Bolly Blog

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Studebaker Lark.

It's no secret that I'm a bit of a Studebaker fan. How about this lovely Lark parked in the pits when we were up there.

It's only a couple of weeks to the MSCA 6-hour relay race at Mallala. This year we have entered a team of 5 Bolwells comprising
Peter Mac - Mark 7
Dean Malone - Mark 7
John Harrland - Mark 7
Rick Wallace - Mark 7
Norm Clements - Nagari
The other weekend we went up to the track to get a bit of practice. We're pretty serious about achieving a good result. Here's some photos of the day. The weather treated us a little better than the rather horrid day yesterday for the Sports Sedans. Anyway, here's a few pics.

Dean's and Pete's ready to rumble.

John's Mark 7, talked out of running that day because he had just installed a newly rebuilt diff that needed to be carefully run in.

Phil's and Roger's 7s hiding behind Peter's.

Those big fat tyres of Phil's.

Roger's, Phil's, Pete's and Dino's.

Rick's Mark 7 having those shifting engine mounts dealt with.

In the Phil and Roger corner.

Peter's in front, Dino's behind.
Biggest improvement of the day was Peter Mac who went from 1.45s to 1.36s. Steady as she goes.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Mallala

This is Mallala during WW2. The township is at the left rear. It really wasn't all that long ago that there was still a hangar in the centre of the track. The Mallala Museum have lots of good photos.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

DB3S

Pretending to be a Buchanan.

This is awful news.

For those who haven't heard, Gary Allen passed away today. I feel dreadful after hearing this, so how must his close friends and family be feeling. Love to you all.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Air Cond.

Just when you thought JH had enough gadgets in his Bolly, he's now fitted air conditioning. It's a very old under-dash job from a very old Statesman but it's very affective.