Dale Harvey wrote:That is Rex Robinson. Yes he raced a Mallala way back. He has not long ago returned to the track for some fun. Ray Strong raced a Mallala in the 60's that was silver in colour. That is why I suggested him.
Dale.
Re the Elfin Mallala in post # 99
Dale you had me intrigued with the Robinson and Strong cars as there were only 5 Mallala built, so I had to do some detectiving.
They are in fact the SAME car.
It was the second Mallala built and was chassis # S6315. It was delivered in mid 1963 to Adelaide's Brian Morrell. He fitted it with a 1,890cc Consul engine. He raced it for a year then some Victorians had it. Then Rex Robinson bought it in mid 1964.
He fitted a 1,475cc Cortina engine, but not a twin cam, so it suffered against the Lotus 23's which were mostly twin cams.
Ray Strong bought it in early 1966 and raced it for 6 years. He then sold it to Malcolm Weir.
Interestingly Robinson, Strong and Weir were all from the NSW south coast.
It then went to various Victorians where it is still in existence. Importantly all 5 Mallalas are believed to still be in existence, including one in NZ.
The colour was note in programmes as "silver" but it was actually a very shiny "gunmetal grey".
[quote="Dale Harvey"]That is Rex Robinson. Yes he raced a Mallala way back. He has not long ago returned to the track for some fun. Ray Strong raced a Mallala in the 60's that was silver in colour. That is why I suggested him.
Dale.[/quote]
Re the Elfin Mallala in post # 99
Dale you had me intrigued with the Robinson and Strong cars as there were only 5 Mallala built, so I had to do some detectiving.
They are in fact the SAME car.
It was the second Mallala built and was chassis # S6315. It was delivered in mid 1963 to Adelaide's Brian Morrell. He fitted it with a 1,890cc Consul engine. He raced it for a year then some Victorians had it. Then Rex Robinson bought it in mid 1964.
He fitted a 1,475cc Cortina engine, but not a twin cam, so it suffered against the Lotus 23's which were mostly twin cams.
Ray Strong bought it in early 1966 and raced it for 6 years. He then sold it to Malcolm Weir.
Interestingly Robinson, Strong and Weir were all from the NSW south coast.
It then went to various Victorians where it is still in existence. Importantly all 5 Mallalas are believed to still be in existence, including one in NZ.
The colour was note in programmes as "silver" but it was actually a very shiny "gunmetal grey".