Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Steve Holmes » Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:51 pm

Nice one Martin, great to see the B&H series cars. The Ford teams had to use the automatic Fairmont Ghia as this was the only model in the big Ford range still fitted with a V8 in NZ.

Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by PhotoSmith » Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:55 am

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By the early 1980s, production racing had mostly lost favour, although in New Zealand, General Motors NZ produced a small batch (30 only) of locally assembled Holden SS Commodores built specifically to be raced. These were one of the last high performance touring cars produced for the sake of winning on a race track in strictly production racing.


Some of those Commodore SS's at the Labour weekend B&H meeting at Baypark.

from the top...
John Morton SS - Wilkinson / Crichton SS - Leo Leonard's Fairmont - Brock / Oxton SS - Bruce Fowler's Fairmont - Denny Hulme SS.
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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by PhotoSmith » Mon Aug 29, 2011 9:04 am

seaqnmac27 wrote:Some very interesting names in there including I notice one Phil Ornstein who along with his son drove the last 2 Hillman Avenger rally cars in New Zealand, either 83 or 84 would have been their last Rally NZ in them. They may have been Chrysler Avengers by then though


Photos from the 1984 Rally NZ, Phil Ornstein ran the 2 door version (#54) and Tony ran a 4 door (#41) I think they also did the following year.
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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by bob homewood » Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:23 am

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Bryan Faloon Escort 1300 Levin 1969 Rothmans 4 Hour Race,Sid Jensen and him finished 4th overall in the race

Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:09 am

Know this is not curcuit, but a little bit of what used to happen back then, race Puke one weekend, change tyres and rally and then a good clean, change tyres back and back to Puke. A happy (tyred) crew after Heatway L-R Robin Irving Paul Swann (PJ) Tiger Lyons and Mr Rex Rattenbury (the rat)
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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:05 am

A couple of the Mazda a few months later, and it did finish the rally. From track to dirt
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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Aug 29, 2011 8:00 am

And the same fellow in his RX3 which ended being a fairly famous rally car as Rod Millen and Robin did the Heatway in it and it was the first Mazda Rod rallied.
Note the guy in the Capri no other than Mr Alan Woolf
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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Aug 29, 2011 7:51 am

Here is a couple more of the GTX series production class stuff, Robin Irving in his Fiat. There was a big field of these with close racing.
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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:39 am

Manfield, pick this lot out. Think I have a few.
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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Steve Holmes » Thu Aug 04, 2011 7:33 am

The Robbie Francevic Jerry Clayton Motors GTHO Phase III is currently for sale: http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/ford/auction-394517452.htm

Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by seaqnmac27 » Sat Jul 23, 2011 2:00 am

Some very interesting names in there including I notice one Phil Ornstein who along with his son drove the last 2 Hillman Avenger rally cars in New Zealand, either 83 or 84 would have been their last Rally NZ in them. They may have been Chrysler Avengers by then though

Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Milan Fistonic » Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:54 am

105Angria. Your photo shows the start of the 1965 Wills Six Hour Race.

To help identify the cars here is the entry list from the programme.


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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by 105angria » Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:25 pm

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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Milan Fistonic » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:53 am

Reg Cook/Tony Warren (Charger) passing Grant Aitken/Barry Vuyk (Datsun 1200 SSS) during the 1974 B & H 500.


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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Milan Fistonic » Wed Jul 20, 2011 8:45 am

The Wills and B & H races were the events for true production cars,though cars like the Datsun 1200 SSS and the Fiat 125T bent the rules a little.

Reg Cook/Tony Warren (Charger) passing Grant Aitken/Barry Vuyk (Datsun 1200 SSS) during the 1974 B & H 500.


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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by jim short » Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:41 am

yes i had a ride from kawarau to bay park race meeting with des about when the torana was new ,this guy in the holden would pull along side then des a bit more gas and up came the nose and the torana fell back ,after several goes he gave up as we got faster and faster over the ton.. it was gibsons bathurst car that didnt run. souded like a bpeedboat

Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Ellis » Wed Jul 13, 2011 11:00 pm

[quote="Steve Holmes"]Here you go Ellis. JR used the Phase III to win the 1972 Castrol GTX series, which was a production car series very similar to Australia's Series Production. The '72 season was the first for the Castrol GTX.

Thanks Steve...They are excellent quality pics. I have never seen those before.
I will contact the current (long term) owner and tell him about this site.


"AMC072"....How many real ones came to NZ.

Phase 3's ....
7 went direct to McMillan Ford NZ from Ford and 2 to other dealers = 9
However the number in NZ at one stage was around 18 due to private imports but a lot of those have
since returned to OZ.
The number remaining in NZ is around 7 or 8

The HO in USA Ford talk at the time was High Output
Ford Oz didnt want to use that term ( they were a bit shy...GT and HO listed as same power in their blurb) but kept the
HO designation and as they had modified the suspension used it as Handling Option


There must be some pics of Robbie Francevic in the Clayton Motors Falcon out there somewhere as well.
JR also drove the then Norris Miles owned ex John Goss car in 1973 .
It still had Mcleod Ford signage on it. It remained in NZ.
Some pics of that would be nice as well

Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by Steve Holmes » Wed Jul 13, 2011 8:08 pm

Here you go Ellis. JR used the Phase III to win the 1972 Castrol GTX series, which was a production car series very similar to Australia's Series Production. The '72 season was the first for the Castrol GTX.

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Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by AMCO72 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:35 pm

Sorry, that should be Gibson and Carter who thought they were bloody good, and who can argue with that!

Re: Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

by AMCO72 » Wed Jul 13, 2011 6:32 pm

One of the members of the JDC in Hamilton in the mid 1970's, actually a founding member, Des Brassington had GT HO. I think Des bought it new......an olive green...or was it bronze, shivers you would think you would remember wouldn't you. I remember its performance was pretty impressive and could show a clean pair of heals to the Jags. It wouldn't surprise me if Des still had it, and he would certainly know its value.He was a very fussy fellow and the car would be absolutely immaculate if he still owned it. I always thought the HO....Handling Option..name was a bit quaint. Why would you build a car that didn't handle. Anyway a very desirable car nowdays though probably feels a bit agricultural to drive now. As Mr Moffatt and co said....we must have been bloody good!!! How many real ones came to NZ. Lost track of Des years ago.....are you still out there Des or your car

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