Gosford car sold.

Anyone know where it's gone?

The good old A-frame.

This is how you used to transport your race car.

That's how I used to transport my mud plugger. You were towing an unregistered and unroadworthy vehicle but it didn't matter because it was attached to a car that was. The same applied to a vehicle on a tow rope. Then it got outlawed so the next step was the trailer.

If you were an enthusiast for a particular vehicle model then it was inevitable that your tow car was the same make. So that ended up being a problem too when the towing vehicle had to be heavier than what was being towed.

A history in wheels.

Bernie's new love.

Arrived safely.

Looks the part.

Good shots Norm.

One man's meat.

An extra fly in the ointment.

The plan to manufacture Nagaris in South Africa had enormous potential, including the potential to produce cars at a greater rate than was being done in Australia. Bolwell invested a fair bit into the venture, sending over an advanced kit plus a new set of moulds and a chassis jig only to have the whole thing fall over when one South African rips off his partner and the ensuing squabble spiralled down to oblivian.

Now despite all this, the South African government back then limited the number of new models able to be produced. Take a look at this......

They probably wouldn't have been able to produce the cars anyway.

Still searching.

It's almost 2 years since Dave Cordy was trying to track down his old Mark 7. Nothing has happened since then so we thought we'd wake it up again. He's still very keen to find it.

Here's some of what was said in that post early in 2017....
 You can take the man out of the Bolwell but you can't take the Bolwell out of the man and Dave is keen to track down this car which he hasn't seen or heard of since it was sold in the 80s. We've had some false starts but he's keen to "chase down every rabbit down every burrow" and if found and the car can't be bought then at least he can be reacquainted with it.
This car had a number of distinctive features apart from the hard to notice work done to deal with the asymmetric nature of the original bodies. These features include the flared wheel arches, the filled in side gills (vents) and the removal of the rear number plate surround.
The car had a Holden HR block allegedly bored to 192, XU1 head, twin 2" SUs, a Datsun 4 speed, HR disc brake front end with revised (i.e. by hammer, hacksaw & drill!) geometry, and unusually, HT Holden steering box (not rack and pinion) and MGA pedal box and master cylinder. Location of the rear axle was by triangulated upper trailing arms and conventional lower ones with with adjustable coil over units. According to Dave it went like a sharp stick and handled remarkably well which , he claims, was a fluke. You're being modest, Dave.
He sold the car in 1982 to a guy called Grant Hill who later sold it to John Suhr. Neither of these guys joined the club as far as we know. John was in the movie industry and moved to the Gold Coast some time in the 1980s where he was subsequently killed in a motorcycle accident. Nothing is known of the car since John's purchase.

Get those memory cells working.

A Milano with a difference.

This is not your ordinary .Milano roadster but is, in fact, a GT. It's not a GT with the roof cut off either. It was ordered as an open car in the early 60s and is the only Milano GT in this form.

Here's Ron Sandi, the then owner, competing in 1963 or 4.

Well, noted GT owner, Paul Manton, has resurrected the car.

And their "coming out" was at Eastern Creek last weekend.

Here's Sam Johnson (the "J" in JWF) reaquainting himself with the car at the event. Ned McGovern was there too as well as Ned's daughter Tammie.

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Incidentally, Geoff Williams (the "W" in JWF) unfortunately passed away yesterday.

Why did I say "noted GT owner"? Well, Paul and perhaps other family members, own a number of them including the ex-SA Valano.....

....and  a couple of others including a Chev V8 powered one.

Or am I confusing Manton with Hinton? Yes I definately am.

Paul is coming out with a Milano book in the New Year. I'd like to put my name down for one now.

A project.

A mini clubman. (I've heard that term before).

This is what we've come to see.

The BT62.
(Whose lap times were marginally just under the records set by the F1s)

+ The BT17.

But seriously we just wanted to see the famous rally co-driver.....

Anthony.

John's Nagari didn't make it.

Body wanted.

Does anyone know of the whereabouts of one of the original bodies from any of the Clubmans I built back in the late 60s. The cars were later fitted with full width noses and sidepods and, as I am resurrecting one of the originals with the intention of getting involved with some of my old friends in historic category, it will be a great help to me in finishing the project.

Gordon Dobie.

original body.

same car different body