Event Coverage Rocket Open Day - 2025 - Photos added - to 2015 Thread - from Hamilton - New Zealand 12/12/15

2015 -

Scroll to post 18 for some 2025 photos……..

A few of my favourites, taken after most cars had left. (Taken with cell phone).

 

Looks like a better day up there, than we had down here today. Very wet.
First and sixth pics should be familia to some here, as this truck was takin for a holiday in the States, and KiwiKev has featured it here.
Nice to see Grease Martins red 32 there, I only read today about his tragic shed fire, and that he got burnt getting cars out. Never met him, but know he's very well thought of, and hope he's healing well. Gotter love that blown Ardun.
Phone pics look great from my phone, got any more?

 

Cool - Thanks

 

cool stuff, thanks for posting.

 

Day started with drizzle, but cleared by the start of the open day.
No more pics as I was only taking a few to try out my phone. Most cars were gone when I took photos. Possibly 150 cars there.

 

You guys rock down in the bottom part of the world..

 

Yeah, Grease and I go way back. Over 30 years, actually. I got a quick Email from Golly yesterday about it, but don`t know all the details. I hear he pushed the Dragster out, then went back for the Coupe. Don`t know about the `36. Anyone know anything more?

 

The artical I read said he got two cars out, but I heard the 36 was saved too.
I think it said there were three cars still inside, and some motorcycles.

http://www.nz-hotrod.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?10420-Bad-news

 

People talking yesterday said that the 'salt' roadster and a dragster were lost and also a lot of memorabilia. The '36 roadster was elsewhere. - This of course is only talk/rumour, and I cannot confirm this.

 

Is that a marine carb on the "Y" block or something else?

 

@loudbang
Here ya go,

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/fresh-fab-ideas-mike-roberts-28-pu-build-pics.415490/

 

Here's the link to the article.
What a sad turn of events. Sorry to hear of the loss.

http://i.stuff.co.nz/motoring/74894439/man-burnt-trying-to-save-dragster-in-shed-fire

 

Thanks remember that now

 

Which car did he save?

 

^^^^^^^^Rumoured to be the red '32 3 window in pic above.
Saw him at the Rocket open day, but never talked to him.

 

Nice cars clem. Including a 4 dr 32.

 

thanx, cool stuff for sure. G'day

 

Todays open day : 2025
only 2 photos - of ‘32 5 windows that I have not seen before !
Both I believe are NZ new cars (imported from Canada in 1932)



Please feel free to post any other photos if you like !
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Thanks Clem. This is the first I had heard about the shed fire. Tragic.

 

Just to clarify;
Shed fire was 10 years ago, when this thread was started, although it did come up talking with Gary/Grease today, as he mentioned the impact it had on him in the following years.

I just added a couple of photos to an old thread.
I might have been better to have started a new thread, as I couldn’t alter the ***le.
Sorry to all, for the confusion.

 

A few more borrowed from another website, taken by a friend, (hopefully he doesn’t mind), and all credit to him, as he is a much better photographer than I am !

 

Always a great day. Thanks @clem , and yes "Grease is the salt of the earth" ,cheers

 

Something that I noticed today, was a lot of four doors, which is mainly what we had in NZ. Coupes and roadsters were the exception.
Most appear to be recent builds, - if the off topic wheels and modern paint colours are anything to go by …..

This was the only one I can show…..

 

Nice pics! Thanks for sharing them!

 

Great pictures thanks.

 

Thanks for the clarification. My bad, I hadn't noticed the date of the thread.

 

Cool!!!

 

Great looking hotrods and thanks for sharing

 

NOT from the open day, but same location, taken by the same photographer friend, who was also the panelbeater on this in 1993.

This spent a little time at ‘Rocket Speed Equipment’ last year while undergoing the NZ Certification process.

Now back home in the garage.