The Roaring Season

I have already submitted the story on Johns Capri the build etc

The Europas shown have the 2 pane door glass making them S2. production 1968 onwards, and those with the secondary indicator nacelle lamps show that these would be 1969 As there are no black ones there-JPS commorative-, this is before 1972,-wikkipedia. Imported CKD and assembled here Renault motors ...

Help wanted I am looking for a copy of the 1977 Peter Stuyvesant Formula Pacific series Wigram program for one of the drivers willing to pay fair price

A good guy absolutely loved his motor sport

Yes that's the car Steve Dymand bought of Ron Dickson ended up in OSCA trim

Prince Bira I think

Steve Holmes wrote:Frank Matich enters the track, again, sans lower bodywork, in his Brabham.

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Matichs helmet would have been immaculate wasn't he the local agent for Bell helmets and advertised "'If you have a ten dollar head buy a ten dollar helmet'"

928 wrote:driver cooling I understand. also used at monaco by Stirling Moss.

I recall seeing Stirling Moss do the same thing at Warwick Farm I think a Lotus 18

The leading car is TVR Grantura that Kevin Bartlett sometimes drove for the TVR distributor Peter Owen it was also driven byGraham Wood using his own crossflow B series engine from his own MGB it was later sold back to the UK where it is raced in Historic events

Just as an aside Grahame Baker and Charlie Obrian race one at Silverstone owned by Earle Mcrae from Southplant Hire I think it was an ex factory car

Steve just some info on the Dymand Capri I was involved in the build of that car John purchased the bodyshell from Brabham Ford at Greenacre in Sydney off Austin Taurenac it was built to the Australian Sport Sedan regs ie motor almost mid engine a lot of the work was done at Idlewild performance ...

The Imperial Hotel

Hi to I am an Aussie born at Bathurst grew up next door to Barry Gurdons garage where all the racers of the 40s and 50s would tend to their cars Easter meetings and October for the Bathurst 100 open wheeler events involved in road Racing Speedway at the old Sydney Showground and drag racing went to ...