The Roaring Season

Parts wanted from old car

Was told on Saturday that someone is building Custaxie 3 anyone know anything about it..

Oldfart wrote:I am still hoping that a good result might come out, as it did with Phil Sharp's Lotus Cortina. Roaring Season had a big part to play with that.
Any news?

Is the car back home now?

IT comes back as wrong.. March...Williams..Lotus...Ferrari..BRM...Tyrrell...Scuderia Ferrari.

SPman wrote:What a superb restoration of an impressive vehicle. I'd love to see it "massaged" around a demanding track.....

The starting point almost makes John's Monaro restoration look easy........!

Now......wheres the Custaxie buried.....?

Yes where the hell is cus1

Always like going to Manfeild when the likes of Graham Barnes are there only went on Friday & Saturday..not too many turned up to see this meeting...I did have a wee smile on when I saw the new paint on the right side of Cus 2..they are getting there..just make them as wide as they were on the old ...

So what is it now.".Manfeild Circuit Chris Amon"..or "Chris Amon Motorsport Park..for me Manfeild will always be Manfeild.

Name of car thanks.

Name of this car thanks.

This takes me back.. I did all the work to put this car on the road before selling it on.. I primered it all grey before doing so..Someone has put the stripes back on after I sold it.

What a great too days Friday and Saturday...pissing down today when I got up..has stopped now may be all right for today not going.The driver of the day on Saturday has to be Graham Barnes in his Capri..on the Friday 3rd gear let go they fixed it that night and came back Saturday talk about driving ...

Rod Grimwood wrote:Think more than 2 finished, they all good drivers.

Good drivers,yes.

The best too drivers got there in the end.

I recently had the incredible experience of attending my first ever NASCAR race. Unbelievable time. Although I am a veteran of over 50 years of attending races in Oz, this was a whole new world. I thought some random thoughts may be of interest to readers. I accept that this is not racing history ...

I was told that there is a new superstock being built up to run on Manfeild, if you take the time and walk around the pits at most speedway tracks and have a good look at how some of these superstock are put together, with a little work here and there you could have one hell of a ride out there.

Man I miss that circuit, it just had a magical aura to it and I kinda liked running the old sidchrome and the pre65 mustang there being left hook it was good being by the inside of the corner for a change. I can still remember the HQ boys when we camped at the track, man did they party hard and ...

Thanks BMCBOY- first time I have ever seen pix of Bartley V8 Cortina. Who built it, running gear-5845 cubic inch-,who also ran it, and I have read it still exists? Assume thats an Anglia behind Rod? Bartley built it and said it is still around in a shed,was also raced by Bruce Robertson last time I ...

No apologies as this is a mix of pics, but a trip to the speedway to support number 1 grandson who has given up motocross to be a sidecar swinger. [CENTER] [ATTACH=CONFIG]28043[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]28044[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]28045[/ATTACH] Had to wait for ages to see him run - then here they ...

Thanks for that great info everyone! You guys really know your stuff! When those pics were posted I did wonder if it might have been the Tim Buxton Falcon. But I do vaguely recall seeing that car race when Buxton first had it converted into a Sports Sedan, back in the early/mid 1990s, and from ...