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Jonathan Ganley

Fri, 29 Jul 2016 21:15:46 +1200

actual prints of frozen photons will be hanging on actual walls

. . . and tonight many more incandescent photons flooded the half toned frozen photons that hang on Phantom walls . . . and there will also be an Artist Talk by Murray Cammick, at 2pm on Saturday 6…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 29 Jul 2016 15:15:10 +1200

Leaping forward temporally – actual prints of frozen photons will be hanging on actual walls in the ‘meat zone’ for a brief window of time at Black Asterisk gallery at 10 Ponsonby Road, Auckland from Aug 3 – Aug 31, 2016…

(Are there any galleries on Queen Street (or just…

Jonathan Ganley

Sun, 07 Dec 2014 09:48:36 +1300

i even have a pic of my ’39 Ford Coupe taken by Murray late one night or early one morning when one of the water pumps let go in QS

Welcome, and thanks for the memories, Ron. It would be great if you could post some photos from that time.

Ron Bunting

Sun, 07 Dec 2014 03:03:28 +1300

I was 17 with a 17 year old Chev...In almost new condition which I bought on apprentice wages for $1500 . Big bucks in the early 70's. 44 years later I am older,fatter,greyed out but still driving old cars and making a living working on them across here in Skippyland....…

Ron Bunting

Sun, 07 Dec 2014 01:33:07 +1300

Those steel frame baby seats..!!!OMG. but that looks like a Mercedes Finny Door card and Arm rest to me. I fix them for a living so that pattern is pretty familiar to me.

Ron Bunting

Sun, 07 Dec 2014 01:28:15 +1300

The guy sitting in front of the 55 Chev is Brian Webber .He had a 55 Chev but not that one in the picture. His was equipped with a mad six from a Speedway car. Me and another bloke got it running, giving us the fright of our young lives…

Ron Bunting

Sun, 07 Dec 2014 01:17:44 +1300

I too was there and i even have a pic of my '39 Ford Coupe taken by Murray late one night or early one morning when one of the water pumps let go in QS. We would go to various pubs around Auckland until 10 PM then head into Queen…

Steve Barnes

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 14:49:49 +1200

I was part of the Queen St scene. It was a great time to be growing up. Cool cars and evencooler people.

Unfortunately those that were jealous of the cool people now run the City. I miss the buzz of a Friday night cruise down Queen St. These days we…

Alec Morgan

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 10:20:07 +1200

There is a Queen St regulars reunion of sorts on the 26th August in Auckland, meeting at Morrisons heading out to Dairy Flat, a third “Steve Bliss Memorial run”, those that know Murray or muso Paul Dunningham will no doubt be aware of it.

JacksonP

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:20:26 +1200

Thanks for dropping by Lee. I'm sure Murray would be thrilled to hear from someone who was there. I'll make sure he sees this.

Cheers.

lee marr

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 09:01:37 +1200

I was part of the Queen St scene. It was a great time to be growing up. Cool cars and evencooler people. I have remained friends with some of them for over 30 years now and we still reminisce about the good times cruising Queen St and Mission Bay. V8's…

Steve Barnes

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 12:42:32 +1200

The infamous Messerschmitt KR200.I’d own one in a flash,

A car called Mr Smith, now there's a thing. Now, if it were an ME109, that would be another thing

JacksonP

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:36:02 +1200

Nice shots Nora.

Fun in the Nevada sun?
to the ......... ?? quirky??
The infamous Messerschmitt KR200.

I'd own one in a flash, given half a chance. And a bigger garage. Not to mention bank balance. Although at around USD $10,000 (eBay history) not as silly as some classic cars.…

Nora Leggs

Fri, 13 Jul 2012 07:39:11 +1200

Summer Nights festivities last night in Nevada City CA. Vintage cars on display. From the muscle cars to the ......... ?? quirky??

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:42:43 +1300

Do you have a front shot, with the crazy diagonally mounted twin headlights?

Oh Joe, we are talking a large full suitcase of photos dating back mumble mumble. I was finding photos of her all over the world but I can't find the one of her ,same position in the…

Ian Dalziel

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:06:09 +1300

Off the Beaton track...
Hark...
Hark! a vagrant....
Peasants and velocipeding and much more...

Joe Wylie

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:28:25 +1300

My Gran and her Triumph Herald Vitesse. :)
Gran must have been a bit of a goer, those Vitesses were mean machines, sort of. Do you have a front shot, with the crazy diagonally mounted twin headlights?

Basically a Triumph Herald with a stonking great Vanguard Six motor, the Vitesse…

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:13:40 +1300

Found this rather groovy addition to my Grans collection. A Christchurch driveway in Papanui sometime in the past.
My Gran and her Triumph Herald Vitesse. :)

Martin Lindberg

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:52:17 +1300

My old 1977 Volvo 240. With snow.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:06:25 +1300

Ist photo was a Ford Prefect E93A

2nd photo was a Ford Zephyr Mark I

3rd photo was Rover 90

And the last one was a Ford Model T. I think it's my Gran or my Great Gran. (Mexicans , they all look alike ;)

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:13:58 +1300

I found this gem too. Has got to be from Dad's family pix, and vaguely remember a description of the car. Can't reach him to check this week but it looks good anyway.

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:31:39 +1300

Mum and Dad loved the English cars.

Yep yep yep. Daimler Jag and Triumph here. My bro' owned the trumpy

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:28:05 +1300

Dont you love how blase kids can be!

And how animals can be put in all sorts of places. This car was later in my life. Mum and Dad loved the English cars :)

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:25:18 +1300

Found another one. Must have been our 2nd car or somesuch. Mum is the Driver. I would have been 4 or 5 when I travelled in this one.

Islander

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:07:14 +1300

Where’s Sof?” she sorta screamed.
” Oh, she fell out” was my sister’s response.

Dont you love how blase kids can be!

JacksonP

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:05:56 +1300

“Where’s Sof?” she sorta screamed.
” Oh, she fell out” was my sister’s response.

Great shot, and equally great story.

Glad you made it... ;-)

Sofie Bribiesca

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:59:08 +1300

An original kotanga.

Great shot Jos.
I have been scanning old photos this week and found our first family car. Model A ?? Can’t be sure. I do remember I was told I opened the door instead of the window one day. Mum turned around and noticed I was no…

Jos

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:16:18 +1300

Great stuff people!

Now this is an aerial!
An original kotanga.

JacksonP

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 07:18:20 +1300

Just caught up. Thanks for dropping by Margot. Were you at the Beach Hop?

Margot

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:28:07 +1300

The prices did brighten the day Jackson, especially a pack of alkaline batteries for the overworked camera compared to what the supermarket was asking :-)

Margot

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:17:52 +1300

Alec – I loved your '58 and you probably don't remember but my friend and I spent some happy hours sitting with you chatting and having a laugh ... and drinking said Muscato wine ... hmmm. My nephew gave me a bottle of Moscato at Christmas time and I sat…

James Butler

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:25:51 +1300

They had an overrunning clutch, which is something I have never come across in another car.

My father's DKW F102 had one. They were common on cars which had (or, in the case of later Saabs, were descended from cars which had) 2-stroke engines, for a couple of reasons: 1)…

JacksonP

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:42:25 +1300

I went on a classic motorcycle ride today, as you do, and this car joined us. A presumably rare Essex 6.

Most of the motorcycles were Matchless of varying types and sizes. Nice bunch of people, and seemed happy to accept a Scooterist in their midst. Would ride again...

Kumara Republic

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:12:37 +1300

Saab was never quite the same after GM fully bought them out – most notably in the build quality.

Martin Lindberg

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:05:21 +1300

these little stunners were parked outside

That particular little stunner is an early sixties Saab 96. My first car was one of those but a 1977 model. They had an overrunning clutch, which is something I have never come across in another car. One of the effects of a clutch…

JacksonP

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:25:35 +1300

Never did find a decent photo of the Singer Gazelle, so this Dinky Toy will have to do.

Rainy day pursuits...

Sam F

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:18:19 +1300

I think I'll need to get some family car-related photos scanned for deployment when the time is right – mostly the cars are too new for anyone but me to nostalgia out on and none of them are flash by any definition (well maybe, just, Dad's Mark 2 but I…

Joe Wylie

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:32:33 +1300

Raining tonight in Sockburn, shortly after the shake.
Human seismograph said 4.0. Close.

Alec Morgan

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:04:18 +1300

Or “a boy scout off of a girl guide...” as another old kiwi auto related crudity went.

Jackie Clark

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:43:40 +1300

Or as cool as this.

Jackie Clark

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:42:13 +1300

I went to Napier with a friend in January 2008 and we decided to take the Art Deco tour. When we arrived at the place where you meet to get the minibus, these little stunners were parked outside. I can't even imagine how wonderful it would be to own a…

Joe Wylie

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:02:59 +1300

1963 Ford Thames van, with some extras.
You're not kidding. In stock unmodified form those things were barely capable of pulling the skin off a rice pudding.

Ross McA.

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 17:39:46 +1300

Amazing photos by Murray- moments in time.
This was a car that I loved for a time. A 1952 Austin Sommerset. Photo is from 1987, I wanted to capture the beautiful lines and general bulbousness.

Steve Barnes

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:42:34 +1300

1963 Ford Thames van, with some extras.
Taipa Car fair 2008
Built by Joe Oliver of Kaiatia.

Steve Barnes

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:40:31 +1300

So, you wanna tow a caravan...

Steve Barnes

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:30:38 +1300

Hows about an Aveling & Porter Road Roller, – Built: 1880somethingish in Wymeswold in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England.

Now sitting outside MOTAT.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:27:01 +1300

or similar?

I'll repost mine again shall I? ;)
The shadow could also have been one of those Crossfires.

Julie Cross

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:59:27 +1300

maybe a Datsun 240z, or similar

Pedantry appreciated. I'm thinking that I didn't even look at the car, just saw the shadow.

JacksonP

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:41:15 +1300

Thinking about how most of the cars shown here were driven without seat belts and how peeps paid cash for a lump of metal that expressed who they were rather than trailing an HP balloon of debt on something reliable...

You know, I'd better be careful, as it's this sort…

Joe Wylie

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:39:26 +1300

Early hours, same snow.

Joe Wylie

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:35:39 +1300

Hutchinson Ford, Tuam St, Chchch, July 011.

JacksonP

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:25:48 +1300

A porsche, I think.

Train-spotters anonymous
Given the forward mounted mirrors, maybe a Datsun 240z, or similar?

Amazing light in that shot.

* i.e. unnecessarily pedantic. ;-)

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:50:28 +1300

phantom carreras?*
A porsche, I think.
I can't drive your 'ghost car', Julie...
:- )
Love it though...

*or a Photon Torpedo?

Julie Cross

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 14:30:29 +1300

Gorgeous old fire trucks Ian. The red seems redder than today's engines.

I've been driving my car differently since looking through this thread... a greater sense of freedom, more retro with the music, more patience with the road fools. Thinking about how most of the cars shown here were driven…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:28:01 +1300

Fire and grille...

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:27:20 +1300

the streamline look...

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:26:21 +1300

another, side on…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:25:37 +1300

Flash(ing) trucks...

JacksonP

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:49:23 +1300

'Prices Will Brighten Your Day'.

Found this, while reviewing the year's photos. Whangamata Beach Hop, March 11. Seemed more appropriate here.

Sofie Bribiesca

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:47:18 +1300

Pfft.

I must away again. This time I think I'll take this beauty. Nice bikes guys , I'll get back to that later. :)

JacksonP

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:18:07 +1300

street-legal.

In a large enough group, with a smattering of off-duty scooter-fetishist police, who wants to know?

Pfft. We're all anarchists at heart.

JacksonP

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:17:13 +1300

Austin A35 (or just possibly the earlier A30).

Joe just got in before me. This one says A30 Ute or Pickup, but may be A35. What a little ripper!

Joe Wylie

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:15:10 +1300

I have no idea what kind of vehicle this is.
Austin A35 (or just possibly the earlier A30). A ute is rare as. Cheaper in its day than a Morrie Minor. There are some shots of a local one here, but your pic is much nicer IMHO.

Sacha:
I find…

Sacha

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:42:33 +1300

Wow. Though I find it hard to believe that thing is street-legal.

JacksonP

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:28:26 +1300

Retreating from less friendly threads to see the steampunk Segway is such a relief.

A nice segue to Segway. ;-)

Hey, we're all friendly folk at Capture. We like to get along...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Pliz2UUD4

Rebecca Leathem

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:27:08 +1300

I have no idea what kind of vehicle this is. I shot this a couple of years ago locally.

Rebecca Leathem

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:23:25 +1300

I would probably NOT describe my three as sensible but certainly appreciative of good design. They're LEGO fanatics too.

Rebecca Leathem

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:22:11 +1300

Nah very little Herbie but they are appreciative of the shape of the original model VW. Also helps we have one parked in situ in our street. Daily Beetle car appreciation.

Joe Wylie

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:15:57 +1300

What are they called?
No idea. The green model didn't look very promising in the car park, but some time later he was tootling up Gebbies Pass. He must have ridden it through the Lyttelton tunnel. It was only later, on closer examination of the pics, that it became apparent…

Bart Janssen

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 11:12:34 +1300

Retreating from less friendly threads to see the steampunk Segway is such a relief.

It does look as though it uses the same gyroscopic principle, all the weight within the wheel.

Gotta admire the garage genius who built it.

JacksonP

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:56:52 +1300

Definitely not Vespas from said scooter run.

Wow! I've never seen the like before. Like a segue only steampunk. What are they called? Apart from extremely dangerous, at least in appearance.

Joe Wylie

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:55:00 +1300

Sorry. Definitely not Vespas from said scooter run.

JacksonP

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:49:45 +1300

Vespa-free pic.

Not quite. One hiding behind the metal cage thingy right of middle. I can spot them a mile away. :-0

Joe Wylie

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:36:28 +1300

Banks Peninsula scooter run, 2008. Vespa-free pic.

JacksonP

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:31:42 +1300

My old Sportique, now in new hands. As per this graphic.

The side kick...

Careful, if we start posting Vespa photos, I'll get myself in trouble...

Joe Wylie

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:23:05 +1300

Rhoda, parked up…
Hey! The first time I saw Rhoda I thought the goggles were a stunt, like putting shades on Fido for a cheap laugh. Turns out that they're her goggles, that's how she rolls.

That's one lucky sidecar dog. What's life come to now I'm envying other people's…

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:19:16 +1300

The side kick...
Waiting patiently in the 'barking space'
at the supermarket, Richmond, Chchch.
(both mobile dog photos by my partner, Sally)

Ian Dalziel

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 09:15:39 +1300

Bark Life
Rhoda, parked up...

Joe Wylie

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 01:02:39 +1300

Jeep dog Rhoda, Christchurch.
Pic by Gudrun Gisela.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:13:11 +1300

Uncle Bill made with squatty cars for a while,

Squatty cars. :))

Islander

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:01:23 +1300

Somewhere around I have a photo of Uncle Bill & the Vauxhall (and about 3 of his pig-dog pack tongue-waving out the windows)...I definitely have at least 2 of the Chrysler (scanner? scanner? I know you are here somewhere – dont keep hiding under...stuff...)

What really impressed me, then and now,…

JacksonP

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:45:48 +1300

Thank you, that -name unknown – off-duty nurse…

Wow, Islander! Thanks for sharing that story. Glad you all came through it.

Islander

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:36:38 +1300

Uncle Bill made with squatty cars for a while, but he bought a new Chrysler Valiant in 1965 (not bad, on a roadie's wages.) It earned me huge kudos among my tobaccco -picking mates when he picked us up from the Oamaru train station. Even more, when he loaned it…

Islander

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:29:25 +1300

Ooo, my uncle Bill had a green one of them!
It was the car he lent his beloved sister, not long after she was widowed, to take the kids to Otepoti.
On a notorious one-way bridge, close to Millers Crossing, she was halfway across when another car came on. At…

Simon C

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:38:51 +1300

The 57 Ford Custom 300 I owned in 2001. It was heavily inspired by the 57-58 Fords that were around when I was a teenager.

JacksonP

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:27:01 +1300

Makes me wanna reach for a hanky…
First car my mum owned was a Morris Minor…

My Grandmother's Morri' thou' played a big part in my younger life. It had this looooong gear stick with so much play the front seat passenger was likely to get bruises on their knees.…

Ian Dalziel

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:07:28 +1300

Morris dancing...
...little cars outside the house in Anglesea St
Makes me wanna reach for a hanky...
First car my mum owned was a Morris Minor...
and they used to import and store them
just along from us, in Battersea St, Sydenham.
(I used to make a nuisance of myself…

Jean Hughes

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:35:32 +1300

and an odd photo of the first Phase III

Jean Hughes

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:34:43 +1300

oops can only do 1 image at a time it seems – here is MY Phase 2

Jean Hughes

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:33:16 +1300

But we were a Vanguard family and had several – can only find photos of 2 – not the preferred ute or the later Triumphs. I learnt to drive in the Phase II. The last here is when I spotted a beloved Phase II in the carpark in Saxmunden in…

Tom Ackroyd

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:25:24 +1300

Pontiac at Whakapapa ski field, Mt Ruapehu, 11 September 2010.

Tom Ackroyd

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:22:16 +1300

Mustang at Americarna, Jackson St Petone, 25 February 2011.

Jean Hughes

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:20:36 +1300

Getting back on topic – perhaps – just reading this and had to add a photo of little cars outside the house in Anglesea St. Mine was the blue one.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:14:54 +1300

Ah. the old smoke and mirrors eh?

merc

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:01:07 +1300

Noooo I don't show up in photos...or mirrors.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:53:39 +1300

No, you have already said you don't like showing up in the photos ;)

merc

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:49:30 +1300

Oh dear, if they stop dedadedadeda?, I'm toast ;-)

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:47:58 +1300

I imagined a moderator should be able to delete otherwise how are you going to stop dedadedadeda? Might get touchy.

JacksonP

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:31:00 +1300

Arks? Wot chew talkin' 'bout Jackson! ;)

Don't ask me. By the way, the answer to your question may be changing in a day or two. Just working on the omnipotent bit. ;-)

Russell Brown

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:07:02 +1300

I have the company’s promotional ashtray (!), upon which is emblazoned: “Frazer & Smith: Sell Your Car To Us”

Hasn't advertising lost its way since those days?

Jackie Clark

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:53:51 +1300

What a very smart dealership too. Love that pink car in front.

Richard Aston

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:17:25 +1300

Man , our love affair with cars – its great to see

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:58:12 +1300

Amazingly, I found it a few years ago in a secondhand shop on K Road. :)

What a buzz, must have bargain.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:56:27 +1300

Arks? Wot chew talkin' 'bout Jackson! ;)

Danielle

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:51:37 +1300

OK, so (I hope) this is my grandfather's Invercargill car dealership. Not sure of the exact year, but turn-of-the-sixties-ish, probably.

Lest you think from this minimalist layout that they failed to market themselves appropriately, I have the company's promotional ashtray (!), upon which is emblazoned: "Frazer & Smith: Sell Your Car…

JacksonP

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 08:27:42 +1300

Is there any way to delete images? I made 2 mistakes yesterday, that could disappear happily
Nope. Not that I can see anyway. We might just have to live with it, as we do with our fox pass in writing. ;-)

Adds to the flavour, if you arks me.

Sofie Bribiesca

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:15:16 +1300

Glad to see it hasn’t changed.

Ah, an opportunity to submit that again then ;) Hopefully this one hasn't changed.

Is there any way to delete images? I made 2 mistakes yesterday, that could disappear happily

Rich of Observationz

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:18:50 +1300

Used to live round the corner from there and walk by every day to work. Glad to see it hasn't changed.

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:39:48 +1300

This, we noticed at the Old Trumans Brewery. 2005 Started to clean it up but stopped.

Thomas Johnson

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:33:46 +1300

Did someone mention Holdens? This is the family car, bought new by my parents in 1971. HG Holden Kingswood, 186 with 3-speed column change. Still on the road regularly.

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:12:39 +1300

Hehe, alot of Fords got bought if there was a good butter fat yield in the Waikato.

Kumara Republic

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:47:29 +1300

see back then you were either a Falcon or a Holden family, could depend on what type of farmer you were or townie.
Both my immediate uncles owned HQ Kingswoods many years ago. One of them even boasted that his Kingswood "ran on cabbage juice".

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:36:49 +1300

Now VW wipers were simply irrelevant, I had a '63, then a '66 beetle, I just hardened up and realised things like wipers and lights for were for the unadventurous, 6 volt system and all, I only drove off the road once in a torrential downpour on the Coro road,…

Joe Wylie

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:30:49 +1300

The other way around I think – the wipers sped up when one eased off the gas.
Correction on my part James, you're absolutely right. It seems the hose is popping off the inlet manifold of my memory. That'd explain those recollections of crawling through a Queensland downpour just so…

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:25:35 +1300

That looks like the first Holden with electric wipers.

Possibly. It was in excellent nick and it was cheap as chips. Here's a side look. what later became my next Holden is behind it. I lived beside the White Heron private suites. Not so private from our balcony though. Looked…

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:21:47 +1300

Man you’re harsh Joe. This was good in the day. Ute based on thread, just.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yZYMW8GISg

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:19:21 +1300

but I am in it and no one wants that.

Yes. My legs are in my chev here, but that is ok just. :)

Joe Wylie

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:17:41 +1300

The other way around I think – the wipers sped up when one eased off the gas.
You’re right, some did, though not my FC ute. Of course it was a heap when I bought it, but I still feel guilty about driving it into the ground.

Here’s the original…

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:15:53 +1300

That's choice. I deviated from the family when I bought a Holden, so did my bro, see back then you were either a Falcon or a Holden family, could depend on what type of farmer you were or townie. I worked on the Ford account for a bit both cars…

James Butler

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:11:38 +1300

Prior to that they still had those dreadful vacuum jobs that ran off suction from the intake manifold. When you took your foot off the gas pedal not only did the car slow down, the wipers did too, regardless of the weather.

The other way around I think – the…

Joe Wylie

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:05:28 +1300

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4Ic3RqPIJo
Nothing does gravel like a Holden but
Pie & sauce mate.

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:05:00 +1300

A.P. I miss that jumper ;-(

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:02:48 +1300

and Sophie you know that young woman there in my jumper, c.1981.

Oh . Give me the initials. ;)

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:59:18 +1300

Nothing does gravel like a Holden but, especially the White Whale, she’d just gracefully loll round the corners if you set her right. We had Falcon utes, similar, that 2nd gear was the go all gear. Those cars were designed for us, Ozzies first but well, you know.

Joe Wylie

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:56:14 +1300

Just for you, my old Holden.
That looks like the first Holden with electric wipers. Prior to that they still had those dreadful vacuum jobs that ran off suction from the intake manifold. When you took your foot off the gas pedal not only did the car slow down, the…

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:35:06 +1300

The Great White Whale's wheel, note the cassette deck. Of course you go out and photograph your beloved, my friend (Mr. Paste) took this shot. 3 on the tree, 2nd would stick but I knew what to do. Not flash but where I used to take my cars, this one…

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:15:41 +1300

This is what a VW (1302S, not mine, hers) and Falcon SW were meant to do. Sorry it’s out of focus I was amped (Hotwater 2-3ft and offshore – yew), and Sophie you know that young woman there in my jumper, c.1981.

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:40:26 +1300

In the immortal words of Reg Presley...
This Holden was around 1988.
I want to spend my life
with a grille like you...

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:23:12 +1300

because they were fast.

I think we all relate to that somehow. I went from big to tiny. Toyota Cynos. I'm now at no.2. Although I haven't got rid of no. 1 because it is good for other use. No. 1 is a sports model and it is faster. Both…

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:31:28 +1300

I'll post my HT (1972? last of the 5/8th gauge steel models) for you later. Bought off my cuz, who handpainted it white (the Great White Whale) using a reversed vac cleaner, reducing it to orange peel goodness, the police used to pull me over in it often stating...this car…

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:12:46 +1300

Just for you, my old Holden. I really did have a lot of cars.I never wrote any of them off, glad to say, oh except my mark 4 Cortina. (Only owned it 4 hours. No wonder I forget about it. Brilliant accident on State 1 at Kinleith Forest. Corkscrewed it…

Christopher Dempsey

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 11:38:42 +1300

Turning old cars into works of art.

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:55:45 +1300

It's funny we put pinlines on surfboards too, and we often name them both. Wave vehicles, road vehicles, this one is Bluey.

ChrisW

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:52:12 +1300

This one had a few paint jobs in its time, much pride there.

merc

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:42:34 +1300

It's an EH. I had an HT, sedan, will place photo later. The EH, my bro had one, two tone aqua body, white on roof, house speakers and mattress, Raglan 1974, Crime Of The Century on cassett player, 6 pu boards on top, single fins all. Now he has a…

ChrisW

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:29:42 +1300

... but not so well maintained. Yet it is well hearted by all those lovely kawakawa leaves.

ChrisW

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:27:59 +1300

... Special, once aspiring to be a flash car ...

ChrisW

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:26:56 +1300

...Holden ...

ChrisW

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:26:05 +1300

A more colourful ...

Sofie Bribiesca

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:41:39 +1300

but unfortunately I can’t get at the pics just now. Might have to ask my mum to dig them out. Lovely memories.
I'm waiting for access to ours. I have some neat old stuff in my mind for here. :)

For those who like Fords. This baby was taken at…

Tamsin6

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 01:27:35 +1300

My sister and her man collected old cars. She still has a Citroen light 15. These I imagine are still in that shed on his farm.

Have only just seen this post Sofie – have been a bit teary-eyed looking through these as it was the kind of stuff I…

Andrew E

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:30:01 +1300

Not exactly a Flash Car, but a nice old motor, all the same. A Wolseley Six-Ninety spotted at the bottom of Boulcott Street, Wellington, in April 2006.

Joe Wylie

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:51:10 +1300

Great pic Robert. Those things were known as univeral carriers, or more commonly in NZ, bren gun carriers. An awful lot of them seem to have been flogged off to civilians after WW2. I remember a few derelict ones from my youth, but never saw a live one running. Here's…

Jonathan Ganley

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 21:23:11 +1300

Bright Grey Holden on Mt Eden Rd, 2009. Immaculate.

Kumara Republic

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:58:39 +1300

Funny story my dad told me once... he worked in the accounts department of the old NZ Motor Corp years ago, and during that time NZMC was getting CKD kits from what had become British Leyland. He recalls that many of the panels fit so badly that they had to…

Robert Urquhart

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:31:04 +1300

Station transport, early 50's. My grandfather driving, father/aunt the small blondes, the rest shearers/farmhands off to the "old" woolshed because the river was too high to bring the sheep across to the new one for shearing.

Scanning the old albums is a current project here as well.

Simon Grigg

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:12:08 +1300

Mum, circa 1934.

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:12:19 +1300

Here 'tis

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:07:12 +1300

Here, of course! Just ignore me. Not that you weren’t going to anyway. ;-)

Well, back on track then. This was an old friends Jaguar XJR sports series. Nice car. I could go for that. It is situated at another friends place 2008. The dirt indicates we had travelled 400km…

JacksonP

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 19:01:23 +1300

Okay. Where shall I put these images? ;)

Here, of course! Just ignore me. Not that you weren't going to anyway. ;-)

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:59:13 +1300

Not that I’m trying to control what and when you post or anything. Well, maybe just a little bit. ;-)

Okay. Where shall I put these images? ;)

JacksonP

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:46:50 +1300

memories of bicycles?

We will almost certainly do a dedicated cycling thread at some stage, given the penchant of our host, and many posters, for said vehicle. That being the case, perhaps you could save up your cycling photos, or go out and take some more over summer even?

Not…

Robyn Gallagher

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:29:13 +1300

Looking at – *ahem* – the original photos, it's amazing to see those old cars driven by young dudes. But back then, the cars would have been, what, 20 years old – the perfect age for a reasonably priced second-hand car.

But now, all those young stallions with the sexual…

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:28:24 +1300

memories of bicycles?

I wonder? Kathmandu. 198?

Islander

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:15:34 +1300

Who knows?
My Nanna, born in the 1890s, certainly remembered her first (and subsequent) horse/s, and her first car ride*...

Maybe, she offers wistfully, folk of that distant future will remember their first solar-powered dirigible?

*She never flew, aside from an up/down 5-minuter at an A&P show-

Christopher Dempsey

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:03:55 +1300

I wonder, in 50 or 60 years time, will the PAS blogs of that time be filled with memories of bicycles? The first one, the one one went courting on, the family one, etc?

Islander

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 17:09:51 +1300

Memories mixed, yep – but you always remember your first car eh?
I looked at that second car and thought, I know you…but I’d have to see your grille-

which you kindly provided -thanks Joe!

Joe Wylie

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:03:58 +1300

A Standard Vanguard Phase III shown being assembled
Which is two phases later than the Vanguard Phase I in David Hood’s card player pic upthread.

Also the green car in that pic appears to be a Morris Series E, (aka E-type Morris) with the peculiar rear-opening doors, of which Islander…

Alec Morgan

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:39:28 +1300

The long lost “Queen St” did not jostle for contender status upon its brief release or TV showing. Some of the crew obviously learnt heaps though. The location shoot is a real time capsule. The screen shot shows my first 60 Fairlane, powder blue “tankster” as we called ’em, to…

Kebabette

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:35:48 +1300

Cars on Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch 1945 http://www.flickr.com/photos/christchurchcitylibraries/2769904859/

Kebabette

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:30:30 +1300

A Standard Vanguard Phase III shown being assembled and some more nice car pics from Christchurch City Libraries http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=29328098@N06&q=cars

Kebabette

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:28:03 +1300

The mighty Riley Elf – car of my childhood & still one of my faves.

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:00:41 +1300

but a stuffed dog and bubble gum jeans have photo-bombed that shot. There are limits.

LOL!

James Butler

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:59:01 +1300

One of my dream cars. Southward car museum.

Yeah, I love Tatras too.

Sofie Bribiesca

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:55:39 +1300

I now how you feel. Although I feel like a hog over on the Capture threads, I still instructed Dad to bring me the case of photos so I can rescan. I’ve been thinking about my grandmother in Chch in her drive way in Papanui posing proudly in front of…

James Butler

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:42:22 +1300

I had a quick look over the weekend for my late Dad's pics of his various '60s DKWs... can't find them, Mum must have them in Oz. Damn.

Jake Pollock

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:41:09 +1300

I’m finding it harder than expected to locate images of cars.

It is often thought that cars are difficult to photograph because their dimensions make it tricky to capture the dynamics of their design from a fixed perspective, and that they’re better understood in three dimensions. Actually it’s because most…

Jake Pollock

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:38:28 +1300

Taxis in Calcutta.

JacksonP

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:36:57 +1300

Queen St, this 'drama' from NZ On Screen is relevant

Amazing.
Jane Campion, 2nd Ass. Director

Also starring mister Pork Pie himself, Kelly Johnson.

Thomas Johnson

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:14:53 +1300

Regarding the original images on Queen St, this 'drama' from NZ On Screen is relevant

http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/queen-street-1980

JacksonP

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:37:56 +1300

Yeah, the only shot of my 77 mini has 5 people hanging out the windows.

I’m finding it harder than expected to locate images of cars. Our 1965 Singer Gazelle was a beauty, but haven’t found a decent shot yet. Except the one on our wedding day.

Might save that…

Joe Wylie

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:23:44 +1300

Thanks again Julie, they really are great pictures, you can feel something of the fun that went into making them. Greytown seems to work like the great leveller, the sublime and the downright silly all end up looking equally cool.

Julie Cross

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:16:00 +1300

Hey! My Mini 1000 used to fly round those old country roads. ;-)

Did we race? Mine was only 850cc. 1964, I think. Still used to fly – proximity to the ground, I believe, you could hear the gravel whistling... I would share an interior pic of the hounds-tooth upholstery,…

Julie Cross

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:51:59 +1300

Joe, I am a friend of John's on Facebook and get the photos on a daily basis, complete with local commentary. Much better but I suspect this started as frippery and has gained momentum and Jalbum is an easy organiser if not a friendly one. Perhaps one day cars on…

Jackie Clark

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:33:27 +1300

Well yes. I do remember quite often, as a young 'un travelling in the seat well behind the front passenger seat.

JacksonP

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:25:19 +1300

A propos of cars in the 60’s, this is what all the best babies were wearing. And yes, the car is a Morris Minor.

Nice one Jackie. Love the car restraint. It may just be family legend, but rumour has it I slept on the parcel tray behind the back…

David Hood

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:03:43 +1300

I think the story was playing cards while trying to get the front car working

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:56:07 +1300

Cleaning spark plugs? Cards and possibly one rolling?

Emma Hart

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:52:00 +1300

I automatically assumed that the boys in the back of the picture around the car were busy texting

At first glance I had assumed about four of them were rolling cigarettes.

Christopher Dempsey

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:47:39 +1300

Heh, modern life: when I saw that photo of your Dad, David, and his school mates standing around the car, I automatically assumed that the boys in the back of the picture around the car were busy texting, so similar the position is texting to playing cards…

Raymond A Francis

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:19:52 +1300

Learnt to drive in a 1959 Ford, parking has been easy ever since
It still lives locally but the amount of gas needed keeps it at home I would guess
It has only had two owners, us and them

Thomas Johnson

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:37:35 +1300

I wonder what they are doing with the bonnet open there?

Here's one of my fathers slides. Camping in the 1950's with VW and Dad's Austin A30.

Not the flashest cars really, but what was affordable. My father owned a car before his parents.

Joe Wylie

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:37:04 +1300

Amazing stuff David, time travel. Hope you don't mind, but I couldn't resist trying a quick & dirty adjustment.

David Hood

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:10:12 +1300

This was another

David Hood

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 14:09:20 +1300

My father went to Otago Boys High School in 1956-57, this was one of his photos of the period.

Joe Wylie

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:20:26 +1300

there is a photographer in Greytown who has a related series of captures called “cars on main street"
Thank you, something to delight everyone there, plus a few to offend the aesthetic sensibilities :-) Love the grass-covered car.
I don't know whether it's my browser, but it seems the photos…

Julie Cross

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:06:47 +1300

And for car lovers who may not know of this, there is a photographer in Greytown who has a related series of captures called "cars on main street"... can't believe the beauties gracing that town. Try this link (I hope it works) for some of NZ's finest old car (south…

Julie Cross

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:55:47 +1300

I come from great "flash cars" stock (my dad being an A-grade mechanic with a bent for American style) but my own contribution is pathetic: one Austin Mini, one GTi Peugeot and an A4 Audi... This is my favourite Kodachrome ... my dad and I at National Park with his…

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:34:42 +1300

Sadly, after an Easter weekend excursion to Melbourne, (one only knows where that idea came from late on the Thursday night, in a Gondola, at the Easter show in Sydney) my flat mates car had to be left to a local farmer who was happy to convert the dubby to…

Joe Wylie

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:15:25 +1300

Although many of Charles's components date from the late 1920s he's registered as a 1967 Charles, so named for the Mr Charles who rebuilt him in his present jeeplike form. Cherished and significantly but subtly upgraded by my brother since the 1970s, Charles even serves as a mobile platform for…

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:08:33 +1300

Wow. Didn't realise Google was available in the early 1900's. Fantastic shot of what could be any year .

Joe Wylie

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:56:06 +1300

Charles, my brother's Ford A based general purpose vehicle of many years' standing, captured on Google Street View.

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 09:43:22 +1300

Why, you haven't changed a bit Jackie.:)

Jackie Clark

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 08:43:16 +1300

A propos of cars in the 60’s, this is what all the best babies were wearing. And yes, the car is a Morris Minor. (Excuse the quality but my mother has been known to scrapbook, and all my baby photos are in my personal one. Stuck in. Can’t get them…

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:24:17 +1300

My great Uncle's cars. May he R.I.P

Sofie Bribiesca

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 07:20:58 +1300

Los Angeles

Simon Grigg

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:15:20 +1300

And one more, taken by Dad in the mid to late 1960s. I don't need to tell anyone where I guess.

Simon Grigg

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 22:33:13 +1300

Possibly the only one of that model to make it to NZ.

It was sold to a guy my parents knew vaguely, and it was still going strong in the late 1970s when we last heard of it (on Herald Island).

An eBay postcard here – Going Places with the…

Joe Wylie

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:26:40 +1300

We took the 1956 Plymouth back to NZ in 1960 (transit paid for by Her Majesty) and sold it in 1964, with Mum and Dad almost doubling the money they paid for it in ’58.
Delightful pic. Possibly the only one of that model to make it to NZ. Despite…

JacksonP

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 19:07:56 +1300

That sounds exciting Jackie.
Velox
Do it!

Great shot Simon.