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Car shows + Mods/Maintenance + Taupo Rally 

Ellerslie Intermarque Concours and Classic Car Show, unfortunately it was a very wet day

Rs2000 , Xpack bodykit and a Turbo 

Maintenance before the rally

Rallysafe GPS kit fitted

Purchased some wet racing tyres incase it rains

Made it to Taupo

On the start line

Very wet throughout the day and some slower times on first few stages

Wets are really starting to work, holding 2nd place in classics

Incar Footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poI8tztBIgk&t=727s

and a bit of sideways to finish the day off 

Sideways Incar footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poI8tztBIgk&t=727s

Trailer Part 4:

Trailer Trial run

Leadfoot 2018 Prep

I've been invited back to race up Rods driveway this weekend 

Last minute Spanner checks on both escorts ready for there trip down to Hahei

Come and say hi if you are down there this weekend 

Always good to meet my fellow oldschoolers

Keep an eye out for us as there will be a crew of us wearing these shirts thanks to the team at The Gumboot Rally 

 Happy New Year Old Schoolers 

Trailer Part 3

Back from the galvanizers 

re-assembly Time

Trial fit with the Road Car 

Both fit in the garage 

and just enough space to drive it on 

Brakes and Lights Next  

Trailer - Part 2

Tacking it all together

Welding Time

First mock up

The deck fits which is a bonus

Off to the galvanizers

Merry Christmas Old Schoolers

Trailer Time 

I've been wanting to build my own car trailer for Project Alan Mann for quite some time.
With my old work closing down I managed to cut a whole lot of scrap mild steel out of the brewery to recycle into a trailer.

My racecar is full of race holes so the trailer must match 
A long day on the holesaw ahead ! 

The start of the trailer base and draw bar setup

Bit of welding on the drawbar 

Lots more to go yet !

On 10/11/2017 at 12:41, mjrstar said:

That ngutunui is a long haul, i took it on as my second ever competitive event.  

Can't wait for next year.. are you looking at competing at golden cross road on the 29th?

Hey , I was out of the country so missed it unfortunately. My next event will probably be the leadfoot festival next year 

Did you go to the golden cross hillclimb ?

On 10/1/2017 at 11:45, Truenotch said:

Looks like you're having some fun in this thing! 

What brake pads do you run and how to they fell? The reason I ask is that they're really squeaky and in my experience that usually points to the compound being too hard. In my car, it made a huge difference going to a softer compound. Now they work from cold and it's much easier to modulate the pedal and avoid lockups. Plus they don't squeak anymore. 

Hey , Thanks , been having a blast in it lately. All the small little developments and mods are coming together 

That squeak is really annoying !  Its only on the rears and the brakes work really nicely, good from cold and no lock ups but are just really noisy. I started with Wilwood PolyMatrix E which is what I run up front but have gone to a softer wilwood pad like you did, a BP-20 (which I was using for that last hillclimb), my next one to try is a BP-10 which is softer again. I've also tried the anti vibration shims and new discs with no luck...

On 10/1/2017 at 12:16, 63Ragtop said:

go go go! haha, I had a massive grin by the end of that video, nice work man.

Cheers Bro ! My grin was ear to ear after that and so was my dads in the codriver seat 

en route to Ngutunui 

Ready for Hamilton Car Clubs Famous 8.7km Ngutunui Hillclimb

The Escort takeover 

Incar Footage 

Got to finish in style 

50 Cars started - 37 Finished and we finished Mid field , great day , great people , great event , thanks again Hamilton Car Club 

A weekend of motorsport

Saturday at Meremere for some quarter mile action

and Sunday down to Hamilton for the Kairangi Loop Hillclimb

Incar Footage

and the results , there was just under 50 entries so middle of the field finish for us  

RCIS - Race cars in sheds track day at the Hampton Downs Club Circuit

Incar Footage with Racing Ray Williams

Thanks heaps to the RCIS crew for organizing a great afternoon of racing and Racing Ray Williams for the driving training 

Leadfoot Time - Part 1

The fleet for the weekend

All set for Racing 

Me and Rod at the themed warm up party

Lined up for Day 1's racing

First Run - Done

Getting the hang of it now

End of Day 1 - Cool photo opportunity

Brothers Reunited . Alan Mann Racing made the original car for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang , Gen11 Below

Apologies for the big gap in my posts - I've had some computer issues 

Pukekohe Test Day before the Leadfoot Festival

Bit of Incar 

Taking some funny race lines 

Spin Time on the last session of the day 

On 2/10/2017 at 15:44, 1963 AP5 said:

Seems this discussion thread hasn't been active for a while but just wanted to say it was awesome to see your car go up the hill at leadfoot and thank you for taking the time to meet and chat with my mates and I in the pits between runs. The atmosphere at the event was fantastic and they way the drivers, mechanics and team members welcomed the spectators in and around the pits was just fantastic. 

Thanks for the comment mate !
Unfortunately my laptop broke at leadfoot and I haven't managed to get onto oldschool lately 
Thoroughly enjoyed the whole Leadfoot experience and thank you to your friends for coming over to chat , that really made the weekend for me how welcoming and friendly everyone was 

On 2/10/2017 at 21:04, steve said:

+1 to that. I didn't make it along, but my old man said he had a yarn to you about your car and he was thoroughly impressed with it

Thank you Steve 

On 2/26/2017 at 22:15, Truenotch said:

 

Cheers for the video ! Soo cool to see the car in action from outside 

 

On 1/27/2017 at 00:04, Rhubarb77 said:

Just seen your fresh motor, looks the goods! Be sure to add some decent pipes to unlock the HP

Thanks Rhubarb77 , Im just running pacemaker headers and 2 1/2" exhaust that finishes before the diff with a flow master muffler 

What did you run on your pinto ?

On 1/24/2017 at 11:45, ~Slideways~ said:

Very nice build, that paint job is awesome. I still really want a MK1 2 door one day, I guess the long I wait the less there will be though.

 

 

Thanks Slideways , Price of them has definitely shot up and not as many popping up on trademe any more

Im always keeping an eye and ear out for another one 

Ready to go on the dyno at Darrens 

Here it is in action

and some 1/4 simulation runs too