Targa New Zealand 2012

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 12:36 pm

Updated
Monday 22nd October Drury, Auckland: Murphys Law Irish Bar
Documentation and Scrutineering
Drury, South Auckland – Murphy’s Law Irish Bar, 200 Great South Road, Drury,
From 14:00 - 17:30
Targa Tour Drivers Briefing
Drury, South Auckland - Drury Rugby Club, across from Murphy’s Law, 16:30-17:00
Service Crews Briefing
Drury, South Auckland- Murphys Law Irish Bar, 17:15-17:45
Main Drivers Briefing
Drury, South Auckland- Murphys Law Irish Bar from 18:00
Cars parked overnight in Murphys Law Car Park
Tuesday 23rd October New Plymouth Centre City Car Park
First Car leaves Drury, Auckland from Murphys Law Irish Bar
Seven (7) Special Stages totalling 182.3km (with 364.3km of touring) with service stops at Ngarauwhaia, Otorohanga, Te Kuiti (Lunch) Marakopa and New Plymouth Girls High School.
First car finishes at Centre City Car Park, Ariki Street, New Plymouth
Show & Shine
Cars parked overnight
Wednesday 24th October Taupo Tuwharetoa Street
First Car leaves City Centre New Plymouth
Eight (7) Special Stages totaling 197.4 (221.6km of touring) with service stops at: Inglewood Square, Whangamomona (lunch) Taumaranui, and Benneydale.
First car finishes at Taupo, Tuwharetoa Street
Thursday 25th October Palmerston North The Square
First car leaves Taupo, Tuwharetoa Street
Six (5) special stages totalling 116.5 (337.7k of touring) with service stops at: Waiouru, Taihape (Taihape Domain), Marton Rangitikei College (Lunch).
First car finishes at Palmerston North Square
Friday 26th October Havelock North Domain
First car leaves Palmerston North Square
Six (6) special stages totaling 185.2k (153.1km of touring) with service stops at: Kimbolton, Mangaweka, Taihape High School (Lunch) and Gentle Annie Roadside.
First Car finishes at Havelock North Domain, Enter off Te Mata Road
Saturday 27th October Havelock North Napier Road
Starts at Havelock North Domain
Eight (8) special stages totaling 188.9km (with 263.5 touring) with Service Stops at Waipukurau, Dannevirke high school (lunch) and Hastings Race Course.
Total: 188.9k of special stages
263.5k touring
Finish Havelock North Town Centre, Napier Road
Sunday 28th October Havelock North
Prize giving: Hawkes Bay Opera House, 101 Hastings St, Hastings at 9:00am on Sunday the 28th of October.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 2:31 pm

A coupla pictures while the cars still clean before the car gets covered in "heartland", still a work in progress but its got a warrant and its not leaking anywhere! And its noisy, spirited and nearly pulls your face off when it stops. Testing tomorrow.

us2 · Post by **us2** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 3:42 pm

Awesome Andy. A hint before you fit the front guards. Extend the cowl drain pipe so it exits at the bottom. A plastic bend to fit over, and a piece of rubber tube is all ya need. And perhaps some gluey stuff.

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:12 pm

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/motorsport/ne ... d=10835597

The work continues, trying to panel gap glass guards, bonnet and doors is hours of "fun" no wonder I left it till last.

Anyway last night I got bored with the panel work and had a look over the road at this. This is NZ's biggest mobile crane (400 ton) lifting the 78 ton motorway span of the new Dilworth footbridge. This was their second attempt the first night the bridge launched on a lean and the load got too close to the boom so they put it back on the trucks and moved it back to St Marks on ramp. Seeing this arch crawl along the new Newmarket overpass at night lit by mobile lighting sets was just incredible. The crane had 120ton of counter weights delivered by 5 or 6 trucks.

Only seen by the workers and night owls! I think they landed it around 1.30am.

us2 · Post by **us2** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 8:13 am

Cool picture.

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:57 pm

Looking forward to seeing and hearing the Targa cars, not long now!!

Andy · Post by **Andy** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 12:10 pm

Maps in latest Classic Car, not much close to Ak but plenty in the Waikato and Central North Island, There are three S30's running with Alans monster, mine and Mark and Maureen McIntyre in the Tour. Get out and wave the Zed flag.

old_datto_fan · Post by **old_datto_fan** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:26 pm

We will be in the Tour too so 4 S30s this year. I was late entering so missed the Classic Car cutoff.

And don't forget our Japanese visitors in the 380Z.

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 6:36 pm

The chappy in the silver 350 not having another bash at the Tour again this year??

old_datto_fan · Post by **old_datto_fan** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 8:08 pm

Yes he is but he has downgraded to one of those weird German things (sounds something like "Push") - some people have no taste!

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Tue Oct 16, 2012 9:05 pm

I'm Timing again this time.

See you all on SS3.

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:08 pm

Spotted a Targa car (not a Z) in Newmarket this morning, burbling along.

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Fri Oct 19, 2012 2:49 pm

Spotted another Targa car this morning, the little Alpeen.

Looks like they're all out ready to play!

BRONZEE · Post by **BRONZEE** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 12:27 pm

Spotted another Targa car half an hour ago, old school silver BMW.

nzeder · Post by **nzeder** » Sat Oct 20, 2012 4:20 pm

BRONZEE wrote:Spotted another Targa car half an hour ago, old school silver BMW.

old school BMW??? depends on what you called old school - BMW 2002 - yes, E30 no by that is my opinion as anything after 1980 is not old school in my book.