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Re: Rod Coppins
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:10 am
by Milan Fistonic
From the October 1972 Auckland Car Club Bulletin.
zephyr corvette engine
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 9:45 pm
by mac
Rod was driving the Zephyr Corvette at Pukekohe when it had another major engine failure. After replacing a blown engine with a new corvette short block the cam gear failed causing damage to valves etc. This is when I thought bugger it and sold it all to Spinner Black. I have always wanted to build an exact replica before forgetting what the correct parts were, but too much grey hair has caught up with me. Colin Macbeth
Re: Rod Coppins
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 11:36 pm
by John McKechnie
mac- there is the replica out there that Rod gave the specification to have it built.
Rod raced it at Ardmore , had 4 wins in it 5 weeks before he passed away.
May not be exact, but its close enough to get to what you want.
And he did race it in 1983, Dennis Marwood has run it - it has the history and its for sale
Re: Rod Coppins
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 12:29 am
by mac
Hi John, Do you have more info or contact please.Colin
Re: Rod Coppins
Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2017 2:32 am
by John McKechnie
Colin- will pm