Early NZ Rallies

[Oldfart]

Carl?

[Powder]

May fading memory was that it was someone called Rabbidge, but you'd know better than I would

From the 1973 Heatway Rally review booklet, edited by David Hall:
"It was impossible that Moonshine would not catch someone out for it is a tricky bit of road. The Escort of Carl Rabbidge rolled down a bank and into a stream but was later towed out with little damage. Ian Pinkerton put on a fantastic show of driving when he came onto a bridge whose entrance was already blocked by Tim Dyer in his Cortina. How he got by is one of those things about rallying. In doing so he damaged his suspension."

The event programme lists Car No. 103 as Cortina 1600GT driven by P.Dyer & G.Dyer.

[Carlo]

May fading memory was that it was someone called Rabbidge, but you'd know better than I would

No David, we were down a bank and in a creek after the finish line.

[Chris Read]

Hi Steve
I looked after Shekhar Mehta's 180B SSS servicing in Dunedin during the 19?? rally. Nice person.
Did you get the car with the trick ali block...think it was taken out before the team went back to Japan.
Chris Read - Arrowotwn

[David McKinney]

Thanks powder
And apologies Carl - you can see where my confusion came from

[Steve Emson]

Hi Chis, no, it came with a 'normal' engine. I didn't know anything about that, and I am sure Dad never knew anything about it also. Could you tell any more info about this?

Hi Steve
I looked after Shekhar Mehta's 180B SSS servicing in Dunedin during the 19?? rally. Nice person.
Did you get the car with the trick ali block...think it was taken out before the team went back to Japan.
Chris Read - Arrowotwn

[BMCBOY]

A few shots of GG 42 I located over the weekend

[Tunny7]

A few shots of GG 42 I located over the weekend

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Thanks for posting these photos, they are great shots of the car. Appreciated!

[jamie]

Hi Steve I rebuilt the motor for Paddy Davidson and it only had an iron block but the full FIA cylinder head was stil there it was A verry strong motor and went like STINK Jamie A

[BMCBOY]

Some more photos from start line as they may be of interest

[Bruce Sollitt]

Hi Steve, one of the cars is shown on the Heatway Rally programme (I think 1973) and it is in the colours. I 'm not sure which of the cars that was though, possibly GG43?

I have a newspaper article here which is a preview of the '75 Heatway with a picture of GG41 in that colour scheme - presumably from the '73 event.

[BMCBOY]

[Steve Emson]

Hi Steve I rebuilt the motor for Paddy Davidson and it only had an iron block but the full FIA cylinder head was stil there it was A verry strong motor and went like STINK Jamie A

Yes it did go really well, about twice as quick as my Datsun 1600 me thinks.

[Steve Emson]

Fantastic photos! Makes me want to go rallying again........................................

[Bruce Sollitt]

So; which one of these three Corolla's was the one Vallis Peet owned, or was that another TOYOTA NZ car? I did a bit of rallying in that car in the early 90's

If my memory serves me correctly, Vallis's car (the one that he did the TV ads in) was a TE47 which is a different shape entirely.

Got a newspaper picture here of a Steve Emson Datsun 1600 being hoisted onto a tow truck in Makara, Heatway 1975. Now to find the scanner?

[Bruce Sollitt]

Actually I'm wrong. There is a picture in the David Thompson book of Vallis in the Polysplice Corolla which is a 20 series but not one of the 3 mentioned earlier.
If you'te talking about Bert's car Crunch, that was a KE25, these are TE27's.

[jim short]

Some more photos from start line as they may be of interest
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Tony Teesdale and Garry Smith Allan Woolfe Mike Marshall ect great shots Ross always took real good photos

[Tunny7]

I see there's an RX3 that rallied in the late 70's (in pieces) that appeared on Trademe yesterday, looks like an interesting car with most of the original bits still with it.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=537299626

[escorthvn]

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This weekend is 40years since the 1972 RAC Rally of Great Britain. As you can see I have done my best to make the car now in 2012 the same as in 1972.
Pete

[Lee Tracey]

Here is a photo of it in the background the night before when cars were on display at Hamilton, second car (red MK2 is the ex Howard Collier car now owned by Pete Bryan who has just restored the Woolmark MK1 of Mike Marshalls as well, and next MK1 behind that is Blair Robson's Original car) Front one had Mike Marshall pedal it a couple times in days of Pall Mall. (Been told that GA45 is in my garage, a hint from somebody to get it going I think)

PS This event was 4 tarmac stages morning and 4 Maramarua afternoon, and some only did Tarmac and i am sure the Toyota did Tarmac only.

Actually the car at Ruby Rallyfest was GG43