The Roaring Season

Steve,
Great photos. I was lucky enough to be at the event, should be noted that Roger Townsend was running the M3 of Peter Sturgeon in this race and went very well in the company of some very high class cars!
Such a great event all round.

Hi Superford,

The white RS500 seen photographed inside a house is in fact the ANZ 10 car and the same car that you mention had 4 Bathurst entries in its CAMS book, I think the ANZ 9 car the Fuji 500 race winner is still owner by B Miles???.

See photos FYI.

Cheers.

I have various width 16", 20 Hole BBS Inner and Outer Rim sections for sale.

All are used and have all been checked for cracks and all run true.

List as follows,

2 - 5" Inner.

4 - 4" Inner.

2 - 4" Outer.

4 - 3" Outer.

All $100-00 each, plus shipping.

Located in CH CH, NZ.

Hi All, I have been reading this thread with interest and a little disbelief!! I am quite passionate about Lotus 7 cars, having restored a couple of Series 2 a Series 3 and a Series 4. It is quite well known here in NZ that Steel Brothers did in fact build these cars, if the did or did not have the ...

Hi All,

There was a second car and possibly a third, but not Zakspeeds. Copies build in Asia?? 82/83 period.
Mike Mettan was the driver of one at some point, could have had a Rotary fitted!!!
Sorry don't know more than that.

Cheers,

Gary.

Hi Richy,

Thanks for the photos, Fantastic!!

It was a pleasure to bring it North, the NZFMR was great.

Our whole season was was one that will not be forgotten in a hurry.

Thanks again.

Steve,

Thanks, some very serious battles going on there. What a great time in the DTM!!

Really need one!!!

Love to 190E DTM cars, next on list of things to have!!!

Hi Howard, All going well the car will be back home for the Scope, but you are right it makes things very tight. We are off to the meeting at Teratonga 3rd weekend Feb as well, it is the 20th Anniversary meeting down there. Should be a good one and it is my very favorite circuit in NZ!! The rain was ...

Hi Rod,
I was such a thrill to bring the car up and judging by the amount of folks looking at all the different machinery on display. I'm sure they know how lucky we are here in NZ.
Top effort from the owners of Hampton Downs too, Keep up the Good Work!!

Great photos.

The whole weekend was Fantastic.
First time to the track for me and it will not be the last.
The Zakspeed will be run by Roger Townsend this coming weekend. I hope he enjoys it as much as I did.

Cheers,

Gary.

Hi Les, The name Mike Mattan I have heard of before. I have a couple of photos of a car that looked very similar to a Zakspeed car, it was sponsored by Channel 9. I am sure this car was a copy as it has some Gp 2 and Gp 5 features. I will try to locate these photos and post then. Cheers, Gary

Hi Guys,

Yes that is the car, the video from Macau and the photo from Les are both news for me.

Great to see, thanks very much. Look forward to seeing some more.

Cheers,

Gary.

Hi All, Thanks for the great comments. It has been a long and sometimes thankless progress, but it seems all worthwhile now that I can get the car out to be seen in action again. Steve, You are correct the rear guards, wing, boot etc on my car are the Original items. Kevlar under all that different ...

Hi Steve, You are correct a Great period of German Motor-Sport but a time that is very hard to get information about. I have been researching the Gp 2 and Gp 5 DRM for many years and have been able to get quite a bit of information together. 3 trips to Germany has also helped! The 2 Zakspeed Escorts ...

Hi Shano, With regards to the Restoration and what was done. Short answer is "Everything" Body Shell is still the Original but has needed quite a bit of work, 30+ years of motor-sport was not easy on the old girl!!. All Magnesium components have had pattens made and have been re-cast, complete drive ...

Photo 1 - Germany 77-78

Photo 2 - Wigram Revial 2011

Photo 3 - Car as found in Malaysia 1999

Photo 4 - Car as found in Malaysia 1999

Photo 5 - Wigram Revial 2011

Photo 6 - Germany 77-78

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Hi All, Thought it was about time I started something on the car I have spent the last 10 years researching and restoring so it can be enjoyed again. I will start with a brief overview of the history of the car. Chassis Number (ZAK E23/75) started life as a Gp 2 Zakspeed Escort in early 1975 in ...

Gary Wilkinson here, Steve let me know about this site and very happy he did, there is already plenty to get my head around so far and I know there is much more to come. I think this period of Motorsport was the best,, it's a shame I was too young to be involved but I do remember those Sun & Wind ...