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Update: all good things take time

27 April, 2015

Back a few weeks we gave you a look into what the upholstery in one of Parkside Media’s senior management team’s Triumph TR6 looked like (see here). Well now we can give you an update on the progress so far …

We couldn’t believe our eyes as the TR6 rolled into the Parkside headquarter’s car park. 

After fifteen years, gone was the crusty, moth-eaten, and exposed sponge, rubber, seat cushions, that poked precariously through equally torn and shabby vinyl seat coverings. The snug cockpit was now adorned with  brand-new black seat upholstery, in perfect contrast to the British Racing green exterior, ready for the next phase in this iconic sports car’s life.

What’s next we hear you ask? We reckon a paint job might be on the cards, but it may take a while … we’ll keep you posted. 

A second dose of Dash

24 April, 2025

When the car arrived in Wellington in December 2018 it was duly taken along for entry certification. Vehicle Inspection NZ (VINZ) found some wrongly wired lamps and switches — not too bad — but, much more significantly, some poor welding repairs. As the structural problems were probed more thoroughly, we realized the previous owner’s restoration would not do and we needed an upgrade. Dash had made it into the country but it would take some time and money before he would be free to explore any of New Zealand’s scenic highways.
We took the car to our new home in Johnsonville in the northern suburbs of Wellington and I pored over the car in detail to figure out what was next. There were lots of new parts on the car and a very perky reconditioned drivetrain but the chassis needed serious work.

Lunch with… Jim Palmer

16 April, 2025

In the 1960s, Hamilton’s Jim Palmer won the prestigious ‘Gold Star’ four times and was the first resident New Zealander home in the New Zealand Grand Prix on five consecutive occasions. He shared the podium with Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham, Bruce McLaren, Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Denny Hulme, Jackie Stewart, and Chris Amon. The extent of his domination of the open-wheeler scene in New Zealand will probably never be matched or exceeded. Yet he’s always been modest about his achievements.