Tick-Bits Magazine July-Oct 2019
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Member Profile<br />
Member: Ian Hargreaves<br />
Branch: Northland<br />
Car: 2018 Mustang GT & GT-F<br />
I was raised on a Dairy Farm and have been a Dairy Farmer all my life.<br />
In 1960 I married my wife Barbara and we had two children Trixie and Graham. In 1987 Barbara<br />
was diagnosed with Terminal Cancer and passed away just before Christmas that year.<br />
From mid 1950 till 1970 I had a passion for circuit Racing Power Boats racing all over the upper<br />
and mid North Island and with my last boat powered by a hot 327 Chev Corvette motor was timed<br />
at 92 miles per hour over a measured Kilometre , just 2 miles per hour short of the New Zealand<br />
Unlimited Racing Runabout Record.<br />
In the Winter Months I played Rugby Union giving it up at age 47.<br />
During my boat racing years I compiled a comprehensive Workshop where I assembled and<br />
installed motors in the boats and built the trailers.<br />
After racing it was Water Skiing a great sport enjoyed by all my family and friends for many years.<br />
Then it was Cars.<br />
The first Ford Dad bought was a 1947 half ton Pick Up Truck commonly known as a Ford Jailbar.<br />
This Truck has been in our family since it was new and I am in the process of doing a complete<br />
restoration of it.<br />
The first Car was a 1952 Ford Custom , commonly known as a Ford Twin Spinner Then a<br />
procession of Ford Falcons<br />
XM , XR , XW , XA , XD , an XY Ute and an XA Ute , EA 26 , AU 2 Fairmont V8 , BF 2 XR8 ,<br />
FG GT , R Spec GT , GTF , 2016 Mustang GT , 2018 Mustang GT.<br />
I currently own the GTF and the 2018 Mustang GT.<br />
I have been a member of the Club for nine and a half years and enjoy the friendly attitude of all the<br />
Members<br />
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