The Roaring Season

bob homewood wrote:Yep was he a windscreen man or a panelbeater ?

He had a window/glass business Bob

fastback wrote:Hi Steve
Was the Stillwell escort driven by Graham Ritter or micheal Stillwell at this time?

Someone will be able to correct me here but the Escort was raced by Ritter in 1971 and Stillwell in 72. Stillwell almost won the 72 ATCC with it.

Steve,

You're on the money there, Graham Ritter drove the Escort in 1971, finishing 6th overall in the ATCC.

Michael Stillwell almost won the ATCC in 1972, due to the point system introduced that year, which awarded equal points for under 2 ltr cars and over 2ltr cars, with additional bonus points for outright positions, and the Stillwell car had a good score rate in the under 2ltr class, but often picked up out right positions as well..... thus helping its overall points tally.

Thanks for confirming that Greg. So is this the same car that sometimes races with the Touring Car Masters series?

Yes the same car.
Stillwells also owned the Globe escort but have recently sold it unrestored.

Thanks fastback.

Beechey Monaro at the Lakeside 50th Anniversary meeting






And with one of its rivals

Gary Jackson 71 Monaro in the Group N Class at Lakeside.



Kevin Heffernan 69 Monaro in the Group N Class at Lakeside.

Is this the ex-Beechey HK Monaro?

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Anyone got any info on this HQ Monaro driven by Neville March? These pics were taken in 1977 and 1978, so it likely wouldn't have been a contender against what was around at the time, but still a nice looking car.

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Both there pics and the above HK are from the excellent Old Race Photos website: www.oldracephotos.com

Can someone attending this weekend Australian Muscle Car Masters please grab a few photos of the Bob Jane HQ that'll be present? And while you're at it, a few of the other Monaros from the various races too.

Anyone know anything about these two HT or HG 308 (Im assuming 308, to fit in the classes 5L limit) Monaros that ran in South Africa in 1970... All I found is they were driven by Dick Marals & Dave Clapham.... Might have had F5000 donks in them???

Hey Pauly, thanks for the pics, those are really great pics. I like that MkII Cortina too! I hope someone can help with info. Whats interesting is the first generation Monaro was assembled in South Africa, but they weren't called Monaros, they were called a Chevrolet SS. They differed slightly in appearance in that they had four headlights. The cars in your pics must be Aussie Monaros. They also have GTS badges, which the Chevy SS never had. So they must have been imported from Australia, rather than being locally assembled.

Hi Steve,the equivalent to the HT Monaro assembled in SA was identical to the Australian car but did use local glass,trim and lights and was badged Monaro GTS . The later HG version featured the four headlight grill and unique wrap around front park/indicator lamp assembly ( similar to an XW/XY ) and these were badged Chevrolet SS.All the SA assembled cars had vinyl roofs so I suspect the two yellow GTS,s are original SA built cars.

The 1968 Surfers Paradise 12 hour featured a Le-Mans start with drivers running from the opposite side of the track to access their vehicle,caused much trouble donning full harness safety belts but was very pukka.

Surfers Paradise Drags Late 70,s

Visit to a friend up north the other day, he has this sitting in shed, sat there for about 17 years. Engine has been freshened. Has no urgency to use it at moment. Straight and original.

Steve Holmes wrote:Is this the ex-Beechey HK Monaro?

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No Steve...it was Warwick Yellow same as Beecheys tho.
It was built up by the late John Zeigler of Smithton in Tassie.
John later had a Camaro he raced up almost to his passing in 2011.
He entered it in 2011 Baskerville Historics but was unable to drive it.
The Camaro was sold ealier this year and the new owner allowed
John's sons to run it at 2012 Longford Revival

Thanks Ellis. What model Camaro did he have? And what class did the Camaro race in?

Rod Grimwood wrote:Visit to a friend up north the other day, he has this sitting in shed, sat there for about 17 years. Engine has been freshened. Has no urgency to use it at moment. Straight and original.

Wow, that is in amazing condition! The HZ GTS was released with the new RTS, which transformed the cars handling.