The Roaring Season

jnr356 wrote:yes rogered you are correct it started off as a 924 gtr
it is currently being rebuilt as the 924gtr again
http://www.freisinger-motorsport.de/porsche/uk/Porsche_Restoration.html

alan also purchased a 944 cup car from the factory in 88/9 he ran one round of the porsche cup at winton(another mechanic and i drove it up there)
in that race it was one of the most unbelievable "drives" i have ever seen,didn't bother qualifying
back of the grid on slicks,when it began to rain whilst on the dummy grid(most of the field were on wets)
he finished 3rd

Steve Holmes wrote:What happened to the McKeown and Foley 911s from the 1970 ATCC? And for that matter, the Bill Brown car? I know the Foley car was raced in NZ by Jim Palmer for a season, but then vanished. Someone must have these cars now?

jnr356 wrote:yes rogered you are correct it started off as a 924 gtr
it is currently being rebuilt as the 924gtr again
http://www.freisinger-motorsport.de/porsche/uk/Porsche_Restoration.html

alan also purchased a 944 cup car from the factory in 88/9 he ran one round of the porsche cup at winton(another mechanic and i drove it up there)
in that race it was one of the most unbelievable "drives" i have ever seen,didn't bother qualifying
back of the grid on slicks,when it began to rain whilst on the dummy grid(most of the field were on wets)
he finished 3rd

jnr356 wrote:stumbled across this forum while researching the
foley car which is back in australia,currently being rebuilt
nearly finished

sorry to drag up an old thread,but love the stories and pics from this era of when i was a kid
and i now get to work on these pieces of history

from my research have read that the bill brown car was written off in the late 70's

Dale Harvey wrote:Maybe he changed because he had an Alfa dealership.
Dale.

jnr356 wrote:not sure why he changed to an alfa.
funny you should ask about the 944,was asked last week if i had any photos
the car is in germany currently being restored and the owner wants to paint it in the porsche aust/colin bond colours
i would assume the car was purchased from the factory as alan had a relationship with them second to none

Steve Holmes wrote:Thanks Mark, great info. I'm really pleased to see this car looking so great again. When you first saw it in the backyard being overgrown with grass, when was this roughly?

Do you know why Foley replaced it with the Alfa? Was the Alfa quicker than the Porsche? It was raced in NZ by Jim Palmer. He ran it in the 4.2 litre class, against the Escort twin-cams of Jim Richards, Jack Nazer, Don Halliday etc. But it was controversial right from the start, and was protested throughout its single NZ racing season. But it was quick, and I'm pretty sure it won an NZ Saloon Car Championship race outright, even beating the V8 big bangers. But I'm certain the protests eventually got it banned for the following season. Then it just seems to have vanished. So I'm really happy to see its survived and nearing completion of a restoration.

Mark, given your enthusiasm for older Porsches, do you know what happened to the 944 raced by Colin Bond in the 1982 Australian GT championship for Alan Hamilton? And do you know where it came from?