How many Hunters still exist?

Geoff Bott seems to have tracked down quite a number of the existing J & S Hunters over the 20 years that he owned his.

Here's his list to the best of his memory........

Mine(005) is now owned by Luke Manton

other cars  are located at

Parramatta

Coalcliffe

Echuca 003

Camden 018

Wangaratta

Perth (Stacey Nicoloau)

& one hanging up with no roof in a  shed

Plus two others that were shells only and a V8 version in the ACT

Thats about all I can think of

One was written off on the harbour bridge and the prototype 001 has disappeared, last seen on the Mornington Peninsula Vic

Good photos get around.

I found this on a New Zealand rotary site.

Shot in Orange Lane's studio, it's another Mazda from the Trethewey household.
Hi to my old friends at Orange Lane.
Orange Lane actually did the photo for one of our calendars way back in 1982.

It's Udo in B8/26 driving up Montefiore Hill. In 1982 our family car was a HZ wagon. Back then Holden station wagons had a back window that wound down into the tailgate. Drew took the photo from the dog box by hanging out over the tailgate while we were also going up the hill. The club still has copies of this calendar as they do for most years from 1976 if anybody is interested.

A bit of a pictorial history of Joe Curcio's Mark 4B.

These first two photos are from 1967 when owned by Neil Hawker.

Then some from June 1976 when Joe purchased it.

And here it is today, April 2012.

Underneath the nose is a plastic parts container carrying a sticker saying "storage box on wheels". That reminds me that some time ago an unkind person suggested that my Ikara was merely a storage box on wheels. I can assure everyone that it has progressed from that. It is no longer on wheels.

Now here's something that makes Joe's car valuable.

This application form for a CAMS log book in 1967 actually shows that log book number 455 was issued in that year. If Geoff Medley and Kym Burton had such a document they could have been enjoying historic racing in their Mark 4s today.

Out of the mouth of Stacey.............

What the sandgropers do for amusement on the easter trip over in a borrowed mk4...chase after a evil black stig( and who was he Baz)and a naughty gnome....

by the way, try asking in Kimba for glasses for a gnome- they just shook their heads!!!don't know why.

 

Not being conversant in Groperspeak, I can't interpret this. I do feel that the black stig and the naughty gnome are the same person. We in crow country have our own resident gnome. Try as I might I just can't put my hands on the pictures of the little fella. I will when I find them. Meanwhile here's a few more Western ones.

 

2000GT

When the Toyota 2000 GT came out we were all given this item. It was a single page, printed both sides, specs on one side and some B/W pics on the other. Had we moved from foolscap to metric then? I think not. This piece of literature was wider than A4 which I discovered when it hung over each side on my A4 scanner.

A 302 for a 289.

Rob Wragg is a stickler for originality. That's probably why he bought coupe no. B8/49 - beautifully restored and about as original as you could get.

To keep it company in the garage, he's also bought sports no. B8/47 which, as we all know was the prototype sports.

For the sake of originality, Rob's planning a return to its first colour, silver.

I'm wondering if this means removing the quarter windows and going back to the narrow bonnet bulge as well.
Anyway, originally the car was fitted with a 289 engine. Rob wonders if there might be a way of tracking down that original 289 or parts of it, like the block for example. Is John Allsop still around?

What do I like about the Poms?

Well, they're not afraid to drive their cars that's for sure.

The passenger in the back of the Bentley is there to put some weight over the back wheels when the mud gets really slippery. A bag of sand won't do it because a bag of sand can't bounce up and down to get even more traction. Over there they call these events Trials. We call them English Type Trials because we're not over there.

Kapunda - week 47.

The Farm Fair was on yesterday and today. Lots of tractors and headers and solar systems and sheep and rainwater tanks and lovely old steam engines to see. Also the star of the best movie ever made who lives just down the road at Freeling. Chocko wasn't allowed in to see him because she's a dog which is a bit discriminatory. Dustan is a dog too but he's a film star. Barossa Funerals dragged out their immaculate 1940 Studebaker for the occasion. Isn't it beautiful?

It has a basket-weave coffin in the back. Maybe they were fashionable in the old days. The running boards are very wide for 1940. Perhaps the pall bearers rode on the side.
Take a look at this off roader.

It's huge!

The trailing arms were like girders and the rear springs and shockers were monstrous. The big V8 hangs out the back. Off roaders can't get away from the Volksie principles they were brought up on can they?

Hillclimb season

A cutting from last week's local Herald.
A couple of good action shots from Bob, news of what's coming up and Bill Norman back to his dad's roots so to speak.

An unfortunate incident.

Barry's Mark 4 on the road.

Stacey sent these pics. Had to share them.

Much travelled this last couple of weeks.

What "Bollyblog People" do - No.5

Duane de Gruchy is an industrial designer. It's been tools down over the hot summer break so Duane has entered a couple of car design competitions, this one online via CAD site GrabCAD:

http://grabcad.com/library/500g-hai-supercar

Based on a chassis design supplied by GrabCAD, and featuring a rear mounted Corvette 6.3-litre V8engine, Duane whipped up the design and then began modelling it in SolidWorks. He claims he has no illusions of taking out any prizes but is certainly chuffed that he got it completed.

He's very proud of it , despite the end result appearing somewhat dated compared to initial sketches. A lot can get lost in one's inability to translate sketch to CAD. That's probably something to do with the limited timeframe of a competition too. Lots of artists can relate to difficulties translating from brain to canvas. That's why they are their own worst critics.

If anyone is in need of an industrial designer, Duane might be your man.