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Re: Vale...Des West

by Rod Grimwood » Fri Aug 30, 2013 2:03 am

Thanks Darren good info, and move by Pete by sound of it.

Re: Vale...Des West

by darren » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:22 am

@ Rod Grimwood. Des replaced Pete Geoghegan in Geoghegans Charger at Bathurst 1973. He was teamed with Bill Brown. They lasted 11 laps before the Charger broke valve springs. Pete went on to win with Allan Moffat.

Re: Vale...Des West

by Ellis » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:16 am

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Re: Vale...Des West

by mid-year » Mon Aug 26, 2013 9:28 pm

67E was ( I think) Yellow Glo with a white interior which was an unusual PH3 colour combination and I remember looking at 13D in the pits at Bathurst 1972 and it had been painted a wild candy dark blue which was very distinctive,a pity the clutch let go on lap 26.


Regards Pete.

Re: Vale...Des West

by Ellis » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:59 pm

Rod Grimwood wrote:And maybe his last Bathurst effort.


Rod

That pic #67E (Yellow Wright Ford) is 1971 (8th Outright)
He used the same car in 1972 but painted Blue #13D (Gold Power Auto) in other pic (dnf)

Regards
Ellis

Re: Vale...Des West

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:16 pm

And maybe his last Bathurst effort.
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Re: Vale...Des West

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:13 pm

Some more
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Re: Vale...Des West

by Rod Grimwood » Mon Aug 26, 2013 8:11 pm

There was a very good article in Australian Muscle Car about a year ago about Des West.

Some of the cars that Des drove.
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Re: Vale...Des West

by darren » Mon Aug 26, 2013 12:56 am

I don't believe he was related to Phil West.

Re: Vale...Des West

by Michael Clark » Sun Aug 25, 2013 9:53 am

Any relation to Phil West who shared a Monaro with Jimmy Palmer at Bathurst in 68?

Re: Vale...Des West

by Steve Holmes » Sun Aug 25, 2013 5:01 am

Very sad to hear, what an amazing guy, and legendary driver. RIP Des.

Re: Vale...Des West

by darren » Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:13 am

Sad news indeed. Condolences to his family. Des was certainly a character and a very likeable and approachable bloke.

Re: Vale...Des West

by Jay Bowden » Sun Aug 25, 2013 4:08 am

Sad news

Vale...Des West

by Ellis » Sun Aug 25, 2013 12:59 am

Des has succumbed to cancer.

He came to notice in his famous Humpies and progressed to the Holden Dealer Team entered Monaros with one P Brock in 1969 where they ran 3rd at Bathurst.

Also did Bathurst over many years in a variety of makes and in 71 and 72 in Gtho Ph3 and later years a lot of charity work.

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