The Candy Apple Red John Riley Chev
Quote:
Originally Posted by
bob homewood
The Candy Apple Red colour from memory started off on Ken Smiths car and I think possibly M & K Smith car painters as they were known painted both John's Anglia and the Lotus at that time
From the Auckland Car Club Ardmore 10 December 1960 meeting :
http://s6.postimage.org/pb7ion5kh/Red_Riley_V8.jpg
Simon Taylor (164) Jaguar followed at a distance by Johnny Riley in a distinctive red Chevrolet in a 3-lap(!) saloon race, rounding College corner ahead of them would be eventual winner Red Dawson in a V8 Ford.
Sorry about poor quality and composition of slide - after 52 years I'm not even sure if I or my brother took photo, but it was my camera.
Stu