The Roaring Season

Thanks for that, it is all starting to make sense now.

I am looking for history on our RT4. It is chassis # RT4/81/262. It was originally bought by Bob Jane for the Aussie GP at Calder. It was driven by Brabham in 81 and Laffite in 82. Ken Smith bought it after this and it became the Apple Car Company car. After this it passed to Peter Haskett I think ...

spinner32 wrote:Didn't Wilson Crosbie, from Winton in the deep south, run a Hawk?

Yes he did, there is a photo of Wilson standing on the bank at Ruapuna talking to Dave McKinney beside the Hawk after he was pushed off in the classic Car magazine 1 month ago.

Hi Michael, no I don't.

The B49 is being rebuilt by us at the moment for next season, has anyone got any photos of car in Rothmans colours from when Graeme Lawrence ran it in Malaysia. Barry Leitch.

It can't be a replica, it doesn't look the right shape to be a 23B, and as for the roll bar it is a joke, it doesn't have to look like that to make it safe

I was asked once by a fellow that worked on British cars if I knew why the British didn't make TV's, he told me it was because they couldn't get them to leak oil.

At the moment I am running the car on it's original Cams log book as the NZ log book has been misplaced at some time. If anyone knows where it might be could you let me know. I have also struggled to find period photos of the car if anyone can help. Thanks, Barry L.

Before this it was the Gitanes car that Laffite raced in the Australian GP and belonged to Bob Jane, now restored in Laffite's colours and raced by the Leitch family.

One thing you all seem to forget is that when we travel to the north Island the distance is very similar. When you are away racing no matter what island it is there is always plenty of help from fellow enthusiasts. Finally, is there any where worse than a race track on a wet day, anywhere is worse ...

Hi Homer, the car in Marlboro colours was Stan Redmond's and was driven by Andy Higgins, I think it was only the paint that looked like Marlboro and not a team car, the Lone Star DB4 at the Wigram meeting this year was driven by Garry Lovie and I don't think it has a NZ history being recently ...

Here is another Terry Marshall image of my RT4. That is Damon Leitch driving at last years Wigram Revival meeting.
Barry L
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That's the one. Here is a photo from the Wigram Meeting last year by Terry Marshall.
Barry
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Mine is the 1982 Laffite car. The 81 car had light blue side pods and mine are the darker blue.
Barry L

When I was repairing the car and sanding body panels the car had been painted lots of colours so I assumed that it had lots of owners or at least sponsors. I don't have any NZ issued log books for the car only the Cams one that says the owner is Bob Jane.
Barry L

That's a bit of interesting history, Ken is looking for pictures as well. I'd also like info on the Ralt RT4 that Charlie Thomason bought of ken Smith as this is the ex Laffite Gitane car that I have owned for a number of years and that we are now back out racing. When Ken had it, it was the green ...

Sure have, GL only raced the car once and photos seem to be really thin on the ground

I'm still looking for photos or information about the B49 Chevron that Graeme Lawrence ran in Malaysia in Rothmans colours in 1979, We are rebuilding it for a customer to run in the Atlantic/Pacific series next year.
Barry L

I have the ex Laffite Gitanes Ralt RT4 and when I was looking for paint colours I went to an enthusiastic paint supplier ( Motorsport Fan ) and he went back to the old formulas and hunted through them and found that it was painted in Gitanes corporate colours, maybe the Cambridge colours are ...

Hi John, I found a team Cambridge decal inside a box I used as a fid to carry slot cars, you are more than welcome to it if I knew where to send it. Barry Leitch.