The Roaring Season

What a great weekends racing by great people at Teretonga. Thank you guys for coming all this way.
I hope you all enjoyed yourselves.

I dont know if this is going to work. A long time since I have done it.
i PICKED THIS UP AT rOTARY BOOK SALE.

One of these MK 1 Cortinas would have been purple at one time. 74/5/6. I did some guard flaring and paint touch up on a Chev powered one. Dont remember his name but he worked at Sandridge hotel burger bar at nights.

Here is another by Bruce Carter.

I think you are right about the rebody. Maybe by one of the Heslin brothers.

I remember this car. Avon Hyde drove it for a while then Dean Kirk had a go. Clyde either owned it or ran the team. May have come to nz to Sydnham Park via Rob Kenard. May be wrong as a few came about that time. Eddie's first was about that time. May have done a season later by Ryan of boat racing ...

In Dunedin with Tony Mann. Races it regulaly at Teretonga etc. I missed a great photo oppertunity at feb classic race meeting. No 1 and 2 on the grid were metallic blue old O.S.C.A. Capri's. Could have been early 70's line up.

Hi car mad. Ian here. Can assume you are OSCA fan. So am I. I man the infield track crossing gate at Teretonga. See you Saturday or Sunday. Cheers.

It surely is Paul. Live in Invercargill now. Will be up at Xmas for family and friends and will try to catch you then.

Hi 105 angria. Probly berore I khew him but sounds right. Always was and still is a petrolhead. Living in Brisbane. His son races speedway salons very succesfully. Sorry Steve for confusion. Yes definatly same engine. Photo is in Monza speedway salon re Paul Kirks earlier post. Paul your Viva went ...

Wow, Ian, thanks so much for posting these. What a stunning piece of kit! Is that the engine bay of the Cortina its fitted into? No sorry Steve the Cortina ute was 2.5L v6 powered. The Weslake headed Chev was used in the Roy Granger speedway Monza as discussed by Paul Kirk. Paul claimed to have a ...

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Hi guys. First post for me. Re the Weslake chev engine. What Paul did with this engine was truly amazing. I was Roy Grangers crew during this time. Ihave photos with roker covers off that i will post Cheers IAN. Paul,that is one good summary of events there in your final sentence you say you had a ...