XU1 Toranas the early seventies years

[bob homewood]

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!971 Golden !00 PUkekohe Richard Brocklehurst on his way to winning the wet Golden 100,Jim Richards in the Monaro just behind ,Ralph Emson is in the third car ,with Tim Bailey in the Porsche making the best of the slippery track and the Porsche traction to be up there with them

[bob homewood]

That race was the second long distance race the XU1's won that year,beating the V8 cars in the process emulating the similar success they had been enjoying across the Tasman ,Brocklehurst had performed well in a late season Pukekohe race ,leading the field for the opening laps,he followed this up with a battle for pole in the Glenvale 100 a couple of months later with Jim Palmer in a similar car and disputed the lead with him until his first pit stop when starter trouble delayed him dropping him to second place behind Palmer,further development of the car before the Golden 100 saw a further increase in pace and he was able to put up a pretty commanding performance in that race which was held under fairly wet conditions

[RogerH]

I see Richard Brocklehurst is back racing in the BMW E30 Series.

[bob homewood]

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[bob homewood]

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This was the car driven by Ralph Emson in the North Island rounds of the 72/73 GTX series and by myself in the four South Island Rounds of that season

[bob homewood]

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The car as it is now in Queensland owned and raced by a ex-pat Kiwi

[GTRXU1]

What colour was Richard's XU-1?

[bob homewood]

The first one he raced was yellow,he also owned the orange car above but never raced it before Rod brought it,he had moved onto the GTHO by then

[Mike Price]

Richo's car was lone 'o'Ranger orange. We have owned it for 25 odd years.

[rogered]

HMMMMMMMM, now im confused.

Are you refering to the JR monaro, or brocklehurst XU1
as far as the XU1s i have a feeling both his yellow and orange cars were in Aust but i could be mistaken?
Can you elaborate

Cheers

[bob homewood]

To my knowledge that is what I believe also ,the orange one is for sure I am in contact with the owner

[rogered]

To my knowledge that is what I believe also ,the orange one is for sure I am in contact with the owner

pm sent

[Mike Price]

Sorry, I should have read the post a bit more closely. We have the LJ XU1 that Jim Richards won the Glenvale 200 in. That car is 'Lone o ranger.

[rogered]

PHOTOS and more info please:)

[Steve Holmes]

What happened to the lime green Ebbetts XU1?

[rogered]

Nelson Area i think

[seaqnmac27]

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Dad had listed this as the first race at Manfield cannot identify anyone so any help??

[Mike Price]

PM me and I'll give you Garrys number.
- Steve Holmes, was the XU1 still in Dads shed when you were there the other day? or has he moved it?? If its still there I'll whip up and take a couple of pics.


PHOTOS and more info please:)

[Steve Holmes]

Yes it was Mike. I took some photos of it if you want me to post them?

[Mike Price]

Sure, if you have them and are happy to put them up, that would be great. Cheers


Yes it was Mike. I took some photos of it if you want me to post them?

[Shano]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/benderboat/Production%20car%20racing/Glenval100ToranaXUIEbbett.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/benderboat/Production%20car%20racing/Glenvale100Torana.jpg

[hoco]

Hi, I am the current owner of the Ebbett Motors / Jim Palmer XU-1. I have just joined The Roaring Season & started a new thread on this car in the hope that I can find all the information about this car possibly available, thanks.

[bob homewood]

I will have some of that car I am positive ,I will have to have look and see If I have any taken from the rear

[rogered]

IS the 69 car roy harrington?
if so did this get chopped to his Torana Sports Sedan type car/

If so where did that car end up?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/benderboat/Production%20car%20racing/Glenval100ToranaXUIEbbett.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/benderboat/Production%20car%20racing/Glenvale100Torana.jpg

[bob homewood]

Roger ,69 is the Harrington car,not sure about it becoming what became the Sports Sedan ,some one else might know ,I thought the car in the photo ended up with Ray Olenius

[Steve Holmes]

Richo's car was lone 'o'Ranger orange. We have owned it for 25 odd years.

Sorry for the delay Mike, here they are.

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[Steve Holmes]

Kerry, is that your car above, posted by Shano, car #41?

[hoco]

Yes, Steve it is, this one must be early in the year as more decals were added later & number surrounds were added. Considering it only raced for the one year there a lot of changes. I would really love a photo of rear of car as there was something across back spoiler ?? Two more photos of car racing.

[Shano]

Hoco - my photo would have been taken at the Glenvale meeting at Bay Park.

That's a very interesting garage you have there - apart from various sexy Holdens, a Yammie YZ 250, Triumph (Bonneville?), a classic Suzuki from the GT series, a classic Honda, not to mention a brace of big Webers etc casually lying on the cupboard in the background.

[Steve Holmes]

Shano, thats the ex-Jim Richards XU1 owned by the Price family.

[GTRXU1]

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Dad had listed this as the first race at Manfield cannot identify anyone so any help??

Would the Orange XU-1 be the ex-McCallum/Homewood car?
It looks like Leonard is across the screen of the red Torana, perhaps Leo Leonard?

[Mike Price]

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Thanks Steve, Here are a couple more I took the other week of the ex Richards car.

[Richard]

That would be the ex Homewood /McCallum orange torana when Graham Crawford owned it.I think he fitted the wider rims spotlights and triple delorto carbs and later flared the guards.

[seaqnmac27]

Would the Orange XU-1 be the ex-McCallum/Homewood car?
It looks like Leonard is across the screen of the red Torana, perhaps Leo Leonard?

Mate closer inspection suggests its Leopard not Leonard as you may be able to see here

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[Oldfart]

Very few of those numbers match. If "Dad" had this listed as the first race at Manfield it would not be the Ralta International, more of a club event?

[seaqnmac27]

Yes you are right, unfortunately there may have been a misunderstanding. Not the first international event. But Manawatu car club.

[Steve Emson]

My Dad raced XU1's and strangely Richard Brocklehurst lived across the road in the same street. Also Graham Crawford, 2 doors down from Brocklehurst bought one of Dad's new XU1's that he didn't take delivery of, and he raced it also. All in the same Street of Manurewa!!

[Oldfart]

Ralph was a great guy! His exploits in all sorts from Simca 1000s upwards was an inspiration.

[Steve Emson]

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A couple of shots of my Dad's XU1's

[GTRXU1]

Sorry, I should have read the post a bit more closely. We have the LJ XU1 that Jim Richards won the Glenvale 200 in. That car is 'Lone o ranger.

Does anyone have any photos of the Jim Richards XU-1 in race livery?

[GTRXU1]

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A few more pics of Jim Richards in action can be found at www.gtrxu1.org.nz



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Thanks Steve, Here are a couple more I took the other week of the ex Richards car.

[GTRXU1]

To my knowledge that is what I believe also ,the orange one is for sure I am in contact with the owner

For the last couple of days I have been chatting to a guy in Nelson about his Yellow LC XU-1 that he bought as a “box of bits” from Tauranga in 2004. He has the original ownership papers and the Chassis number on the papers matches to the number stamped into the left hand inner guard and is registered with the plate FH1159 and Richard Brocklehurst appears as the first owner on the papers.

It appears as though Richard Brocklehurst's Yellow LC XU-1 isn't in OZ as originally thought.

[rogered1]

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This is the entry from the Golden 100, I assume to be early 1972
Does anybody recall the driver or entrant of the Torana XU1 , car 72
Driver Graham Wade
Owner Dr James Aickin, (possibly from Titirangi)

[Milan Fistonic]

This is the entry from the Golden 100, I assume to be early 1972
Does anybody recall the driver or entrant of the Torana XU1 , car 72
Driver Graham Wade
Owner Dr James Aickin, (possibly from Titirangi)

Can't help with the driver but I can confirm that the race was held on September 3, 1972.

[rogered1]

Can't help with the driver but I can confirm that the race was held on September 3, 1972.

Ok thanks Milan. that info is a help, cheers

[GTRXU1]

Can anyone tell me where, when and who the driver of the XU-1 is?



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[Roger Dowding]

Can anyone tell me where, when and who the driver of the XU-1 is?



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Part of the ANZ Bank sponsored series in the late 70's ? - 3 series BMW beside and a Valiant Charger/Pacer ! behind - others will know more.
Put the picture on " Old New Zealand Motor Racing " Facebook page - you will get some answers ;
The link;
" https://www.facebook.com/groups/429302310781897 "

Cheers
Roger

[rt6pack]

Photo was discussed elsewhere, I believe car owned by Allen Owers from Ashburton. Rod McElrea is listed in the Wigram programme Jan 1984 as number 777 ANZ Touring Cars. The Charger in the background is Jim Little's car