by Steve Holmes » Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:49 pm
These are awesome photos Ross! The Commodore's pictured are the extremely rare GM-NZ built SS cars, which were specifically constructed on the local assembly line to contest the B&H series. The rules required only 25 locally produced homologation specials.
Robin Curtis had been in charge of running the GM Dealer Team's Chevette rally cars, and when GM-NZ withdrew from rallying, they set their sights on touring car racing. Curtis brought in Peter Brock to help oversee the project, and to supply parts. In the end, 30 cars were produced. 29 were painted white with red and blue stripes, and 1 was black with gold stripes.
My friend Mike Price owns the yellow Midgley car pictured above. This is one of the two GM Dealer team cars from the previous season, and was driven by Denny Hulme and Peter Janson. The other GM-DT car was driven by Brock and David Oxton, and is now owned by Mike's father Garry.
This is the Hulme/Janson car as it looks now.
These are awesome photos Ross! The Commodore's pictured are the extremely rare GM-NZ built SS cars, which were specifically constructed on the local assembly line to contest the B&H series. The rules required only 25 locally produced homologation specials.
Robin Curtis had been in charge of running the GM Dealer Team's Chevette rally cars, and when GM-NZ withdrew from rallying, they set their sights on touring car racing. Curtis brought in Peter Brock to help oversee the project, and to supply parts. In the end, 30 cars were produced. 29 were painted white with red and blue stripes, and 1 was black with gold stripes.
My friend Mike Price owns the yellow Midgley car pictured above. This is one of the two GM Dealer team cars from the previous season, and was driven by Denny Hulme and Peter Janson. The other GM-DT car was driven by Brock and David Oxton, and is now owned by Mike's father Garry.
This is the Hulme/Janson car as it looks now.
[attachment=0]SS Commodore small.jpg[/attachment]