New Zealand Classic Car - 1-Feb-2010

• Restoring a Famous Kiwi Race Car -The Ex Chamberlain , Marwood and Riley Camaro
• The Camaro Past and Present (1 of 3 2010 Camaro SS in NZ featured)
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• Wellington Motor Garages 1920s -1960s  ..)

• Turners Classic Car Auction -Chch  November 28 2009  35 lots at their rooms at Detroit Place  oldest been a 1923 Oldsmobile Roadster - Highlight ultra rare 1993 Toyota Century Lwb limousine sold for a bargin $22500 Reg XT9691

• Competititions
• Looking Back 10 years ago - Feb  2000 Cover
• Mystery Car 167 -Yep bloody easy Jensen SV8 Roadster
• Mystery Car 168 while this months mystery is ... easy in fact too -this magazine covered a restoration of the car 1 of few surivors world wide  Yep it was easy The Lloyd 650
• Mystery Car 169 - Even easier still more add on an MG Midget then really a company but a lot sold many surive
• Times lines by Graeme Rice -Historian

• Honda CR-X (ef) Generation 2 1988-1991  by Peter Kelly

• Only covers  Rover Car Club of Taranaki Inc to Zodiac & Zephyr Club Southland (from  R-Z ) as way for us to go to their web site

• American  Muscle Car Club

• Citroen Collectors owns 14 including a Maserati BiTurbo

• Acc Scheme its history and its the same story -lack of funds for recent draconian measures  refers particularly to  Right Honourable Mr Justice Woodhouse  regarding in Talk oon the ACC in his Kennedy Memorial Lecture  Published NZ Law Journal Oct 2nd 1979 (Greg you have been doing some digging! congrats...well done great effort!) qv Price on by Greg Price
• Ex Fleetwood Mustang making a name for itself in Historic Racing events under prsent owner Neil Tolich  -Blairmail  to add later tonight Jan 26 2010
• Review of 90 minute DVD covering history of Tertonga since it opened in 1957, Discussion of seeing Delahaye 1936 135CS built by Ian Polson  here Eion Reflects on Rob Walkers original car (Rob wrote in March 1998 Road & Track of all cars he wish he kept this was one of them discussed)  Eoin Discusses reason Why Lamborghini entered making exotic cars was that clutch of his Ferrari burned out too soon ( I remember you saying same thing years ago and I often wondered if rumor story came from you in the first place) Photo discovered Pre War Tripoli Mellaha Lake 8 mile desert ; 1952 Cooper 500 from Ireland on display in Bruce McLaren Display at Manifield ' Michael Clark who writes for this magazine owns Crossle 32F Formula Ford (Crossle are are rare maker)-Eoin Youngs Fazazz Classic Diary

• Chev Camaro Transam Racer 1969 Z28 to finish tonight Jan 26 2010  owned by Tony Antonievich son of Lourie a major founder of NZ Stock Car Racing Team  - Tony car is ex Joe Chamberlain ; Dennis Marwood l Johnny Riley 69 Transam car  bought into NZ in late 1970 by Quarry owner Ian Rorison

• Chevrolet Camaro SS 2010 LHD 1 of 3 that currently reside in NZ  6.2V8  300kw via Hydra Matic 6L80 6speed Auto  sold by this car is to be converted by Eden Houlihan for future performance enhancements a supercharger for starters  who will converting others to RHD "Back in Black" qv by Ashley Webb

• Harking back to 64 London Show - Allan Discusses Classic Cars like his first Lotus with love of Hi Fi particularly old Valve units (they are better)

• 2010 Drive New Zealand Classic Trial Tour  commences Oct 9 2010 -preview feature
• 6th Feb 2010 Waitangi Day Inglewood Rotary Club -15th Annual Charity Show  contact JimShep@xtra.co.nz
• 14th Feb 2010 Sunday -24th British Car Day at Trentham Memorial Park Upper Hutt  10am -3pm Contact Lyn or Keith Shackleton  04 973 2904  or theshacks@paradise.net.nz
• 14th March 2010 Charity Classics Motorshow 10am to 3pm -4th Bi Annual Classic Show -Rotary Club of Wanganui South (06) 348 5508 Ken Pfeffer
• 2010 Penrite Mainland Classic Tour (southIsland trip)  for Saturday Oct 16 To Saturday Oct 23 2010 contact Ph 03 477 0800
• Four Peaks Poker Run Saturday 20th March 2010  Road trip  not a rally but you collect cards at check points winner best hand of 5 cards  see site www.pokerrun.co.nz
• Historic Racing Drivers Magazine - Grand Tour 2 Day Rally which in the style of MM 1000 Auckland to Northland (Northland Tour) open to cars from Bugatti 20s to 1958 any make  entry fee $200
• Peugeot 404 50th Anniversary Celebrations coming event Oct 4 2010 event organiser Sven Slager Ph 06 755 2603  cover a tour Picton -Hamner-CHCH-Akaroa
• Tasman Revival Series 2010 and Bruce McLaren Festival  for weekends in Jan and Feb 2010 contact www.tasmanrevialseries.com More...

• NZCC Classic Car Weekend Feb 14
• Targa NZ Update - Planning 2 day Bambina & Rotorua Event more...

• Burt Munroe Classic Motorcycle Race - although the Oreti Beach gig cancelled - (But where are the results...Jacquai ?) by Jacqui Madelin
• Daimler SP250 Dart Gathering on the East Cape to celebrate 50 years of SP250  "Darting about the East Cape" qv by Dave Bray

• Final race of season in Richard Mille Lola T70 sports Racing Car at Estoril in Portugal part of V de V Championship series a French Based series  earlier in 2009 car was taken to Paul Ricard circuit in South of France Vde V series ;On off Season Projects the Lotus Elan of Stephen Gutzwiller making progress chassis repaired and replacement lightweight body (are any of these Elans now original these days!)  Admire team owner Yvan Mahe original geniune AC Cobra 289V8  full aluminium body

• Cycle vs Car arguement - Yep a can of worms has been opened up
• Don't buy a used car - follow up comment
• Subscriber issues should be out first ; reader comments on buying second issues in second hand shop and impressed by quality of the mag is increasing and asks mag to bring back Riders Ride or as it was known in 1990s Readers Cars - buttered up the mag to win Letter of the Month

• Gran Premio de La Republica Argentina (ie Agentine GP?) Feb 1960 Bruce McLaren 2nd youngest ever winner in 1960 Cooper F1 

• Driving a Ferrari 375MM Spyder only works car in southern Hemiisphere owned and being restored by CHCH collector/dealer Gavin Bain at Ruapuna "during a lull in the 1975 Stuyvesant series"  then it was registed GR9864 (NZ Reg)  in order to get there Eoin also drove ex Peter Whitehead Jaguar C Type Spyder Reg CF 1953 (NZ reg) gives us some early ownership of this car (is it still here?)

• Follow up on January issue Young Persons Guide to Classic Cars - that qv in that issue "that younger owners look at insuring their cars through their parents then listing themselves as the named driver" - Classic Cover refutes this (But Hells bells they all do it - _ I live down the road from the  Hibs Boys and St Pats Silverstream I taught there occassionly often many of the boys have told me that although they own  a street car like a Subaru WRX or BMW 3 that the insurance have being paid for by their parents and often car is in the fathers name...Insurance companies are taking a blind eye to this..for years!)

• Ford Falcon XY GTHO Phase III  1971 Reg GA702  - winner NZ National Concours 5 times ; nZ new late 1971 imported for Robbie Francevic by Ford Motor co via McMillan Ford although owned by Jerry Clayton who sponsored Robbie to race it ..

• Buick Woody Wagon 1953 5.2V8 LHD dynaflow fully restored imported 1996 asking $109,000 ( Phew but then again where have you seen one here?) Ph -274 442730
• Chrysler Le Baron faux Woody Wagon 1978 318V8 74000 miles  fitted rare alloy wheel option (again pricey -whether its worth $27,700 ono) Tel 0274 442730 Dealer?
• Escartus FastBack Coupe (wedge design) 1989 kit car fitted 4.4 Leyland P76 engine 5spm $5000 unique Tel Jay 021 162 8416 (Its new one to me never heard of one of these! no doubt Pat Hadlow from Constructors Club who is writing a book on NZ kit car scene may know more)
• Ford XY Fairmont GT 4 speed manual 1971 South African built - in Diamond blue (note photo of car is red) car in South Africa Ph Neil 02102062255 (price around $50,000 as a guess..they are going up)
• Nissan EXA Pulsar Turbo coupe 1985 vgc new tyres and shocks Elec sunroof $6000 (not many left now) Ph 021 641 681
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• Review of Turners Car Auctions 4th and final Prestige Car Auction Dec 12 2009  - for those with deep pockets as bargins were there  bargin 2006 Bentley Continental Flying Spur for just $146000 NZ 

Bay of Plenty Diary by John McTavish

• Trips to Wellington to touch base with Alfa Romeo Dealer Continental Motots but missing Tauranga Hor Tod and Classic Show ...

• News that more Allcomer and OSCA Circuit race cars in NZ are been restored  highlights ex Neville Boon OSCA 1955 Ford Anglia 100E ; Pat Pascoe is retoring his 1959 Austin A40 Farnia  ; ex Ernie Sprague dark green mk3 Zephyr has been restored (probably replicated) using original Mays head ..more

• Aussie are coming to contest The Dunlop International Classic Rally of Otago in April 2010  more

• "In praise of the second car in terms enthusists vintage or classic car Denis gives us an overview of his classic ownership since the 60s and thanks to volunteers that organise many of club rallys around the country

• Dave stops at what used to be known in Foxton The Big Test on main highway has finally had a make over to come 66 on 1 azand says its very good (Big Tex sites were one first in NZ to to takeaways eatterys before like of KFC moved in around 1978) the new premises is a 'car nuts establishment

• Aston Martin Rapide 4 door - soon to debut
• Bentley Mulsanne -although its debut new model low key at Pebble Beach concours last year -they announced further details with regard to the car
• Honda new personal -Neo Urban Transport - city cars were one stars of LA Show in December
• Maserati Gran Turismo S MC Sport  -only 23 ICE versions are to made and car debuted select group of Middle East Customers at Futuristic Yas Marina Circuit in Dubai
• Spyker Cars  it to relocate its operation from Netherlands to Coventry in a move to save money and improve efficiency
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• Alfa Romeo Berlina - soucing another car for its windscreen and removing it by professionals Ian Wallace of Performance Auto Glazing
• Alfa Spider - is still going on but light coming up fast   (it still going on what its costing Penn $100,000?) this time its gearbox problems  off The Gearbox Factory ; Selection and checking for cracking of RHD second hand steering boss

• Proving Ground : A History of Dodge, Chrysler and Plymouth Racing  by Jim Schild  published by MBI  - covers early days to modermnn - only brief comment - reviewed by James Black
• The Corvette Factories  Building Americas Sports Car by Mike Mueller (of AQ) (coverage C1-C6 and how they were built at factory  in depth of each model)
• Winning : The Racing Life of Paul Newman by Matt Stone (A Road & Track journalist) published by MBI  (not popularly known he was accomplished race driver in Le Mans..) sureally this should be book of the month?

• Trio at the Top -The Breed with a Need for Speed - (covers Chris Amon; Bruce MCLaren & Denny Hulme - locally produced DVD -DVD issue or original Video Tape issued 2000 time 72 mins - review by Allan Walton

• 1/43 Brooklin BRK156 Oldsmobile L-37 Touring sedan 4 door 1937
• 1/43 Brooklin Lansdown LDM-74 -Riley 12/4 Continental Touring sedan 1937
• 1/43 IXO iST -Eastern Block Cars  1958 Sachsenring P240 4 door sedan
• 1/43 IXO iST -Eastern Block Cars  1953 IFA F0 Cabriolet  sources to buy would Dens Den (no Doubt via by Old mate Ashley Jones who has Minichamps franchise for NZ)

• The MG Classic Meeting run Nov 14 and 15 2009  "Magic Manfeild" qv by Mike Bauke

• Checka - Carjam has competition 
• Fiat Abarth 600 most popular car in the Targa
• NZV8 TV -coming
• Polls
• Silverstone wins British GP contract for 17 years
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• How to Adjust Tapplets and Valve Clearances?