Dave tennant (Read 9,236 times)

[xneilx]

there's an old car of dave tennants currently for sale on trade me, anyone able to shed some light on its life?, heres the link to it www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Specialist-cars/Competition-cars/photos/a-84342115/p-34099838.htm, i dont wanna buy it just remembered seeing it race yonks ago

[busterbell]

is that the car he won his nz title in??

[Autopete55]

No Buster that aint the little rocket that dave won with in Gisborne.
This particular bobsled isnt as good as that one

[busterbell]

ok was this before that car then?
and 33a graham howe, where did he fit in with the tennant cars (if at all)

[Autopete55]

If Im not mistaken,Graham has owned about three of Daves ex cars over the years so he may well of been the owner of this lovely example.

There have been many cars called "Ex Dave Tennant" over the years and of course this may have not been quite the truth.

[teamtennant75a]

that is the car with the weird steering lol its up in auckland now

[7g stocky]

bought this car off graham howe bout 3 0r four years ago current photo of wat car looks like now on stockcars forsale

[7g stocky]

at the time i bought it graham said it was the 1nz car

[teamtennant75a]

this was the last flat chassis i built
a very light car with ist v6 buick and then holden v8
torsion bar suspension all round with offset steering uk set up to clear my long legs
regards dave tennant

[pallmall]

Graham Mitchell was running the ex 75A/1NZ car as a standard stock 93A from about 1996 to 1999. Graham Howe bought it from him to also run as a standard, but never got around to getting it race ready. I know he eventually sold it in 2002/2003, he may have also sold a couple of other cars he had stashed away at the same time.
If the last paint on it was white over red, it was the 1NZ car, but looking at the photo on Trade Me of your car I don't think it is it.

I will dig out a photo of 93A and post it on this thread.

[pallmall]

This should clarify things, or maybe confuse them even more.
Photos from PallMall, Antzgofast, Rebel Mike.

75A/33A/93A 1NZ car.














The Trade Me car?






Back to the Tennants to confirm!

[teamtennant75a]

The bottom two is the trade me car but i will have to hit up the old man for info on the rest of them

[7g stocky]

the steering setup in the bottom photo is completely different to the set up in the car i have also bars round the engine bay are also different

[7g stocky]

also at the front of the car i have it has a unilyptical spring if this is a difference between the cars

[pallmall]

I have no idea on the history of the bottom car and how much it was changed after Dave had it.
If anybody can throw some information out I will try to find some later photos.

The 93A car would not be much different to the photos when Graham Howe sold it. I know a lot of steel was cut off the side rails when Graham Mitchell got it which makes it a little different to when DT and GH had it earlier.

[teamtennant75a]

hitman82g said:

the steering setup in the bottom photo is completely different to the set up in the car i have also bars round the engine bay are also different

Mate.... with the beatings that car took there is going to be a couple of differences in apperance. who did you buy it off??

[7g stocky]

i purchased the car i have of graham howe bout three years ago

[teamtennant75a]

Look at the rear bumper of 82g and 75a(the bottom two photos) they are the same. I will have to hit up the old man 4 more info

[squeaky8g]

The 82G car is the old 1NZ ,I raced against this car at the NZ's when it became 1NZ ,I fell in love with it and studied every bit of it .I have driven it (welly teams 2006)and it flew.unfortunately the old saying of they go before they blow is true.
THE OL HOLDEN let go big time-rod each side,an 2 out the bottom -cheapest option was to go v6,its a pity we havnt got a frontal shot as it still even got the same mesh as in the 93a shots.If their is still doubt we will go round and take some better photo's and prove it once an for all,she is still alive and still racing

[pallmall]

Hopefully that sorts that out.

Look after the old beast, I was p'ed off when Mitch sold it to Graham Howe as I wanted to restore her back as it ran in the NZ Champs year and have at least one more old genuine 1NZ as an historic car.