Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

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Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Terry S » Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:16 pm

dickwatts26 wrote:I think you will find that the gentleman who is well dressed is Ash Marshall as he was ,I'm sure, involved with the Soapy Sales sponsorship shown on the spoiler. It was one of those infamous Pyramid Selling schemes around in those days. Dick Watts.


Is it just me that thinks posts # 100 and# 108 are remarkably similar?

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by dickwatts26 » Sun Aug 28, 2016 6:37 am

I think you will find that the gentleman who is well dressed is Ash Marshall as he was ,I'm sure, involved with the Soapy Sales sponsorship shown on the spoiler. It was one of those infamous Pyramid Selling schemes around in those days. Dick Watts.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Kenz » Sun Aug 14, 2016 3:02 pm

Steve Holmes wrote:This is an absolute gem! What better way to attract customers and sell more Neptune product than to have Peter Manton's Cooper S out on display!

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Hi Steve and Pete,
Further to this and Pete's following "now" photo and post #76, Pete, at least, will probably recall, that Neptune station became the Shell Wavell Heights site, and was used as the base for the BRM team with their P261's for the '66 and '67 Tasman rounds at Lakeside.
A mate of mine, who frequented the area in those years, more than once recounted his tale of driving westbound along Hamilton Rd one night during the BRM residency there, and seeing a small low shape with feeble, bouncing "headlights" approaching very fast from the opposite direction. He said he was shocked and delighted to find it was a P261 with a torch lashed to each top front wishbone.
Alas, he's dead now, so I can't grill him on the truth of his tale, but I would sure like to believe it was true and that those were, indeed, the days!

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Kenz » Sun Aug 14, 2016 2:38 pm

dickwatts26 wrote:I think you might find the well dressed gentleman could be Ash Marshall as he was ,I think, involved with the "Soapy Sales" franchise. It was some sort of pymarid selling scheme which were questionable at best.

Here's a pic of Ash in "Scorcher" late '68/early '69)
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Could be him, the nose looks similar, but the hair and sideburns are much more early 70's, and I'm not a forensic scientist.
Opinions, please.
Ken.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Terry S » Fri Aug 12, 2016 2:23 am

seaqnmac27 wrote:I think we are looking at different people, both the gent walking away from the car and holding the camera and umbrella, and the guy in the blue suit leaning on the bonnet, are the same person. their hair is parted the same way


I will repeat my post #101: The guy with the camera in post #80 is NOT Bruce Burr.

Bruce Burr is the guy in post #79 leaning on the windscreen.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by seaqnmac27 » Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:24 am

I think we are looking at different people, both the gent walking away from the car and holding the camera and umbrella, and the guy in the blue suit leaning on the bonnet, are the same person. their hair is parted the same way

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Terry S » Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:01 am

seaqnmac27 wrote:I will always stand to be corrected Terry, but they look like the same guy to me as well.



Does it matter that their hair is parted on opposite sides?

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by seaqnmac27 » Thu Aug 11, 2016 7:42 am

I will always stand to be corrected Terry, but they look like the same guy to me as well.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Terry S » Thu Aug 11, 2016 5:01 am

mid-year wrote:[ATTACH]20991[/ATTACH]

The guy with the camera is Bruce Burr from the Burr and Daniel Performance Centre who owned and prepared the Goldpower sponsered PH3.


I don't think the guy with the camera in post#80 is Bruce Burr.

I think that is Bruce Burr leaning on the windscreen in post#79.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by dickwatts26 » Wed Aug 10, 2016 5:27 am

Rod Grimwood wrote:Just at a guess and looking at the way he is dressed, the car owner or major sponsor, but that only answers part of the question.


I think you might find the well dressed gentleman could be Ash Marshall as he was ,I think, involved with the "Soapy Sales" franchise. It was some sort of pymarid selling scheme which were questionable at best.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Steve Holmes » Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:11 pm

Thanks Ellis.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Ellis » Sun Sep 01, 2013 9:51 pm

The old 65E (71 Bathurst car) did hit the wall at AIR in early 72.
1D (72 Bathurst car) replaced it as the main car after a coat of paint over its factory White,
a spray of the saddle hood lining (in situ) to black and a swap of the saddle interior to black.(ex 65E)
Ford still had the White car which was basically a test mule for the HO3's and is the lowest vin number (first) of the HO3's.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Steve Holmes » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:59 pm

mid-year wrote:Found this photo in an old copy of FORD by Stewart Wilson with an interesting pair of shots.The top car is obviously sporting the XW mirror and interior.Perhaps they had a pool of cars with the latest cars reserved for the major events and the updated previous year model for the local races?[ATTACH]20983[/ATTACH]

Regards Pete.


Didn't one of Moffats Phase IIIs get written off?

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Steve Holmes » Sun Sep 01, 2013 8:58 pm

Thanks for this Pete.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by mid-year » Thu Aug 29, 2013 4:52 am

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Steve Holmes wrote:Des West again, just before the start of the Bathurst race, 1972. Note the car has sprouted a side exhaust here. Who is the bloke walking away from the car with the video camera? He is also pictured in the above photo.

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The guy with the camera is Bruce Burr from the Burr and Daniel Performance Centre who owned and prepared the Goldpower sponsered PH3.
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Factory GTHO crossover

by mid-year » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:22 pm

Found this photo in an old copy of FORD by Stewart Wilson with an interesting pair of shots.The top car is obviously sporting the XW mirror and interior.Perhaps they had a pool of cars with the latest cars reserved for the major events and the updated previous year model for the local races?[ATTACH]20983[/ATTACH]

Regards Pete.
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Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Ellis » Wed Aug 28, 2013 6:42 am

Steve Holmes wrote:Wow, is he going over backwards? Looking at the damage, I'm amazed they chose to rebuild it. I would expect everything salvagable would be put in a new shell.


May have only been able to reuse that drivers door with the mirror....lol

I'll have a look at my old 8mm stuff...there may be some single frame shots in that .

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by mid-year » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:56 am

I always said Phase2,s flew......now we have the proof!

Pete.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Steve Holmes » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:08 am

Ellis wrote:Not sure what mag this came from

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I was at 70 Bathurst mainly on top of mountain, and just got glimpse of Roberts car as it rolled down the steep bank and ended up against a tree. I have a bit of 8mm movie of people going across the road and down to see it after the race ended.


Wow, is he going over backwards? Looking at the damage, I'm amazed they chose to rebuild it. I would expect everything salvagable would be put in a new shell.

Re: Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 1

by Ellis » Wed Aug 28, 2013 1:18 am

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mid-year wrote:Note the XW external rear vision mirror giving away the cars PH2 origins,I did see Moffat driving a similar car at Calder early 72 which would indicate even the factory updated previous seasons cars to the latest spec. This looked to be a PH3 with five slotters but on closer inspection had the XW interior and the XW rear view mirror.

Regards Pete.



Probably ?? became the 8D that Fred rolled at Bathurst later in 72 which was ex McPhee HO2
HO3's were in short supply in 72 due to HO4 cancellation.
Gibson had use of 3 x "HO3's" over the period , 2 based Sydney and 1 Melbourne...he told me he thought only one of them was the genuine article (71 Road & Track Works car)...(Still survives as does his works H02)
The Works drivers were just that... He would be flown to Melb say, and told here is your car and at that time no one worried if it was a "Genuine" HO3 or HO2..if it looked like one , it must be one........

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