The Roaring Season

The Corolla which Trevor built wound up being a Modified Sportsman driven by Dave Bray at (mainly ) Waikaraka, nder #5. (I crewed for him) It later went to Dirt track at Meremere and Waiuku. When Dave had it motor was a Hemi 6.

Exotica at Wigram, including Ferrari Daytona, Dino, Jaguar E Type, and Lamborghini Miura. Wonder where they all are today?

This is Trevor Crowe's Chevy V8 powered Toyota Corolla OSCA car. Crowe, who didn't have much money at the time, built this car from a wrecked four door sedan. According to Crowe, it had been barrel-rolled, and its occupants were killed. he worked at Toyota at the time and was able to purchase brand new coupe rear quarters and roof, and modified everything else to suit.

I believe this car later went to Mike Moore, the speedway racer, who circuit raced it for a time, but its my understanding it eventually became a dirt track car.

Pictured in the paddock at Wigram, beautiful Lamborghini Miura. Where is it now?

And Alan Crocker who was in the very first FF race in NZ, and still running, back from Europe for this season.

#74 is actually Paul 'Mr Avon' Dold - still running FF today...as of course is Grant Campbell

Milan Fistonic wrote:Looks like the FF race at Bay Park in December 1973.

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Wow, I count 38 cars in this entry list! Thats a big field for Bay Park. Some familiar names on the entry list too.

Steve Holmes wrote:Formula Fords on the dummy grid.

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Looks like the FF race at Bay Park in December 1973.

You might not believe this but I was multi-tasking - on the phone, checking TRS/emailing the above photo to Howard Wood and re-arranging a couple of books on my shelf - one of which is called 'A Tribute to George Begg - The Man and his Cars'...and then I found myself reading about what it known as 'the second car'.

The book tells us "Warwick Binning converted the car into a Formula Ford in 1971..." When Rootes powered it was driven by Dave Bruton, Colin Bunce, Russell Thompson and Ian Bisman. Ian co-owns the car today with Noel Atley - they purchased it from Allan Woolf.

The orange Ford in the foreground has the late Ross Atkins' name on the cockpit surround but I thought he had a BT18 but this car certainly doesn't look like a Brabham! It could be the one-off built and raced by his brother Francis perhaps ( the FBA?). My memory is fading but it was about 50 years ago! Francis and I worked on Bryan Faloon's old Brabham Climax in the Tasman Series (circa 1967-68). Bryan, Ross, Francis and Warwick Binning shared a workshop in Levin to maintain their cars. Warwick bought the early Humber80 powered Begg National Formula car and converted it to Formula Ford specs, I eventually ended up with that car a couple of years later. I think the Begg was the second of the marque, Michael Clark will know!

Formula Fords on the dummy grid.

Spgeti wrote:Kevin Greene’s is a 37 and the other a 38 if you go by the grilles

Oh yeah, well spotted. I was just looking at the recess on the side bodywork.

Kevin Greene’s is a 37 and the other a 38 if you go by the grilles

Milan Fistonic wrote:Kevin Greene's '37 Chev was on the cover of the January 1969 NZ Hot Rod magazine and they noted that it would be featured in a later issue.

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Wow Milan, great job! Yes this is the car I was thinking of. I can see why I got the two mixed up. They're both metallic '37 Chev coupes. But seeing them together now I can see they're both completely different.

Thanks everyone. Fantastic info and recollections on this car.

My understanding is that Kevin took the Coupe to the USA with him where it resides to this day.
A lovely man and I bought many parts off him from his business, “ The Chevvy Shop”

Great car., remember seeing it at Hill Climbs, Grass track events at Riverhead

Steve Holmes wrote:Thanks everyone re the Chevy coupe. Was it featured in NZ Hot Rod mag?

Kevin Greene's '37 Chev was on the cover of the January 1969 NZ Hot Rod magazine and they noted that it would be featured in a later issue.

Allan wrote:Levin?

Manfield I think..