Archive for March, 2011

Out Of Control But In Control

Posted: March 13, 2011 in All
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Sunday the 13th of March I was lucky enough to take part in the Drive Rush Stunt Driving School based in the car park at North Harbour Stadium thanks to a voucher given to me from my lovely wife. I was nervous before going and I needn’t have been. The instructors were very friendly and made it an extremely fun couple of hours for all those attending, including the spectators. Drive Rush is run by Peter Bell and for those of you who don’t know he has a wealth of experience in stunt co-ordination and driving that has seen his name in the credits of over 200 films around the world in his thirty year career. He is also the Guinness World record holder for the tightest parallel park; you may have seen him on TV smashing this record.

Instructors Precision Driving.

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Not Your Average Classic Car Auction.

Posted: March 12, 2011 in All, Events
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On Tuesday the 22nd of March a number of very rare cars, motorcycles and automotive memorabilia goes up for auction by Webb’s, New Zealand’s Premier Auction House. Everything from very historic race cars to old oil and motoring signs.

The highlight of the auction has to be the stunning Ferrari Lusso 250. Only 350 of these cars were built between January 1963 and August 1964, of that only 23 were produced in right hand drive, 21 of those still survive. This particular example was restored by Auto Restorations and has an amazing 17,100 original miles. Looking at this car you’d be forgiven for thinking you are standing in a Ferrari showroom in 1963, every millimetre of this car is perfect, not a mark on it which is what you’d expect I guess with an estimated auction price of between 1.1 and 1.4 million dollars. Can’t help (more…)