The Roaring Season

Chassis 90/8.First owner Kerwyn Taylor who built it on UK chassis 1956-58 with de Joux mk. 1 body. Raced at Teretonga and Dunedin. Subsequent owners Trevor Dunning, Gordon Pringle, Graeme Currie, Ken White, Bruce Sutcliffe, Dewar Thomas (who restored the car), Garry Price, Dallas Crampton, and Steve ...

Not sure if this made the news in NZ but in my role as a Trustee of Auckland University alumni in the UK we've been working for 4 years to develop the relationship between the Engineering Faculty (where Bruce studied) and McLaren. We've funded several students to work as interns at Woking, we have a ...

Pukekohe, 1981

Hi Duncan, good to hear from you. Charlie Conway had it on behalf, think the owner lived near Puke....$12,500 which I had to beg and borrow to get!

duncan fox wrote:Hi Rob,
long time no speak. Who did you buy it from first?

Steve Holmes wrote:Whose is the blue E Type?

Malcolm Flynn. He was always pretty quick.

Hi JC1. I can help with info, history, photos etc of the XK120 as I've owned it twice. PM me please, mailto:?subject=&body=

I remember you having the car but I didn't realize it had competition history. I can fill you in on the history…. Car was owned by Bob Barry, who worked in stores at Giltrap's Fiat import - actually think it was owned by his girlfriend/partner. It was only partly Group-A, nowhere near as developed a ...

Great article Steve, really gets to the essence of Group B. The late Tim Bailey used to invite me down to Continental Cars in Newmarket when the Lancia team were servicing there in the 1980s, so I've been a big fan since. Insiders of the time also claim that FISA and one B.Ecclestone were not happy ...

I love that car, and in those colours. Looks fantastic! Lindsay it was Andy Rouse who raced this car in the BTCC in 1985 and won the championship before it made its way to NZ. Rouse shared the car with David Oxton in a couple of events before Oxton took it over for the NZ series. Great looking car ...