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BUCKLE COUPE
Comments & Questions
Buckle owners and friends.
Please email us with your Comments & Questions.
Comment:
The history of the Buckle is a fascinating story.
I only learnt of the car about a year ago and I spent a fair bit of time browsing through your web site.
Graham Zacher Jan 2018
Comment:
Hi Bob,
An excellent webpage. I need to set aside some good time to browse through it.
Feel free to use the photos in anyway you wish. They have been hidden in a box for many years.
I am not looking for any recognition for them but happy for anyone interested to see them.
Regards,
Gary Nichols Vict. Aug.2017
Comment:
Bob the work you have done on the Buckle web site is excellent
and it is one of the most enjoyable and educational club sites to read.
regards,
Geoff Vivian May 2015
Comment:
Just wanted to say many thanks again for your help with the Buckle story Bob,
and to congratulate your hard work compiling all the Buckle Coupe information.
Keep up the great work.
Dan Gardner (goautomedia) April 2015
Comment:
Hello Bob,
I had a look at your websites and very impressed! Those little buckle coupes are a gorgeous looking car I must say!
Kris from Harrisville Queensland 2014
Comment:
Hi, Just had a read of your website it's a beauty and I felt I should compliment you on it
I appreciate how much work you have put into it. Really enjoyed it.
Forgot what a good looking car the Buckle was.
A mate has just picked up a Mays head for his Sabre 6 so all this talk of Zephyrs is all quite timely.
Regards Dave Webber Vic. Feb, 2014
Comment:
Hi Bob,
I spent a bit more time on the weekend going through your web site.
I can't believe how much info you have on the Buckles! It must have taken years to put this all together.
I saw the page on the prototype that is in Germany that Jeroen Booij had sent the photo of, and the link to the video, very cool.
I look forward to catching up with you soon.
Cheers
Jono Morris Managing Director McCONAGHY -boats -composite solutions.. Feb.2013
Comment:
Hello Bob.
You have done a wonderful job on the web site ...saw that you have added our slides, you don't waste time getting it done.
Regards...
Lee & Alan Criss
Comment:
We appreciate all your hard work to make the "Buckle" site such a success.
Alvia Buckle Dec.2012
Comment:
Mr Bob Williamson,
Thrilled to have found your site dedicated to the Buckle coupe.
As a boy I lived beside the Gnoo Blas track, near the beginning of the main straight opposite the water tower(s). I loved the Buckle; it was so fast, and beautiful to my eye. I remember the yellow one driven by Bill and the two-toned one; don't remember Jack Brabham guest-driving it though. My memory has it that one of them showed a clean pair of heels to Tom Sulman's and Warren Blomfield's DB3's, but maybe it was the other way around. Whatever, the Buckle was certainly fast.
I'm so pleased that all you people are keeping a legend alive.
Regards
Jim Garrard Ex Gnoo Blas NSW
Comment:
Hello,
I thought you might like to see some photos I took of Bob Lumby at
Amaroo Short Circuit in 1972.
The car comes up as 93-888 on your register.
I know very little about his time with the car & only saw him running it
once, at this event, a NSSCC Club event, on 30th July 1972.
For interest his times were as follows:
49.74, 34.81, 34.14, 33.34 & 32.75 giving him equal 20th overall for the
day. The other car was a Cooper S.
Col Henry was fastest with 30.8 in the Henrymobile.
When I knew him, Bob was rally navigator for Brian Lidbury in a
Mitsubishi Colt, & competed in some of the major NSW rallies at the time.
I ran service car for them on several of those rallies.
I moved to Adelaide in 1973, so my contacts were lost.
I've been scanning my motor-sport negatives, & posting on the Autosport
nostalgia forum for a couple of years.
I hope you find them interesting.
By all means put them up on your web-site.
Cheers
Lynton Hemer
Strathalbyn South Australia
Lynton hi.
Thank you for the 3 photos and good info. Bob
Question:
Hi Bob
Forgot to tell you, about a month ago we followed a Buckle on the back of a truck,
it was heading south around Wyong.
Looked like fresh paint work although not an original colour,
it was a pretty blue/green colour.
We were so excited but could only toot & wave as we passed --
it even looked beautiful on a truck!!
Love for now................Viv xx
Answer:
Viv hi
It was Bill Buckles newly restored Buckle.
Bob
Comment:
Bob and Robyn hi,
Great to finally put a faces to names on the monitor and hear about your
experiences with that great car, the Buckle. Sadly I no longer have one
but still think of it nostalgicly. Oh well one can always remember the good
times enjoyed while it lasted.
Hope you got home safely and not troubled by your fall. It was the darkest night
I can remember since we came down here. There is usually a spill of light from the
town at least when there is no moon. Pam was sorry to miss you both, perhaps next time.
Had another look at the website-what a wonderful job you are doing there.
You might included TAMWORTH (site of yearly rounds of the State Hillclimb Championship)
and INVERELL in the list of hillclimbs Buckles challenged. A number competed at Tamworth
and I did at Inverell a number of times rather successfully.
Keep well and keep up the good work.
Bill Cole Yackandandah 20/11/11
Comment:
Hi Bob,
I found your website on Google very easy. It is a great website !! lots of nice pictures and information.
The price for the scale model is ok. Is it possible to get it painted in the color by choice ?
I would like the two tone, gray white as on the front of the magazine Sports Car World.
I have a website myself about the Goggomobils I have.
www.mydart.nl
Kind regards,
Marco Bout Netherlands 20/11/11
Comment & Question:
Great shot! Who's the babe?
Can you find one for me. One of each, the Buckle Coupe and the babe!
Seriously, are any of these cars still available?
These cars are absolutely gorgeous, and I love the history and the background.
I can't wait to speak with you in person.
Looking forward to our visit.
Charles Gould Auto Museum USA 23/10/11
(Bill & Alvia Buckle visited two USA museums during November 2011)
Comments:
Hi Bob!
Congratulations on the web site, you did a great job. I enjoyed
our chat this morning. Thanks for G.G's phone no. I rang him
and had a good talk. I am looking forward to catching up at one of the
reunions sometime.
Cheers
Neil & Judy Wishart. Ballina 27/8/11
Comment:
Hello Bob
a wunderfull website you perform.
here some more infos about the Buckle BUC001.
This photos from Bill.
The Airport photos from 1955.
The other beginn 1955
Best wish
Hubert
Hubert Krantz Germany Owner of BUC001
Comment: Hi Bob
My apologies, but I've just got around to looking at the website.
It's great, congratulations , I'm sure Bill is just as proud of it as you are.
Cheers keep up the good work.
Max
Max Stahl
Motoring Journalist, Racing Car News Central Coast 2/8/11
Comment:
Congratulations on the Buckle site, there must have been a huge amount of work put into that.
regards
Graham Howard
Motoring Journalist Blue Mountains 22/7/11
Comment: Hi Bob
Shirley & I would love to attend the Oran Park Reunion.
We will be in Tamworth for the country music till the end of Januray,
so the timing should be ok. We will be caravaning & can spend a week
or so catching up with friends etc..
Congratulations on the Buckle website,you've done a top job on that ,
it blows me away.Look forward to seeing you again
Regards
Ray & Shirley Cary. Qland 8/7/11
Question: Hi Bob,
I saw your site while looking on 'Aussie Road Racing'.
Having done some racing over the last 50 years,
I have come across a few Buckle drivers,
eg. Mick Crampton, Warwick Holyoak, Bret Sowerby etc.
The thing that may be of interest to you goes back to
about 1956 [or maybe 1957?]. I was an apprentice panelbeater
at E.R.McNamara P/L, at Arncliffe at the time,
when a blue [turquoise?] Buckle coupe turned up for trimming.
The trimmers were Mick [forgotten his last name - Maloney?]
and Les Radford. I think it had a Raymond Mays head,
with 3 S.U.s. The car really caused a stir,
particularly with the younger lads.
When Bill came to pick the Buckle up, one of the braver apprentices
- Wally Flowers - asked him to 'show us how it goes'.
Bill did so, and laid a pair of black strips of rubber down on
Arncliffe St on his departure! We talked about that for ages,
and even brought mates there to show off the tyre marks. The good old days!
Cheers,
Greg Mackie NSW 6/7/11
Our reply to Greg Mackie:
Would have been 1957 we think. Below is BB's reply.
In 1956/57 there was only one turquoise Buckle and it was the car
I drove every day and my name was Bill,so I suppose I have to plead guilty !
I did the same thing with theR8 a few weeks ago along the wharf at a
marina cause somebody talked me into it.
I must give up this childish behavior !
BB
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Comments: Thank you very much indeed Bob.
A splendid website!
Best,
Jeroen Booij Motoring Journalist Amsterdam Netherlands 6/7/11
Comment: Hi Bob,
This is great, congratulations to you, Robyn, Bill and everyone else involved.
My offer to kick the can if needed still stands, let me know,
Well done!
Gos Cory Goulburn 24/6/11
Comment:
We had a look at the site, looks good, keep up the good work.
By the way, who is that handsome Bob in the monkey suit!!
Love.. Mal and Gen Caves Dubbo 23/6/11
Comment: Bob
Congratulations on getting the site up and running. A great job! Glad the Lakeview/Peter Brown photos have been of value to the project.
Cheers
John Partridge ACT 23/6/11
Comment: Hi Bob,
Wow Bob you have done a great job, I have just spent an hour or so having a look and I still have to read the stories, it's a credit to you, I didn't know much about the Buckle but I have a lot better idea now,the stories are intriguing ,can't wait to read more.
Cheers.
Peter Speachley Lake Macquarie NSW 19/6/11
Comment: Hi Bob,
Just had a look at the website. Congratulations on a job well done.
All the best,
Ian Clayton
Auctions Administration Officer | Shannons Auction Ltd. Sydney 18/6/11
Comment: Hi Bob,
Great site, well done, a lot of work.
I still have great memories of 93 -900 at Orange with Charlie tuning the 3 SUs with the ( too rich ) black smoke billowing out of the exhaust.
Brabham driving the car in the race, and the trip home in 93 -900 with John Bissett ( John gave me a lift home) in the pouring rain and sheltering under the awning of the old service station at Blackheath. Great days !!
I just loved, and still do love Buckles.
Brian Darby Sydney NSW 17/6/11
Comment: G'day Bob.
Mate you have done a superb on the website and I applaude you for your effort....Just wonderfull.
Reading through the info that I was unaware of has been totally educational and now I am going to rack my brain to dig out info
that may be useful. I am particularly interested in the loss of the Webbers from the Polaris as at that time in 65/66 I used them at Oran Park and Warwick Farm.....They were on loan from Jack Allen. Probably chucked in the bin by those who dont know.
I can tell you that the manifold was crafted by a professional. Thanks again for your effort .
Cheers .
Bruce Taylor Queensland 16/6/11
Comment: Hi Bob & Robyn
Congratulations on a job well done, your many hours devoted to this site is evident.
We have enjoyed reading and learning more about the Buckles and will keep our eye out for more news.
Just to let you know we actually purchased our Buckle from "Cobber" (nickname) Morris' Used Cars.
Hope you are all well and we are sure that there would be many offering you their congratulations.
Regards
Lynn & Barry Jenkins Lithgow 16/6/11
Comment: Dear Bob and Robyn
Congratulations on a most wonderful Buckle website.You have put in a great deal of work and it is a credit to you both.I am sure Bill will be so pleased you have gone to so much trouble and time to present the car he once built.
Keep up the good work.
Take care
Cheers Dave Renoden Tasmania 16/6/11
Comment: Dear Robyn & Bob
Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
What a fabulous job you've done getting the website up & running -- it's really great. We've read every word & looked at every photo. It's amazing how many owners/previous owners have "B" (for Buckle) in their names...just another bit of trivia! Loved the 'spiffy' bloke in the suit at the end!!!!
I'll put a bomb under 'the boss' for his article, I'm sorry he hasn't done it for you yet.
You must be feeling very proud of your efforts Bob & you should -- you're a champion........ you can go on long service leave now.
Thanks a million once again, we love it all.......
love Viv & Brian Lawler Acadia Vale 15/6/11
Comment: Bob,
Congratulations, the web site is excellent, well done.
Bill & Alvia Buckle from Italy. 15/6/11
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