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Thought you "Barners" might be interested in this old race car. The Waimate 50 is an "iconic" Kiwi race event.

GB

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-heral...iled-a-success

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Love it!!!

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Awesome!

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Fantastic!!

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The smirk on the owner's face when it starts it up says it all. Thanks for posting.

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good stuff!!!!

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Brilliant - he's quite a character.

Mart.

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That makes me think of the movie, "The World's Fastest Indian", about Kiwi motorcyclist whose name was Burt Munro.

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New Zealand has several old flathead racers , here is another .
http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/cust...-to-race-again

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Cool, I really like how it sounds.

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Here is my Good Friend Neil Stuarts original v8/special with his own heads , intake & 90* mag drive. I have one of his original 2 carb manifolds.
https://photonews.org.nz/nelson/issu...60205_054c.jpg
now a todays pic of car
https://www.odt.co.nz/sites/default/...?itok=P2hcoFrU
http://www.leadfootfestival.com/wp-c...grande.jpg?466
This is awesome
http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...cial+race+cars
And another Kiwi Special
http://www.theroaringseason.com/cont...CeeEss-Special
Stuart at speed
http://www.theroaringseason.com/atta...1&d=1311166019
http://www.theroaringseason.com/atta...1&d=1311166111
http://www.theroaringseason.com/atta...1&d=1311166224
http://www.theroaringseason.com/atta...1&d=1311167400

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Here is another Kiwi flathead racer, The Baldwin Mercury Special restored & still races today
http://www.netbug.net/blogmichael/wp...ry-special.jpg
https://cdn-3.motorsport.com/static/...ry-special.jpg

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First , "Thanks" Graeme for starting this thread!!!
Now check out the drag car with a flat motor
http://www.themotorhood.com/themotor...he-north-shore

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It really doesn't get any better then that!! Thanks for posting.

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Try "Roger T at Ruapuna MGV Oct 2014" on youtube A flathead special owned by me and my brother. Still running in mild vintage competion.Built 1960 and running modified flathead through Lincoln gears and Mercury diff. Geoff

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That was great !

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[QUOTE=GEOFFNZ;1545200]Try "Roger T at Ruapuna MGV Oct 2014" on youtube A flathead special owned by me and my brother. Still running in mild vintage competion.Built 1960 and running modified flathead through Lincoln gears and Mercury diff. Geoff[/QUOTE
Great stuff Geoff , that made me watch a bunch of other vids from Ruapuna bringing back many memories.
I feel sure you know my great friends Russ Haines & Rod McElrea.
Cheers
Tony

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There is also a very good book just recently written with plenty of good photos.
Written on the West Coast Greymouth, Back in The Day by Moe Bowes. released July 2017.
Features many sections of cars drivers of the area as well as trucks and some good info on speedways. Well recommend this book for ex NZers and locals who will strongly identify with all its contents. Style is written in a very casual way. hard to put down until finished. Easy to remember similar incidents which occurred personally "back in thhe day".
Phil NZ

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Hi Tony.Yes I know both the blokes you mention.Don't know Rod that well but he gave me a photo of him and his mates running our car at the Ashley forest shingle hillclimb years ago.Said they pooled their beer money for fuel. I know Russ quite well as we both run in the same vintage track class except that I never see much of him when we are racing as he is always in the top couple of cars and I am well back.A nice bloke,very good driver and gets a huge amount of power out of a 6 cyl Holden motor.
Cheers, Geoff

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Geez, that brings back memories,
Baypark and Levin in the early sixties,
thanks Tony
Lawrie