Fiat 125T

[Spgeti]

Hi Steve,
I think Dads car was entered by Torino motors as well. I was still at school and must have been 15 at the time. 'Our' T came as a virtually standard car without the engine mods. I ran this car in for Dad up and down the motoway in Auckland for what seems like ages. Doug Bremner who always drove with Dad in the B & H and Wills races fitted the carburettors and stuff at P & R Motors from memory. This was later, after I had run the car in. I was at Puke for the test day when all these cars ran. Remember it well because Dad was the quickest. In the race he was the leading car until a flat tyre sort of buggered the race for them. I do not think we had a spare handy and they lost a lot of time.
They were good fun cars to drive. I think i am right saying Doug tried tuning this car a few different ways, however ended up putting it back to std specs. It was quick, however as the son speaking here, i think that had a little to do with the drivers and not the car being anything special.
These cars are all special as far as the model is concerned of course! I guess i was the only 15 yo school boy who actually knew how these things performed. Flat out out the back of Papakura, ...................we were very naughty in those days.
Regards to you,
Steve E

Hi Steve, yes your Dad raced #31 at the 72 B&H with Doug.

Milan has put the entry list up on 72 B&H thread on TRS.

Great photo

Cheers

[Roger Dowding]

45DCOE, read the story, do you have page 2, .. I thought they were brilliant, I tried to buy a Red one, not a raced car in the later 1970's wasn't happening.. so bought an older Triumph TR4 instead ..

[Allan]

Roger, the only red one was the sample car set up at Town and Country Cars for Torino Motors.

[Ray Bell]

Which gearbox did these cars have?

There were several gearsets... so which ratios?

[Spgeti]

From my understanding Ray, standard production 4 speed 125 gearbox, 4.1 diff with LSD centre. Certainly not the 5 speed box from the 125S.

[45DCOE]

Hows this ?

[45DCOE]

Now for page 3. Images c/o Motorman

[Allan]

The 125T used the standard 125 gearbox (1st 3.422, 2nd 2.10, 3rd 1.361 and 1 to 1 4th gear and standard 4.1 to 1 NON lsd rear axle.
Allan

[Peter M]

Alf Goldsbury competed in 1974 & 1975 in a 125T doing several national rallies also the Pall Mall championship, prior to this he drove a Fiat 127 in various club events. The highlight being winning his class and finishing 24th in the 1973 Heatway Rally.
Back in the 70,s Pio Pio Motors in the King Country ( Alf was a partner in the business )were Fiat agents for both cars and tractors,this was unique at the time the only place in NZ with both cars and tractors together. Different distributors.

[Steve125T]

My car GG7963 also competed in the inaugural Targa NZ with Maurice O'Reilly at the helm so I believe.

[MIKE T]

Hi my name is mike,the 3 of 125 Ts you saw racing at Ardmore in 1998 were ,mine ,Chris Castles,and Graeme picketts.
i have started a - NEW ZEALAND FIAT 125T MODEL CLUB -on face book check it out your welcome to join alot more photos of the Ts and the different places we raced also .Photos from from the early 1980s to 1999 and some original; Benson and Hedges 125T phoros also check them out .

Photo is of our 3 Ts in Auckland for the Ardmore 29 january 1989

The 125T GH399 x Torino Motors Demonstrator 125 T belonged to Graeme Pickett from palmerston North number 101 in the photo ,Chriss T was 97 ,mine 94 .,,sadly Graeme passed away in 2004,,a great guy a good friend of many years.a great competotor on the track .photos of Tim Baileys 125 T 1972m Benson and Hedges .3rd out Right Photos of our Ts at Ardmore Auckland 1989 .

[MIKE T]

Photos of Fred Parkers 125T at manfield in the later 1980s.approx.1 of our club days .also our 125Ts at Ohakea 1987 ..Freds car is first on the left .

[MIKE T]

my 125T with standard air box .

[MIKE T]

original b and h photo

[Frosty5]

Photos of Fred Parkers 125T at manfield in the later 1980s.approx.1 of our club days .also our 125Ts at Ohakea 1987 ..Freds car is first on the left .

Superb photo. I remember these well at the B&H races. Rockets

[MIKE T]

A few more photos ,my T plus others at Atrdmore 1989

[MIKE T]

A few more photos ,my T

[MIKE T]

top photod GH399,owned by Graeme Pickety middle in photo..our 125Ts on thinder park Hastings 1985 .and 125T .GG8049 at Manfield 1980s fiat cvlub day .

[MIKE T]

TORINO DEMONSTRATER GH399 WAS OWNED BY GRAEME PICKETT FROM PALMERSTON NORTH ALOS

[Spgeti]

Great photos Mike. I also knew Graeme very well.
Cheers, Bruce