The Roaring Season

They WERE Homologated with front disc brakes, in fact TWO disc options were offered. The girlings were the same as what they fitted to the TDF Galaxies IIRC... Of course you could not get these on any showroom floor falcon in 1964... Heres a pic from the rallye sprint owners manual supliment.. http ...

Wonderful pics!

Wow, that 2008 re-enactment is fantastic! Thanks!

Cheers!

seaqnmac27 wrote:Here you go Zombie

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How good is this! (hmm, sorry I dont know how to post this properly...obviously!)
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R.I.P... A true innovator and hot rodding pioneer...

Thanks so much to Jac Mac, 225sloper & spinner32 for taking to time to share info, looks like a pretty tough corty, and plenty quick... I remember buying a photo at a swap meet of a brown Mk 1 corty from the 70's that apparently was from NZ and ran a 253 Holden... Anyone know this one? Cheers

[color="#0000CD"] #145.. McCoomb/ Hargraves Cortina Cobra 289 & again inverted,Hargraves got credit for the rollover after minor contact with front wheel of Aitkens Mini, met him thru a mutual aquaintance @ levels about 5 years ago and had a good yarn for about an hour over lunch .. [/color] What ...

Love it! LOts of media attention for the sponsors and lots of merch sales too...great idea!

Terry S wrote:Ah, rivet counters. What would we do without them.......

If you knew me mate you would know I'm FAR from being a f%#king rivet counter... Unfortunately I have looked at so many damn cortina engine bays over the years I could tell them by braille....

I started a thread on ten-tenths yonks ago and from what came forth, It is now claimed to be owned by a Martin thomas in the UK... No pics or any info provided, apart from that It may be restored... Interestingly, it is also claimed now that TWO 64 427 race fairlanes were built by Holman Moody, one ...

Steve, well done on adding these wonderful build threads to your Forum, I can't wait to see all these Killer builds unfold, and ca't wait to see what you bring us next!

Thats a Lotus Elan guys...

Yeah thats what I reckon Steve...

Dug up something interesting in my archives today, a program from a brands hatch short track meet on october 31, 1965. Never realized that Howard Mardsen (of GTHO fame, one of Alan Manns first employees) actually drove in some races...(car 131) and I also have a pic of the car he raced, one of the ...

Man, wish I could be there! Looks like a lot of work went of behind the scenes to make this happen, well done!

I NEEDS TO HAVE ONE OF THESE!

Cheers Steve, Interesting attitude by Ford given the growing importance of winning these races at the time. You'd think reliability would be top of their list seeing the race duration. Hard to win while sitting in the pits! Thanks for the info. Zombie - Hard to believe no rocker arms! It must have ...