old modifieds (Read 56,759 times)

[Devilracer]

I think the pic of roger driving the black and white 15nz is the car i have now in my shed.

[Kinser10M]

Found a few Modified photos, just had to dust off some of the cobwebs ;D

Jamie Fox 99A/2NZ

Tony Galbraith 93H

Tony Frost 1NZ

6R Grant Emerson

Wayne Davis 8R

and finally 7A? Does anyone know who this is please


Will add more later in the week.

[pallmall]

A few from a collection I scanned of some Rotorua modifieds, YankeeClipper10H can probably add the names of the drivers.
If nothing else they show the Rotorua track in its mid life phase.









And a few from the Francis Brothers collection.

[brendonw]

7A is Graeme Steel, quite quick from memory as well.

[coolpass]

Great photos Kinser11 & Pallmall & in other threads, who is driving the 38r mod? nice photo! Hey woodart bout time you put your creation on her lol?

[wayne]

hey pallmall is 22h erryn cross?
38r is rex murray .i got told by a boss he still had this mod last year)
27r is rob adriaanz
3r colin enwhistle
23h malcom grey? 14 h wayne davis,
4 r enwhistle
any other pics of old mods inc bruce thompsons new world car

[pallmall]

Apr 30, 2008 21:33:55 GMT 12 wayne said:

hey pallmall is 22h erryn cross?
38r is rex murray .i got told by a boss he still had this mod last year)
27r is rob adriaanz
3r colin enwhistle
23h malcom grey? 14 h wayne davis,
4 r enwhistle
any other pics of old mods inc bruce thompsons new world car

Yep, I think you got them all. There are loads of Mod pics in your collection, will post some more of them over the next few days.

[joker9377]

19s Kevin Huxtable about to head north for the winter...

[pallmall]

Thanks for the 19S name, was struggling for that. No 'after' photo unfortunately.

OK, here is another batch from the Francis Brothers awesome collection.

[Devilracer]

If anybody has any pics of the 91A/97R car that was my first car could you post them please, i had it from 1996-2000, cant remember if Barry B was aucks photoman then or the IRA was. Am still trying to find where this car went to. Can anyone help me

[pallmall]

IRA was, and still is, but I am bound to have more amongst my unsorted modified stash.
Here are two I found after a quick look.

[pallmall]

Another batch from the Francis collection.

[pallmall]

[Devilracer]

Thats the car pallmall,it is also in this thread as the red 99a of jamie fox.
I sold it to some guys who went bust and it disappered,if anybdy has any info id appreciated.

[porry41]

excellent shots of kj there 26h sponsered by me back then classic autos .kj not a very well person these days . that car was sold on to mike perewini (spelling) in ak

[wog]

Nov 24, 2007 21:06:29 GMT 12 pallmall said:

Here are a few newspaper scans of Rotorua mods back at the beginning of the class, circa 1977.

Ross Baker:



Phil Andricksen:




M.Gray and Glen Free:




Ross Baker and J.Parry:




Andricksen, Parry, and Adrian Kaye:

Is the number 5 car in the top picture the car that ended up in Christchurch raced by Myles Forsey and then Graeme Archbold. If it is I know that Myles has obtained this car back and has or is in the middle of a full rebuild. The last time i poked my head into his shed it was looking like brand new.

My all time time favourite driver of all time was Roger Bertrum and I remember him when I was growing up and all I ever wanted to do was race a modified. And before you say anything Autopete I'm still not quite sure what happened there since I ended up going down the superstock path

Watching the likes of Gordge, Bertrum, jones and the like was some of the best racing I remember when I was young. Would love to see some more pics of the old time Christchurch drivers Jumbo Berryman, Mike Allan, Joe Annan, Kenny Hannah, Graeme Archbold, Olly Davies and John Lovelady and the likes.

Aaaaagh the good old days

[Autopete55]

Jul 19, 2009 23:23:20 GMT 12 wog said:

Nov 24, 2007 21:06:29 GMT 12 pallmall said:

Here are a few newspaper scans of Rotorua mods back at the beginning of the class, circa 1977.

Ross Baker:



Phil Andricksen:




M.Gray and Glen Free:




Ross Baker and J.Parry:




Andricksen, Parry, and Adrian Kaye:

Is the number 5 car in the top picture the car that ended up in Christchurch raced by Myles Forsey and then Graeme Archbold. If it is I know that Myles has obtained this car back and has or is in the middle of a full rebuild. The last time i poked my head into his shed it was looking like brand new.

My all time time favourite driver of all time was Roger Bertrum and I remember him when I was growing up and all I ever wanted to do was race a modified. And before you say anything Autopete I'm still not quite sure what happened there since I ended up going down the superstock path

Watching the likes of Gordge, Bertrum, jones and the like was some of the best racing I remember when I was young. Would love to see some more pics of the old time Christchurch drivers Jumbo Berryman, Mike Allan, Joe Annan, Kenny Hannah, Graeme Archbold, Olly Davies and John Lovelady and the likes.

Aaaaagh the good old days

I cant knock you for going down the SS road as the Mods arent what they used to be are they???

Hairs raise on the back of my neck when you mention names like Giles,Davies and co.
My Jim Beam addiction was all their fault and I have never recovered!!! ;D

Probably the glory days for the class IMHO was 91- through to around 95 in the South Island and there were many great cars,drivers and crews involved then.

[scrapper]

Hey guys, those were the days, Been around the mods for about 17 years now. I do recall things different though. There were only a handful of drivers that were much quicker then the rest. But plenty of memorable cars none the less. I think this year coming is going to be one of the best seasons ever with about 10 top cars out of Auckland 11 or so out of Stratford and about the same at the sth Island racing is going to be first class. The NZ champs is going to be one of the hardest fought battles in the last 10-15 years. Resurgence; I think so.

[wog]

And finally here it is restored to when Myles Forsey raced it. This car was used as the pace car for this years NZ mod champs driven by Myle's daughter and current South Island sprintcar champion Karen Forsey.





Just awesome

[Brett85p]

Interesting how the NZ Modifieds were similar to the Modifieds in the US at the time but then took such different paths with the NZ mods turning almost into sprint cars while the US mods became IMCA mods.

There is a cool thread if you have a few hours to kill here on 60s and 70s US mods
www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=174989