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Photos: The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 3
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We've had huge interest in Parts 1 and 2 of the Peter Mellor Collection of historic Australian motor racing photos. Part 1 focused on Touring Cars. Part 2 was Sports Cars. Part 3 is Single Seaters.
Once again, these photos are Queensland based, predominantly at Lakeside. And once again, they are just stunning! All of them are in colour, and capture the cars both on the track and in the pits, along with several of the drivers. Many of these are from Tasman Series races, so international viewers will recognise most of the faces and cars. There is surely nothing better than the contrast created by mixing period state of the art race cars, with basic, grassy pit areas, that these images provide. They tell the story of an era when even the pinnacle of the sport still retained at least some ties with its grass-roots.
My thanks again to Pete for allowing these great images to be shared here.
The Peter Mellor Collection - Part 3
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Dale Harvey
Not a bad guess Stephen. I reckon that is Bob with the striped shirt. Looks like an elevator boot on his right foot. Who put the blower on it and when? There is a shot of Bob sitting in the car at Catalina amongst the Bruce Wells photos.
Dale.
Dale,
There's a 3 page feature on the Lynx Peugeot in SCW's first 'Australian Motor Racing Annual' - this being the one that covers the 1964 Tasman, etc. Potentially it exists in one of the monthly SCW issues also.
Basically it says Bob rebuilt it to the later supercharged, sleeved to under 1500cc, Peugeot 404 (instead of the 403) engine format. "Dissatisfied with the car's output and performance, Holden decided to rebuild it from the tyres up and fit a supercharged engine for more torque and reliability."
Happy to scan for anyone interested - just pm an email address.
Stephen