The Roaring Season

Re; the '81 Daybreaker pictures.
It is indeed Bondy in the Hunter, Graham (Chirpy) Anderson in the Civic, Shane Murland in the Chevette, Brian Green in the Escort. All of the others are familiar, they'll come to me a little later.
Is that a ginga helping pull the black RX3 a young Crunch Bennett?

We were there in a 1600. Ridiculously rough stage. Never one to complain though.

[quote="John McKechnie"]Was the letter T relate to any particular modification or to T for Tapper?[/quote]

We were told at the time T for Tasman (through the Fiat dealership)

That is one beautiful Escort. Great job and well done.

Was the letter T relate to any particular modification or to T for Tapper?

The FIAT Scorpion run by Trevor Tapper was used as the inspiration for the FIAT 125T.

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Reg Cook atanding at the bowser and Steve Horne is co driver at the drivers door
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Peugeot 504 #67 refuelling at Paeroa with a Mitsubishi Galant behind it
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Datsun 1600 #39
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Porsche 911 #22
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I can give some of the names.

Car 18 Brian Green was listed as the co-driver to the owner of the car Jim Foster. I would imagine Green did most of the special stages.

Car 15 Dick Marlow and Wayne Lynch from the Manawatu Car Club.

Car 33 Peter Batten and Steve Hamilton from the Auckland Car Club.

Car 56 John Metherall and John Reid from the Eastern Southland Car Club.

Car 67 Bernard Gauzere from New Caledonia.

Car 39 Graeme Barker and Tony Baker from the Rotorua Car Club.

Car 50 Colin Taylor and 'K' Foulkes from the Wellington Car Club.

Car 22 Tim Bailey and Brian Phipps from the Auckland Car Club.

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now finished and on the road
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Making a nice job of that Escort, yessirree.

by the way, would you mind if i copied the reg cook pictures, and post them in the UK, also any more history or phot's on it would be great

thanks
brett

i've got reg's old tc escort back in the UK now, brought it off of trademe, car looked better in the photo's than it really was, now restoring it

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I watched Jigger at Taupo in the v8 in his last yr. no one ever drove better than him that day such a good bloke.I have no doubt with these Induro. races coming up that black no 5 would be in the hunt seeing the driver enjoyed LAP after LAP and to think its just sitting there!!

Jim, She did a bit in the old days that car. Note all the Escorts Aye Jimmy, they knew what a Porche looked like in the mirror, Mind you can remember seeing stones coming out the back of yours occasionally. (one windscreen at Taupo thanks to Jigger and you playing hard)

Gee Rod how did I miss this one porche so wet needed a smile

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Here I can be of no assistance. I was 8, and I am seen standing to the left of the foreground of the shot of the Chrysler Avenger, all I can tell you is the Hunter is a chap Bond, and the Mitsubishi Lancer I thick was Bruce Herbert

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[quote="jim short"]PorSche my old mate[/quote]

Front Porche or Back Porche, Jim you know they look the same. I used to have lisssp

PorSche my old mate

#2 Porche Tim Bailey

Oh wow, these are amazing!