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Allan wrote:Baypark Christmas meeting 1970[ATTACH=CONFIG]15079[/ATTACH]


Love car #18 in the Cambridge Racing Team colours. Who was racing it ?
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3 is Pierre Phillips in a Titan Mk 6, 16 is Peter Hughes in the ex Ken Smith Lotus 41 and 18 is David Oxton in an Elfin 600
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Formula Ford Photos from the 1970's

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FF 50 Puke March 1976.jpg


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Just wondering if anyone knows where my 1971 Titan mk6 ended up.
Or does anyone have photo's of it.
Craig Baird.
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Hey Craig , know doubt there will be some one in the FF ranks here that will know , ps I was asked the other day where Gary,s old twin cam escort end up that Stan bought from him , great hear from you ......... Grant
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While searching for the Baird Titan, could you have a look for the ex Oxton, Walker Elfin 600 as well - that seems to have vanished too
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Hi Mate. I'm not sure where his twin cam went. Love to find it. Hope you are well mate.
Grant Sprague wrote:Hey Craig , know doubt there will be some one in the FF ranks here that will know , ps I was asked the other day where Gary,s old twin cam escort end up that Stan bought from him , great hear from you ......... Grant
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Craig- whats your memory of that car from 1971 or was it just a little before your time? I remember as a teenager being shown the car by your dad at Puke.
I was standing looking at it and he talked to me of it. Nice guy, Stan , I thought, taking time out to talk to the fans.
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Craig , looks like no responce from the local FF boys to date , I have a friend doing historic FF just talked to him. Now this guy either has yr old car or he will know where it is .... Hi Name is Andrew Hollywood from Napier..... you could research from there ... E mail is .... mailto:?subject=&body= or...... mailto:?subject=&body= ........ Yep mate all good this end , do you hear much from Pete? not sure what is happening at levels Xmas meet , if you end up there would be good to have the usual cup of tea ?? Take care Grant
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Michael , I am starting to feel like a detective here lol , If you phone this guy Bruce McCoy [07. 5444770] Tauranga he Might know where Dave,s old car is , now this goy leaves for Q/Land to day or tomorrow ... will be back 3rd of July..... Cheers mate .. Grant
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Hi Grant - I 'race' against Bruce - lovely bloke and very much the man who has been hugely responsible for the numbers in our old fart championship.

We've looked for Oxo's old car for a while - I hadn't realised it was missing until David raised it one day...
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bairdo wrote:Just wondering if anyone knows where my 1971 Titan mk6 ended up.
Or does anyone have photo's of it.
Craig Baird.


Hi Craig,

Do you recall me upsetting Stan at at your first Puke meeting when I told him your Titan was a Valour? Lousy bastard! and I've never changed. The car is about 3 mtrs from my office. Now fitted with a modified Datsun 180B and clothed with sportscar bodywork. I may actually have video footage of that meeting. Drop me a line and I'll have a look.

Cheers,

Russ

ps Happy to deal on your last drive.....money my way of course.
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Michael Clark wrote:While searching for the Baird Titan, could you have a look for the ex Oxton, Walker Elfin 600 as well - that seems to have vanished too


It was totally written off, Michael.
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Hi bairdo, welcome to trs.it's kind of an addiction this site, Paul here, commentator at levels, I've still got the bottle of bubbly you walked all the way up those stairs to give me a couple of years ago.hope all is well cobber and hope to see you at levels again soon. Paul
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Hi Mate. You were not a pioneer when it comes to upsetting Stan.
Would love to see some photos of it. My email is mailto:?subject=&body=.

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I am always in touch with Pete. Must say I miss the old summer series and catching up with you all.
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Yep they are special times , hope they get repeated, amazing people from South Cant, [& Ruapuna] all seem like extended family , they treat people with open arms infact nothing has changed since I left Timaru....& moved to Tauranga , the minute we enter that town the fun starts... lol..the atmosphere is super cool ............
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Bairdo, Mr Spragoo, will have the thermos waiting by the fireplace in case you want a cuppa
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