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Aussie visitor Peter Fitzgerald in the Porsche 911. Did this car race anywhere other than Bay Park during its NZ visit?
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Does anyone know whose Escort this is? This car intrigues me. There was a MkI Escort built in the Wairarapa by Wayne Fuller, initially with an FVA motor from the Paul Fahey Alan Mann car, then it had a small block Chevy with cross ram intake fitted. Graham Berry did the fabrication work. It went like stink in a straight line but the handling was never fully sorted. It only ran for one season with the Chevy under Fullers ownership, with Masterton car dealer Roger Brader at the wheel. Then it was sold.
Its always fascinated me, and I wonder what happened to it. The car pictured here looks a lot like it, only with a new paint job. It was later raced by John Scott.
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[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;59120]Aussie visitor Peter Fitzgerald in the Porsche 911. Did this car race anywhere other than Bay Park during its NZ visit?
To quote Jim Barclay in an article he sent me before the Porsche Festival:
Peter Fitzgerald (Aus) brought his Porsche 911 to the Bay Park ‘New Year’ meeting held on 28th December 1980. As the meeting progressed the car was seen to be smoking badly. Although the 911 was entered to race at Pukekohe in January 1981, a new crankshaft had not arrived in New Zealand in time for it to be fitted to the Porsche engine, so the Pukekohe entry was scratched.
Peter Fitzgerald was 3rd in the 1981 Australian Sports Car Championship behind winner, John Latham in his Porsche Turbo and Murray Bryden’s Lotus 7 S4. In 4th place was John Walker in the Magnum Wheels sponsored Porsche Turbo.
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Jim Palmer ran a Porsche at one stage. Where did that car come from?
Steve, that is it just before John bought it. It had a stroked Chev and was converted for the 4.5 class. John Scott had Steve Millen do a couple of events in the Escort. Spent a couple of days at Puke trying to sort out the handling, and did changes to front set up and transfered a bit of weight to rear. it definately did handle better and as you say was quick in straight line. It had potential. Unfortunately it was never in the Leckie Capri league and a Capri was easier to convert with extra size etc. it was on sold to someone who raced it at Puke club meets for awhile and last i heard was it sat for ages and ended as a dirt track car.
Hopefully some one will have more info.
Jim Palmer bought Brian Foley's Chesterfield Porsche 911.
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Thanks Rod, thats great info. I had a real interest in the car because it was built locally to where I live. I contacted Wayne Fuller and he told me he sold it to Warren Steel in the Hawkes Bay. As you say, it was fitted with a smaller Chevy engine to fit the 4.2 litre championship rules, but Steel had eyesight problems and failed his eyesight test for his racing licence. So he never got to race it, and sold it once more.
OK, couple shots now of the wild Graeme Addis Charger. The top photo is one of the cars earlier guises, where the motor was still in front of the driver. The second shot is its final guise, with rear engine, driver adjustable rear wing, ground effects etc.
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Bryce Platt ShellSport Escort. This is a real pretty car. I like the kydney bean mags, which was something different to Milites, or BBS mesh-style wheels etc.
Does it still exist?
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Former Paul Fahey RS2600 Capri, now driven by Grant Walker.
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Pretty sure this Commodore was one of Trevor McLean's? The flares are cool. Does it still exist?
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There were a few teams during the '70s who built V8 powered Victors. The most successful was that of Jack Nazer.
This is another variant, the Greg Lancaster machine. Lancaster raced this car on a pretty tight budget at the time. This was before he made his wealth teaming up with Roger Bhatnager. It had at least one bad shunt, plus a fire, and I'm pretty sure it no longer exists.
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Is this the same day he got the smack in the tail and the passenger side door pushed in-
http://www.wares.co.nz/articles/2016...reg-lancaster/
BTW- nice HK GTS Monaro behind it.
Neat shot here of Kevin Haig's Shelby Mustang, which was a sister car to the one raced by Red Dawson. This car is now part of the extensive Bowden collection in Queensland.
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Halliday Capri, time two.
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ShellSport action.
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Rex Hart Escort. What a pretty car this is. Does it still exist?
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And again.
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Mini 7 action. I loved this class.
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Car 20 is my car, Mk6 Titan but with side mtd radiators. I think started as an eric morgan car, then Ray willis ( car 83 in the following programme ) he broke his leg in it at Bay park. Bat park was the bogey for that car, I had my big one there flipping over Malcolm Webb. Larry Mulholland bought the remains. I think thats an Elden behind, maybe mark scott who went on to be part of Riley & Scott
There was always plenty of action in the Formula Ford races over the years.
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Ross. This is the FF entry at the 7 April 1974 meeting at Pukekohe. Should help you identify some more of your shots.
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Roos. This is the 6 December 1981 FF entry.
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Brilliant thanks Milan - I have put them on file to upgrade my scans.
Steve,
Is it possible to add these to the Formula Ford thread, assuming Ross is happy with that? These photos together with Milan's programs are pure gold.
Can you include the ones on page 6 (#113 to #123) too please?
It seems there is a range of years here, for example photo 3 on #145 is me in the WDF2 Palliser crossed up going into the top chicane at Pukekohe behind Brett Riley in his Titan so must be '73 - '74 season while the next shot down is Brett ahead of Grant Walker in the Begg JM1 and Titan cars they ran in '74 - '75.
I went had had a quick look at this yesterday and took a few shots.
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OK, after somewhat of a break while I finish off my books, finally, here is a new update from Ross' stunning collection. Can someone ID?
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My favorite race car when I was a kid! Wayne Huxford's wicked Ford Capri. This was the cars original guise, which was the way I loved it most before it sprouted wings. It was powered by the fuel-injected Morand Chevrolet from the old David Oxton Begg FM5, back when you could pick up old F5000 motors for cheap.
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This is the entry list for the FF races at the April 1 1979 meeting at Pukekohe.
Mike Finch won both races in the Cuda IV with Malcolm Webb in the Lotus 69 second both times.
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Neat close-up action shot of Ian Algie's amazing Alfetta.
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Bill Leckie in his Chev F5000 Capri in its early guise, from the 1976 season. This car was built to contest the 4.2 litre championship, but would eventually get fast enough to compete for outright race wins. Looks like Rex Hart just ahead.
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Jack Nazer's Victor Chevy. I assume this is either late in the 1976 season or early in the 1977 season. Its wearing the 1976 season colour scheme, but the NZ Freighters writing is gone.
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Assuming this fits with Milan's programme posted above, possible Ian Capewell?
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More of the Bill Leckie Capri, again from the 1976 season, and then in its later 1977 guise, as it was best remembered.
The 1977 photos show Jim Richards at the wheel at Pukekohe following a mechanical failure with the Sidchrome Mustang at an earlier event. Bill was still suffering from the burns he'd received when the car caught fire at Manfield a few weeks earlier. The Capri had been repaired, Richards had no car, the rest is history. Richards actually broke the outright Saloon Car lap record at this event.
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