Motorsport and Offroading
Motorsport
I have always been interested in Motorsport, even as a child. In the middle of the 1970's I had the opportunity to help build a rally car, then act as service crew for that car. I then joined the Auckland Car Club, then a year or so later the Hibiscus Coast Motorsport Club. I competed in their club events, a few rallies and quite a few rally sprints until the early 2000's when I moved to Australia. I was granted life membership of the club in 2002
Hibiscus Coast Motorsport Club web site
Hibiscus Coast Motorsport Club - results archives
Offroading and 4WD
Early in the 2000's we had a new Landrover Freelander so we joined the Auckland Landrover owners club where we did offroad events with them in the Freelander until we moved to Australia. We then did a few events in Australia in the Freelander. We had a Rangerover and joined the Brisbane Rangerover owners club where we did club events. When we moved to Australia, we bought a Nissan Mistral 4WD as our New Zealand vehicle and still did events with the Landrover club for several years.
Photos of our Freelander and Mistral offroading in NZ
In Australia, we also bought a 78 Series Landcruiser Troopy. We still own this today and have been offroad all over Australia including a few club events
4WD Trips from early 2000's with the Auckland Landrover Club stories
Thanks to Louise Hilton for the info
