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Trustee Update, Membership Card P3 Register Update, Years Gone by P4/5 Kartsport Accomplishments P6 General News, Current Calendar P7 The Orange Times Bruce McLaren Trust April / May 2015, Issue #7 Trustee Workshop Austin completes first track outing Thanks to the Waitemata VCC, and VCC driver and Trust member Rhys Nolan, the Workshop Austin completed about 7 laps in the lunchtime parades at the Roycroft Trophy Meeting held at Hampton Downs in March. The Trust has participated at the event over the last few years but with only a static display so it was a special treat to be able to actually “compete” in the event with our own little 1929 Austin. With a quick polish and a tank full of fuel, she ran without any hitches except for the first lap on the Saturday parade – no one told us the fuel lever was a bit flukey and after locating the problem and four stops on that first lap to reopen same after “conking out”, we pulled into the pits. A quick application of some race tape by Rhys and we were away again. We also got caught out on Saturday morning when the lads started up and went to move her – no one had told us that the gearbox was unique (and according to all the Austin 7 experts present, only made that Rhys and Murray ready to roll. way for one year) and that first gear was towards the driver and down. She doesn’t Photo: Jan McLaren take off well in third!! All in all a great weekend and much admiration from all for the great workmanship done by Dick Anderson and all the Nelson Team. VCC driver Rhys Nolan also complimented the Nelson boys and said that she handled and drove extremely well. I had the privilege of being a passenger on the Saturday laps – my first ride. On the Sunday we gave the passenger seat to Murray Hislop from Waikanae. Murray is one of our long term members and great classic car enthusiast. Walking through the pits and display areas is always a delight especially when one sees all the wonderful old cars that inspired Bruce as a youngster – the Northland Special, the Roycroft Bugatti, the Gee Cee Ess and the little racing Austins. I recall them all as well, albeit as a very young spectator and it always stirs my heart to see the beautiful old Charabanc belonging to the Auckland VCC. And why? Grandfather Ben McLaren owned and used to run one as a Passenger Service vehicle in the early 1900’s and the family archives even show a young Les McLaren standing alongside. As always in the display areas, one can usually find some wonderful treasures, another old book or badge, a new art deco hat and trousers, and one can often even find a potential new driver of the correct stature for our Workshop Ken Smith, the smile says it all. Austin. The photo might give you a clue or two although he is usually found at Photo: Mark Donaldson the wheel of something more powerful, and the odd F5000, these days! Jan McLaren In this Issue… The Roycroft Trophy Races P1 Melbourne GP Report P2 Trustee Update, Membership Card P3 Register Update, Years Gone By P4/5 Kartsport Accomplishments P6 General News, Current Calendar P7 Bruce McLaren Trust Melbourne F1 G.P. Report As in the last few years, there was a small group of Trust members attending the GP - Andy and Dawn Hutson, Graeme and Bev Nuttall, Terry Green and Peter Russell. I must say the attendance of BMT members has certainly dropped from five years ago. We met at the Kettle Black in Albert Road for breakfast on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday mornings. After a lovely breakfast it was a nice walk to the start/finish straight and the grandstands. There was a great display of historic cars and amongst them was a 1964 Cooper Climax T70 that Bruce had driven in the Tasman Series. It is restored to a high standard and is now owned by Adam Berryman. Cooper T70 During F1 practise the McLarens were struggling and severely down on speed. We learned that the engines had been turned down by 160 horsepower as reliability was a problem and, sure enough, on Sunday Kevin Magnussen's car did not make it from the pits to the grid. On Saturday we met up with Duncan MacKellar (Trust member who has a McLaren M8E Can-Am) and Barry Lock, his engineer, who worked at McLaren in England for six years alongside Cary Taylor, Jimmy Stone and others. Barry also built Kaditcha cars which won several championships in Australia, and the Giocattolo road car - a very talented man. Terry Green Giocattolo Road Car On the Saturday night Andy and Dawn, Terry and Lillian and Peter went to dinner at Entrecote in Domain Road and had a very enjoyable meal. Barry Lock Sunday's weather turned out to be perfect - not too hot - but the race was a procession and quite a number of cars failed to finish. Hopefully the Honda engineers will be able to improve the performance quickly, but Mercedes are way out in front at present. Jenson did make it to the finish in 11th and last position. Report and photos contributed by Peter Russell 2 Bruce McLaren Trust Trustee Update After six months of consolidation and with the recent resignation of Max Colman, the Trustees have now settled back to a Board of four Trustees – Duncan Fox, Jan McLaren, Tony Roberts and Paul Hunter. We take this opportunity of thanking all past Board Members for their help over the years, and with many still assisting in other roles, we have an excellent base from which to move forward. Following on from the sale of the M8A we wish to reconfirm that after settling the outstanding debts, the funds were embargoed until a new strategy was approved. This new strategy involves creating a permanent legacy for Bruce McLaren and motorsport heritage in general – potentially, a Bruce McLaren Heritage Centre. We undertook to come up with a variety of different strategies, test their viability and gain feedback from advisors and members. The strategy will be reviewed by a professional to ensure that the analysis of each has been correctly evaluated. All this work is ongoing. We have had discussions with architects to develop concept designs for various options and locations. We have also identified several alternative parties to aid such development, and much work is still to be done. We believe a Heritage Centre, properly modelled along the lines of education, interactive and visual displays, would be sustainable into the future. However, all avenues must be explored and be viable from a financial perspective. We would like to think that we have your support in our endeavours to showcase New Zealand’s racing heritage in a more modern and interactive way and we are very open to receiving input from you all. The wonderful support by members for the restoration of the M8A will be a feature of any future development and acknowledgement of that sponsorship will be an integral part of any future permanent home. The Trustees Membership Card 2015 This year’s Supporters Club membership card is the fifteenth in our photographic series, and acknowledges a car voted the second most influential of the Twentieth Century - the Sir Alec Issigonis designed Mini. It was in production from 1959 in its many versions and engine sizes. The Almond Green and White Mini raced by Bruce was a 1962 Morris Cooper S. Prepared at the Cooper Works, and with Downton Engineering modifications (engine bored- out from 997 to 1088cc and increased compression ratio of 12:1) this resulted in 83 bhp (standard 55bhp). After early tests at Pukekohe and a cam replacement by Wal Willmott a top speed of 107 mph was achieved. The car was first entered in the “Sports cars over 1600cc” race at the 1963 Pukekohe Grand Prix meeting. In the feature race, Bruce finished a very creditable 2nd place, with an overheating motor, behind a 3.8 Jaguar and ahead of a highly modified Mk3 Ford Zephyr. The Cooper S is still in New Zealand and its restoration is almost complete. David Rhodes Wal Willmott, Lenny Gilbert and Bruce in the Mini. Wigram, January 1963 3 Bruce McLaren Trust The green M10B driven by owner Frank Karl in the demonstration events, being the very first outing on the track for this newly restored example which was first owned by Alan McKechnie Racing To round off our Register article in the last issue of The in UK and driven for them by Mike Walker, placing Orange Times I posed a question to challenge your 5th in the 1970 European F5000 Championship. knowledge on the M10 cars: “How many M10A’s were built Mick & Jody by BMMR?” This was in some respects a trick question, because the M10A was designed as a production customer car to be built for BMMR by Trojan. However, the answer to the question is that one only was completely built by BMMR. This was effectively the M10A prototype, identified by being chassis # M10A - 1 (as opposed to the 300-xx numbering for the Trojan built ones which followed). M10A – 1 was run in the 1969 UK/European F5000 Championship by Church Farm Racing, supported by BMMR and driven by Peter Gethin who dominated the championship to win it with this car. So, where now is this somewhat iconic (and it really is just one of many) McLaren? Without going into The more familiar (to us NZ enthusiasts) detail, yes, it has been in NZ ownership for some years white/green Sid Taylor liveried M10B which was and here’s hoping we will see it on the track here one day.
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