limited
to only 2000 examples worldwide, this Anglia
comes in London Transport livery.
Possibly even more of an iconic delivery
vehicle than the Anglia panel van, the Ford
Thames was once a very familiar sight on
our roads. The 1:43 die-cast model from
Oxford Commercials is finished in Post Office
Telephones livery, and comes complete with
a pair of ladders — perfect for checking out
overhead phone wires.
Thanks to online model shop, Awesome
Collectables, we’re giving away both these
super models — just answer the following
question to be in to win:
WORKS
OF AUTOART
This month we checked out three new
additions to AUTOart’s growing
range of beautifully detailed
1:18 die-cast
models.
First up, for
the racing
enthusiast there’s
this stunning Alfa
Romeo 33 TT12,
modelled on the
1975 1000km Spa
Francorchamps–winning
car driven by Henri Pescarolo and Derek Bell.
Made up of 655 separate parts, this gorgeous model
weighs in at .67kg and features amazing detail —
from the Perspex headlight covers, to photo-etched
grilles, removable rear wheels and an authenticlooking interior and engine bay.
If you prefer road-going cars, how about this lovely
Lamborghini Countach LP400 — a model
of the original Countach before
it gained distended wheelarches and that massive
rear wing. Once again
some amazing detail
is on display within
this model. Finally, for
those with a penchant
for classic Porsches, it’d
be hard to ignore this 356,
finished in silver with an eye-catching
red interior.
All three of these models will only be available in
limited numbers, so get your order in today!
You can now buy Vanguards, Scalextric, Corgi and
AUTOart models online from www.webmod.co.nz —
with all models ordered through the website delivered
free to your door within New Zealand. Not only that,
if you buy a product from the website, simply enter
‘Classic Car Magazine’ in the promotional code
section and you’ll receive a 10-per-cent discount off
your purchase.
Q: What European-only
version of the final 123E
Super Anglia featured a rearmounted spare tyre?
To enter, go to www.classiccar.co.nz/competitions.
Competition closes on October 24, 2013.
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Oxford models? To check out their range of quality models
see www.awesomecollectables.co.nz.
If you have a query, send an email to
[email protected].
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Answers to last month’s crossword #253
Across: 7. Netter 8. Austin 10. Torpedo 11. Boano 12. Reed 13. Atlas 17. Eight 18. Viva 22. McRae 23. Rambler
24. Ghibli 25. Hornet
Down: 1. Unitary 2. Starlet 3. Rebel 4. Sunbeam 5. Steam 6. Envoy 9. Montlhéry 14. Pirelli 15. Airline 16. Garrett
19. Omega 20. Trail 21. Ampol
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Clues Across:
7. Important figure in UK sports car history, driving for or working with Invicta, Riley, and
Triumph pre-war, and post-war under his own name (6) 8. Model name for a successful
late 1960s to mid ’70s series of Lotus sports cars, initially powered by a Renault engine
(6) 10. Early name in Australian motoring history, famed for building the first petrolengined motor vehicle in Australia from 1901–’08 (7) 11. US carmaker, for many years
the mid-price brand and more recently the performance arm of Chrysler (5) 12. Small
backbone-framed sports car from Lotus, built from 1962–’75, and revived from 1989–’95
(4) 13. Series of ERA voiturette single-seaters built in 1935–’36, two of which gave the
driver in 18 across his first major racing successes (1,4) 17. German car and truck builder,
active from 1905, latterly as part of the Borgward automobile combine (5) 18. Siamese
prince and racing driver, active from 1935 to 1955 (4) 22. New Zealand’s F1 World
Champion racing driver, with eight wins and 33 podium placings in 112 F1 races (5) 23.
Landmark Lancia saloon and GT car, built from 1950–’58 and noted for fine road manners
(7) 24. Famous name in UK family car history, a major marque name from 1912–’13
through to 1983–’84 (6) 25. British specialist sports car, originally designed as a modern
successor to 12 across, and built from 1987 to 1991, with a few more produced under
different ownership later in the ’90s (6)
Clues Down:
1. Model name for the 18hp Armstrong-Siddeley saloon built from 1949–’54 (7) 2. Welshmade (1965–’83) sports coupé using mainly the Hillman Imp engine for power (7) 3. US
and Australian word for a saloon car (5) 4. German microcar builder (1957–’58) though
more noted for motorcycles from 1917 to 1984 (7) 5. Britain’s doyen of motoring writers,
active in the field from 1930 to 2011 (5) 6. Model name for Valiant’s well-remembered
sporting coupés in the VF to VH model ranges (5) 9. Marque and model name used by
Holden from 1971–’84 and 1990–2010, and a model name for Nash from 1949–’56 (9)
14. Efficient and aerodynamic saloon from Jowett, 23,307 built from 1947–’53 (7) 15.
British company (owned by Lucas from 1938) noted in the classic era for brakes (and also
clutches and dampers) (7) 16. Anti-lock braking system developed in the early ’50s by
Dunlop, used initially in aircraft before automobile use followed in the ’60s and ’70s (7)
19. Lancia model name, for a car built from 1984–’94, noted for the use of in-line four
petrol and diesel, V6, and V8 engine options (5) 20. Great Scottish racing driver, twice a
Formula 1 World Champion, with a 25 wins from 72 starts success ratio (5) 21. The D of
the classic era P R N D L auto transmission set-up (5)
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MYSTERY CAR
This month’s mystery car dates from 1963–’64,
and was seen in various shows for a while in both
convertible and coupé versions, but never seems
to have made it to production status, though the
Japanese company which commissioned it from an
Italian coachbuilder kept it alive as a project for
two or three years. What have we here? Send your
solution by email, or by snail mail to Mystery Cars
No. 213, NZ Classic Car, PO Box 46 020, Herne Bay,
Auckland by mid October. The winner will be the
first correct entry opened from the entries box.Last
month’s mystery 212 was another joint effort, this
time Innocenti, an Italian company, doing its coupé
version of the Austin-Healey Sprite — it also did a
Spyder version. Our picture showed the rather rare
coupé version of the car, built later in the model
run from 1965–’66, through to 1967–’68 or 1970
(unlikely), according to some sources. Conflicting
production figures vary from around 400 to a
more likely 794. The Spyder version was produced
in considerably greater numbers (7000–9000
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with varying
figures
again) using
both 948
and 1098cc
Sprite running
gear, while
this coupé C
version was
only built with
the 1098cc
engine.
Mechanically the car was the same as the UKmodel Sprite, but the design for the body was done
by Tom Tjaarda at Ghia. The body was built by OSI
in Turin, possibly with funding help from Ghia,
while Innocenti united it with the BMC-assembled
floorpans and running gear. The conversion from
Innocenti Spyder S open-top to the Innocenti C
coupé was done by OSI, grafting a permanent
hardtop onto the Spyder body. At the time of
writing, we seem to have got no successful entries
for Mystery 211, the little Ferves Ranger off-roader
built up from Fiat 500 and 600 parts in the late
1960s.
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1: John Zachary DeLorean’s first job in the auto
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2: Name the Bond girl that John DeLorean
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3: What famous US banking family was an early
DeLorean investor?
4: What was the title of John DeLorean’s early
autobiography?
5: In 1966, DeLorean put forward a car intended
to compete directly against Ford’s new Mustang
— but the idea was shelved by GM. What was
the name of the proposed car?
6: What was the ‘gift’ given to DeLorean when
he resigned from GM?
7: Name the GM project manager who undertook
initial development work on the DeLorean car.
8: What was the early name of DeLorean’s
proposed car?
9: For Christmas 1980 a joint DeLorean /
American Express promotion resulted in a
special version of the DMC-12. Why was it
special?
10: In what year did Stephen Wynne found the
current DeLorean Motor Company?
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TIMELINES
ONCE AGAIN, GRAEME RICE LOOKS
BACK ON THE MOTORING WORLDS OF
100, 75, 50 AND 25 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1913
In 1913, could a car have been regarded as a work of art? This was a point of
law argued in Dunedin when a local man, Charles Shiel, tried to raffle a Ford
car to raise funds for building a new boy’s high school. Apparently Shiel had
obtained a permit under the 1908 Gaming Act to raffle Works of Art. While
the magistrate posed a question to Mr Callan, Shiel’s defence counsel, in
what appeared to be a sympathetic way — “Mr Callan — is not the car a
work of art?” — Callan passed on the opportunity to push the issue. “I have
decided not to raise the point as to whether the motor car was a work of
art,” he replied. Sad, because it could have been an interesting debate. Mr
Shiel was fined £10. The acquisition of Wellington’s new fire engine chassis
was creating more debate than expected. Not over how efficient the new
appliance might be at putting out fires, but if it would be powerful enough to
cope with the city’s hills and the distance to outlying districts. Auckland had
two fire engines, a 93kW unit and a 63kW one. Christchurch, Dunedin and
Napier had ordered 63kW models, so how could Wellington be content with a
48kW chassis? Good grief.
OCTOBER 1938
Morris introduced its newest version of the successful Eight, the somewhat
streamlined Series E. Using much the same chassis as previous Eights,
the new Series E’s points of difference were its modified 22kW (29.5bhp),
918cc side-valve engine, wider body, a four-speed gearbox and faired-in
headlamps. The new offering from Standard in the small-car market, the
Flying 8 model, was more stylish with its Airline-influenced body styling.
Jaguar showed its SS fixed-head coupé available on special order in small
batches, while Bugatti showed off its aerodynamic Type 57, designed and
built by Jean Bugatti for his father’s 57th birthday. This supercharged
straight-eight featured aircraft-style seats, a pre-selector gearbox activated
by a tiny lever, and a massive speedo and tacho. Clark Gable had started
something by cruising around Hollywood in his handsome Jensen V8.
Now the small British firm had sent its seventh drophead coupé to the
Los Angeles film colony. Some of the Hollywood cars used a Lincoln V12
4.4-litre motor. Six ratios were on offer with the fitting of a dual range rear
differential.
OCTOBER 1963
Ferruccio Lamborghini’s new Ferrari competitor, the Lamborghini 350GTV,
was ready in just four months to be exhibited at the Turin Motor Show.
Why did tractor maker Ferruccio create the Lamborghini? “In the past I
have bought some of the most famous GT cars, and in each case of these
magnificent machines I have found fault. They are either too noisy, too hot,
too uncomfortable, not sufficiently fast, or not perfectly finished. Now I want
to make a GT car without faults. Not a technical bomb. Very normal. But a
perfect car.” Vauxhall’s move into the Mini/Imp/Anglia/Herald field with the
super-orthodox Viva got rave reviews. The boxy little 1057cc saloon was
described as a crisp little car, with plenty of space and performance for its
class. Ford showed the short-lived Corsair with overtones of the American
Thunderbird’s slab sides, pointed mudguards and recessed headlights, even
though the Cortina seemed able to occupy the same market slot. The Corsair
and Corsair GT used much the same engineering as the Cortina in a slightly
bigger body, but customer reaction was never very positive for this range.
OCTOBER 1988
Motoring mastermind and creator of the car which changed the way
the public perceived small cars, Alec Issigonis, died on October 9, after
81 productive years. Towards the end of the war he began working on the
agile and likeable Morris Minor — hugely successful by UK standards, it
sold over 1,000,000 units between 1948 and 1972. With money running
out after fuel rationing during the closure of the Suez Canal, Leonard Lord
(who was running BMC) seized the chance to get Issigonis back to design
a revolutionary small car. The result was the all-conquering Mini. Issigonis’
greatest achievement was changing the basic layout of the cars we drive in
search of space and fuel efficiency.
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1979 Ford Escort 1600 Ghia Auto MkII.
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1976 BMW 320 convertible. Storage for
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1961 Holden E.K. Special. Restored
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1975 Daimler Sov. Ute conversion. WoF
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1986 Ford Escort. Tidy condition. Good
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1983 Porsche Carrera. Manual. LHD 911.
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1969 Ford Falcon. One careful owner
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1952 De Soto Diplomat Deluxe. 350
chev. 600 holly carburator, 9 inch dif
and 350 turbo tranmission. BM shifter.
Upholstery in orginal great condition.
$20,000. Ph 027 243 3009
1983 Audi Quattro
4wd Turbo A2
Coupe. 5cyl. White.
Good body. All original.
No rust. Engine has
been removed but
complete. $18,000ono.
Ph 027 652 5847
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1973 Mazda RX2 Rotary Rally Car + a second RX2 sedan (less engine and transmission).
Set up for club rallys and sprints. A comprehensive list of spare parts, single axle car
transporter and an entire spare car! Call John on 021 770 302.
1970 Ford Cortina. Fully restored MkII GTE
cortina. No rust, exc interior. This vehicle is
how it left the factory and runs like a dream.
$16000. Ph 07 8263858 trevor.hennessy@
manukau.ac.nz
1970 Chevrolet Camaro. Plate: GLH70
83,802 Miles. 2 Door Coupe. 3 Speed
$75000. Ph 0274330126
[email protected]
CLASSIC CAR - SEE ALL CARS ONLINE AT WWW.CLASSICCAR.CO.NZ
1999 Nissan Condor. E/windows. A/c Easy
load slide. Tilt deck. Tyre rack. Spares /
fuel rack, winch, low Kms. Suitable for all
saloon cars stc. 159,000km. Located in
Warkworth. $55,000ono 021 917005
1972 Mustang Mach1. 351 cubic inch C6
Auto. 92741 miles. Good condition. One
owner last 22 years. $43000 ono.
Ph 09 263 9047
1970 Ford Mustang. Plate: GLT532
59,800 Miles. 2 Door Coupe. 5,700cc
V8. 3 Speed. Automatic Import History.
$75000. Ph 0274330126
[email protected]
1973 Mercedes-Benz SLC. Recon gearbox. A
steel at this price. $11,000. Ph 07 312 4147
1975 Cadillac DeVille. 4 door pillerless.
500 cubic inch engine. Right hand drive.
28000 miles. Original condition.
$23000 ono Ph 09 263 9047
1973 Lincoln Continental. Original.
Engine rebuilt. A/C. Paint is good. Leather
interior. $20000. Ph 0272971992
[email protected]
1966 Giulia Super. Although the Giulia hasn’t
run under its own steam for some time, it
is fully complete and a proper dose of TLC
would have it up and running again.
Ph Penn McKay on 09 444 0424
1970 Morris 1100. Rare and unique
opportunity. Mint original pristine condition.
Unbelievably low mileage (23,815 km).
Located Blenheim. $18,000. Ph 04 388 3994
[email protected]
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1957 Morris Minor. Previously owned by
a local Morrie club president servicing
has been first class. Possible trade
plus cash$$$ for adventure type bike.
$4500ono. Ph 075734749
1965 Ford Mustang. Good condition. 4
speed manual. Goes very well. Have had a
lot of good times in this car. $32000.
Ph 0297755037
[email protected]
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2001 Bentley Azure. 6.75l 400BHP
Turbo-charged V8. Full Service History
through Bentley Service at Giltrap Prestige.
A true automotive icon. Oustanding
condition. $POA Ph 021 905 924
1952 Jaguar Mk VII. Pristine condition.
Recently restored. Engine overhauled
approximately 3000 km ago Immaculate
paint job. No rust $25000. Ph 027 231 6755
[email protected]
New Zealand Classic Car
95
AUCTION REPORT
1973 HOLDEN KINGSWOOD 253 V8 SEDAN EX COMMONWEALTH GAMES CARS
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here were 169 Kingswood Cars that
were commisioned for the 10th British
Commonwealth Games in 1973. It
is estimated that there are only 30 Games
cars left in varying degrees of repair. All
have: Rostyle Wheels, Tripod Gauges in the
dashboard (Fuel, Oil, Temp), Oyster coloured
upholstery, distinctive red and blue stripes.
The two going up for auction at Turners
Auctions in Christchurch have the same owner
and both have had light restorations. Both
are attractive cars. Current owner has owned
since the late 1990’s and is pricing the vehicles
to sell as he has a new project in mind. They
always attract considerable attention especially
as a pair and are popular for weddings etc.
Photos and details listed on www.turners.co.nz
as from 01 October 2013. You can view these
cars at the Turners Classic Car Auction which
is on the 19 October 2013. Call 03 343 9850
for more info.
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1995 Genuine Indy Pace Car Corvette.
Complete with build sheet. Totally original.
Would deal into F5000. $49500.
Ph 09 431 5118
1989 Camaro IROC. Been complied WoF.
Ready for the road. B&M Shifter. Nice car
to drive. $16995. Finance Possible.
Ph 09 431 5118.
1993 Genuine Indy Pace Car Camaro.
Very low mileage. 1 owner in NZ. Would
deal on F5000. $39500. Ph 09 431 5118
1989 Corvette convertible. Blue metallic.
Mint car. New top. New tyres. Beautiful
leather. Power seats. $22990.
Ph 09 431 5118
1967 Ford Mustang . Very rare. 4 speed
manual top loader. New leather interior. Almost
all chrome is new. Brand New 17” American
Racing rims and tyres. Very fast and very
stunning. $75000. Ph 021 911 360
1974 Chevrolet Corvette C3. An outstanding
original example. Genuine factory parts used
throughout. Full transmission rebuild and
mechanically maintained regularly.
$48500. Ph 021 543 076
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1955 Cadillac Coupe. 1955 dream car. very
good condition. Will trade boat, or why to similar
value. Text me your silliest offer today, and we’ll
see what sticks. $48000. Ph 021 867 226
96 New Zealand Classic Car
1965 TVR Tuscan. This is a wonderful
unique opportunity to purchase from what
I gather the only TVR Grantura 1800S
in the Southern Hemisphere. Ground up
resto. $70000. Ph 03 326 3338
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1977 Bedford Cf. Much loved motorhome has
been seen to by engineers and mechanics. She
is powered by 350 Chev, with 350 turbo trans
(Never worry about hills in N.Z. ever again!!) 4
Birth. Many extras $12000. Ph 021 236 7865
1928 Ford Model A Coupe. Beautiful
condition $29000. Ph 03 528 4084
[email protected]
1987 Ford Falcon. Rego on hold. Has been a
good wagon for years but needs a little tlc with
bodywork .has a nissan ld28 engine. recent
welding done on the tray. Used on the road up
until beginning of year. $500. Ph 021 150 8892
1971 Ford Falcon. Good cond. 99,000 miles.
Two owners. Duel fuel petrol and LPG. Goes
well. Interior has a rip on the front seat. The drip
rail chrome on the passenger side is missing.
$12000. Ph 09 408 5480
Ford Falcon GL 1986. Very good
condition. Rare 5speed manual. Drives
like a dream. 1 owner from new. Good for
Falcon enthusiast or collector.
$4750. Ph 027 279 912.
1984 Ford Capri. Fuel injected 2.8l V6.
146000 miles. Original condition in need of
some work. Tidy and straight, no rust. WoF and
reg. $10000ono. Ph 07 345 7378 after 7pm.
1981 Ford Cortina MkV Ghia . 5 speed. WoF.
Interior very tidy for age. Tyres all good. Engine
good. Has headers fitted. Brake calipers and
master cylinder have been refurbished. $5000.
Ph 03 329 7006
1972 Chrysler Valiant. AP8 8 cylinder
5520cc. Auto. 2 owners. Fully undercoated
and rust proofed. In its original state and in
great condition. Tow bar. Good rubber.
WoF & rego $12995. Ph 07 884 4246
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1974 Jeep Wrangler. Soft cover is in 98% near
new condition and has never been used. All
tyres 95% near new. 3.5L Heme motor purs
just like it should. Tired body and wiring. An
excellent project. $2000ono. Ph 021 494 347
1975 Holden Kingswood. Holden HZ One
Tonner Flat Deck Ute. 202 motor with
4 speed manual trans. Secured toolbox
on deck.Reg/WoF. 5 star alarm. Runs
extremely well. $10000. Ph 021 843 849
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1975 Chevrolet Monza. Very rare. New
upholstery. Thousands spent on this car. Reco
350 V8 Chev. Been in NZ since 1978! Good
condition and no rust! Car cover. Rear screen.
3” pipes. $23995. Ph 021 425 432
1967 Buick GS. Only GS reg’d in NZ.
One of about 200 built. Running a 340, 4
barrel auto. Runs sweet. Would drive any
where. 5 factory rally rims. 2 owners. Rare
car! $27500ono. Ph 03 313 1997
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CLASSIFIEDS - CARS FOR SALE
Wanted - MK1 Zephyr convertible. Consider all –
Basket case to fully restored. Car stays in NZ all
replies answered. Bruce Fleming Ph 027 963 6679
or [email protected]
For Sale - Studebaker Hawk wanted. Any model
considered. Must be in tidy condition.
Ph 03 313 8965 or 021 421 577
For Sale - 1980 Fiat X19. 1500 5speed. No rego.
Goes well. Has number plates. Small rust area by
glass. Comes with new screen glass. Offers. 027
248 7192
Wanted - Range Rover 2 door classic. Must be
very very original. Would consider all conditions.
Prefer outstanding. Phone Roger 027 5553285
Wanted - MGBGT with chrome bumper ‘70-’74 in
top authentic condition throughout with matching
under bonnett colour. As shiny as the rest, with o/
drive. Private cash buyer. Ph 09 294 7794
For Sale - 1969 Fiat 850 sport coupe. No reg. Good
condition. Goes well. With spare panels, lights,
glass and mechanical bits. Has rego plates. Offers
round $1,200. Ph 027 248 7192
Wanted - Morris Minor truck, ute or van. Pre 1974.
Ph 03 322 6997
For Sale - Triumph 2000. 1967 rego on hold.
Mechanically and internally ok but needs rust
repairs for wof. $400 ono. Ph 04 577 0350
For Sale - Morris Isis, Series I. Repowered with
Wolseley b/110. Dereg, restoration project. $500firm. Ph 03 3242 446
Wanted - Honda S2000 wanted in silver NZ new
Ph. 03 579 4431 or 021 333 668
For Sale - Datsun 120 Y 1977 manual sedan,
original, new 40 mm Dell’Orto carbs , rust repairs
done, needs painting new wof, REGO ON HOLD
$14,000 ono more info Ph 027 683 9050
Wanted - Rover Mini Cooper 1275cc. 4speed
manual. In original tidy condition. 1990 to 2000
model. Call Mike 09 436 0046.
Wanted - Z.H. Ford Fairlane Marquis 1970s. Must
be in mint original condition. Ph 03 303 7290. Ph
023 348 6855
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Wanted - An old carless day sticker, or at least
a photo of one thanks. Please txt Roger 027
5553285
Wanted - A40 Farina dash top. Wiper motor & body
parts. Ph 03 323 7744
For Sale - New exhaust headers. Headman USA
made. For Rover V8. $500. Ph 06 845 4970
For Sale - Mercury 46-47 front badge. Offers Ph
021 030 9480
Wanted - Hardtop to fit 1955-57 Ford
Thunderbird. Any cond. Ph 06 759 9082
For Sale - Triumph Dolomite parts. Body and
mechanical. Too many to list. Also some Herald
bits. Prices neg. Email [email protected]
Parts wanted - BMC 3.9: 1 ( 10 X 39 TEETH ) diff
head assy, P/N BTA 1222. As fitted to Sprite /
Migets, later Riley 1500 & later Wolseley 1500.
Must be a usable item, Ph 06 843 9523
Wanted - Black plates with letters HK,HQ or year
plates by collector, please ph/txt 021 0694140, or
email [email protected]
Wanted - Petrol cap reflector (Combo) for Humber
Super Snipe 1963. Call David 07 889 7851
For Sale- Chevrolet 350 motor, fitted with TPI and
3 stage automatic transmission. Lots of chrome.
For details and photographs contact Mike 04)567
3302, [email protected]
For Sale - Aussie Street Machine Magazines
1981/82 to 2005,complete set $600ono,will not
sell as singles.Ph (03)5442987.
Wanted - BMC 1800 motor preferably complete
and in running order. Ph 04 577 0350
For Sale - 600x16 crossply tyres, All warrantable.
Open to offers. Ph 04 577 0350
For Sale - Pontiac TransAm alloy centre caps. Suit
honeycomb rims. As new $300 (new cost $500)
Ph 03 543 2104
For Sale - 15x7 Honeycomb rims(x4). Suit Pontiac
Transam 71-76 models or Holden Monaro 77-79
GTS + LE models. Tidy condition. $400ono
Ph 03 543 2104
Wanted - Gearbox speedometer drive unit for
Zephyr MkII. 4speed plus cable. Ph 09 438 0966
For Sale - Workshop Manuals. Datsun Sunny 78-82.
Vauxhall Viva @ Firenza. Ford 8 @ 10HP 32-37 $15
each Plus Postage. Phone 06 3642442
For Sale - Number plate ‘PORSCH’. For the
Porsche owner, must increase in value! Offers to
Ph 0211666450.
For Sale - Workshop Manuals. Hillman Hunter 710
Pages by Chrysler UK $25. VW Golf @ Jetta 74-84.
Falcon XY-XB $15 each Plus Postage Ph 06 3642442
Wanted - Bonnet Finisher moulding for 1971
MGBGT recessed grille model Ph o6 8777436
For Sale - 1964 Cooper deluxe project, straight
shell, surface rust, box of bis, engine, subframes,
complete doner car plus 5 new 165/70 Dunlop
Formula R tyres. Ph: Nick 027 383 7457
For Sale - Personalised plates for sale. 280BNZ to
suit any model Mercedes Benz 280. $900ono Ph
Tim 03 544 0045
For Sale - Owner handbooks. Datsun B310, Austin
Morris Mini, VH Commodore, Lada Samara. $5.00
each. Ph 03 3242 446
For Sale - Chevrolet parts catalogues (3) Covers
fullsize models 1965-1975, plus sales brochures
and owners manuals for same models. Sell as one
lot P.O.A. Ph: 07 828 4872
For Sale - Car manuals. Vauxhall Viva HB, Velox
Cresta 1957-72, Morris Oxford V&VI (etc), Morris
Marina 1500/1750, Austin Maxi 69/81, Ford
Falcon (6cyl), XY-XB. $20 each. Ph 03 3242 446
For Sale - Air compressor. Ingersoll-Rand Type 30
12 C.F.M two stage compressor with intercooler and
aftercooler. 3 phase motor. Suit spray painter. $2000
Ph 07 828 4872
For Sale - Motor cycle handbooks, Velocette (pre
1965), Rayleigh Mopeds, Ariel Arrow 7 Leader
Suzuki (pre 1967). $10 each. Ph 03 3242 446
For Sale - American car books for sale. Collection of
varius 1960s-70s era repair manuals and general
interest. For details and prices. Ph 07 828 4872
Wanted - Puch motor scooter parts. SR 150 1958.
Motor required and other parts. Books. Ph 06
758 4244
For Sale - Holden Torana clutch plate (NEW) Fits LC/
LJ models with 6 cyl engine and 4-speed gearbox,
14 spline type $30 Ph: 07 828 4872
Wanted - BLMC 1100/1300 One front hydrolastic
Displacer unit. Ph 855 4902
For Sale - Tyres (NEW) Firestone 7.75x15x4ply
$1500 set of 5 plus shipping and handling. Ph:
Ronald 09 278 3888 evenings.
Wanted - Cortina Mk5 rear bumper with brackets
and plastic end pieces. Ph Vincent 09 827 7640
For Sale - Ford 1600 cross flow 2737E Block new
rings, gaskets etc. Needs putting together. 2V
Weber $800. Ph 03 693 7171
For Sale - Ford toe plates 1912 solid brass ford
logo in centre. Put on wall or car $200 for the pair.
Ph 03 693 7171
For Sale - Workshop manuals. Ford Zephyr - Consul
1951-1995, Commodore VH 4cyl. 1981-1982,
Bedford CF Van 1969-1986. Ford Anglia 105E.
1959-1968. $15 each plus postage. Ph 09 412 8032
For Sale - 5/15 inch 72 spoke chrome wire wheels.
2 with tyres only done 3000 miles from new. 2 in
average condition. 1 rough condition. $1200 the
lot. Ph 07 544 1245
Wanted - Skoda 120LS bonnet. May be interested
in other parts. email [email protected]
For Sale - MGB parts 1968. Wire wheels & hubs,
gearbox with overdrive, bodyshell (needs new
sills), various other parts Ph 03 5742077
Wanted - New steering suspension and other parts
for vintage and post vintage cars. Ph: Ronald 09 278
3888 evenings.
For Sale - Jaguar 1997 XJR mag wheel with brand
new Z rated pirelli tyre fitted. $400 ono Call Mike on
0274834966
For Sale - Alfa mag wheels, set of five, to fit model
156. 5 stud,also fit fiat and lancia models. $280 ono.
Call Mike on 0274834966
For Sale - Number Plates. TOPAZ I. Top as 1, Topaz eye, for
any horoscope fans, the one who see’s all. Great plates at
$1000.00. GIZZRR. A must for the prime example of mitsi
GSRs. There can only be one GIZZRR as they are called.
These plates came off one of the best gsr’s around back
in the days, been my shed ornaments for over 10 years.
Be the next proud owner of these plates an increase the
value an sale potential of your gsr. $3000.00. ROSS 7.
Where are you Ross. numeral under 10. These plates are
a true investment and available for sale after 14 years.
$10,000.00. [email protected]
Model Cars (and some commercials and tractors).
Mainly 1/43 scale, by Schuco, Norev, Verem, Rio,
Brumm, Somerville, Western, Rex, Heco, Ramei,CMC.
etc., spanning over 100 yrs (veteran, vintage, pre/post
war and modern) including Austin 7, 16, 10, A35, A60,
1100, 105, Mini, Allegro, Healey), Morris (33 Minor,
Series E, incl. Convert), 1935-38 8 Saloon/ sports.
Hillman (1952 Minx, 1948 10 saloon and convert.),
Humber, Hawk s/w and Snipe, Rover P5 d/h, 3ltr,
1998 ‘75. Standard 8,12,14, Wolseley (1500, 18/85),
Vauxhall (14 DX, L.I.P. convert Victor FE, Corsa, PB
Van, CA Pick up), S/Talbot (90 and Alpine), MG A,
B, SA, VA,TD/ Arnolt, Y, Magna, Magnette. Jaguar
(SS, MkV, XK120/140, C, D, S and E-types, XJS, 420,
Series 3, XJS), Morgan (1935, 1995), Jensen–Healey,
Interceptors, Aston Martins and Lagondas, Daimler
8, Conquest, Majestic. Rolls-Royce and Bentley ( all
eras), Singer Le Mans, SM 1500. HRG, Fords (10hp.
1936-1953, 65 Cortina, Comsul Mk 1 convert, Zephyr
Mk 1, Mk 11 and s/w, Escort s/w and RS 5, Comette,
Taunus, Capri. Triumph (TR5, TR6, Spitfire IV), AC ACE,
Bristols, Jowett Javelin.
Borgwards. Goliath, Lloyd, Skodas (1938 onwards)
DKW (incl. vans), Auto Union NSU, Goggomobile,
Freia, Messerschmidt, Isetta, Tempo (3 whlr comm.),
Isotta-Frascini, Adler, DAF. Pegaso, Vespa and various
Lamborghini, Maserati, Lancia, Audi, Simca, Panhard,
Bugatti, Volvo, Saab, Ferrari (Superamerica etc.),
Hispano-Suiza, Fiat, Alfa Romeo as well as many
models of Renault, Citroen (over 100 incl. DS, Chapron,
2CV, C models), Peugeots, BMW (incl. EMW), Mercedes
Benz, Opel, Volkswagen (incl. well-side, vans, campers),
Porsche. Concept cars (var.), Citroën, VW, Peugeot,
Exelero, Jaguar .
American Fords (1932 coupe, 1935 coupe/sedan/
woody, 1947 sedan, Bonus, 1959 Country Squire,
Mustang, Fairlane, Edsel, T-bird, F100, Ranchero,
Mercury, Lincoln, Plymouth, Dodge, De Soto, Chrysler,
Nash, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Hudson woody, Terraplane,
Studebaker, Packard, Buick (incl. woody). 1939 sedan,
convert coupe. Lincoln Zephyr
Japanese incl. Skyline, Corolla, RAV4, Evolution, 300ZX,
S800, RX7, Subaru.
Grand Prix/Formula One incl. Ferrari, Porsche, Lola,
Lancia, Cooper, BRM, and (recent) German Racing
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Tractors: Ferguson, Fendt, Eicher, Lanz, Porsche,
Hanomag, MAN, IHC/Harvester, Claas.
Trucks: (incl. Fire Dept., and Petrol tankers), OPEL,
Borgward, Hanomag, Mercedes (and Unimog), DAF,
Volvo, Kenworth, MAN, Magirus, Krupp, Bussing,
Citroën.
Motor cycles: BMW (R25/3, 60/2, 75/6, 90/s, K1200),
Horex, DKW, NSU, Kriedler, Zundapp, Heinkel, Triumph,
Ducati, Norton.
Schuco tinplate (repros, Oldtimers, etc.) and tiny
Piccolos (solid metal 1/90).
Schuco/Distler 1/24 Military figs. (Waterloo etc.)
The above are representative of those in stock now.
All imported direct. Give Roger a call (or leave a
message) on Ph/Fax (09) 309 0939, (520 4286 pvt.).
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Scarred for Life by a DeLorean
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his month we chatted with two classic
aficionados who both share massive
enthusiasm for the stainless steel-wrapped
confection dreamed up by John Z DeLorean,
the man who, during his lifetime, could quite
legitimately have referred to himself as the ‘father
of the muscle car’. For those that don’t know,
DeLorean created the muscle car by the simple
expedient of dropping a large-capacity V8 into a
mid-size sedan — think Pontiac Tempest and, of
course, the legendary Pontiac GTO. Amazingly
successful at General Motors, DeLorean didn’t
do quite as well following his split with it and,
although he would achieve his dream of placing
his name on a model of his own, the car that
resulted — the DMC-12 — was something of a
let down and certainly wasn’t a sales success.
However, an odd thing happened just as
DeLorean’s company was stepping into seeming
oblivion. A bunch of Hollywood producers
decided to put together a time-travel movie, and
rather than build a static time-travel machine,
they opted to design their machine into a car.
The vehicle chosen was a DeLorean DMC-12,
no doubt because of its futuristic appearance.
The real-life DMC-12 — powered by a wheezy
2.9-litre V6 — was hardly a road-burning car;
cynics pointed out that the time to reach 88mph
(or 142kph, and the speed at which the movie
car’s flux capacitor activated) would be longer
than the final movie! Alas, all the on-screen
publicity provided by the DeLorean’s appearance
in Back to the Future wasn’t enough to spark sales,
though the film certainly helped to further the
DMC-12’s current cult following. Indeed, there’s
now a new DeLorean Motor Company providing
parts and restoration services for the present-day
DMC-12 owner.
Most probably we shouldn’t be too surprised
that the DeLorean did, eventually, benefit from
its ’80s dose of movie magic — plenty of cars
that achieved star status on film have since risen
to the point of motoring legend.
When Popular Mechanics magazine printed its
list of the top movie cars of all time, the timetravelling version of this month’s cover car finished
in fourth spot. No real surprise that 007’s Aston
Martin DB5 held down number one. Mind you,
I’m not sure I would’ve put the ’77 Pontiac Trans
Am that appeared in Smokey and the Bandit in
third place ahead of the DeLorean and Steve
McQueen’s Mustang from Bullitt — although
the inclusion of the Mad Max Falcon was a nice
down-under touch.
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When it comes to the Back to the Future
DeLorean – when that appeared on the big
screen in the ’80s I was long past being an
impressionable teenager. Having said that, the
DeLorean DMC-12 is the only movie car to
have made a real mark on me — and I mean
that quite literally! When I was photographing a
DeLorean for an article that eventually appeared
in the November 1997 edition of NZ Classic Car,
I caught my bare arm on a sharp stainless edge
around the passenger door lock. I left a bit of my
DNA on that DeLorean and it, in turn, left me
with a scar that I have to this very day.
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The DeLorean DMC-12 was immortalised in the ’80s flick, Back to the Future, and the owner
of our featured car is full of enthusiasm for the movie — flux capacitor anyone?
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Time travelling to Prohibition-era US of A with an amazing Lincoln-Zephyr V12 Coupé –
a car owned by Kiwi drag-racing legend, Garth Hogan
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On our recent trip to the
South Island, we uncovered
this lovely Alfasud Sprint Veloce
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We visit New Plymouth to check Allan Inch’s
extensive collection of classic cars and automobilia
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to reproducing rare auto parts? We look at the
processes involved and check out a 3D-printed Aston Martin
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1. Copy of advert from The Evening Post, November 29, 1969 2. Photo of car with original New Zealand owner, Graham Chamberlain, racing at (possibly) Ruapuna
3. Photos of the bits bought by Don Jamison in 1998 4. Photos of the finished vehicle today
Lots of Trouble, Usually Serious!
I
n 1998, to my wife’s
everlasting regret, she
suggested that I purchase —
for my birthday — an original
Lotus 7 that was advertised in The
Christchurch Press in completely
knocked-down condition. Having
previously been the proud owner
of a 1958 Lotus Eleven and a
1962 Lotus Elite, I needed very
little encouragement, and the
heap of bits, collected together in
banana boxes, was duly acquired.
Having literally fallen to bits,
the car had been off the road for
18 years.
I am interested in trying to
establish the vehicle’s early history
and, in particular, trying to
find the person who originally
imported the car. If he or she is
still around, I am sure they will
remember the occasion very well.
Upon being imported into New
Zealand from the UK, the car
was seized and impounded by NZ
Customs, and subsequently sold
at public auction on December 6,
1969. The auction was conducted Zealand owners.
by Wright Stephenson on behalf
Many of your older readers
of the Government Stores Board / will remember the difficulties
NZ Customs, and was purchased that existed in the late 1960s
by Graham Chamberlain of
regarding the purchase of a new
Palmerston North.
vehicle within New Zealand, or
The car was registered on the
the importation of anything from
same day as the auction as
overseas. With the currency
a 1968 vehicle, with a
regulations that existed
speedometer reading of
at the time, it was
240 miles (386km).
virtually impossible
Letter of the
Although not shown
to do either unless
on the registration
one was privileged
certificate, the car’s
enough to have
colour was white.
access to overseas
After purchasing
funds. As a result of
the remains in
the existing regulations
1998, I managed to
there were many instances
establish contact with Graham
of people trying to circumvent
Chamberlain who was, by that
the system. I can only presume
time, living in Motueka. He was that the original owner, who
very helpful, but unable to shed
was trying to import the car
any light as to who the person
from the UK, was guilty of
was who had imported the car
such a misdemeanour resulting
into New Zealand. Regrettably,
in the car being confiscated by
Graham has since passed away.
Customs. As a result of scouring
In the intervening years the car
The Evening Post records for the
would have had several New
period, I was able to find the
MONTH
Peter Lodge
and Baloo
W
ith regard to your two
features on my career
in motor sport — great
story, and both articles came up
a lot better than I was expecting.
I have had a lot of calls and have
been spoken to by heaps of people
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advert offering the Lotus for
auction. At the same auction
there were also two MercedesBenz vehicles that had also been
imported and similarly seized
by Customs, no doubt for a
comparable breach of regulations.
I am pleased to say that after
several years of restoration, the
Lotus was finally re-registered in
2005. Every effort was made to
restore the car as near as possible
to original condition, and I would
like to think that it is one of the
best examples around.
Hopefully through your columns,
the original importer may come
out of the woodwork.
Don Jamison, via email
That’s a great story, Don. Next time
we’re looking to feature a Lotus 7 in
the magazine we’ll come a-knocking
on your door. Now, it’s up to our
readers to see if they can winkle out
the information Don is looking for
— if you can help, drop me an email
at [email protected]. AGW
who all say the same thing — great
stories with really interesting bits
and pieces. One friend said, “These
stories have really filled in all the
detail that I was unaware of.” I’ve
also had some great comment on the
early days of North Shore rodding.
Thanks again for a great story.
Peter Lodge, Auckland
Kudos to our man, Gerard Richards,
for putting together such an interesting
series of features. AGW
What a Duesy #1
I
’d just like to correct an error
in the September edition
of NZ Classic Car. In bold
writing on the front cover
you wrongly state, “The Only
Duesenberg in the Southern
Hemisphere.”
This, of course, is untrue.
Australia does, in fact, have a
Duesenberg — not the wonderful
Model J, but the perhaps
lesser-known Model A. Not as
glamorous, but still a genuine
Duesenberg.
Although I am not certain,
I am led to believe that this car
was purchased new into Australia.
However, you missed out the
real story of the car. A weekby-week photo essay of it being
restored would have been great to
see, along with the wonderful
way it showcased the restoration
prowess of Kiwis in a small town
such as Wanaka.
The other story about this car,
which has not been published, is
how it ever managed to get out
of the US. By law, Duesenbergs
are a protected icon, and cannot
be exported from America (it’s
the same with a Bugatti Royale
out of France).
Rumour has it that this car
was exported through Canada.
Obviously, at the US/Canadian
border it is, perhaps, not so hard
to cut through the red tape.
Now there, I have given you
ideas to fill the next issue.
Joe Tyler, via email
Alas, we didn’t know of the
Australian car until now —
however, it was still an eye-
catching cover line. Yes, we
would’ve liked to feature some
images of the car under restoration,
but that simply wouldn’t be
possible for a number of reasons
I’m not at liberty to explain here.
I do like the idea that it’s illegal to
send a Duesenberg out of the US,
but I doubt if it’s founded on fact
— and if the same idea is correct
for the Bugatti Royale, then the
French authorities weren’t too good
at enforcing that ‘ law’ — only two
of the six Royales ever made reside
in France! AGW
What a Duesy #2
IT’S A DUESY!
1934 DUESENBERG MODEL J
I
just had to write in and thank
you for the great story on the
Wanaka Duesenberg — we’re
planning a family holiday to
Queenstown this coming summer
and I’ll definitely be adding a
visit to Warbirds and Wheels to
the to-do list. It’s a shame you
couldn’t get the car out of its
museum location, but I assume
the owners would be very careful
with such an expensive vehicle
— nevertheless, I reckon your
photographer did a great job of
capturing its lovely lines. A big
plus was the included poster —
mine’s already on the garage wall!
Pete Leigh, Wellington
Glad you enjoyed the article, Pete
— Ashley certainly enjoyed meeting
up with the Duesy. AGW
Auto Restorations
T
hanks for your
excellent coverage of
Auto Restorations of
Christchurch (NZ Classic
Car, August 2013). By happy
coincidence, the feature
appeared the same month as
our company was celebrating 40
years in business.
On reading the story I noticed
there was a lot of emphasis
on the Ferraris, Bugattis and
other European exotica. This
is understandable as they are
exciting and fascinating machines
but I wouldn’t want people to get
the idea these are the only sort of
cars we work on. In our shop at
www.classiccar. co.nz
present are a ’34 Chevrolet coupe,
’36 Ford coupe, ’67 Camaro and
a ’43 Buick — and I’d like your
readers to know we are just as
enthusiastic and expert at working
on these Americans as on their
transatlantic cousins.
Every issue of NZ Classic Car is
eagerly read and passed around our
tea room — so please keep up the
good work.
Allan Wylie, General Manager,
Auto Restorations Ltd
Thanks for the kind words and for
allowing us to poke our noses into your
workshop — and congratulations on
your 40th anniversary. AGW
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NZFMR Ferrari Festival Hampton Downs
Motorsport Park — January 17–19 and 24–26, 2014
T
he place to be this summer
will be Hampton Downs
for the Ferrari Festival,
a major classic racing event
brought to you by the New
Zealand Festival of Motor Racing
(NZFMR), and the Ferrari
Owners Club of New Zealand
(FOCNZ).
The Ferrari Festival will take
place on Friday, January 17 to
Sunday 19, 2014, and the Friday
to Sunday of the following
weekend, and as you’d expect
from the name of the event, the
theme of the festival will be to
celebrate all things Ferrari.
Of course, Kiwis and Ferraris
have long had a very special
relationship, especially when it
comes to motor sport. Our first
up-close experience of genuine
racing Ferraris came in 1955,
when Australian Tony Gaze and
Englishman Peter Whitehead
raced a pair of former Formula
1 Ferrari 500/625 cars in New
Zealand. Both men returned
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with their cars in the summer
of 1956, by which time the late
Ron Roycroft was also racing a
Ferrari — the famous ex-Froilan
Gonzales 375.
Other notable local drivers
included Pat Hoare, who even
developed a close bond with Enzo
Ferrari. Hoare won the 1962 New
Zealand Gold Star Championship
at the wheel of his V12-engined
Ferrari single-seater. The late Sir
Tom Clark also raced an ex-works
Ferrari F1 car — in this case a
Super Squalo Tipo 555 fitted with a
3.5-litre Ferrari sports car engine.
Then there’s Chris Amon. Not
only did Chris race a Ferrari in the
1968 and 1969 Tasman Series but,
of course, he also became Ferrari’s
number one F1 driver, and New
Zealand’s first — and so far only —
Ferrari Formula 1 works driver.
Chris Amon will be at the
Ferrari Festival. When he was an
international F1 works driver, he
piloted Ferrari Dino single-seaters
in the Tasman Cup championship
held in New Zealand and
Australia in the summers of both
1968 and 1969. In 1968 he was
runner-up in the Tasman series
to World Champion Jim Clark,
who was driving a Lotus 49 Ford
Cosworth. In 1969 Chris won
the Tasman Championship in his
works Dino Ferrari.
Finally, let’s not forget Graeme
Lawrence’s 1970 Tasman Series
triumph in the ex–Amon Dino
single-seater or Andy Buchanan’s
storming drives in his delectable
Ferrari 250LM, his car now part
of the prestigious Ralph Lauren
Collection.
ON-TRACK RACING PEDIGREE
As well as celebrating Ferraris young
and old, the Ferrari Festival will
feature race classes similar to those of
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previous NZFMR events, including
Formula 5000, Historic Muscle
Cars, Historic Saloons, Sports Cars
and GTs, Historic Formula Fords,
Historic Formula Libre, Formula
Junior, Classic Trials and more.
One of the highlights of the
festival will be the appearance of
two iconic Ferrari Formula 1 cars
from the legendary turbocharged
era of the 1980s. These 745kW-plus
flame-spitting machines — both
1985-model Ferrari 156/85s —
were driven in their day by
the late Michele Alboreto and
Stefan Johansson.
It is hoped these amazing F1
machines will be demonstrated on
both weekends by owner Guido
Belgiorno-Nettis, and one special
guest driver. Nettis has owned
both cars (chassis 079 and 082) for
some time, and they get regular
track workouts.
The two 1985 turbo cars are
not the only Formula 1 cars the
organizers hope to secure for the
event, and they expect to make
further announcements in the leadup to the Ferrari Festival.
You can find out more about the
Ferrari Festival by visiting
www.nzfmr.co.nz.
Southwards Auto-Jumble
N
ovember 17, 2013 will
be a day no automotive
lover will not want
to miss as the Southward Car
Museum will host its first ever
Auto-Jumble
The Auto-Jumble is a
name commonly used for an
automotive-only swap meet,
when car/motorcycle lovers can
bring along there unwanted
parts and memorabilia for others
to rummage through looking
for that elusive missing piece to
a project.
Another feature of the AutoJumble will be the Car Corral
area, this area is for those who
would like to advertise their
pride and joy for sale, it is hoped
this will be a buyer’s paradise on
the day.
As well there are areas set
aside for automotive themed
trade vendors to show off their
bring their classic car/motorcycle be available as well as some
products to the public.
along for a ride on the day
children’s entertainment.
Preferential parking will be
Gates open at 8am on the
You are encouraged to get
set aside for anyone wanting to
day, food and beverages will
there early so you don’t miss
out! For more information email
[email protected]
or go to
southwardcarmuseum.co.nz.
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Series One Land Rovers at the 150th Hawke’s Bay Show
rganisers of the 150th
Hawke’s Bay Show
recently announced
plans guaranteed to ignite the
hearts of Land Rover enthusiasts
nationwide. The Land Rover is an
iconic vehicle that plays a key part
in the history of agriculture in
New Zealand, and the show will
include a purpose-built extreme
4WD course, and a display of pre
1960s Series One Land Rovers —
celebrating 65 years of Land Rover
during this year’s 150th Show.
The NZ Series One Land Rover
Club will manage the display,
with the aim of bringing together
65 vehicles. The response from
Land Rover Series One owners
has been phenomenal.
“Word has spread very quickly
and we’ve had a fantastic response.
It will be a pilgrimage from all
over the country, some from as
far away as Whitianga. They all
want to be a part of this event and
the overall 150th celebration,”
says Mark Warren of Hillseekers
4WD, who is designing and
managing the 4WD course.
“As far as we know, there has
been no other display like this of
Series One Land Rovers, so it’s
O
going to look fantastic. There are a
lot of these wonderful machines in
sheds and garages, all in differing
states of use or repair,” Mark says.
“Some will be able to drive into
the Showgrounds, and some are in
a more delicate condition.”
The Land Rover display and
4WD course give enthusiastic
owners the opportunity to show
off their vehicles to the public,
and also have a spin around the
purpose-built 4WD course during
the show.
The 4WD course will run
over three days at the Hawke’s
Bay Show, and will feature safe
driving demonstrations with the
latest in 4WD off-road vehicles,
quads and Gators. The course will
include a measured side slope to
demonstrate roll-over points and
safety performance.
Anyone wanting to be involved
should contact Anna Hamilton,
events manager, ph. 06 878 3123
or 021 244 0673, or visit
www.hawkesbayshow.co.nz.
The 150th Hawke’s Bay
Show runs from Wednesday
October 23 to Friday October 25,
2013, at Showgrounds
Hawke’s Bay.
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Out West
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kids; there are plenty of activities
organized — including face
painting and Lollipop the Clown
— to keep them entertained.
A full onsite cafe facility will be
open the keep the caffeine levels
topped up or get a quick bite to
eat as you enjoy the show.
All proceeds are donated to the
Auckland Mustang Owners’
Club’s charity of choice —
Canteen; supporting young people
living with cancer.
Mustangs Out West, 31–35 Te
Pai Place, Henderson, Auckland.
Show open from 10am–4pm.
Admission, $10 per adult, $15
per family, children free when
accompanied by an adult.
he Auckland Mustang
Owners’ Club will be
hosting their annual
national car show on Sunday,
29th September.
Visit the fully carpeted indoor Te
Pai Netball Centre in Henderson
to view over 70 Mustangs from
classic 1964½ models right up to
the latest 2013 Shelby GT500;
including some of New Zealand’s
best award-winning classic
Mustangs as well as work-inprogress restorations.
There will also be an excellent
selection of trade stands for the
technically minded to stop by
and visit as well as other special
interest vehicles on display.
This show is definitely a must visit
for the entire family — bring the
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Brits at the Beach
H
i-de-hi campers! Yes,
it’s almost time for this
year’s Classic Cover
Brits, an event which has risen
in popularity since the inaugural
one back in 2010 at Tairua. The
weekend fixture grew so quickly
that organizers were left with
little choice but to move it to
Whangamata for the first time
this year.
Brits at the Beach is a celebration
of all things British — cars, bikes,
machinery, food, music, fashion
and culture. This year even
Seagull outboard racing has been
added to the list of events.
The weekend starts on October
4 with official registration from
3–5pm, followed by a tour for
those who have not been to
Whangamata. Then there will be
the Classic British Drive-In Movie
(Mini owners will love the show
— that’s a clue) and the Austin
Powers International Man of
Mystery Comedy Show.
The big day, Saturday,
October 5, starts with late
10 New Zealand Classic Car
registrations before entries are
marshalled into marques for
the Grand Parade of Motor
Vehicles — a 20- to 30-minute
trip through the township
officially led by the British High
Commissioner, Vicky Treadell,
in her new-model Jaguar. This
year marks the Morris Motor
Company’s 100th anniversary, so
it will lead the car groups on the
Grand Parade. The parade finishes
at Williamson Park, where the
Great British Village Fete will
be held. The fete features British
food, including bacon butties and
Devonshire teas, plus cultural
events like maypole dancing, a
Scruffs Dog Show and a whole
host of family entertainment
through until 2pm.
There will also be British
Motoring Games, where the
question of what is best — Mini
or MG, Triumph or Norton —
will finally be put to rest. All will
be revealed at the Great British
Village Fete.
Brits is also about fancy dress, so
if you plan to attend, make sure
you find yourself a great British
costume to wear on Saturday —
the best costume wearer will win
$500 cash!
There will be two organized
rides for the attending bikes – one
on Saturday afternoon will take
you to Tairua (where there’ll be
entertainment arranged by the
Tairua Information Centre),
the other on Sunday morning
to Pauanui (with a welcome
arranged by the Paunaui Business
Association.)
Late Saturday afternoon is time
for the Brits Quiz, and that’s
followed by the Big Brits Saturday
Night Show. This year it’s the Joe
Cocker Experience, which will
play at the Whangamata Club
from 8pm.
Sunday, October 6 kicks off
bright and early with the Big
British Brekkie, then registered
entrants can take to the road for
the Sunday Drive. This is followed
by a car show at Williamson Park,
and the official high tea.
The organizers are expecting
nearly 50 per cent more entries
than in 2012 (400 or more),
coming from far and wide.
The longest distance travelled
by any vehicle so far is a 1953
Alvis TA21 that registered from
Timaru —that’s 1186 kilometres
— and the oldest car registered
is a 1911 Calthorpe coming from
Hamilton. The oldest bikes are
a 1928 Wolf Utility and a 1928
Triumph N Deluxe.
If you haven’t been to a Brits at
the Beach, we urge you to get your
knotted hankies out, socks and
sandals on, and be prepared for a
weekend filled with fun activities
and car shows highlighting the
history of British motoring. We
hope to see you there.
Classic Cover’s Brits at the Beach
is a fundraiser for Junior Sport,
with this year’s beneficiary being
Junior Soccer.
Classic Cover Brits at the Beach,
October 4–6, 2013. Details and
registrations are online at
www.britsatthebeach.co.nz.
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Historic Muscle Cars Update:
Profiling Dean Cameron
T
he Historic Muscle Cars
race series has now been
in existence for less than
two years, but it’s seen staggering
growth in that time. The class
was always intended to be a place
for enthusiasts of big-bore racing
sedans and motor sport history to
have fun on the track with likeminded people. By supporting
the series, a core group of racers
has provided the backbone of the
class, helping it attract similar
folk who want to go racing for the
right reasons. One of these people
is Dean Cameron.
Dean is from Taranaki, and runs
Dean Cameron Tyres in Stratford.
He has been a Mustang enthusiast
all his life, buying his first — a
1967 coupé — at just 18 years of
age, while his second, a ’65 coupé,
arrived a year later, and is still in
the family. In fact, Dean’s wife
Desirae learned to drive in this car!
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Having grown up in Taranaki,
and been part of the close-knit
Taranaki Mustang Car Club, for
which his father-in-law Dennis
Goble was one of the founding
members, Dean has made some
strong friendships over the years.
Nigel MacDonald and Bruce
Ekdahl are a couple of his good
mates, and it was Nigel who got
Dean involved in car racing. Nigel
had been racing a ’67 Mustang
fastback for years in classic car
competition, and it was here that
Dean got the bug.
He decided to take the plunge in
1998. He bought a ’67 coupé road
car, which he planned to convert
for racing. However, he also
knew of a ’65 fastback that Dale
Mathers had for sale, and after
chatting with Dale, agreed to parttrade the coupé for the fastback
race car. Dean was set to go.
The pretty little Mustang had
originally been built for racing by
John McKechnie (incidentally,
another to join HMC) in 1990.
John built it as a classic racer,
being careful to retain its history,
and not take the conversion too
far. He even opted for a bolt-in roll
cage, rather than having it welded
in. John actually used to drive the
Mustang to the track, race it, and
drive it home again.
From John McKechnie, the
Mustang was sold to John
Espagne, then Dale before Dean
purchased it, and he has owned
it ever since. His first event in
the Mustang was the Ngawhini
Hill Climb, followed by the
Waitara Street Sprint, before he
entered his first circuit-racing
event at Manfeild, the MG
Charity Classic.
the Mustang had retained the
same motor as was fitted when
Dean first bought it, a perky
little 289 that had given many
years of good service. He added
a bit of bling when he had Mark
Segedin import an Inglese quad
48 IDA down-draught Weber and
manifold set-up, but essentially
he has retained the Mustang
largely as it was when he got it,
apart from a little fine-tuning, and
some tidying up. It still retains
the original 1965 gearbox casing
and diff. That 289 was good for
around 290kW (390bhp), but
it finally gave up on the second
weekend of the 2013 NZ Festival
of Motor Racing.
Dean’s team was one of eight
HMC teams to take their cars
to Queensland to race with the
Australian Trans-Am group, and
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so he needed a replacement motor.
Amazingly, until January this year This he got off fellow HMC racer
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Pete Stephenson. Now beneath
the bonnet of the little Mustang
there’s an ex-Andrew Fawcet
NZV8 Touring Car 302, which is
good for around 336kW (450bhp).
“It’s all HMC legal,” says Dean,
“so I could just bolt it straight in.
I’ve never actually raced with alloy
heads, only cast iron!”
Dean is a genuine car guy who
races for fun, and was one of the
first to put his hand up to race
with HMC when the class was
announced.
“It’s my kind of class. I like the
cars to be proper classics, like Paul
Fahey and those guys used to race.
I used to go to Australia each year
for the Muscle Cars Masters, and
I think the Aussies are a bit ahead
of New Zealand in having the
cars how they should be.” Dean
is referring to Australian Historic
Group N, which has been in place
for over 30 years, and goes to great
lengths to keep the cars original
to how they raced in period,
while also controlling costs. It
was this recipe which influenced
much of the thinking when
HMC was being created, though
with some local changes made
to further control costs, improve
reliability, and to get the cars
period-correct to how they raced
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in New Zealand in the late ’60s
and early ’70s.
However, it’s not just the cars
that attract Dean to HMC. “It’s
the people, the camaraderie.
They’re a really good bunch,
and genuine car enthusiasts.
We all give each other space out
on track. For some, from the
outside looking in, it takes a bit to
understand what we’re trying to
achieve. We’re not V8 Supercars,
we’re only really racing at eight or
nine 10ths. We’re just enthusiasts
with old cars.”
and we were both really close on
performance.”
Finally, what does Dean see as
being important for the future
growth of HMC? “We need to
educate people coming in. Tell
them we’re really not flag racing.
We’re just having fun. If we can
keep the cars from getting too
fast, and keep the class from
getting too expensive, we should
attract more people, but also keep
the people that are here. People
will likely stay if the cars don’t get
too fast. With Nigel, Pete, and
Steve, it’s great for me to race with
a small, core group of people who
are all really close on lap times,
respect each other’s cars, and have
a laugh in the pits after the race.”
Essentially, this is what HMC is
all about.
More info on Historic
Muscle Cars can be found on
the HMC website at
www.historicmusclecars.co.nz
or through the HMC online
discussion forum at
The Roaring Season,
www.theroaringseason.com.
RACING HIGHLIGHTS
So, having been one of the
mainstays of HMC, Dean must
have a few highlights?
“There are a few. Racing in
Australia was great. Getting to
meet some of the legendary drivers
like Jim Richards, Paul Fahey and
Dennis Marwood — all of whom
HMC has brought along to our
events. I’ve really enjoyed racing
against guys like Pete Stephenson,
Steve Elliott, and Rodger
Cunninghame. But another big
highlight was lining up next to
Nigel [MacDonald] when he was
racing the old Red Dawson ’67
Mustang at Hampton Downs
this year. That’s a very special car,
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Words Ashley Webb Photos Adam Croy
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Acquaintances (cars that provided
a much-needed service), to the
Power and the Passion (the cars
that dreams are made of), they
all capture the essence of Kiwi
motoring through the decades.
From the museum’s oldest
car at over 100 years old — a
Brush Roundabout — to a true
New Zealand icon, the Trekka,
our only locally designed and
mass-produced vehicle, the
Motor Nation exhibition will
certainly tug at the heartstrings
of an older generation who will,
undoubtedly, have fond memories
of such vehicles as the Morris
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children visiting the museum on
that helped shaped our society.
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From our First Love (cars that
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interaction. Here, children can
find out what it’s all about by
sitting behind the wheel of a car,
or listening to the interesting
sounds produced by squeezing the
bulbs of vintage brass horns.
There is certainly something
for everyone at Motor Nation,
including the opportunity to
check out some of the intriguing
history behind vehicles that were
the transport backbone of this
country for many years.
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3D Classic
3D printing is here to stay and — although there’s
more involved than simply pushing the ‘print’ button —
it’s even possible to ‘print’ your very own classic car
Words Ashley Webb Photos Adam Croy
A
s the average consumer
prepares for the new
— albeit complex and
expensive — wave of 3D printing
technology, businesses, enthusiasts
and individuals have already
found some interesting and
challenging uses for this newly
developed equipment.
Some may ask how this relates
to the classic car hobby, but for
Aucklander Ivan Sentch, 3D
technology is very much an
integral part of his Aston Martin
DB4 project: imagine a fibreglass
body on a bespoke space-frame
chassis fitted with mechanical
components from a donor car.
PUSH PRINT
At the moment, Ivan is preparing
the plug that will be used to make
an Aston Martin DB4 mould. He
investigated a couple of alternative
methods of producing this based
on what he could comfortably
achieve himself. The first (and
easiest) was to get it cut out of
foam by a local CNC mill. That
would cost anything between
$12,000 and $15,000, which
Ivan thought was too expensive,
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considering the former gets thrown
away when he’s finished with
it. The next idea was to make
a framework or buck, fill it out
with foam sheets and manually
sculpt the exterior body shape — a
laborious exercise that Ivan decided
would involve far too much work.
This process would also be even
more expensive than his third
and chosen option, 3D printing
individual components. This also
allowed Ivan to print the bonnet,
doors, boot and dash separately
instead of just having a shell.
In order to achieve his goal,
firstly Ivan purchased a 3D CAD
drawing of an Aston Martin
DB4 online — according to Ivan,
this looked reasonably correct.
The next step was to make a
few slight modifications to areas
including the flanges surrounding
the windows, boot and bonnet
guttering and the doors, which
required major surgery, as the
inside shapes just wouldn’t work
in the real world. Once the
modifications were complete, the
next step was to slice up the entire
drawing into suitably sized pieces
for the 3D printer.
prints (which are only 5mm wide)
fall over. He can usually fit five
individual slices in one print job,
and estimates there are about
500 print jobs (so 2500 pieces all
up) to complete the final plug.
To date Ivan has printed and
PRINT OUT
assembled the boot, bonnet, and
His first attempt was too large for
doors plus about 80 per cent of the
the 3D printer’s print envelope,
body, and he just has the dash to
the second time it fitted but the
complete after that.
overall idea wouldn’t work (the
Once all the 3D printed pieces
biggest challenge with ‘slicing’ is
are printed and assembled the
figuring out if the printer can print next step is to apply a layer of body
it, i.e. it can’t print on thin air, and filler, sanding it back again and
requires a 45-degree angle). A third repeating that until it’s all smooth
attempt worked, but it took a while and true, then sanding back with
to figure out how to best set up
progressively finer sandpaper (400,
the printer to limit failed prints.
600, 1000) until it’s glassy, then
The biggest cause of failed prints is applying a mould prep and sanding
when the bottom peels off the bed, everything back again with
which is caused by the contracting 1000 grit.
forces between the cooling plastic
Once that’s all complete, Ivan will
and a glass bed that’s heated to
be able to make a fibreglass mould
95 degrees. Using Kapton tape (a
and cast a fibreglass Aston Martin
special polyimide film capable of
BD4 body.
withstanding high temperatures)
and hairspray has reduced the
PRINT READY
failures to less than one per cent.
Ivan is planning to use a Nissan
Skyline GTS25T as his donor car,
Ivan figured that the best size
for the sliced sections was 105mm for a number of reasons. It has
the correct wheel track (taking
by 105mm, any more and the
This was a fairly challenging
exercise, to say the least. Ivan had
to experiment with the bonnet
drawings until he eventually
got something that would work
successfully.
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into account the Skyline’s wheels
have a higher offset than the
DB4’s wire wheels and knock-on
adaptors), which is important,
as you can’t get modifications
to standard car-steering systems
easily certified. Also, the Nissan’s
in-line six-cylinder engine will
sound right, and it’s the same
engine he’s currently running
in his Ferrari 250 GTO replica.
As a side note, Ivan plans to fit a
BMW V12 engine into this car that
will provide him with a spare sixcylinder engine for the DB4 replica.
Apart from the drivetrain
components, Ivan will also source
other items from his Skyline
donor car — such as steering,
electrics, window mechanics,
some hinges, latches and seats
— all of which will require some
modification before fitting into
position. Ivan can then partially
construct a chassis before sending
it off to an engineer for final
construction.
Once this is done, the body
will be fitted to the chassis, and
Ivan will complete the interior
with ad hoc fibreglass panels
(wheel arches, engine bay,
floor, undercarriage, boot, etc.),
before painting, upholstery and
installing glass.
Ivan’s reasoning for replicating
the DB4 over the more famous
DB5 or DB4 Zagato (or any
other car for that matter) came
about for a number of reasons.
He needed a car with four seats
(the 250 GTO just doesn’t get
used any more) and he has no
interest in anything modern.
Aside from that, it was always
going to be a replica of an old
Aston Martin as Ivan reckons
they are just too cool, and he
actually prefers the DB4 to other
models. Because of that car’s
bigger bonnet scoop, the simple
fact is that is easier to reproduce
and, in his opinion, it has betterlooking headlights.
The timeline for this project
is restrained by Ivan’s very
limited free time now that he has
toddler-age kids. However, that’s
fine because a longer build will
help ease budgetary constraints
— though he hopes to have the
project completed within five
years. We can’t wait to see the
finished product.
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ASSEMBLED OR DIY KIT
If you are more interested in
actually printing things than
tinkering with a kit then
assembled machines are the
way to go. All the parts are
obviously included and it is
likely set up correctly and
tested, but do check, as there’s
a good chance the person who’s
assembled the DIY kit for you
has made some customizations
to try and improve on their
earlier build efforts.
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3D Printing
What’s It All About?
Glen Sandbrooks from Sandbrooks Windscreens talks us through
the ins and outs of 3D printing, specifically as it relates to future
automotive industry applications.
W
hen it comes to
3D printing, there
are two different
processes, laser sintering and
fused deposition modelling.
Laser sintering is a process that
involves melting powder with
a laser or election beam. Fused
deposition modelling (FDM) is
the process that is currently in the
spotlight, and what most people
mean when they talk about 3D
printing While it has grown in
popularity recently it has actually
been around for quite some time.
It could be best summed up as
being like a MIG welder, except
the extruded wire is plastic instead
of steel. A computer moves the
extruder around the table (bed)
laying down plastic. Then the bed
drops down a set amount and the
extruder builds another layer on
top of the previous layer until you
have a completed 3D part.
FDM machines are popular
because they are basic machines
that make usable parts and are
affordable for the home user or
small business.
There are different variables to
what makes a good machine, as
follows …
BUILD ENVELOPE
If you have a particular object
that you want to print, choose
the required size first, as it will
narrow down your choice of
printer considerably. If you can’t
find one big enough that’s within
your budget to print the object
in one piece, a solution is to use a
smaller printer and split the object
into smaller parts which you can
then assemble. Note that most
printers don’t print as high as they
print wide.
HEATED BED
Choosing a machine with a
heated bed is a good option, as it
gives you more choice with the
materials you can use.
huge, from $500 for basic parts to
$1500 for a kit with all the parts
required, and then all the way up
to $8000 for industrial-strength
kits. For built-up DIY kits you are
either paying someone to put a
kit together for you that’s worth a
few hundred dollars (perhaps) or
you are paying someone to build
you a customized DIY kit.
FULLY BUILT UP MACHINES
These are generally more rigid
and come in open-deck or
fully enclosed machines. The
LOCAL SUPPORT
fully enclosed machines have
This is very important. If your
a controlled environment
unit doesn’t work you can call
for perfect printing and they
a real person and talk about the
normally come with their own
issue, and if it’s more complicated software. The best examples of the
you can have it serviced. They will open machines are the UP! range
also have spare parts, free advice
from 3D Printing Systems, with
and encouragement.
solid steel construction and priced
from around $2000, whereas fully
PRICE
enclosed machines start at around
If you choose DIY, the range is
$20,000 and go up from there.
CAN’T FIND THE PART? PRINT IT AT HOME!
The 3D Printing ‘revolution’ gives the ability
How does that compare to 3D printing?
to ‘print’ three-dimensional objects at home
Well, if you want to make one badge for
at a reasonable cost. However, the reality
your classic car, or the total demand is only
is that for the next few years it will still be
a small quantity then consider this: with
easier, and (if you include your time and the
3D printing you have the costs of design
cost of the machine) cheaper, to go and buy a (consisting of your time), a 3D printer (you
trinket or a tea cup from a shop.
will need one because by the time you have
The real revolution is not reproducing
read this you will have thought of a couple
day-to-day things but being able to build
of things you want to make) and enough
things you can’t buy; things
material to make those couple
that you can’t machine or
of items. If you don’t like
cast; things that are not
what you produce, just
worth making in small
change the drawing
numbers, especially
and print another
one-offs. Mention
one. Your friend
a one-off to most
wants one? No
manufacturers
problem —
and they either
just print another
This complete test fitting engine
see dollar signs
one. Because you
plus auxiliary parts for the 2011
or a waste of their
are adding material
Le Mans Aston Martin Racing
LPM1 car was printed by a
valuable time.
instead of removing
Stratasys 3D printer
The reason massit from a solid block you
produced items are cheap
can make it hollow and save
is that they are, well … mass
on material cost; or you can simply
produced! The cost of the item is made up of make it solid where it needs to be stronger,
design, tooling, materials, prototypes, more
or, even better, build some bracing
design, more tools, more material marketing, inside it.
front-end, back-end, capital costs,
You could also send your drawing off to
overheads and so on. The more of the same
someone with a metal printer (DMSL). They
item you can make, the cheaper each item
will print you one in pretty much anything,
becomes, as economies of scale are applied. even titanium, and because you made it
But you have to sell a lot of widgets to pay for hollow it won’t need much material, so it
all that and make a profit.
will be strong and cost effective.
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3D PRIMARY PRINTING
MATERIALS
Common colours are natural (clear),
black and white, and it comes in
thicknesses of 1.75mm and 3mm.
ABS
This is a tough plastic and the most
commonly printed material. It has a
melting point of 2500C and is what
Lego blocks are made of. A heated
bed is needed to stop this material
warping as it prints. Common
colours are natural (ivory), black,
white, blue, green, red, yellow and
gold. It comes in 1.75mm and 3mm
thicknesses.
PLA
This is plastic made from
‘environmentally friendly’
biodegradable corn starch or sugar
cane. This material is a little heavier
than ABS. It is dimensionally stable,
melts at a low 1600C and doesn’t
need a heated bed when printing.
Contrary to popular opinion it is
insoluble in water. While it looks
a bit brittle it’s surprisingly strong.
HIPS
This is high-impact polystyrene. It is
a relative newcomer to 3D printing
and similar to ABS as far as printing
goes. This material dissolves in
limonene as opposed to acetone,
which is used for ABS, so it could be
a good support material if used in
conjunction with ABS, as the HIPS
can be melted out without affecting
the ABS. Its colour is natural.
PVA
This is a water-soluble polymer
used as a support structure
on some machines. Being
hygroscopic it absorbs water very
quickly and therefore is hard to
store once opened, and as a result
this material isn’t very popular any
more. Its colour is natural.
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DOOR AIR VENT
Another Glen Sandbrooks–3D-printed example is this vent created when
crewing for Ric Shaw at the 2009 Nürburgring 24 Hour. An RX-7 door was
sourced from a wrecker, then the original plastic triangle trim removed from
the front of the door to allow it to be digitized via 3D stylus. However, the
project was shelved when the planned plastic doors for Glen’s FD weren’t
strong enough for stock mirrors. It wasn’t revisited again until this year when
Glen, again crewing for Ric Shaw (this time at the Bathurst 12 Hour), received
a request from one of the drivers, Andrew Bollom, for more air in the cabin
of his Targa FD. Subsequently the design was completed and printed
on an UP! 3D printer. The outside shape is such that it clears
the mirror when retracted, while the inside features a
two-inch hose barb.
CASE STUDY ONE: RIDIUM DIFF
3D printing, a lot of hype or does it have applications that are useful for
automotive customization and restoration?
At the pointy end of the world racing industry, 3D printing has been used
for decades and is now so entrenched it’s indispensable. What started as
a tool for visualizing products has become a machine for producing usable
parts, patterns and jigs. To illustrate Glen takes us through the steps he
took to create a new aluminium Ridium diff cooler cover for RX-7s
and RX-8s.
STAGE ONE: First Glen had to create
a 3D CAD drawing of the original diff
cover. This can be done either by
manually measuring the original
part and creating a 3D drawing,
or by using a digital scribe arm/
scanner over the part.
STAGE TWO: Next step was to make
the changes he wanted, adding new
features and creating a new part in 3D CAD.
It needed to have added coolant in and out holes for fittings, and to have
an increased wetted surface area to draw out heat, for which fins were
added inside. The outside surface area was increased to reject
heat, again with fins added. A space for the Ridium logo was
also necessary.
STAGE THREE: Next, a
quarter-sized version was
printed for checking.
That proving OK, Glen went
ahead and printed a full-size
version to test-fit to a car.
A problem of interference with the
exhaust was identified at this stage, so
the drawing was changed a little. This involved
adding extra material to the casting that would
be machined off to make the mounting surface
flat. The mounting was deleted, holes threaded
and some material added to the bottom so that some fins could
be machined into the finished part. A second unit was then printed and
incorporated into the casting pattern, which was then used to create the
inside of the finished product.
The part was then cast in high-tensile aluminium and heat treated, then
powder coated and finally, machined.
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National Vauxhall & Bedford Rally. Centered
on Greerton (approximately four kilomtres south
of Tauranga CBD.
Event programme:
Thursday, 24th October: Arrival in the evening.
Meet and Greet
Friday, 25th October: Sight–seeing coach trip.
Saturday, 26th October: Show and Shine and
round trip to Te Puke.
Sunday, 27th October: Trip to Rotorua with a
photo–shoot of all the cars by the old Bath House.
Visit to the museum and a guided tour especially
to see the Tarawera exhibit. Prizegiving dinner.
Monday, 28th October: Trip to Whakatane and
back via Hongis track.
GENERAL EVENTS
Caffeine & Classics - In association with NZ
Classic Car, NZV8 magazine and Protecta
Insurance, this monthly brunch meet–up is
open to all types of vehicles and is the perfect
opportunity to get together with some mates,
check out some gorgeous classic cars and have a
great meal. 10am – 1pm on the last Sunday of
each month, venue – Columbus Coffee, Smales
Farm, Cnr Shakespeare & Taharoto Roads,
North Shore, Auckland. Upcoming dates: –
Sunday, 29th September, Sunday, 27th October
Hamilton Cock Cock & Bull Classic Car
Cruise in, held on the last Thursday of
the month, 5pm onwards Sponsored prizes;
discounted drinks; platters. All welcome, car
going or not. Come and meet like-minded
people. Enquires ph. Archie, 07 855 1071 or
email [email protected].
1st Sunday of every month. Breakfast with the
Cars, Marsden Road Paihia. Display parking
opposite Alfresco’s Cafe. 8am - 10:30am. If it’s
got wheels and it’s a bit different, we want to see
it. Enquiries to Tracy 0274 983-557 or email
Bay of Islands Wine Tours. [email protected]
September 29th 2013 Cromwell Swap Meet.
Venue – Vintage Car Club grounds, Litany Street,
Cromwell. Gates open 7am for stall holders – sites
$10.00. Contact Dave Manson, Ph 03 443 7906
or by mail at 139 Upton Street, Wanaka 9305 .
September 29th 2013. 20th annual
Canterbury Henry Ford Memorial Rally.
Departs from the New Brighton shopping
mall car park, Hawke Street, New Brighton,
Christchurch. Registrations in Janel Coffee
Lounge from 9am. First Ford departs 9.15am
then atone minute intervals. This is a special
event this year, as it is not only our last H.F.M.R.
after organising this for 20 years in succession,
but 2013 is 150 years since the birth of Henry
Ford on 30th July 1863. Special entertainment
has been arranged at the finish point, New
Zealand’s largest private museum of nostalgia.
This singer is of national standard, having sung
at the C.B.S. Arena in Christchurch, during the
new James Bond film publicity. She has recorded
two albums to date which will be on sale at the
indoor finish venue. (This is a free concert for all
H.F.M.R. entrants and their crew). Bring your
picnic lunch or buy at start point, Janel Coffee
Lounge (for the last time!). All Fords welcome,
irrespective of type, age or condition. 1903 to
2013. Event sponsored by Avon City Ford. Only
$10 per Ford. (Same as it’s been since 1994,
but donations to help pay for the day’s activities
most welcome). Event organised by Lorraine
and Trevor Stanley-Joblin (03) 314 8628 email
[email protected]
October 12th/13th (Saturday & Sunday)
– Constructors Car Club ‘DIY Car show’
in Porirua. 25 years on from its formation in
1988 the Constructors Car Club is staging an
indoor show at the Kennel Club in Porirua to
showcase its activities and some of the many
cars its members have put on the road (and on
the track) over that time. This is to celebrate
the Club’s activities and to give the public a
chance to view a broad selection of something
in the order of 100 vehicles – some completed,
some in the course of construction - and it
will be the largest show of its kind ever held in
this country.Open from 9am to 5pm on both
days, there will be an admission charge of $5
per person (Under 12’s are free) with the net
proceeds being donated to the Wellington Free
Ambulance – an organisation which is seen
as very relevant to motoring. Enquiries: Phil
Bradshaw (Club President) 0274 421 968 or
[email protected]
October 19 2013 Mosgiel Autospectacular
2013. Classic and vintage car displays, swap
meet, trade stands and door prizes. sSee the
only Duesenberg in NZ. Club display theme
this year is ‘Man Cave’ and the event will also
mark 60 years of the Corvette. Proceeds to the
Child Cancer Foundation. Venue: Edgar Sports
Centre, Cnr Portsmouth Drive & Midland St,
Mosgiel, show open from 9am to 4pm.
Organised by the Otago Classic Motoring Club
Inc and Otago Falcon & Fairlane Club Inc. For
more info, visit: www.otagoclassicmotoring.co.nz
October 25–28th 2013 Marines at Mahia. The
New Zealand Military Vehicle Collectors Club is
organising an event called The Marines @ Mahia
to celebrate the 70th anniversary of when US
Marines landed on the beach at Mahia, Hawkes
Bay. The Marines carried out their practice
landings in their island–hopping campaign
across the Pacific to fight the Japanese. There
will be a plaque for the US Ambassador to unveil
along with military parades, vehicle displays and
rides. There will also be an area for US cars to
park up on display. For more information, visit:
www.americarna.com/News/Marines-@-Mahia
October 25th -28th 2013. The 34th Annual
Mustang Convention will be hosted by the
Waikato. Mustang Owners Club in Hamilton
at Labour Weekend. The car show will be held at
the new Claudelands indoor Arena and will be
open to the public between 10am and 4 30pm,
Mustangs from the first Mustang to the present
day will be on show the best of the best. Regards
John Overend W.M.O.C ,Convenor, email
[email protected]
October 26-27th 2013 – Mopars in
Ashburton 2013. Labour Weekend. Open
to all Chryslers or Chrysler-powered vehicles,
Including Rootes Group. To register your
interest email [email protected].
October 12th/13th (Saturday & Sunday) –
Constructors Car Club ‘DIY Car show’ in
Porirua. 25 years on from its formation in 1988
the Constructors Car Club is staging an indoor
show at the Kennel Club in Porirua to showcase
its activities and some of the many cars its
members have put on the road (and on the track)
over that time. This is to celebrate the Club’s
activities and to give the public a chance to view a
broad selection of something in the order of 100
vehicles – some completed, some in the course of
construction - and it will be the largest show of
its kind ever held in this country. Open from 9am
to 5pm on both days, there will be an admission
charge of $5 per person (Under 12’s are free) with
the net proceeds being donated to the Wellington
Free Ambulance – an organisation which is seen
as very relevant to motoring. Enquiries: Phil
Bradshaw (Club President) 0274 421 968 or
[email protected]
November 10th (Sunday) 2013 -Bay Of Plenty
Vintage Car Club Annual Swap Meet and
Vintage Car Show. Held at the club rooms,
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automobilia, vintage, veteran and classic cars on
show. Clubhouse cafe, sausage sizzle, motoring
books, magazine, parts shed. gates open 8am 3pm. Admission: Sellers - $15. Buyers/spectators
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
Hogan’s
Hero
Owned by famous Kiwi drag racer, Garth
Hogan, this gorgeous V12-engined coupé is
currently part of the amazing Warbirds and
Wheels attraction in Wanaka
Words: Ashley Webb Photos: Adam Croy
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
mongst the 30-odd cars on display,
and parked in-between a couple of
outstanding Packards, we spotted this
glorious-looking Lincoln-Zephyr coupé
owned by New Zealand drag-racing
legend, Garth Hogan. This model was
beautifully designed, with generous
proportions, and is arguably one of the
great business coupés of the late ’30s.
Garth Hogan is undoubtedly one of the
best-known drag racers in New Zealand
history. He broke many records in New
Zealand — including the 200mph (322kph)
barrier — as well as setting benchmark
seven- and five-second times for the
standing quarter-mile. During the 1970s Garth and his partner,
Grahame Berry, built the first AA/FC in New Zealand. Berry
constructed the chassis based on a Revell model, and together they
built the car’s Capri lookalike body. They also raced this car in Top
Eliminator against dragsters and altereds with great success.
A
PASSION FOR SPEEDWAY
Garth Hogan’s father, Ron, was always involved in motor sport and
had a particular passion for speedway — and especially with great
drivers such as Frank Brewer and Roly Crowther during the mid to
late 1940s. Ron also took to the water and raced two hydroplanes
— Wasp and Saga — at a time when it was virtually impossible to
purchase aftermarket engine performance equipment unless one was
extremely wealthy, and had influential connections. Because of this,
plus the fact that he was an extremely competitive person, Ron decided
to make his own V8 performance equipment that included cylinder
heads and twin-carburettor intake manifolds. Not only did Ron build
this equipment for V8 engines, he also went on to build performance
items for Ford 10s, six-cylinder Fords, Dodges, Hudsons and the like.
Garth still retains practically all his father’s original patterns for this
equipment, and has fabricated some of the parts himself.
As well, Garth remembers when his father bought a Lincoln sedan
in the early ’50s and decided it required a little more power. Ron made
high-compression finned aluminium heads and a triple carburettor
manifold for the Lincoln’s V12, which was certainly enough to push
the heavy luxuriously-appointed car along quite nicely.
Ron’s talented engineering prowess extended to building a
speedway midget as well. Initially this racer was to be driven by
Ian Holden, one of the leading speedway drivers of the time, and
it was subsequently the first full-size (as opposed to TQ) midget to
be owned and driven by Barry Butterworth, possibly the best driver
the sport has ever seen. Garth has fully restored this car and, to this
day, is in awe of the exceptional engineering craftsmanship his father
applied to its construction. Indeed, Garth still remembers his father’s
dogged determination and the fact that he took nothing at face value,
questioning every component and its function, and fabricating the
very best part for the gruelling punishment it would receive under
race conditions.
Ron would often comment to other drivers at Western Springs about
the things he believed they were doing wrong, “you should be doing
this” or “you should be doing that!” Eventually Ian Holden, who was
without a ride for the 1954–’55 season, approached Ron and asked him
to build a car. It was duly built, and in the first five nights of racing his
new car, Holden literally blitzed every Western Springs track record.
On the very first night he finished first place in the Heat Race and
Invitational Race, second in the Indian File race, after starting from the
back, and he won the Feature Race after again starting from the back
of the grid.
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Typically, Ron couldn’t contain himself, telling his fellow Speedway
competitors, “I told you that you were doing it all wrong!” He certainly
proved his point where it counted most — on the track. Ron was also
one of the founding stock-car racers in the days when the events were
held at Epsom Showgrounds in Auckland.
TEARDROP STYLING
Ron always retained a real passion for Lincolns, and when our featured
Lincoln-Zephyr coupé became available in 1961, he couldn’t resist
the temptation to own it, and who could blame him. The Lincoln’s
gorgeous, streamlined ‘teardrop’ styling was credited to designer John
Tjaarda of the Briggs Body Company, aided by a young Ford designer,
Eugene Turenne ‘Bob’ Gregorie, who was Ford Motor Company’s first
design studio chief from 1935 to 1946.
With the Lincoln-Zephyr coupé, Tjaarda and Gregorie perfectly
encapsulated the ’30s passion for automotive elegance. >
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
Its low, wide grille was specifically designed to solve inherent cooling
issues with the earlier models, which boasted V-shaped grilles
that had been found to restrict airflow to the radiator. Indeed, the
Lincoln-Zephyr started a styling trend followed by the rest of the auto
industry, and helped make this model a style leader — a car that was
truly ahead of its time.
Naturally, Garth has fond memories of the Lincoln. He turned
15 years old in 1962, obtained his driver licence and was occasionally
allowed to drive the massive coupé, which had become one of
the family cars — they still had the Lincoln sedan as well. Garth
remembers that he always had to get special permission to drive
the coupé, despite the fact its V12 engine was getting tired. A set of
spare spark plugs — some used, some cleaned up and the odd new
one — were always kept under the seat, along with a plug socket and
a long screwdriver for shorting the plug out in order to replace the
plugs in the engine when they oiled up, as they frequently did. On
many occasions Garth received an unpleasant electric shock off the
plug when he wasn’t careful enough to earth it correctly, touching the
cylinder head before the plug. Garth also recalls that his father could
never resist the urge to tinker with the Lincoln, and he installed a
Columbia two-speed differential into the big coupé, and then decided
to completely rebuild the car.
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Once fully restored, it was pressed back into daily service.
The Hogan family home was on Auckland’s Point Chevalier waterfront
at that time, and the salty sea air took a toll on the Lincoln’s stylish body.
SOUTHERN RESTORATION
Three years ago, Garth took the Lincoln-Zephyr back to Wanaka
for a complete rotisserie restoration.
Lincolns were the very first of the unitary body cars, and the chassis
is quite literally welded to the body. A lot of fabrication work was
required around areas such as the cowl, windscreen, boot floor, and
posts — places the rust had taken hold — before the final black
paint was applied which, according to Garth, is the original colour
as far as he’s aware.
The suspension and cable brakes were completely refurbished. Garth
retained the Columbia two-speed differential, and rebuilt the original
three-speed gearbox. The V12 engine was running beautifully, so Garth
decided to simply clean it up, and install the finned alloy heads and
triple carburettor manifold that his father had made. Garth refers to
many of the changes as the ‘Ron only knows’ modifications — these
include the complex ignition system he’d built — but Garth chose
to reinstall the standard type of system, as his father’s set-up was so
complex. >
On July 30, 2009, Garth
received a call from
Noel Bunn at the Aparangi Village, a retirement village
in Te Kauwhata, with some interesting facts about the
Lincoln-Zephyr’s original ownership. According to Noel, the
Tristram family arrived in Hamilton during the Maori Wars;
Mr Tristram was in a company commanded by Captain
Beerescourt, and was either the father or grandfather of
the original owner of the Lincoln. The owner of the car (from
the original ownership papers this is listed as William John
Tristram, the car having been purchased from the Howick
area) had one daughter — Silvia Tristram, who was Noel
Bunn’s mother-in-law. She was married to a chemist,
Thomas Latrobe.
Tristram Street in Hamilton is named after this original
Tristram family.
When Silvia and Thomas Latrobe got married in 1919, they got
a new Ford car for a wedding present (probably a Model T).
Thomas was incapacitated as a result of wounds received
at Gallipoli. They owned more new Ford cars over the years,
HISTORY FILE:
including the first Model A to arrive in New Zealand.
WJ Tristram went to the US in 1937–’38 to buy a Lincoln-Zephyr
sedan, met Henry Ford and spotted a Lincoln coupé, but it
was left-hand drive. Apparently, according to Noel, Henry Ford
organized to have a coupé built to RHD specifications and
sent to New Zealand complete with original equipment, which
included a vacuum cleaner that plugged into the cigar lighter.
Noel’s wife went nursing at New Plymouth Hospital in 1942,
and was the only passenger to have ridden in the car at that
point. Noel’s wife was Vivian Mary Latrobe (presumably Silvia
and Thomas’ daughter), who he married in 1951. When WJ died
he left the car to Silvia, who subsequently sold the Lincoln,
although it was never put into her name on the ownership
papers, presumably being sold to the next owner directly from
the deceased estate.
The original ownership papers are still with the car, and trace
the Lincoln’s lineage all the way from WJ Tristram through to
the Hogan family in 1961. When Ron Hogan passed away, he
requested the Lincoln-Zephyr remain in the family and not be
sold — Garth has honoured his father’s wish.
With the Lincoln-Zephyr coupé, Tjaarda
and Gregorie perfectly encapsulated the
’30s passion for automotive elegance
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
Either way, the car runs beautifully.
Garth found some rust along the bottom of the sump bolts during
the engine rebuild, and decided to investigate further, only to find the
block had split. Luckily, he had a spare engine which his father had
rebuilt, and he installed it into the car — fitted, of course, with Ron’s
alloy heads and triple intake.
As usual, he had tinkered with just about every major component
in the engine, which was the first Lincoln motor to receive hydraulic
lifters, so Garth wasn’t surprised to find it ran perfectly with good
oil pressure despite the fact that, due to depression-induced frugality,
Ron had fitted the spare engine with second-hand piston rings. >
Garth refers to many of the
changes as the ‘Ron only
knows’ modifications —
these include the complex
ignition system he’d built
THE LINCOLN-ZEPHYR BRITISH CONNECTION
Several small British manufacturers utilized Lincoln’s 4.3-litre V12 in order to
give their models more performance and, no doubt, a touch of class. Allard, later
famous for making good use of the Cadillac V8, found time to install a Lincoln V12
in a handful of pre-war Allards, most of which achieved some success in trials and
hill climbs. Jensen, who had been employing Hudson six or straight-eight engines,
also utilized the Lincoln V12 to good effect in several specials.
Less well-known was the final Brough Superior car, the Type XII of 1938, for which
George Brough planned a Lincoln V12 installation. Unfortunately, his company
collapsed after only one car had been completed.
From 1938 Atalanta also offered the V12 in either a two-door sedan, drophead
coupé or sports model (with running boards or cycle-type wings). However, Atalanta
did not survive to see its V12 cars achieve any degree of longevity, the company
folding in 1939.
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1938 LINCOLN-ZEPHYR COUPÉ
t ENGINE
t CAPACITY
t BORE/STROKE
t VALVES
t COMPRESSION
t MAX. POWER
t TORQUE
t FUEL SYSTEM
t TRANSMISSION
t SUSPENSION F/R
75 degree V12
4380cc
70x95mm
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8.4:1 (as fitted with Ron’s heads)
82kW (110bhp) at 3900rpm (standard)
252Nm at 2000rpm (standard)
Triple two-barrel carburettors, as featured
Three-speed sliding gear manual
Solid front axle and live rear axle with transverse
semi-elliptic leaf springs
Recirculating ball
Four-wheel mechanical drum
t STEERING
t BRAKES
DIMENSIONS:
t OVERALL LENGTH
5144mm
t WIDTH
1879mm
3099mm
t WHEELBASE
t HEIGHT
1753mm
t KERB WEIGHT
1690kg
PERFORMANCE (STANDARD ENGINE):
140kph (87mph)
t TOP SPEED
19.3 seconds
t 0–100KPH
t STANDING ¼ MILE
22.4 seconds
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1938 Lincoln-Zephyr coupé | FEATURE
12 INTERESTING LINCOLN FACTS
1
The Lincoln sat in Garth’s garage for a short period of time after the
restoration was complete, apart from the occasional outing, and is now
part this wonderful display at Warbirds and Wheels.
Garth’s daughter is getting married in November, and hopes to
arrive at her wedding in her granddad’s Lincoln-Zephyr coupé.
Garth’s hoping to remove the car’s V12 engine and install a new set
of rings prior to the big family occasion then, hopefully, this
eminently desirable coupé will be put back on public display for all
of us to admire.
In 1861, a young and patriotic American, having recently come of age, cast his
first vote in that year’s US Presidential election in favour of Abraham Lincoln —
who, of course, would be elected President. Many years later, on August 29, 1917
that same man, Henry Martyn Leland, recalled the pride with which he had cast
that vote, leading him to name his automobile firm the Lincoln Motor Company.
2
One of Henry Martyn Leland’s first jobs was with the Springfield Armoury, later
he would work for famous gun maker, Colt.
3
Leland’s first involvement with the automobile arrived when his own company
— Leland & Faulconer — supplied gear sets to Ransom Olds.
4
In 1903, Leland became Cadillac’s chief engineer.
5
Reputedly, the earliest Lincoln cars were styled by Angus Woodbridge — who
was apparently a ladies’ milliner.
6
Combined pressure from his wife, Clara, and son, Edsel, persuaded Henry
Ford to take over Lincoln on February 4, 1922, bidding US$8M for the ailing
business via a receivership sale.
7
At the time of Ford’s takeover of Lincoln, Edsel Ford would famously remark,
“Father makes the most popular car in the world; I should like to make the
best car in the world.” Edsel would become Lincoln’s vice president, along with
Wilfred Leland.
8
Early V8-powered Lincolns became required transport for US law-enforcement
agencies due to their reliability and outright speed. From 1924 special police
models were available complete with four-wheel brakes, bullet-proof glass
and shotgun racks, although gangsters of the day were just as likely to buy a
Lincoln as the G-Men!
9
Calvin Coolidge was the first US President to purchase a Lincoln. In later
years, presidential Lincoln owners would include Roosevelt, Truman and, of
course, John F Kennedy.
10
The Lincoln V12 runs twin distributors, while the spark plug cables branch out
from the distributors up into the vee of the engine, where they are routed to each
plug along a central rail. Twelve spark plugs require a good ignition system, and
the Lincoln has two six-volt coils and nine metres of spark plug cabling!
11
On its initial release in 1933, the Lincoln-Zephyr cost US$1275, making it the
world’s cheapest V12-engined production car at that time.
12
The rim of the Lincoln-Zephyr’s steering wheel is made from a plastic derived
from soya beans — something Ford was experimenting with during the ’30s.
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
Stainless
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John Z DeLorean’s dream of automotive stardom
may have turned into a nightmare, but for one Kiwi
enthusiast, DeLorean’s dream is very much alive
Words: Ashley Webb Photos: Adam Croy
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
ike most young lads, as a nineyear-old Mat Bedogni had a real
passion for Ferrari, and one of those
Italian supercars was always going
to be on his wish list. However, a
new candidate appeared when, as
a teenager in the mid 1980s, Mat
watched the movie Back to the
Future. While a Ferrari remained
his dream car, the film made a
real impact on Mat, undoubtedly
becoming the catalyst for an ongoing
interest in all things associated with
it — and that, of course, included a
DeLorean DMC-12.
L
When the first Back to the Future appeared, Mat —
who is about the same age as Michael J Fox, the actor
who portrays on-screen hero Marty McFly — was
enthralled by what seemed an unbelievably futuristic
storyline, in which a teenager is unintentionally sent
back 30 years to the past in a time machine devised
by McFly’s good friend and mad scientist, Dr Emmett
Brown, the time machine having been built into a
DeLorean DMC-12. Back to the Future turned both
Fox and the gull-winged DeLorean into superstars,
while the film itself earned almost $500M at the
box office, and subsequently spawned two equally
successful sequels.
BACK TO THE ’80S
Mat even remembers to this day when one of the first
DeLorean DMC-12s was brought into New Zealand
during the mid ’80s. He was about 15 years old, his
father took him to see the car at a Manukau car yard,
and he couldn’t believe his eyes. He was also was
fortunate enough to sit inside it, and the first thing
he noticed was that the speedometer only went up to
85mph — 137kph. Those of you familiar with the
movie will know that the time-travelling DMC-12
needed to reach a speed of exactly 88mph before it
could transport the occupants back in time.
Subsequent research by Mat revealed there were
in fact two dash options available for the DeLorean
DMC-12 — the other being fitted with a speedometer
that went up to 95mph (153kph).
Despite that minor blip, Mat loved everything about
the DeLorean — and it soon became another addition
to his wish list. >
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Back to the Future turned both Fox
and the gull-winged DeLorean into
superstars, while the film itself earned
almost $500M at the box office
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
For Mat, it was as if the rule book had been tossed away back
in 1974, when John DeLorean established the DeLorean Motor
Company. DeLorean’s DMC-12 did indeed push the boundaries of
car production, with the development of new construction materials
created by another company set up by DeLorean, the Composite
Technology Corporation. The end result, a totally impractical rearengined, two-seater sports car was so completely different to anything
Mat had ever seen, and that was what attracted him to the DMC-12.
As Mat grew older, his fondness for the DeLorean never waned. He
would quite often think about what it would be like to own one, and
never lost sight of that dream.
However, his first car was in stark contrast to the DeLorean — being
a Suzuki SJ410. Mat certainly had plenty of fun in it, and, despite
its notable lack of power and any appreciable handling ability, it
was relatively safe as a first vehicle. Later, when Mat stepped up to
a sportier Toyota Celica TA22, he began to tinker with his cars. It
wasn’t long before he installed such items as EFI, larger wheels and an
improved interior. The next phase was to install an upmarket stereo
system, which became another hobby. In fact, the Celica’s final stereo
system was so good that he entered into car audio competitions. He
would subsequently win several trophies along the way with various
different cars. During those days Mat became skilled at working on
car interiors — something certainly evident in our featured DeLorean
DMC-12.
As Mat’s working career advanced so did his mode of transport, and
company vehicles soon became the norm, despite the fact Mat always
had a toy tucked away somewhere, usually in the shape of a suitable
sports car. His toys included a Mazda MX-5 and a 1964½ Mustang
convertible, which he bought a third share of, with his parents, at the
age of 19.
Mat describes the Mustang as being basically a running wreck, as
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discovered in West Auckland, though it’s since been fully restored.
He also enjoys collecting model cars: 20 years ago he couldn’t
afford a DeLorean DMC12 — or, indeed, a Ferrari — but at
that time he could certainly afford to buy models and today, two
decades after buying his first 1:18 model, Mat owns an impressive
collection of them.
SEARCH FOR THE FUTURE
Mat was in a position to start looking for a DeLorean DMC-12 in
2006; his search beginning with regular visits to many internet sites as
he quickly learned what to look for in a ‘good’ DeLorean. Along the
way, he learned that the first 500 DMC-12s built had an inherent design
fault with their stainless-steel door skins, which meant that on occasion
the gull-wing doors would jam shut. He also discovered the difficulties
of trying to make contact with owners of such cars across the other side
of the world who, more often than not, simply wouldn’t reply to Mat’s
request for more information after discovering he was in New Zealand.
In cases where he was able to make contact and start inquiring about
the condition and history of the car, as well as assistance with shipping
arrangements, the vehicle had usually sold before he got the answers. As
such, he missed out on a few very nice cars.
Lending urgency to his search for was Mat’s gut feeling that
DeLorean DMC-12 prices were about to take off due to increasing
interest in all things from the ’80s, as the kids of that era were now old
enough to afford all the things they could never have when young. He
knew he had to act quickly if he wanted to secure a good example at
the right price.
Stepping up his search, he looked at more cars via the internet, but
with absolutely no luck at all. After six months of searching, he was
becoming quite despondent, and was on the verge of giving up on
owning a DeLorean. >
DeLorean and Lotus
John DeLorean initially approached Porsche when seeking an
engineering firm to help him during the DMC-12 development phase,
but it wanted a four-year lead time to produce the car. Instead,
DeLorean turned to Lotus, and in July 1978 DeLorean met Lotus
boss, Colin Chapman, with a view to not only acquiring Lotus’
undoubted engineering skills, but also actually buying Lotus Cars
outright. Chapman wasn’t about to sell up, but he did visit the US to
check out DeLorean’s prototype. He was not impressed.
That would’ve been the end of it, but DeLorean seduced Chapman
with a grandiose tax-avoidance scheme. Today we can only
speculate on how far Chapman and DeLorean went up this slightly
dubious path, but after jointly forming a Panamanian-registered
Geneva-based ‘shelf’ company — GPD Services Inc. — Chapman
finally agreed to engineer the DeLorean sports car over an 18-month
period, which slipped to 25 months, with £12M being paid to Lotus
Cars to cover development costs — much of that siphoned into
developing the Lotus Esprit Turbo.
In its initial guise, DeLorean’s car was to feature a structure formed
through a plastic moulding process — Elastic Reservoir Moulding
(ERM) — developed by Royal Dutch Shell. Atop this innovative
platform, the new rear-engined car would also feature a corrosionproof stainless steel body. It would be named the DeLorean Safety
Vehicle (DSV), and was intended to be a significant advance in
automotive safety.
However, Lotus wasn’t interested in DeLorean’s original concept
and, piece by piece, it ditched most of the DSV prototype’s
innovations. The specially-developed ERM body shell was replaced
with a Lotus-type steel backbone chassis and an injection-moulded
GRP body. Although it didn’t like the idea of a rear engine, Lotus
reluctantly agreed, and the Renault/Peugeot/Volvo family V6 was
used. DeLorean’s original stainless steel concept was retained, but
now merely as a thin outer skin over the car’s fibreglass panels.
When the proverbial hit the fan following John DeLorean’s arrest,
Colin Chapman would also come under scrutiny as DeLorean was
investigated, and the British government sought to recover its
losses. Indeed, there are those who believe that Chapman’s death
in 1982 was a direct result of the pressure brought to bear on him
during the DeLorean investigation. However, both Lotus Cars and
Chapman would later be cleared of any blame in the DeLorean affair.
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
Then one day whilst sitting at his computer, he decided to see if
there was an equivalent website to Auto Trader in the US and, to his
surprise, such a site existed. Out of curiosity, he typed in DeLorean
to see if any appeared — and, wouldn’t you know it, a nice-looking
car located on a car dealer’s yard in North Carolina popped up. Mat
wasted no time in making further enquiries, and learned that this
particular DMC-12 had originally been owned by a US Airways
executive, and had been part of his car collection for the past 22 years.
Kept in a temperature-controlled environment, the DeLorean had only
travelled 900 miles (1448km) during that time.
Fortunately for Mat, the dealership selling the car was extremely
helpful and was able to send him many photographs of it, as well as
answering, via email, the many questions Mat had about its condition
and the history of the car. The asking price for this particular DCM-12
was probably a little on the high side in Mat’s opinion, but he knew he
was unlikely to find a better low-mileage example in a hurry, and he
subsequently made the call to purchase the DeLorean.
The next step was to pack it up in preparation for its long journey
down under and, thankfully, the US dealership was able to assist.
Once it was on board a ship, Mat was able to track the craft’s long
journey through the Panama Canal and all the way to New Zealand
via vesseltracker.com, although he says it was probably one of the
longest, most nerve-wracking months of his life, checking international
weather forecasts in fear that a storm might cause the ship to
sink, or lead to his container falling overboard.
BACK HOME
Fortunately for Mat’s nerves, the DeLorean
arrived on our shores in one piece during March
2007, and, in fact, the car was just as he’d imagined
it to be — perfect. In addition, closer inspection revealed
some rather rare items inside it such as the original
owner’s manual and parts catalogue, both of which,
according to Mat, are something you never see in
these cars. The documentation
also included original tyre
receipts from the ’80s and
even an airfreight receipt.
Apparently the last owner
had the DeLorean DMC12 air freighted from Los
Angeles to North Carolina
after he’d purchased it.
Now the car was safely
in Mat’s possession he
proceeded to have it
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checked and readied for compliance. The first items to be examined
were the areas around where the doors hinge — these being prone
to rust — and possible structural weaknesses. Being a gull-wing
configuration, the DeLorean DMC-12 has a ‘T’ box section
structure that runs through the roof, which is the only mild steel
component in the car. The doors, quite literally, hinge off this
structure. The rest of the car is fibreglass, with the exterior sheathed
in stainless steel — the chassis being epoxy-coated steel.
Due to the design of the door-opening structure, water can be
captured without anywhere to drain, and this can sit and cause surface
rust. Unfortunately Mat’s car suffered some slight rust damage in this
area, so he decided to replace the entire structure in order to bring it
up to perfect condition, thinking he’d easily be able to purchase the
section directly from the US. It may seem incredible but, although
John Z DeLorean’s original company has been defunct for many
decades, a more recently established US-based DeLorean Motor
Company exists. Alas, it did not have the part Mat was looking for
in stock so, after a lot of time on DMC website forums, he found a
firm in Europe which made the required box section out of stainless
steel. Mat purchased one of these replicated items — at great cost —
and had it shipped to New Zealand. Alas, when it finally arrived he
was disappointed to find the build quality was poor, the replacement
box section being far from dimensionally accurate. However, as luck
would have it one of Mat’s
friends — an experienced
stainless-steel worker
— came to the rescue.
The end result was an
absolutely perfect job,
better than a genuine
factory part, and even
grained to match the
brushed stainless look of
the car’s body-skin.
Without the help of the
DeLorean community
and the new DeLorean
Motor Company
in Houston, Mat’s
refurbishment of his car
would have likely been a
far more expensive job. He
admits the doors are definitely
very tricky to remove and install,
but help was at hand from an
unlikely source. >
John Z DeLorean: Innovator or Conman?
Born on January 6, 1925, John Z DeLorean’s involvement with the US motor
industry came early — his father, a Romanian immigrant, was a Ford foundry
worker. DeLorean gained an engineering degree from Lawrence Technical College
and began his working life with Packard, helping to lift the ailing car make into
something of an Indian summer. In 1956 DeLorean joined GM’s Pontiac division,
where he soon made his mark — first with the 1961 Tempest and later, in 1965,
by dropping a large V8 engine into a mid-size car: DeLorean virtually invented the
muscle car with the now legendary Pontiac GTO.
Charismatic and successful, at 40 years old DeLorean would become GM’s
youngest-ever vice president, later taking over as Chevrolet’s general manager.
However, bored with corporate life, DeLorean began investigating the possibility of
designing and manufacturing his own car. Basing his dream on a Giugiaro design,
he put together his own company and, after searching for suitable funding, ended
up persuading the British government to part with £85M in tax-payers’ money.
With that money, and development assistance from Lotus, DeLorean opened
production facilities in Dunmurry, Northern Ireland, and on November 3, 1980, the
first DMC-12 rolled off the line. However, within 12 months DeLorean was in trouble
— the DMC-12 was not proving as successful as he had hoped, and the company
also had trouble with its inexperienced Irish workers. Despite the millions that had
been pumped in, DeLorean was rapidly running out of cash and, after a last ditch
attempt to raise more dollars, he was caught by FBI agents for drug smuggling.
Later it would be proved through an unlikely source — video tapes supplied by US
porn king, Larry Flynt — that the FBI had entrapped DeLorean. The case against
him was dropped, but the damage had been done. The Dunmurry factory was
closed, and any remaining cars or parts were auctioned off.
In 1992, a British judge said he would have liked to sentence John Z DeLorean to
10 years in prison for his “barefaced, outrageous and massive fraud” over stolen
UK government money. However, all DeLorean ever spent behind bars was 10 days
while he raised bail following his arrest on those charges of smuggling cocaine.
In retirement, John DeLorean came up with many more automotive schemes but
never got any of them off the ground. His latest brainwave was selling D=MC2
stainless steel watches over the internet for US$3495 apiece — although it would
seem that no one ever received their watch!
John Z DeLorean died on March 19, 2005, aged 80.
The doors, quite literally, hinge off this
structure. The rest of the car is fibreglass,
with the exterior sheathed in stainless steel
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
Apparently, this same scientist also builds prop replicas for
Universal Studios, which made the movie Back to the Future
When Mat was having a new set of tyres fitted to the car, a person
visiting the tyre shop at the time introduced himself, and advised that
he had experience working on DeLoreans.
The upshot was that Mat now had someone to assist him remove and
install the doors without putting a torsion bar through the side of the
bodywork or the house. If that last sentence doesn’t seem to make
much sense, it’ll help to explain that the trickiest part of the doorremoval exercise is tensioning the torsion bars that take the weight of
the huge doors, allowing them to swing up without effort. The tension
required is quite significant, and extra-special care and experience is
required to avoid any disastrous — and expensive — consequences.
During this time Mat also stripped the entire interior of the car to
prevent any damage occurring to the mint-condition cabin, and he was
amazed to find the odd nut and bolt — these having obviously been
dropped into the floorpan during final assembly, due to the mad rush
with which these cars were put together before carpet was laid on top.
He also found some original parts tickets still intact inside one of the
doors, showing how original this car really was.
Mat has since visited the DeLorean factory in Houston which makes
new DeLoreans, with about 80 per cent of original parts and the rest
with new, upgraded parts. The company is about to launch a new
electric-powered version. Mat also had the opportunity to view several
DeLorean DMC-12s whilst in the US, and appreciates just how lucky
he was to secure such a fantastic, original example.
FLUX CAPACITOR
Whilst Mat was carrying out the DMC-12’s minor restoration project,
his two young sons would quite often sit inside the DeLorean and
pretend to be Back to the Future time travellers. They would run around
the car, change seats and ask each other what year they wanted to
travel back to, as well as making all the relevant noises of the movie
car. Watching the excitement of his two sons, Mat wondered if it was
possible to find anything on the internet with flashing lights that might
simulate the famous ‘flux capacitor’ for them to enjoy. After all, what
DeLorean would be complete without one?
Once Mat began searching, one thing lead to another, and he found
far more than he was looking for on eBay — an actual ‘flux capacitor’
that Mat couldn’t resist, and subsequently purchased.
Ten Less Well-known DeLorean Facts
1.
The original Giugiaro design on which the DMC-12 is based
was actually a design previously rejected by Porsche.
2.
From 1975 to 1977, DeLorean raised a total of US$5.16M,
the company going public in 1977 with a share offering — a
US$250,000 stake buying 5000 shares and securing a
dealer franchise.
3.
When considering locations for a production facility,
DeLorean’s first idea was to build a plant in Puerto
Rico — at the time, the Puerto Rican government
offered incentives for foreign investors.
4.
A Saudi Arabian entrepreneur, Ojjeh Akram, was approached
by DeLorean to stump up no less than US$25M to bankroll a
factory in Puerto Rico. Akram contracted Zora Arkus Duntov
— father of the Corvette — to report on the proposed DMC
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sports car. Duntov’s report was unfavourable, and Akram
withdrew from the project.
5.
On August 3, 1978, DeLorean came to an agreement with
the Northern Ireland Industrial Development Authority
(NIDA), and the Department of Commerce agreed to
bankroll a DeLorean factory in Northern Ireland.
6.
The site for the new DMC factory was at the Twinbrook
Industrial Estate in Dunmurry.
7.
When Colin Chapman went to the US to check out the
DeLorean prototype, the car broke down during his
test drive.
8.
It was reputed that US-based DMC employees were
spending around 140 hours preparing each DMC-12
before they were fit for sale.
9.
Why did the Back to the Future film-makers choose
a DeLorean? In the movie, the Doc explains it, “
… the way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time
machine into a car, why not do it with some style?
Besides, the stainless steel construction makes the
flux dispersal — LOOK OUT!” Subsequently, model
maker AML/ERTL added more info on the box of its
DeLorean model kit by speculating that the car’s
stainless steel skin improved flux dispersal, thus
allowing for a smoother passage through the spacetime continuum.
10.
On a more practical level, the DMC-12 was chosen
simply because of that scene when Marty McFly is
mistaken for an extra terrestrial by a farmer — the
DeLorean, with its gull-wing doors, easily passing for
an alien spaceship in 1955.
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
He also discovered that a NASA rocket scientist based in Florida
was making these replica flux capacitors in his spare time — Mat
jokes that it might actually work, since a rocket scientist made it.
Apparently, this same scientist also builds prop replicas for Universal
Studios, which made the movie Back to the Future. After further
investigation, Mat found the same guy also made the Time Drive
Circuits (the unit with the large Y-handle that turns on the flux
capacitor and shows time circuiting in the movie). The icing on the
cake was discovering the seller also made a special box that was loaded
with speakers and a sound card to replicate the original sounds of
the movie car, linked to the other two items. Mat hit the ‘buy now’
button instantly.
This is where things can start to get out of control and, although
Mat had contemplated building a complete mock-up of the original
movie DeLorean-DMC12, he decided not to, as his car was so
original and in such good condition that he was reluctant to modify it
in any major way. Instead, he concentrated mainly on fitting just a few
interior items, all of which can easily be removed if he ever wants the
car to look standard. He also fitted a rather impressive stereo system,
which fits in nicely with the Back to the Future theme using car audio
items that have been made to look like ’80s time machine parts. He
says it’s far from an exact copy of the movie car, but he and his kids just
wanted to have a bit of fun with it all without getting too carried away.
As mentioned earlier, the Back to the Future movies had a huge
influence on Mat when he was a teenager and, judging by his
collection of memorabilia associated with the trilogy — including
two guitars as seen in the movie and eight hover-boards — it’s clear its
influence is still there. In fact, Mat proposed to his wife to one of the
original songs from the movie — Earth Angel — and danced to the
same song at their wedding.
Mat concedes his original idea somewhat snowballed, and now
half his DeLorean DMC-12 looks rather like the original Back to the
Future car — although he’s certainly not complaining, nor are his two
sons for that matter.
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1982 DeLorean DMC-12 | FEATURE
DELOREAN DMC-12
t ENGINE
t CAPACITY
t BORE/STROKE
t VALVES
t COMP RATIO
t MAX. POWER
t MAX. TORQUE
t FUEL SYSTEM
t TRANSMISSION
t AXLE RATIO
t BODY/CHASSIS
t SUSPENSION
t STEERING
t BRAKES
t WHEELS
t TYRES
DIMENSIONS:
t OVERALL LENGTH
t WIDTH
t HEIGHT
t WHEELBASE
t TRACK F/R
t KERB WEIGHT
PERFORMANCE:
t MAX SPEED
t 0–60MPH
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Light alloy 90-degree V6 (Renault)
2849cc
91mm x 73mm
SOHC
8.8:1
97kW at 5500rpm
219.5Nm at 2750rpm
Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection
Five-speed manual (optional three-speed auto)
3.44:1
Steel backbone chassis, GRP body sheathed in stainless steel
Front: Unequal length A-arms, coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers and anti-roll bar
Rear: Semi-trailing arms, upper and lower lateral arms, coil springs, telescopic shock absorbers
Rack and pinion
Disc/disc
Cast alloy, 14x6-inch front; 15x8-inch rear
Goodyear NCT Front: 195/60HR14 Rear: 235/50HR15
4267mm
1988mm
1140mm
2408mm
1590mm/1588mm
1233kg
201kph
9.5secs
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1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce | FEATURE
Southern
Sprint
Following last month’s South Island Special
issue, Ashley checks out another wonderful
classic from Queenstown –
very appropriately an Alfasud
Words: Ashley Webb Photos: Adam Croy
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1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce | FEATURE
Thanks to Harnam’s local
knowledge of the area we were able
to quickly find an ideal photo-shoot
location overlooking Lake Wakatipu,
New Zealand’s third-largest lake
uring our visit
we couldn’t resist
Harnam Sudan’s
gorgeous Alfasud
Sprint Veloce —
finished in bright
yellow and definitely
one of the best
examples we’ve come
across for a while.
Thanks to Harnam’s
local knowledge of the
area we were able to
quickly find an ideal
photo-shoot location
overlooking Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand’s
third-largest lake, covering 293 square
kilometres, and with a stunning backdrop
courtesy of the snow-covered Remarkables, one
of only two mountain ranges in the world that
run directly north to south.
D
Whilst overlooking this incredible vista, I
learned that Harnam’s earliest childhood
memories revolved around playing with
Matchbox cars on a window ledge where he
grew up in London, England. His mother told
him that when he was young, whenever they
went to visit anyone he would always take his
precious Matchbox cars with him, find a quiet
spot, and quite happily play away in the corner
whilst the adults engaged in conversations
more befitting to their generation.
The acquisition of a bright-red pedal car laid
the foundation to Harnam’s ever-increasing
interest in automobiles, and provided endless
hours of entertainment, much to the delight
of his parents. This interest in all things
automotive never waned, and Harnam
vividly recalls the family’s first car — a light
blue Morris Minor 1000 — a classic in its
own right, with simple engineering, basic or
next to no creature comforts, but still full of
endless character.
The second car to join the Sudan household
was a Vauxhall Viva, which Harnam reckons
seemed like something out of the future
when put alongside the trusty old Morrie. He
clearly remembers asking his father to take
the new Viva up to 160kph to prove its worth
— his father replied, “I don’t think this car
can get to 160!” >
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On that initial inspection, Jeff
said, “You Italian car fellas
are awfully brave folk!”
1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce | FEATURE
1979 ALFASUD SPRINT VELOCE
t ENGINE
t CAPACITY
t BORE/STROKE
t COMPRESSION
t MAX. POWER
t MAX. TORQUE
t FUEL SYSTEM
t TRANSMISSION
t SUSPENSION
t STEERING
t BRAKES
DIMENSIONS:
t OVERALL LENGTH
t WIDTH
t HEIGHT
t WHEELBASE
t KERB WEIGHT
PERFORMANCE:
t TOP SPEED
t 0–100KPH
t STANDING ¼ MILE
Still, he gave it a go, and nudged the Viva to about 137kph before the
engine sounded as if it were gargling nails, and he was forced to retreat to
the more humble speeds within the Viva’s comfort zone.
Cars that followed included an Opel Kadet and two Honda Accords.
The Japanese cars, back in the day, were like something out of the future
with electric windows, air conditioning, power steering, and all the mod
cons we take for granted in modern cars today.
THE NOVELTY OF CAR OWNERSHIP
Years later, when he qualified as a pharmacist, the time came for Harnam
to purchase his very own car — a VW Jetta. The experience wasn’t a
pleasant one as the Jetta, unfortunately, turned out to be the worst car
ever, and the novelty of car ownership evaporated pretty quickly after
endless gasket leaks and constant brake issues, to name a few problems.
Fortunately for Harnam, he accidentally drove the Jetta into the back
of his best friend’s BMW only 10 minutes after the Bavarian machine’s
purchase! Not so good for his friend or the Beemer, but good news for
Harnam, as the Jetta was a total write-off.
He then purchased that same friend’s old Toyota MR2, not so much
out of guilt for smashing his BMW, but more for the fact it was a twoseater sports that car seemed to befit a young professional who had just
got his private pilot’s licence as well.
QUEENSTOWN ALFA
In 1998 Harnam left the UK and, after travelling extensively for
about 12 months, he finally settled in Queenstown. His first mode
of transport in New Zealand was a 25-year-old Mitsubishi Lancer.
As you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill car of that era, it wasn’t the
epitome of reliability — the engine haemorrhaged oil at an alarming
rate and was also prone to overheating. Still, it was in pretty good
condition for its age, and it held its worth for three years or so, after
which Harnam ventured into the 4WD market and purchased a
Jeep Cherokee. The Cherokee was great fun to own, according to
Harnam, except when he had to take it to the petrol station, which
was often and very expensive. Harnam also reckons it was a good car
with which to forge a solid friendship with a mechanic — as you’d be
seeing him on a regular basis.
Whilst still in possession of the Cherokee, Harnam decided to
purchase a car which some would also label a ‘money pit’ — yet it was
something he had always had an affectionate admiration for, but never
quite had the guts to buy, an Alfa Romeo.
As luck would have it, a friend mentioned his father was intending to
sell his little 1987 Alfa Romeo 33 Gold Cloverleaf. It was the first Alfa
that Harnam had given serious thought to purchasing, but his fears
were somewhat put to rest by knowing this car’s impeccable history and
its owner. His friend’s father had owned the Alfa since new, and was a
fussy type of person who wouldn’t let the car go 20km down the road if
Four cylinders, horizontally opposed
1490cc
84x67.2mm
9.5:1
71kW at 5800rpm
130Nm at 4000rpm
Two Weber twin-choke downdraught carburettors
Five-speed manual, front-wheel drive
Front: Independent by MacPherson struts, transverse link, coil springs and anti roll bar
Rear: Beam axle, Watt’s linkage, Panhard rod, coil springs
Rack and pinion
Disc/disc, power assisted
4019mm
1610mm
1270mm
2455mm
915kg
176kph
10.2 seconds
17.4 seconds
it was overdue for a service. And, of course, it had always been garaged.
On viewing the Alfa, Harnam found it to be a beautiful little car with
its Giulietta wooden steering wheel and gear knob and, on the road,
it produced that all so familiar chirpy little top note from its exhaust.
Harnam, in turn, would also maintain the car with great fastidiousness,
having found a local mechanic who understood these ‘European rust
buckets’ as they are so often known by more average mechanics.
The 33 stayed with Harnam for three memorable years or so, after
which he advertised it in NZ Classic Car just to see what sort of interest
it would attract. An enthusiast from Wellington gave him a call
expressing serious curiosity in the car, and sent a Queenstown-based
friend, Jeff, to check it out on his behalf. Ironically, Jeff would soon
become friends with Harnam as well.
On that initial inspection, Jeff said, “You Italian car fellas are awfully
brave folk!” However, his subsequent report to the prospective buyer
must’ve been enticing, as the asking price was paid with not even a hint
of an offer below it.
Harnam also parted company with the Jeep Cherokee soon after, as
he embarked on an overseas trip partly funded by its sale. >
SOUTHERN ALFAS — ALFASUD
The first Alfasud arrived in 1972 and came as a bit of a shock to Alfisti, with its
front-wheel drive. Intended to be a genuine entry-level Alfa, the new car was
manufactured at a brand-new factory in Pomigliano d’Arco, a depressed area in
southern Italy. Engineered by Rudolf Hruska, the Alfasud was clothed in a compact
body, styled by Italdesign Giugiaro. It was initially fitted with an 1186cc flat-four
engine, and reviewers were soon praising the Alfasud’s delightful handling. The
two-door Alfasud Ti appeared in 1974 with more power, twin headlights and a
boot spoiler. A few years later the car gained a fifth gear, while engine capacity
slowly increased to 1286cc, 1350cc and, finally, 1490cc. Interestingly, the Alfasud
was also assembled in Malaysia and South Africa.
Total Alfasud production 1972–’83
(all models): 567,093
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1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce | FEATURE
Arriving back in New Zealand, he purchased an old Subaru Omega
station wagon, which he still owns today as a workhorse. It has also
served him well and, indeed, comes into its element during the winter
months in Queenstown, making the crossing over the snow-covered
Crown Range roads a breeze.
ALFA SOUTH
Motoring became just a matter of A-to-B transport for a few years,
until the day Harnam hopped onto a local website just to have a look
at what was out there, and a yellow 1979 Alfasud Sprint Veloce 1.5
caught his eye. Truth be told, he had no serious intention of purchasing
another car, even though he’d found himself repeatedly looking at cars
for sale on the computer. This time he eventually succumbed to his
curiosity, and made the call to the Alfasud’s Southland-based owner,
who provided a straight-up matter-of-fact summary of the car. As it
was considerably older than his previous Alfa, and he didn’t know
the owner personally, he was somewhat more cautious on progressing
any further with this one, despite the owner’s glowing appraisal.
Harnam suggested that next time he planned a trip down South he’d
give the owner a ring and have a look at the Alfa, providing it was
still available. Well, fate had it that the owner had a sister working
in Queenstown, and he was planning a trip to see her the following
weekend and suggested he could bring the car up for Harnam to have
a look at. Harnam thought, well why not, it wouldn’t cost anything,
and if anything, it’d probably not stack up to much. He was wrong!
As soon as he spotted the bright yellow Alfa pulling in to his driveway,
he dropped whatever he was doing and ran outside to meet the owner
of this gem of a vehicle. Harnam was sold; he wanted this car without
even driving it. He was, however, handed the keys and given an hour to
do as he pleased with it, before having to pick the owner up in town.
Harnam took the car to a local Alfa and Italian car guru, Eric
Swinbourne, who gave it a good once-over, pointing out some
minor shortcomings before giving it a thumbs up after reviewing its
comprehensive service history.
He parted company with the Alfasud later in the afternoon, and
following a few phone calls a price was agreed upon, and a week later a
trip was made south to collect the car.
This was back in 2006, and since then it has stayed in Harnam’s care,
providing him with immense joy and fulfilment, especially during
his fortnightly trip over the Crown Range. The car itself was in very
good condition when purchased, however, as with all Alfas of that
generation, rust was indeed beginning to rear its ugly head. Harnam
decided to leave the car as it was to start with, and just monitored
its development over the next few years, as it would be garaged in a
relatively dry climate.
SOUTHERN ALFAS — ALFASUD SPRINT
The Sprint was effectively a Giugiaro-styled coupé body atop a standard Alfasud
floorpan. Launched in 1976, the first Sprints featured the 57kW 1286cc as used
in the Alfasud. In 1978, the engine was uprated to 1490cc. Attractive and very
stylish, the Sprint shared all the original Alfasud’s dynamic characteristics —
alas, it also shared the Alfasud’s penchant for rust. In 1983 the Sprint was the
subject of a major facelift receiving, amongst other things, plastic bumpers plus
a new bonnet and grille. Under the skin, the car now sat on the more modern Alfa
Romeo 33 platform.
Total Alfasud production 1976–’90 (all models including Veloce): 116,552
In 2010, Harnam decided to
eradicate the awful stuff and
get the car looking as close to
concours condition as possible.
Bob from Alexandra Panel Beaters
took on the task, and did a great
job of cutting out all the rust,
making up metal patch panels to
fill in all the holes as opposed to
simply slathering on body filler.
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The result was most pleasing and
the Alfa did, indeed, look as if it had
come straight out of the showroom.
For a car of this age, it has been
nothing short of a dream to own,
horrendous or costly repair bills
having never bothered Harnam’s
bank account. Engine maintenance
has been regular, with minimal
problems and, apart from the
According to Harnam, his yellow Alfasud
embodies everything about him — it
expresses its own character and style and
is, indeed, one for the old school
occasional once-over from Eric —
together with oil and filter changes
— the car has certainly never been
the financial pit that so many
Italian classics end up becoming.
According to Harnam, his yellow
Alfasud embodies everything about
him — it expresses its own character
and style and is, indeed, one for the
old school.
SOUTHERN ALFAS
— ALFASUD SPRINT VELOCE
Originally a musical term, veloce — pronounced vee-lowchay and meaning, quite obviously, velocity — has long
been used by car manufacturers to denote a faster version
of a specific model, most notably by Alfa Romeo. As such,
its Veloce version of the popular Alfasud Sprint — first
introduced in 1978 — saw the Alfa’s 1490cc flat-four
pumping out 71kW as opposed to the standard car’s 63kW,
while top speed increased from 165kph to 176kph.
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The Collectors | FEATURE
An
Inch
from
Perfection
When you walk into Allan Inch’s basement, curiosity
soon turns to wonder at the treasures stored there.
And that’s without seeing his other two garages …
Words and Photos Gordon Campbell
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The Collectors | FEATURE
llan’s large basement is crammed with
cars and motoring memorabilia. Most
of the cars are mobile and registered,
but getting some of them out would
require complicated logistics. A
Honda S800 sports car (not running
at present), five Citroëns, a MercedesBenz 190SL, an early Toyota Corolla
and a 1925 Hudson fill the big garage
space.
There are more Citroëns, another early
Corolla and a 1926 Chevrolet Tourer
in the other garages, and there was a
vague reference to yet more goodies
stashed away at other locations.
A
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SHOES OFF
One garage is Allan’s workshop, and I had to remove my shoes before
I could enter! No, I’ve never had to take my shoes off to go into a
workshop before, but I was happy to comply. It was worth it. This fully
insulated workshop would be the envy of most, with an impressive
assortment of machinery, tools, carefully labelled and stored car parts,
an excellent sound system and a television set. It’s a light, warm, and
very comfortable place to be. On the spotless, shiny floor sat another
early Corolla, a 1986 2CV Dolly, a 1925 Citroën 5CV and a 1967
Citroën DS21 Pallas.
The DS21 was originally delivered to an owner in Nairobi, who later
brought it to New Zealand. Allan has owned it for six or so years.
Almost perfect inside and out, and underneath, the car has clearly
led a sheltered life. The original paint sports numerous careful hand
touch-ups by a previous owner, while the seats, under their covers,
look unused, as do the carpets and boot. The car has travelled a mere
138,500km. Being a Pallas, it has the extra touches unique to this
upmarket model, including additional bright trim on the outside and a
more opulent interior.
The 2CV Dolly, nicknamed ‘Blurple’ for obvious reasons, became
something of a celebrity, along with two other Kiwi 2CVs, when it
took part in the Shadow of the Andes Expedition 2012, a 9000km epic
adventure through four South American countries, including mountain
passes and areas with no roads (as featured in NZ Classic Car, January
2013). The car’s bright colours make an already attention-getting 2CV
truly eye grabbing, and there’s no way it could have passed through
South America unnoticed.
Safely back in New Zealand, Blurple had been returned to good
health after her arduous and dramatic journey. Her adventurous days
aren’t over though — in the next year or so she and Allan will join an
Australian outback trek in company with an as yet unknown number
of 2CVs.
The cute little 5CV was a fairly recent addition to Allan’s fleet. He
bought it at the Citroën national rally in Dunedin, in January 2011,
selling a 2CV to make room for it. The 5CV is in very good condition,
but Allan has a few enhancements planned so it will meet his exacting
standards. Its 856cc side-valve engine produces 8kW at 2100rpm. Top
speed is a heady 60kph.
The Chevrolet Tourer has been in his care for very much longer, since
1965 in fact, although its restoration only started in 2010. Now almost
completed, the car is in better condition than when it left the factory,
and it seems too perfect to use. Allan doesn’t plan to drive it much; he
will just be satisfied to have it fully restored at last. >
The Collectors | FEATURE
Back in the basement, the 1951 Citroën Light Fifteen is an unrestored
original. Its engine is worn out and will be reconditioned, but the
rest of the car won’t be touched. It needs nothing else, having hardly
acquired any patina with age.
LAST NUT AND BOLT
In contrast, the 1939 Light Fifteen was the subject of, literally, a last nut
and bolt restoration. Like the Chevrolet, it’s better than when it came
from the factory, and the boot holds a rare set of fitted luggage. Allan
says the car not only looks new, it drives as though it is.
There’s an immaculate 1955 Light Fifteen that’s had a significant
amount of work done over the years, but it has never been fully
restored. It hadn’t been started for nearly two years until shortly
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before my arrival, and yet it fired and ran as though it had been used
frequently. A 2CV Beachcomber is a rare, limited-edition model built
for export markets, and known in its home market as the France 3
to celebrate the French entry in the America’s cup. The Beachcomber
needed an extensive body rebuild to bring it up to its present condition.
LITTLE CAR, BIG FUN
The latest addition to Allan’s collection is a bright yellow Lomax that
was brought from England to New Zealand by its previous owners.
Designed to solve the problem of what to do with rusty 2CVs, the
Lomax was often built as a three wheeler to take advantage of Britain’s
tax laws. Three wheels or four, they shared a minimalist fibreglass body
and an irresistible charm that saw them become quite popular. >
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This Lomax started life on three wheels, and the
fourth was added shortly before the car was shipped
to New Zealand. Allan says the little car is a huge
amount of fun. It’s really no quicker than a standard
2CV, but the minimalist bodywork makes it seem
quick; he describes it as being like a fox terrier.
Some time ago Allan adopted a personal policy,
because of space limitations, of not buying a car unless
he sold one. That’s why a 2CV had to go, to make
space for the 5CV. When the chance came to buy the
Lomax he had to decide which car would be sold. On
looking at his fleet, he realized he had owned his lovely
maroon Big 15-Six for 26 years, and driven it a grand
total of 400km. When he bought it he’d promised to
give the seller the first option to buy it. Being a man of
his word, he offered it back, along with the spares that
had come with the car, and it will soon return to its
previous owner.
Numerous other desirable cars have come and gone
over the years, including a beautiful Jaguar MkV
drophead coupé that Allan now realizes he probably
should have kept.
When he was a lad, he went for a ride in a oneyear-old Mercedes 190SL. He decided then that one
day he would own one, and eventually it happened.
Again, the car has been fully restored and looks
flawless, too good to use, in fact. It’s travelled just
120,000km from new.
Standing twice the height of the Mercedes is the
huge Hudson, another of Allan’s very early purchases.
It was repainted in 1965, one year before he bought it,
and it’s hard to believe the car is otherwise completely
original. It looks like an older restoration, and the
luxurious interior is in almost perfect condition.
DO IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
Back before World War II, Mr Gray and Mr Inch
were mechanics. They both drove Citroëns, and after
the war, they decided to set up in business repairing
cars, specialising in Citroëns.
The business prospered, probably because of their
motto “Do it right the first time”. >
When he was a lad, he went for a ride in a oneyear-old Mercedes 190SL. He decided then that one
day he would own one, and eventually it happened.
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The Collectors | FEATURE
I was pleased to note that his extensive library
includes a shelf full of NZ Classic Car magazines,
complete from Issue No. 1 to the present day!
The 1951 Citroën in Allan’s basement was a
customer’s car they serviced from new. The owner
was a fastidious shipping-company manager who
insisted it was to be regularly serviced, even when
he was away and it sat in his garage. They would
collect it, service it and return it to the garage.
When Allan wanted to buy the car in 1963, the
owner interviewed him to make sure he would be a
suitable caretaker. Allan sold the car some years later
and soon regretted it, so he didn’t hesitate when the
opportunity came to buy it back.
Gray & Inch held the local Mercedes-Benz, Simca,
Allis-Chalmers and Skoda franchises. At the time
Skodas had a very bad name and were regarded as
a joke, but Gray & Inch created a demand for used
ones by paying careful attention to setting them up
correctly, and transforming them into good, reliable
cars. It got to the point where there was a waiting
list for used Skodas, and Gray & Inch scoured the
country looking for stock.
Allan recalls that after he passed his driving licence
test, he would often fly to Auckland after school,
get a taxi to Otahuhu, collect a new Skoda from the
assembly plant, and drive it home to New Plymouth.
He would arrive back about 11pm and rise early
the next morning to do his milk run before going
to school again. This ensured the early runningin process was done properly, and allowed him to
identify any problems with the car. It also shows that
his work ethic was thoroughly ingrained from an
early age.
WHY THE COROLLAS?
When Allan left school he went farming and
then headed overseas. On his return he helped
out at Gray & Inch, and gradually became more
and more involved. In time he bought his father’s
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shares in the business, and maintained the high
standards the company was known for. In 1963
it was approached by Toyota to become its New
Zealand importer and distributor, but the capital
requirement of £2M was beyond it. Back then,
Cable-Price was one of the few New Zealand
companies with that kind of money, so it took on
the role until Gray & Inch was appointed Toyota
agent in 1966.
The first products were the shovel-nose Coronas,
and Allan remembers some initial consumer
resistance. However, it wasn’t long before they
were flying out of the showroom. Needless to say,
Allan only drives one brand of modern car — he
and his wife have several — and that loyalty hasn’t
changed even though he is no longer involved
in the business. The two Corollas are tangible
reminders of those early years, along with Toyota
service manuals and brochures.
TREASURE TROVE
During the years when Gray & Inch was the
authorized Mercedes-Benz sales and service agent,
Allan also gathered a collection of Mercedes
brochures, manuals, and other literature to die
for. I probably drooled when I saw the two 300SL
Gullwing brochures. It’s all carefully stored in a
climate-controlled room in his basement, along with
every edition but three of Autocar magazine since
1942. I was pleased to note that his extensive library
includes a shelf full of NZ Classic Car magazines,
complete from Issue No.1 to the present day!
There’s weeks’ of reading material in there. Add
plenty of scale models and a large collection of
motor club and other car-related badges, and you
have the proverbial Aladdin’s cave of all things
automotive.
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by Donn Anderson
The Walker rotary-engined car prototype in 1968 with body designer Ferris de Joux (left) and project engineer Dennis Smith in the Auckland workshop
THE NEW ZEALAND–MADE
DREAM
DONN RECALLS SOME
LOCALLY MADE CARS
FROM THE 1960S
THAT DISPLAYED
BOTH INGENUITY AND
POTENTIAL
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I
n a market starved of new motor vehicles half a century ago,
the idea of a New Zealand–made car was plausible, even if the
economics were based on far from solid ground. Local initiatives
abounded, but were the dreams ever likely to become reality?
New cars were already in short supply when the government cut the
allocation of import licences by 20 per cent in 1966. In December that
year, Motor Industries International launched the low-cost Trekka, a
home-grown utility vehicle based on Skoda Octavia parts and built
in Otahuhu. It was the first Kiwi-built production vehicle to contain
80-per-cent local content.
At the same time, Roly Crowther conceived an idea for a wholly
New Zealand car, and by late 1968 a prototype was well under
construction at a Panmure factory in Auckland. This fibreglass-bodied
two-door sedan had flair, and aroused particular attention because it
was powered by a locally made 1.5-litre rotary engine.
Crowther came with impressive motor sport credentials. He was
the only driver to win the Junior New Zealand and New Zealand
Midget speedway titles in the same year (1945), and took out the
New Zealand title again in 1946 and 1952. As a result of winning no
fewer than 24 feature races at Western Springs, Roly was inducted
into the Western Springs Speedway Hall of Fame in 2008.
In 1967 Alan Gibbs revealed details of his Anziel Nova, which was
hoped to be New Zealand’s first national car, and the prototype I
Kevin Lamb’s Standard Vanguard-based de Joux–bodied GT in 1963
drove on Auckland roads was brisk and comfortable, if somewhat
spartan and totally conventional. Like Rotarymotive Developments
New Zealand, which was working on the Crowther car, Gibbs used
a fibreglass body for the Nova because of the lower tooling costs and
smaller capital/plant requirements demanded by the use of steel.
Modest production volumes also meant steel would be uneconomic.
The Nova dated back to 1964, when Anziel visited Reliant in
England and sought its assistance, along with David Ogle and
Associates which designed the bodywork. At the same time Otosan, a
Turkish company, was developing its similar Anadol car that went into
production in Turkey at the rate of 4000 units a year.
Anziel planned to use a Ford Cortina 1500 four-cylinder motor,
and while a good percentage of parts were expected to be imported, a
higher local content than locally assembled cars was anticipated.
Front suspension wishbones and the rear axle, for example, would
be made in New Zealand. Gibbs became frustrated waiting for
government approval for an allocation of import licences, and the
project was stillborn.
ROTARYMOTIVE
The government of the day did, however, show interest in the
Rotarymotive car, with its attractive body designed by the brilliant
Auckland-based Ferris de Joux. Retired Northland farmer
Hamilton Walker designed the rotary engine and Dennis Smith
was the development engineer. With the same number of firing
impulses per revolution as a conventional 12-cylinder engine, the
rear-mounted twin-rotor motor weighed a mere 18 kilograms.
In May 1967, I visited Hamilton Walker in Whangarei where he
showed me one of his working prototype rotary engines. Walker,
who was then aged 63, had originally farmed at Maungakaramea
in Northland, but became a self-taught engineer at a young age. He
took an interest in rotary powerplants in the 1930s, and actually
designed and patented one. “But lack of time and finance put a stop
to plans at that stage, although I had made up my mind to set my
life to inventing,” he told me. When his sons were old enough to
run the farm, Walker moved to Whangarei and revisited his rotary
engine project in 1960. Within four years he had developed no fewer
than 16 rotary designs, and by 1966 had a total of 30 designs on his
drawing board.
Walker worked on both an air cooled and water-cooled version
of his rotary for the Rotarymotive car, with power output ranging
between 45 and 75kW (60–100bhp) and generous torque. The car
was destined to use a New Zealand–made, variable-ratio automatic
transmission similar to the Dutch DAF. This inexpensive automatic
basically consisted of two belts working in variable cones controlled
with centrifugal weights and an induction vacuum.
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by Donn Anderson
Whangarei inventor,
Hamilton Walker,
with a working
example of his rotary
engine in 1967
Each wheel is driven independently of the other, rather like a limitedslip differential.
Suspension was all independent, with double wishbones, unequallength front, and semi-trailing arms rear, and the ambitious Kiwi car
also boasted front disc-brakes and 13-inch wheels. Roly Crowther was
hopeful that 90 per cent of the car would be made locally, and special
attention was directed at inexpensive production of local parts.
The side windows were not curved, to reduce costs, and both the
front and rear bumpers were identical. A $500,000 manufacturing
company was planned to produce the bodies and complete final
assembly, and contracts were scheduled to be let to more than
30 companies for component manufacture.
The VW Golf-size car was expected to retail for between $1400 and
$1600 — or less than a Mini. Local orders began flowing even before
the prototype ran in February 1970, and an Australian company
expressed interest in importing 5000 cars a year. Within weeks of the
Anziel Nova project being dropped, Pacific Auto Industries (NZ) Ltd
was formed to produce the Crowther sedan — but again production
would never see the light of day.
Walker must have been disappointed his engines failed to reach
manufacture, because they appeared so promising. In 1967, two major
US motor firms were closely evaluating his rotary engines, while a
Canadian company put good money into researching his project.
Walker was also negotiating with a British manufacturer and a large
Australian company over rights to his designs. He was convinced he
had solved the sealing problems that dogged the 70 different rotary
engine designs on offer at that time.
Dennis Smith was a clever engineer who built his own car at 15, and
constructed the tiny Spider single-seater racing car that he crashed at
Pukekohe in 1966. He realized the all-new engine for the Crowther
car required development, but reckoned the characteristics of the
Walker unit gave it considerable advantages over conventional engines,
and also over the Wankel rotary. In the New Zealand car the twin
rotors (each one 750cc) ran side by side, with one firing while the
other was on the overlap.
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Unmistakable Italian influence in de Joux Ferrari GT during its
construction in 1963 (Photo Jack Inwood)
In the New Zealand car the twin rotors (each one 750cc) ran side
by side, with one firing while the other was on the overlap
The Ferris de Joux Ferrari special built on the
ex–Ron Roycroft Ferrari 375 Grand Prix car.
Seen here in the Auckland Domain in 1964
(Photo by Jack Inwood)
FERRIS DE JOUX
De Joux designed the handsome body for the New Zealand–built
Buckler sports cars, and he made six of the bodies before selling the
moulds. In 1961 he designed the good-looking fibreglass-bodied
Standard Vanguard–based two-door coupé for Mangere mechanic
Kevin Lamb. The styling was based on the body crafted by Ferris
for his own Holden-based de Joux GT, and it graced the cover of
Motorman magazine in May 1963.
Kevin removed the damaged original body of the 1952 Vanguard,
made some suspension amendments and trimmed a lot of weight
from the car. He fitted the new, nicely-balanced GT body under the
supervision of Ferris, and modified the engine with a TR3 cylinderhead and manifold. The Lamb machine was listed for sale in January
2013 by a Wellington owner, who described it as a cross between an
AC Bristol Zagato and a Maserati A6G.
In 1963 de Joux had also been working
on his most spectacular car for more than
two years. This was the Ferrari special that
caught the attention of world champion
Jack Brabham when Ferris unveiled it in
the Pukekohe pit paddock at the 1964
New Zealand Grand Prix meeting. His
latest creation was a far cry from his first
1936 Austin Seven Ruby special, and the
body designs for Buckler sports cars.
De Joux described the soft purplecoloured look-alike Ferrari as a GP car
with a coupé body. It was built on the Ron
Roycroft Ferrari 4.5-litre, V12 Formula 1
chassis, was powered by a 3.4-litre
reconditioned Jaguar XK twin-cam
engine, had a rear-mounted gearbox and
de Dion rear suspension.
The chassis was lengthened slightly and
strengthened, while 30 sectional moulds
The late Motorman photographer, Jack Inwood, with the Ferrari GT under construction in de Joux’s Papatoetoe garage in 1963
formed the different body panels.
Ferris de Joux, who died in May 2009 at the age of 73, was New
Zealand’s most talented car designer, and his motoring skills
went far deeper than he would ever admit. I first met the quiet,
unassuming Oamaru-born enthusiast in Papatoetoe when I was just
out of school as a young journalist in 1963, and he was somewhat
reticent about his skills.
De Joux was dyslexic, and one of his first jobs was as a window
dresser for the Milne and Choyce department store in Auckland. But
his real love lay in things automotive. Motorman magazine’s bearded
photographer, Jack Inwood, was a mate of Ferris and lived nearby, so
it was only natural he got to see some of the de Joux creations during
their inception. And it was Jack who introduced me to Ferris.
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by Donn Anderson
The de Joux Mini GT launched in 1970 was acclaimed as the best-looking Mini special in the world (Photo Jack Inwood)
Ferris said the longest task was the finishing. “I spent more time on
the detail work than on any other car,” he said. “The making of the
panels inside the doors took almost a week’s work.” Donor parts from
production cars included modified Austin Farina A40 bumpers and
A40 taillights. The interior trim was finished in light green vynide,
and the car had wire wheels with knock-off central hubs and the
traditional wood-rim steering wheel.
Ferris used the Ferrari as his daily driver for four years before it
was acquired by Gavin Bain, who spent several years returning the
machine to its original racing-car configuration and refitted the
original V12 engine.
MINI GT
Fast forward a year or two, and de Joux was again in the
spotlight. Wearing dark sunglasses and immaculately
dressed in a suit, he looked decidedly like a man from the
Mafia when he turned up for Motorman’s Auckland photo
shoot of his then-new Mini GT in early 1970. He had been
working on the Mini coupé for five years, and when he first
showed us the plans in mid 1965 he described it as “just a
Mini with a Bermuda jacket”.
Around 22 examples of this fifth de Joux project would
be built — and it is arguably the best-looking Mini special
ever produced. The designer discussed chassis construction
with the McLaren development team, which made helpful
suggestions about spot welding to tubing and other
enclosed sections. Ferris looked at the current methods of
stressed panel construction, embodying a new method of
spot welding used on some of the Grand Prix cars. The
de Joux Mini GT used the Mini floorpan, bulkhead,
suspension, engine and running gear but embodied a
fibreglass monocoque above the sills. De Joux said this
allowed for simplicity of design with the freedom to take a
creative approach to the exterior and interior design.
“With the way the body is mounted I can completely
eliminate all body distortion,” he said. “This distortion is
caused by the different rate of expansion and contraction
of the fibreglass and the metal, plus the fact that the body
is exposed to the heat of the sun and is insulating this heat
from the metal underneath. Even the Gordon-Keeble,
which has cost a fortune to develop, is a mass of ripples.”
Here was real ingenuity. A new scuttle was built behind the firewall
to add strength, and the whole car was 76mm longer than a standard
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Mini and 228mm lower. Moving the side-mounted radiator to the
front was purely in the interests of styling, and resulted in a 22-percent reduction in frontal area. The car was another cracking success
from de Joux.
In more recent times there has been the prototype Hulme supercar
but, today, there are few reminders of the New Zealanders who, in a
distant era of restricted import licensing, wanted to offer a plentiful
supply of indigenous new cars and bespoke individual models.
Hamilton Walker died in 1990 aged 87, and Roly Crowther
passed away in 2011. In company with Ferris de Joux, this trio left
an indelible impression on the nation’s motoring history, even if a
production home-grown car remained elusive.
Drawings made by Ferris de Joux in 1965
when he was working on his Mini GT that
arrived five years later
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John also competed in the NZ Formula Pacific series (Photo Terry Marshall)
OCTOBER
1973:
ENGINEER
RACER
JOHN NICHOLSON IS YET ANOTHER HIGH
ACHIEVER WHO IS LARGELY ANONYMOUS
— JUST THE WAY HE LIKES IT
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A
good friend of mine has a great line when people start namedropping — he’ll quietly wait until the right moment and then
say, “When I had lunch with Prince Charles the other day …”
As you may have guessed, I’m about to do some name-dropping.
Let’s flash back to February 2004, the Canterbury Car Club had
finally managed to get Tish and Chris Amon to be its guests at the
annual ‘Classic’ weekend. Toyota had come to the party and lent us a
Prado so I could chauffeur them about. We were due to leave the hotel
soon after breakfast to head out to Ruapuna, and waiting in reception
were Amanda McLaren and her husband-to-be, Stephen Donnell —
both would be joining us.
Over breakfast it occurred to me that, although I’d been to Ruapuna
many times, I’d never actually driven there. I headed out to reception
five or so minutes before we were due to leave, just to make sure I
wasn’t going to be taking these famous names to the car races via
Amberley. The girl at reception had never heard of Ruapuna and, as I
was trying to quickly formulate Plan B, a voice quietly said, “You want
to go to Ruapuna? It’s right out of here …” I thanked him, and he told
me he’d been the day before for the first time since 1969. He admired
the Donington shirt I was wearing and said, “You’re obviously a fan
— here’s my card, please look me up when you’re next in England.”
By now the Amons had arrived, and I realized the man providing
the directions was John Nicholson — engine builder, racing car driver,
powerboat racing champion. “John, you’ll of course know Chris …”
but I assumed incorrectly. So here, in the reception of the Russley
Hotel, I introduced two of the eight New Zealanders to ever start
a Formula 1 Grand Prix to one another. Seconds later I introduced
John to the daughter of the man he first worked for after leaving these
shores in 1969 — none of which would have happened had the lass at
reception been a motor racing fan.
There is a further twist to this story. Over the holiday period I
typically plan my NZ Classic Car articles for the next 12 months.
Being 2004, I worked through the various deeds of Kiwis in years
ending in a four — I knew Emerson Fittipaldi had won McLaren’s
first World Championship, and that the Cosworth DFV that
had powered him that day was built by ‘Nicholson McLaren’ —
October 6, 1974. A wee bit more research, and I discovered that on
that very same day, John Nicholson secured the British Formula
Atlantic championship at the final round.
I figured this had the makings of a story, but I’d never met ‘Johnny
Nick’ and so had no idea how he’d respond to an email from an
unknown from his homeland. That was resolved when I asked
my mate Bob McMurray if he happened to know McLaren’s old
engine builder — “Know him? I was his mechanic when he won
that championship.” Now we were getting somewhere — an email
was sent, and when I mentioned all of this to John his near-instant
response was, “Why would anyone be interested in reading about
me?” I say near instant, because his wife added, “Do you know what
else was special about the 6th of October? It’s John’s birthday!”
to mine, and we met to try and get him to talk history. I’m delighted to say
we’ve remained in email contact ever since. The British Formula Atlantic
championship title in 1974 wasn’t John’s first as a driver — but it was easily
the most significant. After being introduced into the UK in 1971, Formula
Atlantic developed quickly and there was even talk of it taking over from
Formula 3 which, at the time, was struggling. By 1973 there were two
championships and in 1974, John won the more prestigious of them —
the John Player–sponsored series where he beat future Indy 500 hero Jim
Crawford, Tony Brise (one of Britain’s ‘lost generation’ of young stars who
died young), and a certain Alan Jones.
Formula Atlantic was booming, but by 1975, F3 was getting it
together, and in 1976 the Atlantic series imploded in Britain. The
halcyon years were 1973 and 1974 — drivers had the choice of
chassis from such as March, Lola and Chevron while everyone used
the ubiquitous Ford BDD. Johnny Nick’s BDD was, naturally,
built by Nicholson McLaren, but instead of being in the back of
a ‘mainline’ manufacturer’s tub, John used a chassis from the tiny
Lyncar company. The combination worked perfectly — in the more
prestigious six-round Yellow Pages championship he won twice
but finished runner-up to Colin (son of Tony/Vanwall) Vandervell.
However, he dominated the 18-round BP-sponsored championship
SERIOUS CONTENDER
with five wins. This gave him seven wins across both championships
In the many years I’ve been writing about New Zealand motor racing history, — the next most victorious driver having five wins.
It was a great improvement for John and Lyncar — in 1972 they’d
if there was a single common thread amongst the drivers, it is an almost
finished a distant third but with only one win. In 1973, of those seven
reluctance to consider their deeds to have been anything special — and if
wins, the best was undoubtedly at the British Grand Prix where the
there was a prize for the ‘most modest’, Johnny Nick would be a serious
Kiwi prevailed by less than a second after 15 fantastic laps.
contender. Typical of engineers, his interest is in what the next development
And here’s a quiz question for you — there were two other New
will be — what happened in previous decades is largely irrelevant. We
discovered his home while in New Zealand over our summer was fairly close Zealanders in the top 10 that day, answers on the back of a postcard!
New Zealand Classic Car
71
Price On | BY: GREG PRICE ILLUSTRATION: STEVE RICHARDS
The Vehicle
Theft Industry
IT’S A LOT BIGGER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK!
I
n recent times the New
Zealand police have discovered
several chop shops — a
nickname given to the so-called
businesses that make a living
from buying stolen vehicles and
parts either for scrap metal, or for
resale or export. Given that only
around five per cent of containers
for export are ever examined,
the likelihood of discovery when
exporting a container-load of
stolen cars or parts is slim. Clearly
the Vehicle Identification Number
(VIN) system is useless, as the
thieves tend to cut away the entire
firewall containing the stolen
VIN and replace it with another
in their efforts to conceal the
original identity. Contributing to
the problem is the New Zealand
Transport Agency (NZTA)
decision to no longer record
vehicle engine numbers in the
database. Thus, when taking a
stolen vehicle with a new identity
for a Warrant of Fitness (WOF),
the chances of discovery are also
slim. Exacerbating the problem
is the NZTA’s refusal to flag a
vehicle in its database that quite
clearly has a dodgy VIN.
I recently looked at a Mazda
ute. The first problem was that its
colour did not match the Vehicle
Information Report (VIR).
Not really a problem as it had
probably been painted recently.
While the ute cab’s rear window
had the VIN sandblasted into it,
there was no actual VIN plate
on the body or chassis. Closer
examination revealed that the
registration number, and the
cab’s rear window, belonged to
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another Mazda ute. Given I had
to meet the seller on the side of
the road, it became obvious this
vehicle had been stolen and given
another VIN. NZTA was simply
not interested in the information.
Obviously, I opted not to buy this
particular vehicle.
IT’S A STEAL!
New Zealand police figures reveal
that around 20,000 vehicles are
stolen each year. On July 14, 2013,
some 46 vehicles were stolen in
just one day! Approximately 6500
vehicles are never recovered.
Much of this could have been
prevented. Some time back I
wrote about microdot technology
— an additional vehicle identifier
that enables whole-of-vehicle
marking, and involves marking
the vehicle in various places
with between 8000 and 10,000
microdots that will make it easier
to identify recovered vehicles.
Microdots were never intended
to replace other security measures
(such as vehicle tracking, locks,
alarms, and immobilizer systems).
At the time, May 2007, the then
Labour Government proposed
the process to “disrupt organized
crime networks as the sale of
stolen vehicles and their parts
were a major way of funding such
networks!”
I recall the average cost per
vehicle was going to be around
$80, but car importers/retailers
protested at the further erosion
of their profit margins. Two years
later, in May 2008, National
Transport Minister Steven Joyce
pulled the plug on the plans
cent of 40,000 is 13,200 —
which is more than double the
police figures. Assuming the
insurance companies are correct,
you need to double my previously
mentioned figures, and then
realize that the government could
be pocketing as much as $45M
per annum from car thefts! Is
this why there is this seeming
reluctance to introduce any
means of reducing car thefts,
TAX AND INSURANCE
never mind one that is cost
Why didn’t the government pursue
effective?
At $80 per vehicle (a onethis practical and cost-effective
off cost) vehicles could have
method of reducing car theft? Well,
microdots applied at the next
it might have something to do with
WOF and, in a short period of
loss of government revenue. For
time, we could close down the
example, the GST to replace those
bulk of the car thieves. That
6500 stolen cars would be around
would be a good thing, right?
the $10 million mark. In addition,
The downside is the subsequent
there would be around $1.3M in
loss of revenue to government
ACC levies. I’m not sure what the
that would have to be met by …
Inland Revenue Department (IRD)
well, you and me as taxpayers!
would get from the profits on the
Another solution would be to
6500 additional cars, but assuming
dissuade people from buying
everyone involved was paying their
taxes, IRD might expect to see more stolen cars and parts, but with
ineffective border inspections,
than $10M. From that, it would
stolen cars will continue to be
seem the car theft industry is a
exported (and unrecovered). On
significant source of revenue for the
the home front there will still be
government, in that it brings in an
those who continue to buy cheap
estimated $22.8M!
Have I mentioned the insurance cars and parts with no thought
industry? Well, motorists are
about their origins. And as things
paying more than $60 extra
stand in terms of the money
on their insurance premiums
being made from car thefts, the
each year to cover stolen car
government is seemingly not of a
claims topping $100M. While
mind to intervene, and neither is
the police claim around 20,000
anyone else — except, of course,
vehicles are stolen each year,
the New Zealand police who
insurance estimates are double
have done a sterling job in recent
that — with 67 per cent of those times, despite the odds.
recovered and only one-in-five
And that is a very sad reflection
cases solved. Thirty-three per
on New Zealand!
for microdotting, claiming the
potential benefits would be
significantly outweighed by the
cost to motorists — without
supplying any figures. An industry
spokesperson at the time claimed
the cost was “around $400 per
vehicle”. I understand that BMW
does microdot its cars, but there
is no process in New Zealand to
actually use the scheme.
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DISCOVERED WRECKS ALONG NEW ZEALAND’S HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS
Morris Minor attracting
attention to the Open
Café — photographed
during the running of
the Pirelli Mainland
Classic Tour, with a
tour entrant’s Minor
convertible parked
alongside
This ‘landcrab’
Wolseley 1800 is still
in remarkably original
condition, but resides in
a field in New Brighton.
The 1800 Austin/Morris/
Wolseley models have the
most spacious interiors
of any four-cylinder car
of their era — they were,
essentially, ahead of
their time
Part of a huge
collection spotted
in Ranfurly,
December 2008
A 1973 Land Rover — an
ex–Automobile Association
Canterbury service vehicle
owned by a neighbour in
August 2011
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This 1951 Lanchester LD10
was, for many years, parked in
a driveway on Avonside Drive,
Christchurch. Trevor owned one
of these back in the ’80s, and
it appears to be completely
original having only travelled
41,371 miles (66,580km)
A 1916 White truck, seen on
the roadside at Roxburgh —
note the solid rubber tyres!
This Ford Model A has been at the
Te Waimate Station for many years.
The station was founded in 1854 by
Michael Studholme, while this Model
A was purchased in 1953 for £35,
and was originally a four-door sedan,
but it was converted into a flatbed
pickup for use around the farm
At Ashburton’s Botanical Gardens this
Lanz Bulldog tractor is now used as a
children’s play vehicle. These German
tractors were built from 1921 right up to
the ’60s, the company being purchased
by John Deere in 1956. Can one of our
readers tell us when this particular
Bulldog might have been built?
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75
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L
ike the owner of this
month’s cover car, from
the very first time Peter
Biggerstaff saw the DeLorean
in Back to the Future, when
he was around six years old, he
was hooked! Peter reckons the
car was just so unique that even
today, the DMC-12 looks as if it’s
from the future. From then on,
the more he learned about the
car, the company, and the man
who started the company, the
deeper the rabbit hole got for him.
Despite the DeLorean’s company’s
eventual failure, Peter believes the
act of establishing a car company
and going from ‘green fields’ to
producing cars is an epic feat in
anyone’s book.
Peter’s work is centred on IT,
and he has always had hobbies
that align with that career, so
when he decided to start hosting
his own website the first thought
that popped into his head was to
make a DeLorean-related site with
a Kiwi theme.
Whenever Peter talks to people
about the car, he inevitably gets
questions such as, “How many are
there in New Zealand?” or “How
much do they cost?” So creating
a site to answer those exact
questions — all from a unique
Kiwi point of view — just seemed
like the natural thing to do.
Peter’s website started off as a
simple table of all the DeLoreans
he knew resided in New Zealand,
and in which city they were
located. However, this simple
listing quickly grew to include
much more information based
around the car and the company
in general.
DELOREAN COMMUNITY
Peter also set up a Facebook page,
which has also really started to
take off, and before long he was
providing more information
on the DeLoreans around
New Zealand. The result is an
active community. Peter is also
frequently contacted by people
wanting to rent DeLoreans for
TV adverts, corporate events
and displays. James Espey, from
the current DeLorean Motor
Company in Texas, has even
sent Peter information on cars he
knows of in New Zealand, and
there’s been an on-line discussion
regarding a genuine DeLorean
barn find.
Andrew, a Christchurch-based
DeLorean owner who contacted
Peter, purchased his car through
a local car sales website and, at
the time, was in the very early
stages of restoring it. Covering the
progress of Andrew’s DMC-12
would become one of the main
focal points of both the website
and the Facebook page, allowing
friends and visitors to keep up
to date with the car’s progress as
Andrew blogged about all the
latest challenges of the restoration.
He also includes photo updates,
and even how-to guides to help
others with their own restorations
or repair jobs.
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As the community continues
to grow and more people get
interested in importing their own
DeLorean, the most frequently
asked questions relate to the best
methods and ultimate cost of
importing one into New Zealand.
With that in mind, Peter created
an on line importation and price
guide to help potential DeLorean
owners locate and import their
own car, as well as a for-sale page
for those cars already in New
Zealand and currently for sale.
Peter is working on adding
more pages to his website.
These will include a DeLorean
Timeline covering all the dates
and milestone events in John Z
DeLorean’s history, as well as
those of the company itself. As
more owners come forward with
their stories they will also be
added.
Peter’s aim is that the site will
eventually become the one-stop
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Hamilton, New Zealand’s
fourth-largest city, is a diverse
part of the country boasting
everything from our longest river
and the world-famous Waitomo
Caves, to the incredible Hobbiton
movie set.
Hamilton is also an ideal location
for business ventures such as
Bodymods, a company that takes
advantage of its ideal proximity to
other North Island regions.
Bodymods, owned and operated
by Paul Duff, specializes in all
aspects of sheet metal fabrication
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and body restoration. Paul has
spent a total of 28 years in the
trade, and branched out to start
Bodymods seven years ago. Today,
he and his dedicated team of three
full-time and two part-time staff
enjoy the philosophy of ‘the bigger
the challenge, the better’ when
it comes to classic car restoration
projects, although they always
make the time to fit in smaller jobs
and cater for smaller budgets too.
From handcrafting quarter
panels from flat sheets of steel,
to rust repairs and complete
body fabrication, Bodymods’
metalworking abilities are second
to none. Paul and the team are
well practised with all traditional
coach-building techniques, which
is refreshing to see in this day
and age where most panel beaters
no longer know what an English
wheel is, let alone how to use one.
Paul’s well aware these
traditional skills are no longer
being passed down to the younger
generation, and has taken it upon
himself to ensure they’re not lost
altogether. As such, those skills he
learned through trial, error and
thousands of hours of practice
have been taught to his staff, as
have his patience, business ethic
and attention to detail.
Paul’s long-term goals for
Bodymods are to rescue as many
cool cars as possible, continue
to maintain a productive but
enjoyable workplace, and still be
working with metal at 60-plus.
Bodymods has a firm policy
that if it’s made in metal and you
want it done properly, “Come
and see us!” They proudly work
on Minis to Maseratis, rotaries
to –Royces, and pride themselves
in their diverse knowledge across
an extreme range of motor cars.
Their pleasure comes from the
workmanship above all else.
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Spraypainters.
There’s one thing for certain for
most of us who own a classic
car — whether it’s already been
restored, about to be restored, or is
an original daily driver — we take
pride in its appearance, particularly
the paint quality and finish.
Andrew Kitson, owner
of Cameleon Automotive
745 Te Rapa Rd, Te Rapa, Hamilton
Mob. 021 287 1001 email [email protected]
Spraypainters, has spent 19 years
in the trade and understands the
requirements of classic car owners
when it comes to paint. He is
very keen on the classic and older
type of cars, and painting latemodel vehicles helps significantly
with keeping abreast of modern
materials and techniques that
can utilised in restoration work.
Andrew also enjoys painting
motorbikes for similar reasons, as
some bike owners like to push the
boundaries, which Andrew finds
challenging and rewarding.
Andrew established there was
no one locally that specialized in
painting muscle cars, classics, or
anyone’s pride and joy for that
matter, despite the fact there are
some outstanding local painters
whose main work flow appears
to consist of insurance / car
dealer-type work. Andrew spotted
an opportunity to take care of
the enthusiast market, which is
otherwise largely only used as fillin work rather than being given
the priority it deserves.
As far as Andrew is concerned,
doing this type of work was
always a long-term goal, and he is
happy to build on the momentum
he’s already achieved. Getting one
of his paint jobs on the cover of a
magazine or seeing it place well in
a car show always brings a smile
to Andrew’s face, and deservedly
so, as he takes immense pride in
his workmanship. His focus is
always on thoroughness. If it takes
an extra day to get it right, then
they put in that extra day, and
that level of commitment is what
classic car owners expect.
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MODEL SPOT
By Ron Ford
A recent release from Brooklin Models is
BRK 186, a 1954 Buick Special four-door station
wagon that follows on from BRK 180, the 1954
Buick Special four-door sedan reviewed in the
January 2013 issue.
Naturally, the lines
of this classic car
have been well
captured by
Brooklin. It is
a completely
new body
casting with a
few subtle differences
to the sedan, apart from
the roofline of course. All the plated
parts are shared with the sedan, except the
bumper-mounted number plates, which carry
the Brooklin model number instead of authentic
State plates (in this case, Michigan). The grille
has a wash of black that helps define the very
thin vertical bars. The trademark side portholes
are nicely depicted.
The interior is well crafted, with typical bench
seats of the era that are correctly devoid of any
pleat lines. The dashboard is picked out in the
same colour as the rest of the interior lining,
although perhaps it should have been a plated
part? An authentic steering wheel completes the
interior. Only the main components are shown on
the base, and the model rides on realistic wheels
shod with nicely-treaded whitewall tyres.
The Buick is painted in Casino Beige with a
brown-and-buff-coloured interior. Unfortunately
the paint is a bit thick, as the smaller
details such as the cast-in badges are
not as well defined as with the
sedan. The wheels are set
off by a brown circle
to differentiate
between the
plated trims and
whitewalls.
Information on
the Brooklin range
of 1:43-scale hand-
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built models can be obtained from Nostalgic
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Models, ph. 03 213 1354. Thanks to Brooklin
Models Ltd, Bath, UK for the review sample.
The 1950s–’60s Bentley Continental is very
popular with model makers. There are examples
available from 1:18 scale down to
1:76, with most being 1:43. A
recent find was a 1:43 Bentley
S2 Continental DHC by Park
Ward, designed by
Vilhelm Koren
according to
the box base,
and made by
the Chinese
‘toy’ maker Road
Signature. I am always
amazed at how accurate these models
are (checked by images on the internet), and this
one seems spot on. There are a few concessions
to the price of $32, such as the rather plasticlooking interior, but it is accurate.
Plated parts are used for the trims and
components such as the bumpers and grille. The
headlights are clear glazed, and the tail lights
are picked out in their correct colours.
The wheels are convincing, but the chassis detail
is minimal. This version is painted silver with
a red interior, and there is burgundy version
available too, along with a Bentley Continental
coupé in the same scale.
WIN CORGI STEAM
LOCOMOTIVE
As a bit of a change from our usual car model
giveaway, this month we’re giving readers the
chance to win this lovely Corgi 1:120 diecast model of Call Boy, an A3 Class steam
locomotive. Introduced in 1927, the A3 Class
trains were introduced by LNER in an attempt
to compete against increased competition from
air and road travel as the demand for speed,
efficiency and luxury grew. Although initially
converted from older A1 units, 27 A3 locos were
built from new. Call Boy entered service on April
19, 1930, and remained on active duty for over
33 years, frequently being used for the famous
non-stop Flying Scotsman run.
This model depicts Call Boy between 1930 and
1937 when it carried LNER apple green livery, a
dome-type boiler and a single chimney.
Thanks to the New Zealand Corgi distributor,
Toymod, we have one example of this model to
give away to a lucky reader — just answer the
following question to be in with a chance to win:
Q: Name the two major UK
cities connected by the Flying
Scotsman run
Go to www.classiccar.co.nz/competitions to
enter this competition, competition closes on
October 24, 2013. You can now buy Vanguards,
Scalextric, Corgi and AUTOart models online
at www.webmod.co.nz — with all models
ordered through the website delivered free to
your door within New Zealand. Not only that,
if you buy a product from the website, simply
enter ‘Classic Car Magazine’ in the promotional
code section and you’ll receive a 10-per-cent
discount off your purchase.
Oxford Set of S1 Land Rovers Q: Name the Rover chief of design who is generally credited as the originator of the
Land Rover concept. A: Maurice Wilks WINNER: Mark Emsley, Hanmer Springs
Scalextric Ford Escort MkII Q: The Circuit of Ireland Rally is the world’s third-oldest rally — but in what year did
the inaugural event take place? A: 1931 WINNER: Trinna Santos, Palmerston North
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ANGLIAS
Although we tend to associate the name
Anglia with the so-called ‘Anglebox’ of the
’60s — the 105E — these small Fords
had been around since the EO4A produced
between 1939 and 1948. Ford first essayed
a panel van on the Anglia platform with
the E494A (1949–’53) and, later, with the
100E-based Thames 300E. However, what we
have here is a model of the 105E panel van
— in this instance, a 1:43 die-cast model
from the Oxford Roadshow collection. Limited
to only 2000 examples worldwide, this Anglia
comes in London Transport livery.
Possibly even more of an iconic delivery
vehicle than the Anglia panel van, the Ford
Thames was once a very familiar sight on
our roads. The 1:43 die-cast model from
Oxford Commercials is finished in Post Office
Telephones livery, and comes complete with
a pair of ladders — perfect for checking out
overhead phone wires.
Thanks to online model shop, Awesome
Collectables, we’re giving away both these
super models — just answer the following
question to be in to win:
WORKS
OF AUTOART
This month we checked out three new
additions to AUTOart’s growing
range of beautifully detailed
1:18 die-cast
models.
First up, for
the racing
enthusiast there’s
this stunning Alfa
Romeo 33 TT12,
modelled on the
1975 1000km Spa
Francorchamps–winning
car driven by Henri Pescarolo and Derek Bell.
Made up of 655 separate parts, this gorgeous model
weighs in at .67kg and features amazing detail —
from the Perspex headlight covers, to photo-etched
grilles, removable rear wheels and an authenticlooking interior and engine bay.
If you prefer road-going cars, how about this lovely
Lamborghini Countach LP400 — a model
of the original Countach before
it gained distended wheelarches and that massive
rear wing. Once again
some amazing detail
is on display within
this model. Finally, for
those with a penchant
for classic Porsches, it’d
be hard to ignore this 356,
finished in silver with an eye-catching
red interior.
All three of these models will only be available in
limited numbers, so get your order in today!
You can now buy Vanguards, Scalextric, Corgi and
AUTOart models online from www.webmod.co.nz —
with all models ordered through the website delivered
free to your door within New Zealand. Not only that,
if you buy a product from the website, simply enter
‘Classic Car Magazine’ in the promotional code
section and you’ll receive a 10-per-cent discount off
your purchase.
Q: What European-only
version of the final 123E
Super Anglia featured a rearmounted spare tyre?
To enter, go to www.classiccar.co.nz/competitions.
Competition closes on October 24, 2013.
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Oxford models? To check out their range of quality models
see www.awesomecollectables.co.nz.
If you have a query, send an email to
[email protected].
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Find more
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Answers to last month’s crossword #253
Across: 7. Netter 8. Austin 10. Torpedo 11. Boano 12. Reed 13. Atlas 17. Eight 18. Viva 22. McRae 23. Rambler
24. Ghibli 25. Hornet
Down: 1. Unitary 2. Starlet 3. Rebel 4. Sunbeam 5. Steam 6. Envoy 9. Montlhéry 14. Pirelli 15. Airline 16. Garrett
19. Omega 20. Trail 21. Ampol
CLASSIC CARTOON
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Clues Across:
7. Important figure in UK sports car history, driving for or working with Invicta, Riley, and
Triumph pre-war, and post-war under his own name (6) 8. Model name for a successful
late 1960s to mid ’70s series of Lotus sports cars, initially powered by a Renault engine
(6) 10. Early name in Australian motoring history, famed for building the first petrolengined motor vehicle in Australia from 1901–’08 (7) 11. US carmaker, for many years
the mid-price brand and more recently the performance arm of Chrysler (5) 12. Small
backbone-framed sports car from Lotus, built from 1962–’75, and revived from 1989–’95
(4) 13. Series of ERA voiturette single-seaters built in 1935–’36, two of which gave the
driver in 18 across his first major racing successes (1,4) 17. German car and truck builder,
active from 1905, latterly as part of the Borgward automobile combine (5) 18. Siamese
prince and racing driver, active from 1935 to 1955 (4) 22. New Zealand’s F1 World
Champion racing driver, with eight wins and 33 podium placings in 112 F1 races (5) 23.
Landmark Lancia saloon and GT car, built from 1950–’58 and noted for fine road manners
(7) 24. Famous name in UK family car history, a major marque name from 1912–’13
through to 1983–’84 (6) 25. British specialist sports car, originally designed as a modern
successor to 12 across, and built from 1987 to 1991, with a few more produced under
different ownership later in the ’90s (6)
Clues Down:
1. Model name for the 18hp Armstrong-Siddeley saloon built from 1949–’54 (7) 2. Welshmade (1965–’83) sports coupé using mainly the Hillman Imp engine for power (7) 3. US
and Australian word for a saloon car (5) 4. German microcar builder (1957–’58) though
more noted for motorcycles from 1917 to 1984 (7) 5. Britain’s doyen of motoring writers,
active in the field from 1930 to 2011 (5) 6. Model name for Valiant’s well-remembered
sporting coupés in the VF to VH model ranges (5) 9. Marque and model name used by
Holden from 1971–’84 and 1990–2010, and a model name for Nash from 1949–’56 (9)
14. Efficient and aerodynamic saloon from Jowett, 23,307 built from 1947–’53 (7) 15.
British company (owned by Lucas from 1938) noted in the classic era for brakes (and also
clutches and dampers) (7) 16. Anti-lock braking system developed in the early ’50s by
Dunlop, used initially in aircraft before automobile use followed in the ’60s and ’70s (7)
19. Lancia model name, for a car built from 1984–’94, noted for the use of in-line four
petrol and diesel, V6, and V8 engine options (5) 20. Great Scottish racing driver, twice a
Formula 1 World Champion, with a 25 wins from 72 starts success ratio (5) 21. The D of
the classic era P R N D L auto transmission set-up (5)
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MYSTERY CAR
This month’s mystery car dates from 1963–’64,
and was seen in various shows for a while in both
convertible and coupé versions, but never seems
to have made it to production status, though the
Japanese company which commissioned it from an
Italian coachbuilder kept it alive as a project for
two or three years. What have we here? Send your
solution by email, or by snail mail to Mystery Cars
No. 213, NZ Classic Car, PO Box 46 020, Herne Bay,
Auckland by mid October. The winner will be the
first correct entry opened from the entries box.Last
month’s mystery 212 was another joint effort, this
time Innocenti, an Italian company, doing its coupé
version of the Austin-Healey Sprite — it also did a
Spyder version. Our picture showed the rather rare
coupé version of the car, built later in the model
run from 1965–’66, through to 1967–’68 or 1970
(unlikely), according to some sources. Conflicting
production figures vary from around 400 to a
more likely 794. The Spyder version was produced
in considerably greater numbers (7000–9000
84 New Zealand Classic Car
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with varying
figures
again) using
both 948
and 1098cc
Sprite running
gear, while
this coupé C
version was
only built with
the 1098cc
engine.
Mechanically the car was the same as the UKmodel Sprite, but the design for the body was done
by Tom Tjaarda at Ghia. The body was built by OSI
in Turin, possibly with funding help from Ghia,
while Innocenti united it with the BMC-assembled
floorpans and running gear. The conversion from
Innocenti Spyder S open-top to the Innocenti C
coupé was done by OSI, grafting a permanent
hardtop onto the Spyder body. At the time of
writing, we seem to have got no successful entries
for Mystery 211, the little Ferves Ranger off-roader
built up from Fiat 500 and 600 parts in the late
1960s.
QUIK QUIZ
NOW THAT YOU’VE READ THIS MONTH’S
FEATURE ON THE ICONIC DMC-12,
LET’S SEE HOW MUCH YOU KNOW
ABOUT THESE TIME-TRAVELLING
SPORTS CARS AND THEIR FOUNDER
1: John Zachary DeLorean’s first job in the auto
industry was with which company?
2: Name the Bond girl that John DeLorean
once dated.
3: What famous US banking family was an early
DeLorean investor?
4: What was the title of John DeLorean’s early
autobiography?
5: In 1966, DeLorean put forward a car intended
to compete directly against Ford’s new Mustang
— but the idea was shelved by GM. What was
the name of the proposed car?
6: What was the ‘gift’ given to DeLorean when
he resigned from GM?
7: Name the GM project manager who undertook
initial development work on the DeLorean car.
8: What was the early name of DeLorean’s
proposed car?
9: For Christmas 1980 a joint DeLorean /
American Express promotion resulted in a
special version of the DMC-12. Why was it
special?
10: In what year did Stephen Wynne found the
current DeLorean Motor Company?
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protection for a garage-parked vehicle, while the fabric is highly breathable
to prevent vapour and heat from becoming trapped under the cover. Form-Fit
covers are available in six colours and are supplied complete with a matching
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TIMELINES
ONCE AGAIN, GRAEME RICE LOOKS
BACK ON THE MOTORING WORLDS OF
100, 75, 50 AND 25 YEARS AGO
OCTOBER 1913
In 1913, could a car have been regarded as a work of art? This was a point of
law argued in Dunedin when a local man, Charles Shiel, tried to raffle a Ford
car to raise funds for building a new boy’s high school. Apparently Shiel had
obtained a permit under the 1908 Gaming Act to raffle Works of Art. While
the magistrate posed a question to Mr Callan, Shiel’s defence counsel, in
what appeared to be a sympathetic way — “Mr Callan — is not the car a
work of art?” — Callan passed on the opportunity to push the issue. “I have
decided not to raise the point as to whether the motor car was a work of
art,” he replied. Sad, because it could have been an interesting debate. Mr
Shiel was fined £10. The acquisition of Wellington’s new fire engine chassis
was creating more debate than expected. Not over how efficient the new
appliance might be at putting out fires, but if it would be powerful enough to
cope with the city’s hills and the distance to outlying districts. Auckland had
two fire engines, a 93kW unit and a 63kW one. Christchurch, Dunedin and
Napier had ordered 63kW models, so how could Wellington be content with a
48kW chassis? Good grief.
OCTOBER 1938
Morris introduced its newest version of the successful Eight, the somewhat
streamlined Series E. Using much the same chassis as previous Eights,
the new Series E’s points of difference were its modified 22kW (29.5bhp),
918cc side-valve engine, wider body, a four-speed gearbox and faired-in
headlamps. The new offering from Standard in the small-car market, the
Flying 8 model, was more stylish with its Airline-influenced body styling.
Jaguar showed its SS fixed-head coupé available on special order in small
batches, while Bugatti showed off its aerodynamic Type 57, designed and
built by Jean Bugatti for his father’s 57th birthday. This supercharged
straight-eight featured aircraft-style seats, a pre-selector gearbox activated
by a tiny lever, and a massive speedo and tacho. Clark Gable had started
something by cruising around Hollywood in his handsome Jensen V8.
Now the small British firm had sent its seventh drophead coupé to the
Los Angeles film colony. Some of the Hollywood cars used a Lincoln V12
4.4-litre motor. Six ratios were on offer with the fitting of a dual range rear
differential.
OCTOBER 1963
Ferruccio Lamborghini’s new Ferrari competitor, the Lamborghini 350GTV,
was ready in just four months to be exhibited at the Turin Motor Show.
Why did tractor maker Ferruccio create the Lamborghini? “In the past I
have bought some of the most famous GT cars, and in each case of these
magnificent machines I have found fault. They are either too noisy, too hot,
too uncomfortable, not sufficiently fast, or not perfectly finished. Now I want
to make a GT car without faults. Not a technical bomb. Very normal. But a
perfect car.” Vauxhall’s move into the Mini/Imp/Anglia/Herald field with the
super-orthodox Viva got rave reviews. The boxy little 1057cc saloon was
described as a crisp little car, with plenty of space and performance for its
class. Ford showed the short-lived Corsair with overtones of the American
Thunderbird’s slab sides, pointed mudguards and recessed headlights, even
though the Cortina seemed able to occupy the same market slot. The Corsair
and Corsair GT used much the same engineering as the Cortina in a slightly
bigger body, but customer reaction was never very positive for this range.
OCTOBER 1988
Motoring mastermind and creator of the car which changed the way
the public perceived small cars, Alec Issigonis, died on October 9, after
81 productive years. Towards the end of the war he began working on the
agile and likeable Morris Minor — hugely successful by UK standards, it
sold over 1,000,000 units between 1948 and 1972. With money running
out after fuel rationing during the closure of the Suez Canal, Leonard Lord
(who was running BMC) seized the chance to get Issigonis back to design
a revolutionary small car. The result was the all-conquering Mini. Issigonis’
greatest achievement was changing the basic layout of the cars we drive in
search of space and fuel efficiency.
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CLASSIC CAR - SEE ALL CARS ONLINE AT WWW.CLASSICCAR.CO.NZ
1979 Ford Cortina. 1600 OHC engine,
kelford GT cam, extractors, unleaded
valve/seats, uprated valve springs. New
clutch, gas shocks etc. Spare parts.
$4800. Ph 03 472 8889
1974 Ford light truck. Paint work and
wiring done, chasis painted, seats
recovered. A good project. The picture
doesn’t show the work that has been done
so far. $3000 ono Ph 027 230 6569
1937 Buick Special. A quality restoration
on a top quality car. That straight 8 is just
a delight. Running 12 volts and some other
little upgrades to make life easier.Reg and
new WoF $29950 Ph 04 830 1030
1931 Chrysler Roadster CM6. Very clean
original California car. Received AACA
award in 1964. A rare opportunity to buy a
very rare car, Comes with trailer and loads
of spares. $95,000 Ph 07 549 1242
1965 Chevrolet Impala. Engine 305 V8
Tunnel Ram. Twin holley carbs. Headers
Transmission 350 turbo 15 x 8 alloy
wheels 235 x 60 tyres. Spare bonnet also
92832 miles $30000. Ph 03 208 1758
1972 Buick Riviera. Boattail. Very
good condition. All usual extras. Electric
windows. $30000. Ph 09 419 9070
1989 Chevrolet Corvette. Great driving
experience with the removable hard lid like
a T-top is great for the summer too. Wof is
new. $15000. Ph 04 528 2741
1939 Buick Coupe series 40 straight 8.
Opera seats & Fisher body. Bought new
from C F Washer & Sons. Major mech
work completed with no expense spared.
Beautiful car. $50,000. Ph 021 210 0270
1969 Triumph MkI. Two owners. Original
hand book and tool kit. Original condition.
Complete service record. Many spares.
Just had $3000 top overhaul.
Offers. Ph 09 817 4411
1969 Vauxhall Victor F.D. 3.3L Saloon.
4sp man o/d. Bare shell resto. Reco
engine etc. Matching no’s. Effortless fast
tourer. $19,500. No offers.
Ph 07 868 9372
1973 Morris 1000 van. Datsun 1200
motor. Runs well. Red seats. May swap
cheap car for my wife. In Tauranga
$1,800. Ph 027 257 3420
[email protected]
1967 Chevrolet Impala. 283 (V8) 2
Speed auto power steering & brakes. 1
lady owner since 85” with service records
from 85’ onward. $20,000.
Ph 09 277 7273 [email protected]
CLASSIC CAR - SEE ALL CARS ONLINE AT WWW.CLASSICCAR.CO.NZ
1970 Buick Riviera. 455 big block V8 in
very good condition. Runs great with no
mechanical issues. Gets WOF every time
no problem. $15000. Ph 021 167 5536
[email protected]
1979 Dodge Adventurer D150. 318 v8
and 727 loadflite trans, both recond. Rare
model california import 2007. much work
done. Chrome edelbrock dressup kit,
$22295. Ph 03 388 2487
CLASSIC CAR - SEE ALL CARS ONLINE AT WWW.CLASSICCAR.CO.NZ
1975 Mercedes-Benz 230. Very clean
example. Same family for the last 35
years. WoF & Reg. 50,000 miles. leather
upholstery and has always been garaged.
$7,000ono Ph 09 410 4032
1979 Ford Escort 1600 Ghia Auto MkII.
Grandad original type condition. Has been
shed stored probably more than driven.
Car is really nice to drive-goes well. Will
have rego and new wof. Ph 03 313 5462
CLASSIC CAR - SEE ALL CARS ONLINE AT WWW.CLASSICCAR.CO.NZ
2002 Mazda MX5 RS. A rare model
in NZ. 110,000km. With hard top. 6sp
manual. 1800. All factory options. Bose
stereo. Power steering. $11,900.
Ph 09 8177 628
1976 BMW 320 convertible. Storage for
11 years. 2 woman owners. New brakes/
shocks. Spare motor and gearbox. $7,000.
07 549 3201
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1961 Holden E.K. Special. Restored
cond. Motor fully overhauled in 1991.
Current Reg & WoF. Owned for 20 years.
$16,000. Ph 03 522 4276
1975 Daimler Sov. Ute conversion. WoF
& Reg. Holden 308. Goes well. Receipts
for $7,000. P&P. $10,500ono.
Ph 09 298 5033
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EDITORS’ PICK
1975 MERCEDES–BENZ 230
EACH MONTH WE SELECT ONE OUTSTANDING
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his months editor’s pick falls clearly in the ‘reasonably priced
classic’ bracket and we believe the photographs speak for
themselves.
This is a very clean example of this mid ‘70’s sedan and we are are sure
this lovely car will be sitting in a new owner’s garage very soon. It has
been in the same family for the last 35 years. It has current WoF and
registration and has travelled a genuine 50,000 miles. Cream colour
with leather upholstery, the car has always been garaged.
$7,000 ono. Ph: 09-4104032.
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1986 Ford Escort. Tidy condition. Good
tyres. Fuel injected. Will look at swaps or
trade for a smaller jap car
$3,500. Ph 021 205 4459
1983 Porsche Carrera. Manual. LHD 911.
Great cond. Fuchs wheels. Fat 225 x 55 x
15 rears sits and drives really well. 4 new
tyres and serviced by Porsche. $23,000.
Ph 021 441 471
1967 Ford Fairmont. 5 litre injected motor
with a brand new T5 clutch and fly wheel.
Very tidy. $30,000. Ph 03 426 0020
[email protected]
1967 Ford Mustang. GTA with 390
Big Block. Full resto by Mustang Alley.
American Racing Alloys, Adjustable Koni
Classic Shocks, Ford Motorsport Springs.
$59,995. Ph 021 187 6620
1984 Pontiac Trans Am. Targa Tops BFGoodrich g-Force tyres. 305 V8 with 850
cfm. $9,000. Ph 09 827 6827
[email protected]
1962 Dodge Dart Custom 440. Very rare
car. Ground up restoration, seats and door
panels were recovered in the US to get
original design $75,000.
Ph 027 655 0860
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2005 Ford Mustang GT V8 Convertible.
(LDH). Great condition. Current reg and
WoF. $38,000. Ph 027 510 0013
[email protected]
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1980 Ford Escort. 1300 manual. Very
tidy. Runs very well. Recent tune. Freeflow
exhaust. Bosch gt40 high output. New
WoF $5,500. Ph 021 298 8012
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1978 Chrysler Cl. Rare CL 318 Chrysler
Charger in excellent condition &
represents a great investment for an astute
buyer. $60,000. Ph 027 497 0926
1969 Ford Falcon. One careful owner
since 1970.Excellent body condition.
Comes with two full manuals. $14,000.
Ph 07 823 1488
1952 De Soto Diplomat Deluxe. 350
chev. 600 holly carburator, 9 inch dif
and 350 turbo tranmission. BM shifter.
Upholstery in orginal great condition.
$20,000. Ph 027 243 3009
1983 Audi Quattro
4wd Turbo A2
Coupe. 5cyl. White.
Good body. All original.
No rust. Engine has
been removed but
complete. $18,000ono.
Ph 027 652 5847
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1973 Mazda RX2 Rotary Rally Car + a second RX2 sedan (less engine and transmission).
Set up for club rallys and sprints. A comprehensive list of spare parts, single axle car
transporter and an entire spare car! Call John on 021 770 302.
1970 Ford Cortina. Fully restored MkII GTE
cortina. No rust, exc interior. This vehicle is
how it left the factory and runs like a dream.
$16000. Ph 07 8263858 trevor.hennessy@
manukau.ac.nz
1970 Chevrolet Camaro. Plate: GLH70
83,802 Miles. 2 Door Coupe. 3 Speed
$75000. Ph 0274330126
[email protected]
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1999 Nissan Condor. E/windows. A/c Easy
load slide. Tilt deck. Tyre rack. Spares /
fuel rack, winch, low Kms. Suitable for all
saloon cars stc. 159,000km. Located in
Warkworth. $55,000ono 021 917005
1972 Mustang Mach1. 351 cubic inch C6
Auto. 92741 miles. Good condition. One
owner last 22 years. $43000 ono.
Ph 09 263 9047
1970 Ford Mustang. Plate: GLT532
59,800 Miles. 2 Door Coupe. 5,700cc
V8. 3 Speed. Automatic Import History.
$75000. Ph 0274330126
[email protected]
1973 Mercedes-Benz SLC. Recon gearbox. A
steel at this price. $11,000. Ph 07 312 4147
1975 Cadillac DeVille. 4 door pillerless.
500 cubic inch engine. Right hand drive.
28000 miles. Original condition.
$23000 ono Ph 09 263 9047
1973 Lincoln Continental. Original.
Engine rebuilt. A/C. Paint is good. Leather
interior. $20000. Ph 0272971992
[email protected]
1966 Giulia Super. Although the Giulia hasn’t
run under its own steam for some time, it
is fully complete and a proper dose of TLC
would have it up and running again.
Ph Penn McKay on 09 444 0424
1970 Morris 1100. Rare and unique
opportunity. Mint original pristine condition.
Unbelievably low mileage (23,815 km).
Located Blenheim. $18,000. Ph 04 388 3994
[email protected]
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1957 Morris Minor. Previously owned by
a local Morrie club president servicing
has been first class. Possible trade
plus cash$$$ for adventure type bike.
$4500ono. Ph 075734749
1965 Ford Mustang. Good condition. 4
speed manual. Goes very well. Have had a
lot of good times in this car. $32000.
Ph 0297755037
[email protected]
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2001 Bentley Azure. 6.75l 400BHP
Turbo-charged V8. Full Service History
through Bentley Service at Giltrap Prestige.
A true automotive icon. Oustanding
condition. $POA Ph 021 905 924
1952 Jaguar Mk VII. Pristine condition.
Recently restored. Engine overhauled
approximately 3000 km ago Immaculate
paint job. No rust $25000. Ph 027 231 6755
[email protected]
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AUCTION REPORT
1973 HOLDEN KINGSWOOD 253 V8 SEDAN EX COMMONWEALTH GAMES CARS
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here were 169 Kingswood Cars that
were commisioned for the 10th British
Commonwealth Games in 1973. It
is estimated that there are only 30 Games
cars left in varying degrees of repair. All
have: Rostyle Wheels, Tripod Gauges in the
dashboard (Fuel, Oil, Temp), Oyster coloured
upholstery, distinctive red and blue stripes.
The two going up for auction at Turners
Auctions in Christchurch have the same owner
and both have had light restorations. Both
are attractive cars. Current owner has owned
since the late 1990’s and is pricing the vehicles
to sell as he has a new project in mind. They
always attract considerable attention especially
as a pair and are popular for weddings etc.
Photos and details listed on www.turners.co.nz
as from 01 October 2013. You can view these
cars at the Turners Classic Car Auction which
is on the 19 October 2013. Call 03 343 9850
for more info.
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1995 Genuine Indy Pace Car Corvette.
Complete with build sheet. Totally original.
Would deal into F5000. $49500.
Ph 09 431 5118
1989 Camaro IROC. Been complied WoF.
Ready for the road. B&M Shifter. Nice car
to drive. $16995. Finance Possible.
Ph 09 431 5118.
1993 Genuine Indy Pace Car Camaro.
Very low mileage. 1 owner in NZ. Would
deal on F5000. $39500. Ph 09 431 5118
1989 Corvette convertible. Blue metallic.
Mint car. New top. New tyres. Beautiful
leather. Power seats. $22990.
Ph 09 431 5118
1967 Ford Mustang . Very rare. 4 speed
manual top loader. New leather interior. Almost
all chrome is new. Brand New 17” American
Racing rims and tyres. Very fast and very
stunning. $75000. Ph 021 911 360
1974 Chevrolet Corvette C3. An outstanding
original example. Genuine factory parts used
throughout. Full transmission rebuild and
mechanically maintained regularly.
$48500. Ph 021 543 076
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1955 Cadillac Coupe. 1955 dream car. very
good condition. Will trade boat, or why to similar
value. Text me your silliest offer today, and we’ll
see what sticks. $48000. Ph 021 867 226
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1965 TVR Tuscan. This is a wonderful
unique opportunity to purchase from what
I gather the only TVR Grantura 1800S
in the Southern Hemisphere. Ground up
resto. $70000. Ph 03 326 3338
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1977 Bedford Cf. Much loved motorhome has
been seen to by engineers and mechanics. She
is powered by 350 Chev, with 350 turbo trans
(Never worry about hills in N.Z. ever again!!) 4
Birth. Many extras $12000. Ph 021 236 7865
1928 Ford Model A Coupe. Beautiful
condition $29000. Ph 03 528 4084
[email protected]
1987 Ford Falcon. Rego on hold. Has been a
good wagon for years but needs a little tlc with
bodywork .has a nissan ld28 engine. recent
welding done on the tray. Used on the road up
until beginning of year. $500. Ph 021 150 8892
1971 Ford Falcon. Good cond. 99,000 miles.
Two owners. Duel fuel petrol and LPG. Goes
well. Interior has a rip on the front seat. The drip
rail chrome on the passenger side is missing.
$12000. Ph 09 408 5480
Ford Falcon GL 1986. Very good
condition. Rare 5speed manual. Drives
like a dream. 1 owner from new. Good for
Falcon enthusiast or collector.
$4750. Ph 027 279 912.
1984 Ford Capri. Fuel injected 2.8l V6.
146000 miles. Original condition in need of
some work. Tidy and straight, no rust. WoF and
reg. $10000ono. Ph 07 345 7378 after 7pm.
1981 Ford Cortina MkV Ghia . 5 speed. WoF.
Interior very tidy for age. Tyres all good. Engine
good. Has headers fitted. Brake calipers and
master cylinder have been refurbished. $5000.
Ph 03 329 7006
1972 Chrysler Valiant. AP8 8 cylinder
5520cc. Auto. 2 owners. Fully undercoated
and rust proofed. In its original state and in
great condition. Tow bar. Good rubber.
WoF & rego $12995. Ph 07 884 4246
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1974 Jeep Wrangler. Soft cover is in 98% near
new condition and has never been used. All
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just like it should. Tired body and wiring. An
excellent project. $2000ono. Ph 021 494 347
1975 Holden Kingswood. Holden HZ One
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on deck.Reg/WoF. 5 star alarm. Runs
extremely well. $10000. Ph 021 843 849
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1975 Chevrolet Monza. Very rare. New
upholstery. Thousands spent on this car. Reco
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condition and no rust! Car cover. Rear screen.
3” pipes. $23995. Ph 021 425 432
1967 Buick GS. Only GS reg’d in NZ.
One of about 200 built. Running a 340, 4
barrel auto. Runs sweet. Would drive any
where. 5 factory rally rims. 2 owners. Rare
car! $27500ono. Ph 03 313 1997
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Wanted - MK1 Zephyr convertible. Consider all –
Basket case to fully restored. Car stays in NZ all
replies answered. Bruce Fleming Ph 027 963 6679
or [email protected]
For Sale - Studebaker Hawk wanted. Any model
considered. Must be in tidy condition.
Ph 03 313 8965 or 021 421 577
For Sale - 1980 Fiat X19. 1500 5speed. No rego.
Goes well. Has number plates. Small rust area by
glass. Comes with new screen glass. Offers. 027
248 7192
Wanted - Range Rover 2 door classic. Must be
very very original. Would consider all conditions.
Prefer outstanding. Phone Roger 027 5553285
Wanted - MGBGT with chrome bumper ‘70-’74 in
top authentic condition throughout with matching
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drive. Private cash buyer. Ph 09 294 7794
For Sale - 1969 Fiat 850 sport coupe. No reg. Good
condition. Goes well. With spare panels, lights,
glass and mechanical bits. Has rego plates. Offers
round $1,200. Ph 027 248 7192
Wanted - Morris Minor truck, ute or van. Pre 1974.
Ph 03 322 6997
For Sale - Triumph 2000. 1967 rego on hold.
Mechanically and internally ok but needs rust
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For Sale - Morris Isis, Series I. Repowered with
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Wanted - Honda S2000 wanted in silver NZ new
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For Sale - Datsun 120 Y 1977 manual sedan,
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done, needs painting new wof, REGO ON HOLD
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Wanted - Rover Mini Cooper 1275cc. 4speed
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Wanted - Z.H. Ford Fairlane Marquis 1970s. Must
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Wanted - An old carless day sticker, or at least
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Wanted - A40 Farina dash top. Wiper motor & body
parts. Ph 03 323 7744
For Sale - New exhaust headers. Headman USA
made. For Rover V8. $500. Ph 06 845 4970
For Sale - Mercury 46-47 front badge. Offers Ph
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Wanted - Hardtop to fit 1955-57 Ford
Thunderbird. Any cond. Ph 06 759 9082
For Sale - Triumph Dolomite parts. Body and
mechanical. Too many to list. Also some Herald
bits. Prices neg. Email [email protected]
Parts wanted - BMC 3.9: 1 ( 10 X 39 TEETH ) diff
head assy, P/N BTA 1222. As fitted to Sprite /
Migets, later Riley 1500 & later Wolseley 1500.
Must be a usable item, Ph 06 843 9523
Wanted - Black plates with letters HK,HQ or year
plates by collector, please ph/txt 021 0694140, or
email [email protected]
Wanted - Petrol cap reflector (Combo) for Humber
Super Snipe 1963. Call David 07 889 7851
For Sale- Chevrolet 350 motor, fitted with TPI and
3 stage automatic transmission. Lots of chrome.
For details and photographs contact Mike 04)567
3302, [email protected]
For Sale - Aussie Street Machine Magazines
1981/82 to 2005,complete set $600ono,will not
sell as singles.Ph (03)5442987.
Wanted - BMC 1800 motor preferably complete
and in running order. Ph 04 577 0350
For Sale - 600x16 crossply tyres, All warrantable.
Open to offers. Ph 04 577 0350
For Sale - Pontiac TransAm alloy centre caps. Suit
honeycomb rims. As new $300 (new cost $500)
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For Sale - 15x7 Honeycomb rims(x4). Suit Pontiac
Transam 71-76 models or Holden Monaro 77-79
GTS + LE models. Tidy condition. $400ono
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Wanted - Gearbox speedometer drive unit for
Zephyr MkII. 4speed plus cable. Ph 09 438 0966
For Sale - Workshop Manuals. Datsun Sunny 78-82.
Vauxhall Viva @ Firenza. Ford 8 @ 10HP 32-37 $15
each Plus Postage. Phone 06 3642442
For Sale - Number plate ‘PORSCH’. For the
Porsche owner, must increase in value! Offers to
Ph 0211666450.
For Sale - Workshop Manuals. Hillman Hunter 710
Pages by Chrysler UK $25. VW Golf @ Jetta 74-84.
Falcon XY-XB $15 each Plus Postage Ph 06 3642442
Wanted - Bonnet Finisher moulding for 1971
MGBGT recessed grille model Ph o6 8777436
For Sale - 1964 Cooper deluxe project, straight
shell, surface rust, box of bis, engine, subframes,
complete doner car plus 5 new 165/70 Dunlop
Formula R tyres. Ph: Nick 027 383 7457
For Sale - Personalised plates for sale. 280BNZ to
suit any model Mercedes Benz 280. $900ono Ph
Tim 03 544 0045
For Sale - Owner handbooks. Datsun B310, Austin
Morris Mini, VH Commodore, Lada Samara. $5.00
each. Ph 03 3242 446
For Sale - Chevrolet parts catalogues (3) Covers
fullsize models 1965-1975, plus sales brochures
and owners manuals for same models. Sell as one
lot P.O.A. Ph: 07 828 4872
For Sale - Car manuals. Vauxhall Viva HB, Velox
Cresta 1957-72, Morris Oxford V&VI (etc), Morris
Marina 1500/1750, Austin Maxi 69/81, Ford
Falcon (6cyl), XY-XB. $20 each. Ph 03 3242 446
For Sale - Air compressor. Ingersoll-Rand Type 30
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aftercooler. 3 phase motor. Suit spray painter. $2000
Ph 07 828 4872
For Sale - Motor cycle handbooks, Velocette (pre
1965), Rayleigh Mopeds, Ariel Arrow 7 Leader
Suzuki (pre 1967). $10 each. Ph 03 3242 446
For Sale - American car books for sale. Collection of
varius 1960s-70s era repair manuals and general
interest. For details and prices. Ph 07 828 4872
Wanted - Puch motor scooter parts. SR 150 1958.
Motor required and other parts. Books. Ph 06
758 4244
For Sale - Holden Torana clutch plate (NEW) Fits LC/
LJ models with 6 cyl engine and 4-speed gearbox,
14 spline type $30 Ph: 07 828 4872
Wanted - BLMC 1100/1300 One front hydrolastic
Displacer unit. Ph 855 4902
For Sale - Tyres (NEW) Firestone 7.75x15x4ply
$1500 set of 5 plus shipping and handling. Ph:
Ronald 09 278 3888 evenings.
Wanted - Cortina Mk5 rear bumper with brackets
and plastic end pieces. Ph Vincent 09 827 7640
For Sale - Ford 1600 cross flow 2737E Block new
rings, gaskets etc. Needs putting together. 2V
Weber $800. Ph 03 693 7171
For Sale - Ford toe plates 1912 solid brass ford
logo in centre. Put on wall or car $200 for the pair.
Ph 03 693 7171
For Sale - Workshop manuals. Ford Zephyr - Consul
1951-1995, Commodore VH 4cyl. 1981-1982,
Bedford CF Van 1969-1986. Ford Anglia 105E.
1959-1968. $15 each plus postage. Ph 09 412 8032
For Sale - 5/15 inch 72 spoke chrome wire wheels.
2 with tyres only done 3000 miles from new. 2 in
average condition. 1 rough condition. $1200 the
lot. Ph 07 544 1245
Wanted - Skoda 120LS bonnet. May be interested
in other parts. email [email protected]
For Sale - MGB parts 1968. Wire wheels & hubs,
gearbox with overdrive, bodyshell (needs new
sills), various other parts Ph 03 5742077
Wanted - New steering suspension and other parts
for vintage and post vintage cars. Ph: Ronald 09 278
3888 evenings.
For Sale - Jaguar 1997 XJR mag wheel with brand
new Z rated pirelli tyre fitted. $400 ono Call Mike on
0274834966
For Sale - Alfa mag wheels, set of five, to fit model
156. 5 stud,also fit fiat and lancia models. $280 ono.
Call Mike on 0274834966
For Sale - Number Plates. TOPAZ I. Top as 1, Topaz eye, for
any horoscope fans, the one who see’s all. Great plates at
$1000.00. GIZZRR. A must for the prime example of mitsi
GSRs. There can only be one GIZZRR as they are called.
These plates came off one of the best gsr’s around back
in the days, been my shed ornaments for over 10 years.
Be the next proud owner of these plates an increase the
value an sale potential of your gsr. $3000.00. ROSS 7.
Where are you Ross. numeral under 10. These plates are
a true investment and available for sale after 14 years.
$10,000.00. [email protected]
Model Cars (and some commercials and tractors).
Mainly 1/43 scale, by Schuco, Norev, Verem, Rio,
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1998 ‘75. Standard 8,12,14, Wolseley (1500, 18/85),
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Ducati, Norton.
Schuco tinplate (repros, Oldtimers, etc.) and tiny
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Schuco/Distler 1/24 Military figs. (Waterloo etc.)
The above are representative of those in stock now.
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