The Roaring Season

I just heard back from a USA contact, he said that the front radiator support panel bracket that mounted the radiator support panel to the chassis was most likely cut and raised up, lowering the radiator support panel to make the fenders and nose sit a bit lower, that way he said there was no ...

Thanks for the info Steve but that's a bit of a bugger as I always look at the New Zealand and Australian racing history first before proceeding and thought the Gardner Camaro was wedged been an old Ex-US Trans Am car, we know the Moffat 69 Mustang(which raced here) had the wedge nose hence why I ...

[ATTACH=CONFIG]44319[/ATTACH] Pete Geoghegan Mustang 1966 NZIGP meeting [ATTACH=CONFIG]44320[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]44321[/ATTACH] Neil Doyle Anglia Corvette [ATTACH=CONFIG]44322[/ATTACH] Mini Sprint, possibly with Dick Butters in the background In the bottom photo just above the Mini's roof there ...

My friend, Graham Donaldson had been a mechanic for the Doug Shierson Team in the late seventies and early eighties and when I saw this race car I had to try and capture it. It has the 1600 Ford BDD engine with an iron block and was driven by Giles Villeneuve's brother, Jacques, in the 1980 North ...

Does anyone know what happened to either of these Tom Donovan sports cars? [ATTACH=CONFIG]42859[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]42858[/ATTACH] The Typhoon is part of a collection in Christchurch. The current owner said that the track was so narrow and made the car so unstable it was scary to drive. So it ...

Yes Jac, when I add it up I have raced a few cars in OSCA. Back in 1978 I raced the ex Peter Beck Truimph Herald coupe. Vauxhall 2 litre engine to a Ford Twin Cam gearbox to a Datsun 180B LSD. The rear uprights were Morris 1100 giving 4 wheel discs. My next car was the ex Hargraves/McComb Cortina ...

I suspect that the Imp is Bill Leckie. I remember that it was very quick

[color="#0000FF"]So Pete, did the ex Nazer/Cossack car never have the Cal Fried Chicken paint job on it? I see Kevin Ryan has commented on a FB thread for HMC and mentioned that it won class B a couple of times so the above articles must refer to the AVO car for the Overall OSCA champ.[/color] That ...

[color="#0000CD"] Newspaper/ Motoraction? clipping of OSCA champ final round at Timaru. Car is at front of pic, was predominately white with red/blue? secondary strips etc. This is the ex Nazer car, Kevin also had a later second car in early 80's that came from UK as a race car shell IIRC that was ...

Steve Holmes wrote:Thanks Bry, I really enjoyed watching that.

Did anyone notice that in the early tape of Bruce McLaren racing his red Can Am car, he was using the number 47, the same number he used in NZ?

I agree , Collins, Coachman sponsored Cortina, also in this one is Brent Bullivant and Bill Leckie. No idea on the white car with black stripe. I think that you will find that it is Bruce Bellis in the ex Collins Cortina. As Bruce owned the Coachman Steakhouse it seems likely. Bruce converted the ...

The very first official Tasman Series race was held at Levin on January 4 1964. This is basically 52 years ago, so I thought it might be of interest to list the competitors, and who are still with us. This listing (in finishing order) is based on info in Sergent’s site. 1..Denny Hulme. (Brabham BT 4 ...

gokiwi wrote:You mean this one :-)

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You will notice the tow wagon of OSCA drivers choice in the backround. They all used old International ambulances. Sturdy, with lots of room in the back.

An interesting aside to the Miss Victorious story. Back in 1979 I would go down to AJ Automotive in Hornby to help Alec Dickie and Dod McFetrish when I was on night shift. Alec, and his father Ken, as we all know built a 327 powered Victor for OSCA racing. Alec told me of Jack leaving Miss ...

The 16 cylinder Auto Union that did demonstration laps [ATTACH=CONFIG]30646[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]30647[/ATTACH] Couple of unusual Porsches [ATTACH=CONFIG]30648[/ATTACH] an English Hot-rod, a bit of Anglo-American - thanks Sidney Allard [ATTACH=CONFIG]30649[/ATTACH] American Hot-Rod, NO, a 1946 ...

The way I understand it is that the car was built to run in Shellsport but due to new rule changes/interpretations the car was deemed ineligible and did not or ever race in the Shellsport Championship which was 0-2000cc with weight limits for various engine sizes ( from memory ).These changes came ...

Hi Rod, I sold it to Don Grindlay of Christchurch who used it for a short period before moving on to a RX7. As you know Rex had it built by Peter Bruin, Bill Shiells etc to race in Shellsport. However rotary's were subsequently ruled out by those in power so Rex traded it on to me. I competed very ...

spinner32 wrote:The shell is sitting in the back of my shed, Rod. It needs a total rebuild, and will be a long project.

However, any photos and information would be appreciated.

The only other shot I got and it was in the background again. [ATTACH=CONFIG]26878[/ATTACH] The #15 Commodore looks very similar to the car Steve Ross, from Dunedin, raced in Sports Saloons in the 90's. Same colour, same wheels. The big deal at that time was that it was a genuine GpA car. I believe ...

Rod Grimwood wrote:Welcome John, where did the Findlay RX3 go after you had it.

The shell is sitting in the back of my shed, Rod. It needs a total rebuild, which will be a major project.
It is my intention to restore the car once rotaries are accepted into historics in the SI. e.g Skope