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Mar 13, 2024 · That December, George and Freda Begg were married and the following year (April 1957) the pair set sail to build a new life together in New Zealand. It was from here during the 1960s and 1970s George Begg went on to build 18 race cars that not only competed with, but toppled, some of the best in the world.
Jun 16, 2020 · That December, George and Freda Begg were married. Begg spent a few months working at the Rolls Royce factory on the Isle of Man before the pair set sail to build a new life together in New Zealand in April 1957. Make sure you don't miss the George Begg Bunker here at Classic Motorcycle Mecca. Find out more here.
- Early Life
- Motorcycles: George’s First Wheeled Passion
- Agricultural Ingenuity
- The Cars
- A Family Man
George Niccol Begg was born on 3 April, 1930, in Balclutha. His family farmed at Warepa in South Otago. After a short spell on a second farm near Clinton, George’s father opted to go dairy farming at Gap Road near Winton in Central Southland in the early 1940s. They moved to a sheep farm at Drummond in 1957. George decided he wasn’t going to be a f...
George Begg himself was the first to admit it was motorcycles, not race cars, that really got his engine humming. He once told Old Bike magazine: “I just love the people (associated with bikes). There was no one-upmanship and there were no superstars who wiped their boots on everyone else. Friendship abounded. They were marvellous guys.” In 1948, G...
George Begg was innovative: and his return to Drummond in the late 1950s showed just how handy he was on the tools. He started his own engineering business, G N Begg Engineering, based in the small Central Southland town, and quickly his agricultural ingenuity became apparent. Among his notable achievements was his design of a sheep handler, a fron...
In the 1960s and 1970s, from his Drummond workshop lovingly nicknamed ‘The Toyshop’, Southlander George Begg built a series of race vehicles that would go on to compete – and, often, win – against some of the most well-known models in the world. And it all started when Begg read a book about racecar construction and thought, ‘I can do that’. George...
Many a superlative is used when talking about George Begg’s achievements. But, despite all of his career highlights and successes – of which there were many – at his heart George Begg was a devoted family man. He adored his wife Freda, their children (daughters Jacqui, Gill, Gina and Stephanie) and their grandchildren.
Feb 15, 2020 · George Begg lived in Drummond where he built world-class cars for a little more than a decade. He is now to be honoured with an exhibition at Classic Motorcycle Mecca in Invercargill. Invercargill bureau chief Karen Pasco was at the opening where she found out more about the man and the legacy he created. This was going to be a story about a ...
Mar 11, 2020 · 11th March 2020. Southland’s now heard many a superlative when it comes to engineer George Begg. But to Jacqui Blake and her three sisters – Gill, Gina and Stephanie – he was simply Dad. As much as her father’s love for motorsport was simply part of their family life in Drummond, so too are the Begg girls’ memories of long, hot summer ...
Mar 9, 2020 · Begg’s legacy a story of family. George Begg lived in Drummond where he built world-class cars for a little more than a decade. He is now to be honoured with an exhibition at Classic Motorcycle Mecca in Invercargill. Invercargill bureau chief Karen Pasco was at the opening where she found out more about the man and the legacy he created.
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Dec 14, 2018 · George Begg on the long stroke Manx at Cust, 1986. With four-times World Champion Hugh Anderson, George set off for the Isle of Man in 1985, forty years after he had first set foot there with his 7R. This time he had a 500cc long-stroke 1952 Manx Norton, and his aim was to ride in the Manx Senior Classic Race.
