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Post by bayboy on Jun 12, 2007 20:24:47 GMT 12
Was having a good hunt through my fathers old photo's over the weekend and found a couple which I don't think I have seen before on the MIA threads. Here is Barry Lane from Palmerston North.  |
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Post by Autopete55 on Jun 13, 2007 8:13:03 GMT 12
I hadnt been around Speedway very long when I first met Mungo. He came to Nelson with that car about Easter 1982(?) and had a smashing time. Blenheim was running on the Easter Monday and as Mungo went to load his car on Llyall Graves's truck,Mungo found that the fuel pump had been broken off and was in pieces!!!  I couldnt beleive what he did next,he glued the whole thing back together with Araldite,cardboard and insulation tape and bolted it back on!!! His theory was that it would be all dry and set by the time the car got to Blenheim........Yeah Right Mungo...sure it will!!! Not only did the flippin thing dry in time,the car went like a rocket,he rolled a car and won two out of the 5 races that day!!! When I caught up withn the man himself some years later he told me he still had that old pump!!!! Real hard case!!!!  |
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Post by bayboy on Jun 13, 2007 16:03:19 GMT 12
Does anyone know who the photographer was that took the photo's out at Palmerston North and Wanganui in the early 80's? They are fantastic pics and our family has a lot that we bought off him!
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Post by fastford on Jun 13, 2007 17:02:52 GMT 12
Graeme Ekins did pics out of Palmy round that time.Unsure if he did wanganui though.Hope this helps.
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Post by Autopete55 on Jun 14, 2007 6:43:06 GMT 12
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Post by fastford on Jun 14, 2007 19:07:59 GMT 12
Heres Neil McCoard....im unsure if its the same car but worth a look Pete.    Heres the other half if you are interested Jarrod. ;D |
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Post by kale on Jun 15, 2007 13:07:48 GMT 12
A bit of trivia ... and like most trivia the light of reality may shine a different light on the subject .. 2XS (Palmy Radio) used to run short comedy segments based around two characters .. Mungo and Roo .. was rumoured that Mungo was played by Barry Lane or the character was based on Barry Lane. Also, was it Barry Lane who ran an early pipe dream chassis  And finally .. any Graham Ekins photos would have his name etc stamped on the back .. used to do a few trade offs with him and all pics carried his mark. |
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Post by fastford on Jun 15, 2007 18:25:26 GMT 12
I heard he did the radio voice for Mungo...someone may be able to help there.
Also as i was overseas for a fair while and am usure of what happened to Graeme...is Mr Ekins stilll around???
I used to purchase a few pics for him.Any help appreciated.
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Post by Autopete55 on Jun 15, 2007 19:56:57 GMT 12
A bit of trivia ... and like most trivia the light of reality may shine a different light on the subject .. 2XS (Palmy Radio) used to run short comedy segments based around two characters .. Mungo and Roo .. was rumoured that Mungo was played by Barry Lane or the character was based on Barry Lane. Also, was it Barry Lane who ran an early pipe dream chassis And finally .. any Graham Ekins photos would have his name etc stamped on the back .. used to do a few trade offs with him and all pics carried his mark. Mungo and Ian Woodin from Woodville built the Pipe Dream, dare I say the original,as 7p and 7v. Ford V8 powered,Mazda diff and HQ box. Mungo would run in Palmy as 7p and Ian would be 7v in Wanganui. The car came to Nelson for a while after living at Bob Breens house in ChCh and as far as I know, is alive and well in Invercargill.Somewhere along the way after mungo and Ian had it,some body fitted a Rover V8 in it. |
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Post by craige on Jun 15, 2007 21:25:52 GMT 12
mr ekins is still around and i believe he still lives in the same house down maxwells line ,yes he used to take pics at wanganui to ,i bought heaps and heaps of pics off him when i 1st started out racing streetstocks in 1989.some of the pics i have posted up here are from his collection i have
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Post by brendonw on Jun 15, 2007 22:40:38 GMT 12
Russell Hobman also used to take photos at Palmy.
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Post by fastford on Jun 16, 2007 12:54:53 GMT 12
Thanks for that Elmo.I hoped he was still around the traps.
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Post by Wangas on Jun 16, 2007 14:06:37 GMT 12
Ian ran the pipe car as 62v
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Post by antzgofast on Jun 16, 2007 17:16:48 GMT 12
Barry mungo lane heres my only pix  |
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Post by fastford on Jun 17, 2007 9:06:46 GMT 12
heres a couple.   |
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Post by bayboy on Jun 17, 2007 9:23:30 GMT 12
Brendonw you are correct. I checked the back of Dad's photo's yesterday and certainly the one's taken at Palmerston North are by Russell Hobman.
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Post by sidecar95i on Apr 7, 2022 17:00:02 GMT 12
here is the pipe car whan the old man had it in the 90's, i have got it back and hope to put it back this way in the next few years  |
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Post by uj on Feb 28, 2023 21:51:22 GMT 12
here is the pipe car whan the old man had it in the 90's, i have got it back and hope to put it back this way in the next few years |
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Post by uj on Feb 28, 2023 21:52:53 GMT 12
Where is Barry Lane now anyone know
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Post by Autopete55 on May 30, 2023 21:13:51 GMT 12
Alive and well in Palmy mate.
Was talk of a return in the historic class at some stage.
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