G'day from New Zealand

[NoShoes]

Originally Posted by Ant

I am down in Ashburton, NZ, welcome to CC.
Have built 2 Almacs, also owned the Gulf coloured Almac BBC car Bevan in Wellington has.
Now building a UK RamSC with scratch built IRS etc for mainly racing and some road use. The Almac is a great kit and the guys there did a good job getting the body shape from photos. The Ram car is a lot more like an original with much narrower radiator opening and tailights are 4" closer together which gives the rear guards more shape and curve, but having imported this body I have had to get a major twist out of it and other issues which have resulted in practically years of work, good luck with your mission!

G'day Ant,

Two Almacs and a Ram! Mate - good on ya! I've admired Almacs for a long time - somewhere I still have the article for the one reviewed in Kitcar. I've got the front wing from a crashed one that I got from a mate who worked a summer with them about 18 years ago...can't bring myself to chuck it out. Thanks for the support - hopefully I am not being too ambitious...

[NoShoes]

Originally Posted by LoBelly

Of course it had to be Scratch Built - You NewZealanders cant help yourself

... or maybe you can

anyway - good luck with the build Marc.

LoBelly

Cheers LoBelly! Nah we can't..couple of bits of 4 by 2 and it'll be sweet...

[NoShoes]

Originally Posted by trularin

Welcome, I am sure there are enough members here to answer most of your questions.

Scratch the itch or was there an itch to scratch?



And Russel Crowe is okay by us ( the actor, not Craig's brother-in-law).

Cheers Trularin...it's a scratchy itch that's scratchy...

[NoShoes]

Originally Posted by Zedn

I thought there were enough sheep over there to keep you guys entertained without having to build cars. Just kidding.

Welcome to the forum. It might worth considering a holiday over to Australia when the Nationals are on to see some more cars.

Cheers Zedn, go on admit it...you're jealous of our sheep....

When are the Nats on? Sounds like a great idea!

[NoShoes]

Originally Posted by mickmate

20;1 sheep to people, every one gets a harem. I miss my old girlfriend Baaaahbara.NZ= men are men and sheep are nervous, Oz sheep are just used to it. Kiwi catches Aussie going at it with sheep, "Maaate, where I'm from we shear those?" Ozzie bloke never breaks rythm. "This ones mine and I'm not sharing it with anyone". I gotta stop.
Huge rivalry at home, best of mates overseas, right lads?

Mates with an Aussie? Maaate! There's a great vid on You Tube about the day Aussie invaded NZ produced for an advertising competition...

[NoShoes]

Originally Posted by SwiftDB4

Got to hand it to you Kiwis! You guys are the homebuilt kings. Have been following a couple of Kiwi scratchbuilds of GT40's over on that forum. Impressive fabricating skills. Are you all students of Burt Munro?

Cheers SwiftDB4. Burt Munro, Bruce McLaren, John Ohlsen, Bob Wallace, and the late great John Britten.

Mate if I can get within 10% of those guys I'll be very, very, happy

[NoShoes]

Originally Posted by mickmate

Have you noticed how many of them were on the team back in the day. I think I should start another thread on that.

It seemed to be a great time for Kiwi's in motor racing. There's a doco called 'Trio at the Top', which is about Mclaren, Hulme, and Amon. Inspirational!

[Zedn]

Originally Posted by NoShoes

Cheers Zedn, go on admit it...you're jealous of our sheep....

When are the Nats on? Sounds like a great idea!

Nats are in at Goulburn Wakefield Park in October. Keep an eye on the club cobra Australian forum and you will see the banter start up a few months before an event.