Monday, March 31, 2008
Waihi Vintage Car Hillclimb
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The Bay of Plenty VCC held their second Waihi Hillclimb on Sunday. Here are some of the (about 40) cars.
The Orchid Special went well and came second overall, beaten by Steve Sharp's 1960 Lotus 7 by 5 seconds. The course is stated as 2.5 km, so my 1 minute 5 seconds makes an average speed of 138 km/h (86 mph) and certainly most of the course was in top gear, over 80 mph. I wasn't watching the speedo on the faster parts! I see my last year's best time was 1m 29 sec.
We stayed in a motel in Waihi, had a wander around town, and were amazed to find the Martha Mine about 50m from the main street. Just walk up from the main street by the old pump station building that was moved 385 metres in 2006, and weighed 1800 tons.
Do walk up and have a look if you are passing through Waihi, they still get $1 Million worth of gold and silver each month. Or is it each week?
The Bay of Plenty VCC held their second Waihi Hillclimb on Sunday. Here are some of the (about 40) cars.
The Orchid Special went well and came second overall, beaten by Steve Sharp's 1960 Lotus 7 by 5 seconds. The course is stated as 2.5 km, so my 1 minute 5 seconds makes an average speed of 138 km/h (86 mph) and certainly most of the course was in top gear, over 80 mph. I wasn't watching the speedo on the faster parts! I see my last year's best time was 1m 29 sec.
We stayed in a motel in Waihi, had a wander around town, and were amazed to find the Martha Mine about 50m from the main street. Just walk up from the main street by the old pump station building that was moved 385 metres in 2006, and weighed 1800 tons.
Do walk up and have a look if you are passing through Waihi, they still get $1 Million worth of gold and silver each month. Or is it each week?
# posted by Doug @ 11:43 AM 
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Well done, second overall is a great place to be. Nice photos as well, even if they don't give the impression of high speed. :)
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