The Roaring Season

by **Kiwiboss** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 6:03 am

Grant Sprague wrote:Yea, Dale make yr self known to Mike he is a good southerner........they dont seem to take things very serious these days more fun & a few beers.....Teretonga you will love , the in field on & off cambered corners & the elbow creeps up very fast entering the fron straight , if you have a good handling car [which looks like you do] the lupins long left hander at end of straight is where you can make up lots of time , know doubt you might already know this , but if not every wee bit helps , might catch up when you get home good luck ... Grant

Thanks for the hot tips Grant and although i'll be there sadly its without my car though back in 2009 when I did last race at Teretonga in my Mustang it sure was fun and what a great track, hell that front straight is LONG,

Hopefully i'll see Mike and his beautiful Mustang.

Dale M

by **Grant Sprague** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:04 am

Yea, Dale make yr self known to Mike he is a good southerner........they dont seem to take things very serious these days more fun & a few beers.....Teretonga you will love , the in field on & off cambered corners & the elbow creeps up very fast entering the fron straight , if you have a good handling car [which looks like you do] the lupins long left hander at end of straight is where you can make up lots of time , know doubt you might already know this , but if not every wee bit helps , might catch up when you get home good luck ... Grant

by **Kiwiboss** » Wed Feb 12, 2014 12:47 am

Great info Grant!! hopefully i'll get to see it at Teretonga this weekend!! Dale M

by **Grant Sprague** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 5:43 pm

I caught up with Mike at Levels this last weekend......an old Timaru friend, & I had a quick hi to the locals during historic practice..., whilst down for a school reunion, had a good yarn & look over of Mike,s mustang , very tidy but very basic compared to the pre 65 mustangs ,..................fitted with a yanky crate donkey 520 hp & c/ratio top loader. Mike has done a great job re the era, but working on steering etc ..... his dad Pat was an old Timaru Cop & use to give me plenty of warnings in my old Anglia lol we go back a year or 3

by **kiwi285** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:41 am

Here are a couple of photos I took of the car at Eastern Creek in 2005

This one is a period shot form the late 1960's

This one from Lakeside in July 2013

by **fullnoise68** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 7:02 am

Thanks Steve, yeah they are the icing on the cake!

by **Steve Holmes** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:00 am

How bout this Steve. Richy (Snoozin) took this photo at the Skope event last weekend of the Mustang in one of its races. The alloy brake scoops have now been added and look awesome.

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by **fullnoise68** » Tue Feb 11, 2014 1:33 am

That`s right Kyle, it`s got all that and more! A credit to all those involved and when you think David Wall had the real mccoy in the pit garage next door to us at Lakeside last year - and in our HMC parade lap - apart from the numbers and a few other bits it`s pretty close all round, excellent work. If one of the talented South Island sheetmetal guys, i.e Avon Hyde, could roll up some front brake ducts it would look that much closer to the original. Mike, did you take any photos of it in the Lakeside pit garage as a comparison?

by **STG69** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 10:36 pm

Jac Mac wrote:[color="#0000CD"]Just bringing this to the top for young Dale from Tauranga as he is such a busy young fella, looks like a real legal period correct HMC contender, not a rolling advert for aftermarket goodies......[/color]

I saw this in the flesh at the Skope meeting, and being a Timaru lad have heard of its build over the past few years. My understanding is that's its as close to the original as you could reasonsbly expect to get. No fancy late model parts. I believe the 302 is running Lucas injection and pushing around 500hp. It's just got what we all love to see, nice flares, big feet and attitude sitting still!!

by **Jac Mac** » Mon Feb 10, 2014 9:16 am

[color="#0000CD"]Just bringing this to the top for young Dale from Tauranga as he is such a busy young fella, looks like a real legal period correct HMC contender, not a rolling advert for aftermarket goodies......[/color]

by **TonyG** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:56 pm

Awesome to hear Dale. I think most people think Blue when they hear the Red Dawson Mustang mentioned. I managed to get hold of the Classic cars article. Nice collection. It is a credit to them.
Regards
Tony

by **Kiwiboss** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:17 am

Owned by Nigel MacDonald, Hawera, a great Classic Car mag article about Nigel and his cars, he's currently happy just racing it in the white but his plan is to put it back to "Dawson" colours!! a VERY historic NZ race Mustang!!! Dale M

Excellent Gary Simkin photos

by **Rod Grimwood** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 12:14 am

Agreed Tony, but it has been put back to original.

by **TonyG** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:14 pm

Cool. Thanks Rod. Will have to see if I can track it down over here. Still think it was nicer in the Metallic Blue.
Cheers
Tony

by **Rod Grimwood** » Sun Sep 01, 2013 10:02 pm

It's run a few times. In its original white livery. It lives with a family of Mustangs all the same age.
Article on the collection in latest NZ Classic Car.

by **TonyG** » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:55 pm

kiwi285 wrote:That really is an iconic car known to all historic race fans in Australsia. All we need now is the Dawson Mustang in its electric blue scheme with the big # 35 on it.

On the Dawson Mustang, how is it coming on ? Have not seen anything on it since it arrived back in NZ. Has it run yet ?

by **Roger Dowding** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:17 am

JB, they " Mike and Rhonda ", must join the forum, car looks brilliant, and as an aside, how is the Cheetah !! ??.

by **kiwi285** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 9:08 am

That really is an iconic car known to all historic race fans in Australsia. All we need now is the Dawson Mustang in its electric blue scheme with the big # 35 on it.

by **car mad** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 5:39 am

looking forward to watching and hearing this master piece in action ..........well done a credit to all involved

by **Steve Holmes** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 3:06 am

Wow, that thing is right on the money! Very cool!

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