Thanks Dale.
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Thanks Dale.
Thats not Kevin Bartlett in the Lotus is it? Looks like it could be #21 on the hood, though hard to say.
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On the assumption these are still Dec 65 shots...
The Super Seven is listed as follows in Event #4 'Clubman & Special Category Racing Car Race' - #21 Total (West Ryde) S/Stn/J Tuxford Lotus Super 7 Ford 1475 Blue. I'll leave it to someone else to identity the rollbar from the following car though! Unless you have another angle Steve.
The other photo shows what is possibly Event 7 'Sports Car Race - Division 2' #5 Ian Hindmarsh Motors entry for either Ian or K Walters Hunter 179, ahead of #53 Trevor Meehan in the Mini Din.
Awesome! This is really great stuff, thanks for posting.
Here are the next ones:
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The leading car is TVR Grantura that Kevin Bartlett sometimes drove for the TVR distributor Peter Owen it was also driven byGraham Wood using his own crossflow B series engine from his own MGB it was later sold back to the UK where it is raced in Historic events
Thanks Greg, yes absolutely spot on.
Steve, can these be posted on a Renault website to identify the R8 Gordini drivers?
Here are the Edgerton Renault and the Valiant again. Note the position of Edgertons head, stuck well outside the window of the Gordini.
How are the Cooper S drivers?
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Steve, the latest shot in post 49 with the R8 Gordini & 2 Minis must be the first event of that Dec 65 Warwick Farm meeting.
Event 1 'Touring Car Race (Series Production) - 5 laps.
#44 is the Sentinel Motors/ P Donnelly Renault R8 Gordini (the Edgerton car wasn't a Gordini)
#36 is down as the Barrie Broomhall Motors entry for B Rout (Qld) Morris Cooper S in blue.
The best I can work out for the other Mini is that it's #40 N Kearsley Morris Cooper S. Given the shade in this b&w photo, I'd say it's a Toga White body with either Royal Red or Burgundy Red roof. Both Cooper S being less than 2 months old when this photo was taken.
The post 45 shots, should be from the same Event 1, with the aforementioned #36 Rout Cooper S with #16 Renno Motors/D Frazer R8 Gordini & #7 Bill Orr Lotus Cortina.
The next shot with 2 Morris Coopers (they aren't S types) & the standard R8 should be also from Event 1,
#26 D J Toshock (in a rare in Australia) 998cc Morris Cooper in Grey.
Taking a major guess based on the shade of the Morris Cooper in the background, I'd say it is #29 R Phillips 997cc example. Being either Cherry or Tartan Red with likely white roof.
The Renault R8 should be the #43 Edgerton example in grey again.
Stephen
I agree with Cooper re the second in post #45 the R8 is not a Gordini, headlight size is the clue, the G having bigger lights, and of course later having the 4 light front.
Thanks guys, great info! Its amazing to be able to assemble all the pieces to make the full story.
Here are the final two photos for this chapter, finishing off as we started, with Norm Beechey in his Mustang.
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Malcolm Bailey in the Zephyr followed by, I think, Bob Holden.
Dale.
Thanks again Dale.
My first post here.
There were two Mildren GTAs, both white.
The first was the LHD car raced by Bussinello, which was later written off in Western Australia. According to Alleggerita the chassis number is not known as the firewall did not survive, and thus it is known as Mildren No.1.
The second Mildren GTA was RHD, as raced by Bartlett, then sold to John French and on to Brian Foley who raced it with a later front and a special 1.9 "bitsa" Autodelta engine in Chesterfield colours as a sports sedan. Foley had a big accident in the car at Oran Park in 73, which effectively ended his and the car's career. This car was restored in Western Australia in Chesterfield colours and then returned to the east (NSW) where a collector spent a lot of money restoring it back to original Mildren spec.
Not to be confused with the Foley 1750 GTAM, an original Autodelta car that Foley bought into the country in 1971, and raced with the Tasman V8 2.5 engine into 1972. That car also made its way west (like all collectable Alfas seem to do) and is now back in Victoria being restored to original condition complete with its original slide-injected Autodelta 2.0 engine.
The Foley GTA/GTAM cars are often mistaken for each other. I hope that this clears things up.:)
Paul
Thanks for clearing that up Paul.
But did the LHD 'Mildren No 1' go West at the time of the RHD car becoming available or some time later?
Stephen
I've checked Alleggerita and Mildren No.1 came to Australia in November 65 and was sold to Gordon Stephenson in October 1966. Overtime the GTA was turned into a sports sedan (probably how it lost its firewall) and then suffered a major accident. Not sure if the wreck survives.
The RHD GTA, chassis no. 762561 (I think!) arrived in Australia in August 1966 to replace the LHD GTA. Not sure of the rationale, though the LHD GTA's major races were at Sandown (6 Hour) and Bathurst (66 ATCC) which were both anti-clockwise, whereas the RHD GTA's major races were at Warwick Farm and Lakeside (67 ATCC) which were clockwise circuits.
great read this post.
Where would one find out about the dealer team cars Foley ran?
Thanks Paul. Certainly no great gap in the LHD GTA going West then. I wonder whether it went there just like some of the Neptune cars going West or to Tassie for events then getting sold there. Essentially meaning the Neptune/Tridents/ Shell drivers didn't have to race against their old cars.
Stephen
The Foley dealer team cars are pretty easy.
Tim Schenken wrote off the original John French GTV at Bathurst 75 when it broke a wheel at McPhillamy Park.
Gordon Rich wrote off the LHD Autodelta GTV at Forest Elbow in practice for the 77 Bathurst race.
The Bell/Leggatt Bathurst 77 class winning car (the orignal Christine Cole/Gibson Chesterfield car from 73) almost met its end in a Targa Tasmania crash by its current owner who lives in Melbourne. It is currently being restored to its 77 Bathurst livery up here in NSW.
Not sure about the theory. Remember the second Mildren car went to John French who could certainly steer. Though by that time Mildrens were busy with Alfa V8 engined single seaters and GTV production cars and had moved away from exotica like GTAs and the TZs (1 and 2).
They seem to like their exotic Alfa Romeos in the West. There are a few Italian/Australians out there as well as a couple of serious collectors.
Paul
The remaining Foley car,I bought that of Jeff H in about 1982 and sold to Tim B who in turn sold it to his brother Chris.
had some nice features like,
the tacho on the lhs dash pad.
Close ratio gearbox I bought in West Aust.
had only ever raced from day one,no heater or sound deading.
large brakes on the front
Auto delta panhard rod
Even when I had it ..every panel had been hit but there was no rust.
fast little car,Hugh and Vin did an engine for me,coming back from an Alfa national rally in South A.,I blew off a Montreal in a straight line near Robb and saw on the flat just on 130mph,which i think was the speed Bell had it doing on Conrod in '77.
I ran it with a set of gold Simmons 15x8 all round as the wheels with it were worn out .
I'm pretty sure I worked out earlier that this was Bruce Taylor...Quote:
Malcolm Bailey's car was blue (very pale blue, however) but a check of the Catalina/Wells thread will enable a check of the number plate, and that should settle it.
I didn't check, but I did on the Catalina thread...
That's why I referred to it. Taylor's car was cream IIRC.
I'm still looking for pictures of Bailey's fantastic transporter!