The Roaring Season

I have 4 minilites with decent tires which I will sell, I has a small amount of damage and were on my race car when I bought them. I am not sure what I would sell them for but if you made a decent offer.... Hello, Apologies for tardy reply. Put that request up so long ago that I had more or less ...

Hello Roarers, This is the longest of long shots. We need a spare wheel for our Toyota Starlet KP60 race car. We have a set of four Performance Superlites (Minilite knockoffs but nice wheels in their own right) 13 x 6in rims, 114.3mm PCD and +12 offset. We would dearly like to acquire another to ...

Not a true Group B rallycross car I know, but I was lucky enough to sample one of Will Gollop's later cars, which was based on a 306 bodyshell, thus giving it a slightly longer wheelbase and wider track than a 205T16. In fact if memory serves Will described it as a 306T16, as it was mechanically ...

Hi all,

Just to let everyone know we have bought a Toyota Starlet. Needs a little bit of work but looking forward to getting busy. Thanx to all who have seen this thread and taken an interest. Hope to see you at a race track sometime soon...

Best wishes,

Art Markus

Very sad to hear this. Never met Dave nor corresponded with him, but as a former UK-based motorsports journo and someone with a great interest in and modest knowledge of motorsports history, I was in awe of Dave's breadth and depth of knowledge. HUGE respect, and sincere condolences to all who knew ...

Very sad to hear this. Never met Dave nor corresponded with him, but as a former UK-based motorsports journo and someone with a great interest in and modest knowledge of motorsports history, I was in awe of Dave's breadth and depth of knowledge. HUGE respect, and sincere condolences to all who knew ...

Hi Kev,

Thanx for reply. Would like some more details (engine spec; YOM; design etc) but definitely interested. Can you email me at mailto:?subject=&body=. If you include a phone number and preferred time to call I will get in touch.

Best regards,

Art

Hi all, Having last raced in 1997 (Eurocar V6 at Brands Hatch) I fancy a last dabble with a little low-key classic/historic racing, before Old Father Time and Mother Nature gang up on me and tell me I can't do it any more. Have a modest budget available, so can't afford truly FAST, but would like to ...

Hi Conrad, Returned to NZ in 2004 after 25 years in the UK. Was Features Editor of CCC from '85 to '98. More detail in my profile if you're interested. Now living in the motorsports mecca of Wanaka haha. I say that tongue-in-cheek of course, but there is quite a fraternity of petrolheads in Central ...

Conrod, here's a story you, as a devoted Escort Cosworth fan, might like. We usually had road test cars for a week at a time, and the three full-time staff members would take turns at taking them home, going on assignments etc. Over the years CCC had given a huge amount of coverage to Fords of all ...

Hi Steve, Good question. It really had me scratching my head, and I'm embarrassed to say I can't remember the body style with absolute certainty. However the picture that comes into my mind is actually the six-light body of the XR4Ti, sold as the Merkur in the States ( so that another thing the PR ...

Some time around 1987/88 I was at my desk at Cars and Car Conversions magazine when I fielded a phone call from a former colleague who had crossed to the dark side and was working as a public relations consultant. "I have a client", he explained, "who has the fastest Sierra in Europe!" My heart sank ...

Until Carlo mentioned Bill's driving exploits, I was starting to think we can't be talking about the same Bill Pottinger that I remember, even though there can't be too many petrolheads of a certain age and of that name in the country. But it's the same guy all right. And boy, was he a DRIVER ...

Read on another photo thread about the Datsun 180B-based OSCA(?) saloon built by Kelvin Cameron, in which he was fatally injured in a testing accident at Ruapuna. Kelvin ran a car yard in Ferry Road in Christchurch, and specialized in sports and performance cars. He had a minor disability - from ...

Brilliant summary. Much as I - for obvious reasons - supported the 'Bruce and Denny Show', I also applauded the effort of Stewart and the Lola T260, not least because it looked so different to the dominant McLarens. More importantly though, the competitiveness of the Lola and Stewart demonstrated ...

Hi guys, Thanx for your feedback. During my career as a motoring journalist in the UK I had some fantastic experiences. However I don't want to come across as a skite or a show-off. I just consider myself incredibly lucky and privileged to have led that life. Happy to contribute further stories from ...

When I was a lad, the fastest and most exotic car in the known universe was probably the Mercedes 300SL 'Gullwing' and it was a childhood fantasy to drive one some day. When I started as a Staff Writer at Performance Car magazine, a regular monthly slot was reserved for a feature on a classic ...

I have looked in vain to confirm this story and cannot for the life of me verify the source, so this is coming from memory. In 1966 Jackie Stewart crashed in the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps and found himself trapped in the car, with petrol leaking from a ruptured fuel tank. From then on ...

Hi chaps, Most of the intros I have read are commendably brief so will try to follow suit. Have been car crazy for as long as I can remember; literally from the time i could turn the pages of a book or magazine. First car was an Austin A30, followed by a '62 Mk1 MG Midget, then a 1970 Mk3 Midget ...