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BOOK REVIEW THE JOWETT JUPITER: THE CAR THAT LEAPED TO FAME Edmund Nankivell. Published 2016 by Veloce, which supplied the review copy (veloce.co.uk). ISBN 978-1-845849-12-2. Available from Octane Books, Auckland Review by Mark Holman This is a greatly expanded and only Jupiter exported to Uruguay. The with the Bolton-Le-Moors Car updated edition of a book importers had no specialised knowledge Club driving tests in 1954. Still, it’s originally published in 1981. of the car so the back-up service was good to see coverage of activities in The author clearly has had a long poor: the frustrated owner ended up New Zealand and to appreciate how involvement with all things Jupiter, and shooting their head mechanic! many Jupiter owners used their cars it shows in the thoroughness of the new in competition. edition, which now runs to 224 large Much of the book deals with the pages and includes a very good selection Jupiter’s racing and rallying exploits I also enjoyed the material on of photos. in fascinating detail. They were special-bodied Jupiters and their particularly successful at Le Mans, coachbuilders, as well as the history of Starting with the back of the winning their class three years in a row the more modern-looking R4 Jupiter, book, Nankivell provides a 42-page in the 1950s. Although not the quickest which had a promising reception at the list of each Jupiter made; when it left car competing, it’s clear from comments Earl’s Court Motor Show. the factory; and, where known, its by their drivers that the Jupiters really history since then. This part alone excelled in their handling. In the end, the Jupiter did not represents enormous research over achieve the sales success that it deserved many years. Quite a few Jupiters The lengthy section on other because of delays in bringing it to came to New Zealand when new, competitions around the world market, among other reasons. The last and others arrived later with their is comprehensive but sometimes one left the Jowett factory in November owners. Probably the most dramatic hard to digest. It mixes events like 1953. However, Nankivell’s book does tale involves chassis number 155R, the the South Canterbury Car Club’s the model justice and shows what, Saltwater Creek grass track in 1964 perhaps, might have been. TRIUMPH TR6 (1968–76): YOUR EXPERT GUIDE Paul Hogan. Published 2019 by Veloce, which supplied the review copy. ISBN 978-1-787114-19-7 Review by Mark Holman If I can quote from the author’s improvements that appeal to him. other issues such as that modern laser- introduction, this new TR6 book is There are 21 chapters, ranging from tracking devices often don’t accurately “an aid for enthusiasts who’d like to measure correct castor and camber know more about the inner workings of clutch and gearbox, to trim and weather angles, which is intriguing. He also the car, how it’s put together, and some equipment, by way of suspension and includes a chapter on problems that can ideas on how to take it apart!” bodyshell, as well as one on modifying a arise if your TR6 isn’t used regularly. TR6 for competition use. Within each Handy, and accurate. Any TR6 chapter, the author looks at common If I had one of these handsome owner will find plenty of practical problems — for example, with batteries British sports cars in my garage, I advice in this medium-sized 112-page and earth straps, or oil leaks in the drive would want this book on my shelves. softcover. The author really seems to line — improvements like replacing the know his stuff, which he illustrates rubber bushes in the hub carriers with with loads of colour photos, a few of poly bushes, and the need to keep on which are dedicated to modifications or top of maintenance. The author notes 99 NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC CAR

National Events Classic events from around New Zealand MINI DOUBLE HEADER — TAKING ON TE ANAU By Josh Kelly The annual Mini Nationals in May was another casualty of Covid cancelations, but Mini owners were not to be denied. They organised a special event at Labour Weekend for Mini owners to socialise, enjoy their Minis and, more importantly, to support local tourism which has been struggling. The New Zealand Mini Owners put together two events, in Te Anau and Taupo, so both South Island and North Island Mini owners could get in on the fun. Weekend activities started in Te Anau with a get together and barbecue at the event HQ, Aden Motel. On Saturday morning, everyone went for a cruise through the centre of Te Anau before convoying to Manapouri to take part in the Manapouri Classic Car Show. This is organised by the Manapouri Art Group, as part of their annual art show. It is a small, but well-organised show, and a lot of people loved to see all of the Minis lined up — everything from a Mini 1000 to a late-model Countryman and even a twin-engine 4WD Moke! It was then onto The Church Bar and Eatery for a late lunch before a second barbecue at Aden Motel. The previous night’s event had gone so well that everybody wanted to do it again! Sunday was the real highlight of the weekend with the drive to Milford Sound followed by a cruise on the Sound itself. Not long after visiting Mirror Lake, it started to rain heavily, creating thousands of stunning waterfalls. There were regular stops along the way to check out the amazing scenery, and in the Homer Tunnel there was the compulsory horn-tooting! Once at Milford, it was onto the Cruise Milford boat for a cruise, taking one hour and 45 minutes. Rain and swells did not stop most of the Mini owners from heading onto the bow of the boat, which nosed in close to the waterfalls, meaning a few people had a wet trip back to Te Anau and the Olive Tree Café for dinner to finish the official weekend activities. The Olive Tree, The Church, and Aden Motel are all owned by members of NZ Mini Owners, so it was also good to support fellow members. Cruise Milford is also long-time supporter of the Pork Pie Charity Run. Numbers were small due to other events which clashed, but the weekend was thoroughly enjoyed by everybody who attended. 100 NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC CAR

TAUPO the scenic drive to Chateau Tongariro, we back end of a motorcycle track hire and BY MINI handed out the event packs, the agenda, decided to make a charitable donation to stickers, and postcards coming as a pleasant Damon Rees who’s riding in the European by Steve Broadbent surprise to attendees at this no-charge event. superbike series. Four laps of the full Taupo circuit in a road-going Mini as safety car was Spring, the last weekend in October, Off we went, snaking through the lakeside really great fun. Labour Day long weekend, and the New roads and heading uphill towards the Zealand Mini Nationals all go together — Central North Island’s Mt Ruapehu ski The evening event saw us descend on usually. Last year, instead, Josh Kelly and Steve field and the Chateau Tongariro Hotel that Jolly Good Fellows. We got most of the Broadbent organised the Mini Weekend of the opened in the 1920s. The hotel works pre-selected meals right, although I heard Year, taking on Te Anau and Taupo. hard to preserve the atmosphere of that there’s a lasagne still waiting for a home. glorious era and makes an impressive photo The Taupo gathering grew rapidly from an backdrop. Some headed inside for high tea On Sunday, we headed off to Rotorua, event that might attract 20 cars to over 40 while others enjoyed a picnic and banter on stopping at the #LoveTaupo sign cars, with 90-plus putting in an appearance the lawn. overlooking the lake, which also stopped at some point over the three-day event. The other traffic briefly. Forty-odd Minis snaking casual format certainly appealed to many, Our next stop was the Bruce McLaren through Taupo on the way to Rotorua via as the drives took in some stunning Central Motorsport Park. The 1.5-hour drive back Huka Falls was a sight to see. The domestic North Island scenery. to Taupo saw the group split up to take tourism industry was bright and alive in New different roads only to regroup again at the Zealand, and I’d like to say a big thanks to Day one saw us gathering at the lakefront race track. We managed to sneak into the everyone who came along. car park in Taupo. The steady stream of cars grew, and by the time we moved to the hotel, Minis had filled many of the available parking spaces, often comically dwarfed by utes and 4x4s. On day two, Saturday, a bright sunny day greeted us as we assembled the cars lakeside and walked into town for coffee and breakfast. Taupo was awash with home- grown tourists. “Nice car” was heard on more than one occasion. As we gathered for PIPING HOT NORTH CANTERBURY CHRISTMAS By Trevor Stanley Joblin, photography Raymond Herber North Canterbury Classic Tours held also take your breath away. Raymond gave because they wanted to support the its annual Christmas picnic outing on us a working display of forging in his foundry, event as much as possible but had run Sunday, 13 December 2020, under much to the delight of a captivated audience out of family members for crewing duties. almost perfect conditions. The Better Half — a great way to end a wonderful day out Sheryl also accompanied Bruce Keddie Cafe and bar once again provided the among the diverse range of classic vehicles. again, playing way up the top of the lime perfect meeting place, and at 10.30am our cliff face during the lunch break — a very resident bagpiper, Bruce Keddie, punched I would like to say a big thanks to the Glass spectacular sound and scene. We offer a up his drones to play the entants away. family from Rangiora. They entered five big thanks to both. This year, one of the other entries, Sheryl classic vehicles, each with no navigator, Glass, joined in to play a duet. Two bagpipes sound better than one. The destination this year was the Iron Ridge quarry, sometimes referred to as the sculpture park. Raymond and Susan Herber have transformed the white rocky bowl they bought 21 years ago into a beautiful landscaped park full of native plantings that provides a stunning exhibition space for Raymond’s work. Deep within the dramatic limestone landscape of North Canterbury, Waipara Valley is a wonderful place to visit. Raymond’s beautiful and sometimes wacky works are guaranteed to entertain all ages. Towering limestone cliffs create a stunning backdrop for larger works, while the amazing views out over the Waipara Valley are serrated backbones of the local hills that can THEMOTORHOOD.COM ISSUE 362 / FEBRUARY 2021 101

National Events Classic events from around New Zealand DOING THE DOMES By Quinton Taylor Some years back, Scout Leader Tony Cruising Main Street: Drew Galog in his yellow ’32 Ford and brother Steve in his black ’55 Richardson came up with a fundraising Chevrolet enacting the ‘American Graffiti’ theme on the Friday evening cruise idea for his Mataura Scout Group — to organise a car show to attract some of the It’s been a tough year for event organisers, Just as in the movie, along with the socialising, South’s notable stock of car enthusiasts to with many events postponed and squashed the driving sometimes got a little out of hand the town. into a tight window, which makes attracting and earned the centre-parks a reputation. The participants and holding onto sponsorship parking spaces have since been replaced by Each year, the event has grown in popularity even tougher. garden plots, shrubs, and ornaments. among car enthusiasts and also trade supporters. Four years ago, the organising “Unfortunately, this year, what’s happened? The cruise this year kicked off in balmy committee decided the event had the Instead of cancelling, they pushed them all conditions at 7.30 in the evening and went potential to be extended to three days. On out and climbed in all over and around our through until 10.00pm. Riverton’s Robert the Monday morning after the 2020 event, ones. It does make it hard. We are the ones Shearing fronted with his Camaro drag car Tony announced he was pulling the pin after who have suffered from that because there and managed to squeeze in a different 10 years of running it. is that much on now. It shouldn’t be like that. passenger nearly every circuit. It was tough They should have done the honourable thing on the ears and shop windows were rattled! “It’s time somebody else had a go at it. I and cancelled until next year,” Tony said. think a couple of them are looking at doing Saturday dawned wet and chilly for the well- it. I’ve said it for a couple of times, and now Despite the hurdles, this year’s Motoring attended barbecue at Repco before the big they have got to do it.” Mad Mataura (12–15 November) was well cruise of the weekend up through Tapanui, supported and kicked off at the local Lawrence, Beaumont, and back to Clinton — His business commitments meant the time picture theatre with a double-feature of two then through to Gore, covering some 300km. had come for a bit of rebalancing, but petrolhead classics: American Graffiti and backing away won’t be easy. Running on Empty. Sunday has always been the public show day for all the cars, and it started off wet as “As an example, on Wednesday I took 189 The Friday night cruise continued with well. “It turned out to be a brilliant day — phone calls. Three weeks leading up to it, it’s the American Graffiti theme, and the Gore perfect weather. It was a great weekend and every day on the phone. I’ll still be involved District Council closed off a portion of Main great turnout of cars.” with the scouts and help whoever takes it on Street for the event. Happy days! and help steer them in the right direction.” Robert Shearing was invited to do “We had a great turnout of something like 75 a ‘few’ circuits with his drag car During those 10 years, there had been some cars and for two and a half hours they cruised and with a passenger outstanding shows, but he remembers one and did what they liked. It was great. It was in particular for a great gesture from a former special, too, with the Galog boys bringing Mataura resident. down the ’32 and the ’55, just as in American Graffiti.” “The most memorable was the year we had John Neilan down with the Digger Dragster It was just like the good old days when from Auckland [Top Alcohol category and Gore had centre parks down its wide main national champion for the class — sub street between concrete buttresses at the five seconds for quarter-mile]. He brought north end in front of the police station and it down just for the show. That was very at the southern end of the block. Cruising special that year — good support from a around these two points was known as former Mataura man.” ‘doing the domes’. Three back, three front – easy in this ’60 Pontiac Laurentian Pipe music: Rod Coppins tribute Ford Zephyr Mark II 102 NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC CAR

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National Events Classic events from around New Zealand THE EVOLUTION OF JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES By Quinton Taylor Colin did most of the legwork for the in displays at a growing number of venues exhibition, but he was able to call in others throughout Southland. The exhibition Colin Clark, the exhibitions manager at from Bill Richardson Transport World to help will coincide with the annual Burt Munro Classic Motorcycle Mecca, had a busy out towards the end. Challenge, which will run from Wednesday, few months last year putting together 10 February to Saturday, 14 February. another remarkable reason for the motoring- “I’m very pleased with the support we minded to visit Invercargill: ‘The Evolution of have received locally from collectors and “Support from all over the country has been Japanese Motorcycles’ exhibition. the trade, along with support from outside amazing, and we have been offered many Southland, with motorcycles provided from more bikes than we can display,” says Colin, “I’ve wanted to do this for a very long time such collections as the Veitch’s in Dunedin offering the tantalising prospect of fresh and finally it’s happening,” a delighted and Ian Lorman’s from the Otago Classic exhibitions in the future. Colin explained. Japanese Motorcycle Club.” “People grew up riding [these bikes] so there is Like most classic car enthusiasts, I also A motorcycle enthusiast of many years as a real sense of nostalgia around this exhibition. enjoy classic motorcycles, especially the well as the owner of a few, Colin is one of They performed well, they stopped well, and affordable Japanese motorcycles that many volunteers who assist staff at both they didn’t leak oil everywhere when you created a revolution in our impressionable Bill Richardson Transport World and Classic stopped. We’ve got around 70 motorcycles on youth. My memory was stimulated by the Motorcycle Mecca. With Transport World’s display. These bikes took the world by storm, sight of a Honda 305cc CB77 Super Hawk in current exhibition focus on The Evolution of and we’ve a real mixture to display, which is the same colour and almost the same year Japanese Cars and now The Evolution of fantastic. They range from road bikes and as one I had for a number of years. I enjoyed Japanese Motorcycles, Invercargill offers a racing models to trail and farm bikes.” it immensely as a daily driver and club racer. glittering incentive to travel south and take I followed it with a very quick Honda CB500 The exhibition runs until 28 February. four production racer. Fast-track trio: Suzuki GSX-R next to a replica Honda 500cc, RC181. The original In the ’60s, Honda’s biggest bike was the 305cc achieved 232kph at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, in 1967. At right is a Honda Honda Dream, seen here beside the Honda Solo VF1000R — the fastest production bike in the world at its launch in 1984 based on the Honda Super Cub step-through The Honda CB77 Super Hawk (left) had enough performance from its 305cc to beat Triumph’s 650cc twin Italian racing team Bimota used various Japanese engines in Japanese manufacturers also challenged the many of its racing motorcycle frames American cruiser market with bikes such as this Suzuki Boulevard 104 NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC CAR

A glittering Honda 450 being prepped for show Japanese bikes made off-roading cheap and reliable for many From 1946, Mitsubishi made many scooters like this Silver Pigeon — 463,000 in total VOLKSWAGENS IN DER KAPITAL By Christopher Moor “What’s under your hood?” was the the 1950s and ’60s, which accounted for tagline for this year’s “biggest about half of the vehicles attending. Two little Volkswagen show in oval-rear-windowed saloons from 1956 Wellington.” On 5 December, immaculately appeared to be the oldest cars present. restored VW classics, and those awaiting their turn, parked up at the Parrotdog near Something about Beetles always gets Wellington airport for the show’s third staging. strangers reminiscing to each other about their happy memories of the bug, and this Cars came from around the region and show was no exception. beyond, shining a little summer vibe on a steady stream of enthusiastic onlookers throughout the day. The show and shine attracted 36 entries, slightly more than in 2019. Public vote awarded the day’s prize to Guy Lane’s 1967 Variant station wagon. Guy says it’s all original apart from the recently fitted new motor, which is why the Variant did not appear at the previous show. It was a deserving winner. Otto, Andy Bray’s beautifully restored red and ivory Type Two 1965 Volkswagen panel van, set the summery scene on the concourse. Andy’s van attracted many admiring comments, which had also happened at the British and European Car Day earlier in the year. Otto easily converts from camper to van and is seen at his best when cruising. Several campers displayed will also be enjoyed by their owners and families on their summer holidays. Peeks inside showed why holidays in them would be such fun. But the day belonged to the Beetles from THEMOTORHOOD.COM ISSUE 362 / FEBRUARY 2021 105

National Events Classic events from around New Zealand THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM By Steve Reid It was a weekend for the Aussie muscle car fan to relish in Marlborough, as both the GT Falcon Club and the Chrysler R/T Six Pack Owners Club converged on Blenheim at the same time. Twelve Chyrslers made the journey this year, with an equal number of entrants from both islands, including four E49s. Unfortunately, the club was down by two cars, one member missing out with an injury and another suffering from mechanical problems. The weekend kicked off with a meal on Friday night followed by the AGM, which was held at the convention headquarters at the Quality Hotel Marlborough. Saturday morning saw everyone cruise through town on their way to Allan Scott Family Winemakers for a guided tour, wine tasting, and lunch. The drive saw the cars pass through the township of Renwick, where the daring Renwick 50 road race took place annually during the 1950s and ’60s. In the afternoon, everyone visited the world famous Omaka Aviation Heritage centre and the Omaka Car Museum. There they crossed paths with the GT Falcons, which were also doing the same thing at the same time. The weekend wound up on Sunday morning at the Farmers Market, with the cars on display for the public to enjoy and vote for their favourite. The club even picked up a couple of new members, one local turning up in his car which he only takes out three times a year. This year’s convention badge was designed to honour the memory of Gary Bridger, a long-time member who passed away just over a year ago. Gary was an expert on the R/T Charger and co-wrote the book Hey Charger. His family kindly allowed the club to take his much-loved silver E49 to Blenheim to be part of the festivities. Next year, the celebrations will be held in the North Island. It will be the 50th anniversary of this much-loved Aussie Icon. 106 NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC CAR

Shane van Gisbergen won Historics class CITY OF AUCKLAND RALLIES FOR RALLY By Steve Ritchie It had been several years since Auckland Up front, Hayden Paddon and co-driver Ashton Wood in a Escort RS1800 was last fortunate enough to host a rally, John Kennard were in the Hyundai i20 Jack Hawkeswood gets a bit too sideways and fans were blessed with some fantastic AP4 car — beating them would be a tall racing on some extremely dusty gravel order. However, Raana Horan and Michael roads at the November event. Connor, in a Skoda Fabia R5, gave them a good run for their money, finishing the The rally encompassed three separate event just two minutes and 40 seconds roads just north of Auckland, and included behind them. However, having won all seven Riverhead Forest, Puhoi, and Kaipara Hills, stages, Paddon and Kennard were justified which entrants ran twice before heading winners. The Audi of Dylan Turner and south to Jacks Ridge for the final two 6.27km Malcolm Read finished in third place. Further stages. Riverhead Forest was run only once down the order, the late Possum Bourne’s due to a technicality. That gave the cars son, Spencer, had his first taste of rallying 121km of road to tackle at pace. in a Subaru Impreza, with co-driver Fleur Pederson reading the notes. A good number of cars entered in Class C for NZRC Cat Four and Classics, the most Hayden Paddon won the overall event noticeable being V8 Supercars champ Shane van Gisbergen in his dad’s Escort RS1800; Brianna Little was co-driving. Considering Shane had had limited time in a rally car, he appeared right at home and set fastest stage times in his class for all seven stages, winning the class and finishing 15th overall with his total time of 1:12:18.7. Escorts filled the top three Classic placings. The Anthony Jones / Zoe Jones pairing were three minutes adrift, while Ashton Wood and Chris Lancaster rounded off the top three placings. Steve Cox and Laurie Brenssell put in two good stage times in the red Starlet until they lost their clutch on the way to stage three. John Coker also retired after his Skoda 130 encountered an oil leak in the last stage that forced him to switch the car off. THEMOTORHOOD.COM ISSUE 362 / FEBRUARY 2021 107

National Events Classic events from around New Zealand DATSUNS DOUBLE By Cole Garrett Labour weekend saw Datsun owners the fleet of Datsuns embark on a cruise to fun quiz. Sunday saw the Datsuns line up converge on the North and South Arrowtown, heading over the Crown Range along Marine Parade before a cruise to Island towns of Mount Maunganui and road and stopping for lunch and prize-giving Whakatane, past lakes Rotoma and Rotoiti, Cromwell for 2020’s Datsun Nationals. at the historic Cardrona Hotel for the most and back to Tauriko via the Tauranga direct deserving vehicles. road. Thanks go to Farmer Autovillage The South Island saw more than 40 cars (Mount Nissan dealership) for judging the assemble at Highlands Motorsport Park on The North Island meet began with a show cars for the prize-giving. Saturday. A show and shine was followed and shine at Coronation Park, central with some Datsuns doing laps of the race Mount Maunganui, where 30 cars enjoyed Next year will see a combined North and track. An evening meal, catered by the a beautiful day. An evening meal at South Island nationals held in the North Island. accommodating team at Highlands, took Astrolabe Brew Bar was spiced up with a Details will be posted on nzdatsun.com the AGM on into the night. Sunday saw MINI supercharged Mini smashed out 123hp. Jim DYNO Banks’ eight-port engine sounded awesome DAY and produced just under 100hp. By Brook Davis Matthew Hanson in his homebuilt hillclimb Mini struggled at first, running on three cylinders. A quick spark plug change put him back on track with a very noisy and rich run of 82hp. We had such a good day and would like to thank the Auckland Mini Club members and also Possum Bourne Motorsport for helping us with the dyno day. The Auckland Mini Club (New Zealand) hit the dyno day on November 21. Two MGs also made it to the day, sneaking in on the strength of their similar engines. Twelve classic minis hit the dyno at Possum Bourne Motorsport — for most it was their first ever visit. Covid caution meant the event was postponed twice, but third time lucky. I was first up and was very nervous. I have a 1000cc engine with a Mini Spares manifold and exhaust, and I was hoping for around 30–35hp at the wheels, so I was very happy to see 36hp on the screen. Decades of enthusiastic ownership, racing, and modification options resulted in a broad variety of engine configurations showing up. The top-horsepower result for the day went to Richard Atkins whose hand-built 108 NEW ZEALAND CLASSIC CAR

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