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BUCKLE COUPE HOME PAGE
THIS WEBSITE WAS RELEASED FOR
PUBLIC VIEWING JUNE
2011
LATEST UPDATE 21st
April 2012
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WELCOME to
Bob and Robyn
Williamson's
BUCKLE COUPE WEBSITE
This is the
site for you to find out about the history of the Buckle sports
car.
Please browse
through all the pages to find the information you
want.
We hope this
will stop some rumours about the Buckle Coupe.
There
were 20 Buckle Coupes built.
18 turn key
and 2 sold unfinished for racing purposes.
Fibreglass
body with electric opening doors, large boot
area,
twin fuel
tanks, hand built chassis with a transverse front
spring.
All bodies
& chassis are numbered.
All were
built with Ford Zephyr 6 cylinder engines and running
gear.
Some had
different gearboxes and a few had a Raymond Mays 12 port alloy
head.
Built in
Buckle Motors' factory in Punchbowl, Australia, by Bill Buckle
and with
the help from some of his talented friends,
Ron Tauranac, Jack
Anderson, Charles Buck.
Sold complete
as a car to the public, not as a kit car like most others fibreglass
cars were.
The only true Australian Sports car built from 1957
to 1960.
So
Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
On behalf of
all the Buckle owners, I would like to thank all the people who
helped me in anyway to compile this web site.
Hope you enjoy it
as much as Robyn and I do.
The first person to thank is
Bill Buckle
Without him, this would never have happened, his
dream to build a great sports car.
THANK YOU Mr. W.F.
BUCKLE
Personally we would like to thank Bill
and Alvia Buckle for their generous financial support of
the website.
Bob & Robyn Williamson
Our thanks go
to
Marc
Lawler, David & Sue Miller, David Renoden, Martin Hall, Sam
Puglisi Photography, Marc Schagen, Bruce Taylor, Ian Winchcombe, Mathew &
Rachael Edwards, Bill Kopsen, Barry & Lynn Jenkins. John Caffin, John Ward, Bev
Baldwin, John Russell, Warwick Holyoake, Ray & Shirley Cary, Ian
Clayton, David Cowley, Bill & Pam Cole, John Partridge,
Noel Hill UK, Patricia Read, Gos Cory, Hubert Krantz, Peter Brown,
Brett Sowerby, Shane Bowden, Brian Darby Aussie Road Racing, John
Ellacott, Graham Howard, Ed Holly, Max Stahl, Ray Hyatt, Pim Newell,
Jan Keene, Alan & Lee Criss, Geoff Keene, Viv Ireland, Adrien
Schagen, Simon Brady Photos, John Halcrow, Rob Rowe, Ned McGoven,
Paul Manton, Luke Manton, Jeff Whitten, Brian Little, Denis Gregory,
Tony Dalton, John Comber, John Boucher, Jim Gunton, Lynton
Hemer,
Plus all the Buckle owners who
helped with their photos & info.
Buckle, Boston, Lloyd,
Lawler, Williamson, Goldfinch, Bayer, Semken
families
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A special thanks go to the professional photographers,
for the use of their great photos
Autopics
(David Blanch, Lance Ruting, Peter D'Abbs), Peter
Schell.
Brian Doyle Cartoonist
Thank you for your special
cartoons
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