The New Zealand built Ford...'Sports Sedan'.........'Gentleman' Jim Richards

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Topgear wrote:Steve, do you know if this car is for sale?


Topgear, I subjested the Big M Falcon is 'For Sale' in the Roaring Seasons 'CARS FOR SALES / WANTED' section.... and to answer your Question 'Yes !!!!.....Graham has arrived at that 'Cross Road' we often find ourselves in on a large project,be it a Bathroom that encompassed 2/3rds of the house or an 'historic' race car,the responsibility in such a project is to keep it as much as possible 'True to the original plan',Question is, What Day do we build it to represent,??? what 'livery'???,its all about 'research,'research,'research and more 'research,there is a huge commitment, to past 'Glory Days' and Graham has a Lovely young family that are asking the usual questions ..."Can I Have A Horse"?......Dad!!..."Dad', when can will take me 'Go-Karting"??????????????...so its time in Grahams world for somebody to 'take-over' the 'Cosmetics' department of the 'Big M' project....................this comes with a considerable amount of 'Soul' searching and absolutely no Pressure from the Family,they In fact disagree with this path,but !!!!..

Graham has a Single price for the complete package,that comes with his total support to the 'new Caretaker' of the project...AUD$225000...No offers will be considered,a singular transaction is simple,not complicated and as stated..with full support to assist the completion,complicated deals are strictly that,complicated...........the list of parts is massive,the effort that has been put into collecting the correct parts has been long and exspensive process.......the Gurney/Weslake is complete and yet to be run on the Dyno,this engine has over $70k invested, built by the Nearly 'Famous' ;) Pat Purcell.......anybody Interestd please PM me as Graham has asked for me to find a 'Good home' for his Project "BiG M'...............Regards thunder427/Myle Johnson :cool: :cool:
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Graham has done an amazing job with this car, and it has obviously gone to the right owner who saved it when these old cars really weren't considered important to most. I hope he can find the right person to sell it to. This is definitely one car that needs to be completed and raced again. Thanks for the update Myles.
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Oh, by the way, my favourite guise was its first season, before the big wing. Man that was a sleek looking race car!
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Come on Powerball.
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david5 wrote:Come on Powerball.


Sadly i did'nt win so my 2013 entry's for the ASSC have been canned ;) was a good line up though.. Tony Endmondson reunited with his Alfa, Glen Seton in the Baily 300ZX and myself in a Harry Lefoe inspired Ford powered Hyundai Getz :p
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Bondy wrote:Sadly i did'nt win so my 2013 entry's for the ASSC have been canned ;) was a good line up though.. Tony Endmondson reunited with his Alfa, Glen Seton in the Baily 300ZX and myself in a Harry Lefoe inspired Ford powered Hyundai Getz :p


As long as you paint the Alfa in the Elfin scheme I'll come & polish it for you.
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Bondy wrote:Sadly i did'nt win so my 2013 entry's for the ASSC have been canned ;) was a good line up though.. Tony Endmondson reunited with his Alfa, Glen Seton in the Baily 300ZX and myself in a Harry Lefoe inspired Ford powered Hyundai Getz :p


Boy that Edmonson Alfa was/is a neat car!

Long time Sports Sedan racer Kerry Baily had a Nissan 300ZX for several years, but not many people know that 1986 Bathurst winner Graeme Bailey also had a Nissan 300ZX Sports Sedan built, which was hardly ever raced.
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Steve Holmes wrote:Boy that Edmonson Alfa was/is a neat car!

Long time Sports Sedan racer Kerry Baily had a Nissan 300ZX for several years, but not many people know that 1986 Bathurst winner Graeme Bailey also had a Nissan 300ZX Sports Sedan built, which was hardly ever raced.


The Chickadee 300ZX was neat, Derek raced it for a while, later to Steven Voight and now run for a few seasons by Anthony Macready.
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Bondy, what happened to the red Monza that Voight had. That was a good looker.
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Rod Grimwood wrote:Bondy, what happened to the red Monza that Voight had. That was a good looker.


I think Voight still has it, thats an ex old Whincup car...
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Bondy wrote:I think Voight still has it, thats an ex old Whincup car...


Ended up at champions museum for a while, (and may still be there?)
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.....With a "Bullshit' paint job to make it look like the Bob Jane Monza When Brock drove it...!!!!!
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thunder427 wrote:.....With a "Bullshit' paint job to make it look like the Bob Jane Monza When Brock drove it...!!!!!


I did think to finish my sentence with a similar (but slightly
more tact-full) statement. :) :) :)
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Thats a shame, because it looked good in it's original red. Don't worry Myle's they can try but will never get them like you have.
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I see this car is now officially for sale. It won't be cheap. Its not yet finished. But it is a car of great significance, and huge historical importance.
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