Thursday, July 23, 2009
A very nice Queensland Mark 7
Here is Peter Kordic's completed car after registration. It looks magnificent and I hear it goes pretty hard too.
Nagari for sale
For those who haven't seen this month's Unique Cars, this might send a few scurrying down to the newsagents.
For a while now I have had a heap of photos of this car in its many guises sitting on my desktop waiting for a story about its exploits in 3 states. I'd better get my finger out. I didn't know Andy Hamilton had a hand in this one but am very much aware of the good work he has done over the years on Nagaris and the extent he goes to to make or procure the right part for the job. I recall his having steel templates for glass side windows and have bought some many years ago.
For a while now I have had a heap of photos of this car in its many guises sitting on my desktop waiting for a story about its exploits in 3 states. I'd better get my finger out. I didn't know Andy Hamilton had a hand in this one but am very much aware of the good work he has done over the years on Nagaris and the extent he goes to to make or procure the right part for the job. I recall his having steel templates for glass side windows and have bought some many years ago.
The many colours of 38 (part 2)
Photo 5. John in the multi-coloured Bolwell lined up at Calder alongside the previous owner in his TVR Griffith V8.
Photo 6 shows the car in the black, red and yellow colours of sponsors Contour Photographic Images.
Photo 7. All black at a Show'n'Tell in 1984.
Photo 8. One year later as a road car at an Easter event. It's the one on the left of course. So far this is it's last colour.
Photo 8. One year later as a road car at an Easter event. It's the one on the left of course. So far this is it's last colour.
The many colours of 38 (part 1)
Further to Peter's comments about this car's many guises, here are just a few of them. I am using the word "few" genuinely because there are others that I am not including in this 2 part series of 8 for copyright reasons so if you have photos in your collection that could be added, please feel free to send them in.
Photo 1 is where it all began when Ranald introduced the car to Sportscar racing.
Photo 2 still in Ranald's hands but now with red and yellow stripes through the centre.
Photo 3 after a couple of other colour schemes it became red and white as Ranald secured some assistance from Litre Motors. The wheels and flares are a bit wider here. As time goes on you will notice the flares growing even larger.
Photo 4, now in the hands of John Gourlay it becomes a deeper blue with a yellow hip line.
Photo 1 is where it all began when Ranald introduced the car to Sportscar racing.
Photo 2 still in Ranald's hands but now with red and yellow stripes through the centre.
Photo 3 after a couple of other colour schemes it became red and white as Ranald secured some assistance from Litre Motors. The wheels and flares are a bit wider here. As time goes on you will notice the flares growing even larger.
Photo 4, now in the hands of John Gourlay it becomes a deeper blue with a yellow hip line.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Alloy half cage
George at Racecraft has had to build a half cage for one of the racing Silvias he looks after - "alloy for weight reduction and looks not half bad all polished up!"
The "Goodies" days.
Following my last post (I was almost tempted to put LAST POST in inverted commas following an unusual email I received yesterday referring to the demise of this blog), Peter G has asked a question:-
"B8/38 raced with many liveries during its long career. At various times the Original Pale Blue, then with Stripes then later with multistripes along the hip line, later Pale Blue with Red Roof, White with a Red roof (Litre Motors), Dark Blue with Yellow along the Hip line, Black(?) with multi striping along the Hip Line (Contour spons.), and probably most recognised (remembered) of all Goodies Speed Shop Purple with Yellow diagonal striping across the sil panel (circa 1980). I'm not sure of the exact sequence, but it was painted Red during the Steve Bernard/Richard Gac street registered period after retiring from track duty.
I have attached the only photos I have of the famous Goodies Livery. Do you have any colour photos of this Livery?"
Isn't that amazing. I have to admit that I don't have any colour pics either. I agree that the car is well remembered in that form. It was so bright and looked spectacular. I have photos of just about, if not all, plus a few others, of the colour schemes described by Peter, in a few cases with the assistance of Henry, and a pictorial might be in order, but not in purple and yellow. I'm sure someone out there would have and if they don't mind, we could show it on the blog as well as any other pictures of this car. My email address is listed in my profile.
"B8/38 raced with many liveries during its long career. At various times the Original Pale Blue, then with Stripes then later with multistripes along the hip line, later Pale Blue with Red Roof, White with a Red roof (Litre Motors), Dark Blue with Yellow along the Hip line, Black(?) with multi striping along the Hip Line (Contour spons.), and probably most recognised (remembered) of all Goodies Speed Shop Purple with Yellow diagonal striping across the sil panel (circa 1980). I'm not sure of the exact sequence, but it was painted Red during the Steve Bernard/Richard Gac street registered period after retiring from track duty.
I have attached the only photos I have of the famous Goodies Livery. Do you have any colour photos of this Livery?"
Isn't that amazing. I have to admit that I don't have any colour pics either. I agree that the car is well remembered in that form. It was so bright and looked spectacular. I have photos of just about, if not all, plus a few others, of the colour schemes described by Peter, in a few cases with the assistance of Henry, and a pictorial might be in order, but not in purple and yellow. I'm sure someone out there would have and if they don't mind, we could show it on the blog as well as any other pictures of this car. My email address is listed in my profile.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Bolwell race cars from AA
2 action shots in the one newspaper. This is Auto Action, November 20, 1981. Firstly we have John Gourlay leading at Calder in ASSC round 4 in the "Super Bolwell" and secondly we see Matt Pintar in the Mark 7 at Amaroo.
The next hot item.
Well, this is my prediction anyway. With Cobra replicas, GT40 replicas and Clubman sportscars consuming the attention of car builders and would-be car builders around the world, what's next? It has to be Hotrod replicas. It may well have been happening for a while already and I haven't taken it on board to any great extent. Earlier in the year when at the Healey Factory, the Ford coupes/roadsters with beautiful paint jobs and leather upholstery didn't go un-noticed. My last post on the Veskanda didn't attract much interest in the sportscar but a few emails arrived enquiring about the rods in the same picture. Then look at the roadsters that get to the salt racing at Lake Gairdner and all of the early 30s coupes etc. that go on the various rod-runs around the country. I suppose it's like that all over the world. It looks like a huge cult following to me. Some time ago Colin alerted me to the professional way a company in America called Factory Five went about the production of Cobra and GT40 replica kits. Last week, "Winding Road" visited Factory Five to take a look at their latest offering - sure enough, '33 Ford Hotrod replicas. Just look at the chassis and suspension packages and that body. I think it's great. In a way, the concept is not unlike clubman building - same only different.
I suppose Mike Davidson is aware of all this. Then again he's still engrosed in his twin flathead
engined streamliner and renewable energy projects. I'll be watching the replica hotrod scene with interest.
I suppose Mike Davidson is aware of all this. Then again he's still engrosed in his twin flathead
engined streamliner and renewable energy projects. I'll be watching the replica hotrod scene with interest.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
More in the Veskanda chain of events.
Here's that Veskanda again. After it left K & A it went to a motor body works, which just happened to be near to a well known automotive book seller, before going to Norm's.
Those hotrods bring me to another matter, a good subject for my next post.
Those hotrods bring me to another matter, a good subject for my next post.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Zinfandel
Zinfandel is a red wine grape seldom seen in Australia (well, from my limited outlook anyway). I know that it is very popular in California but I have thought that the average Californian's taste in wine was a bit like the average Queenslander's (I did say AVERAGE so don't get too excited you West Coast and banana bending wine buffs) so hadn't given much thought to it. Some friends of ours have a winery over at Bethany and some time back they put in 3 rows of Zinfandel vines. Well, I really love it. You can't really drink just Merlot all the time. I guess, if you're anything like me, you go through stages and the Merlot stage has lasted for a while.
JB's white wines are great too and included in their white varieties are Pinot Blanc and Clairette. I know I'm getting old because I savour and appreciate everything I do these days and drinking wine is no exception. Each sip seems to go to the back of my mouth, trickle off the sides of my tongue and slowly it is consumed and I love it. Mind you the same goes for Cooper's Stout. I find that everything I have enjoyed in my life is now much more appreciated as it happens. Even farting seems satisfying and cleaning out a cupboard and getting rid of junk, there's a bit of enjoyment in that, I must do some more.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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