Sidchrome Mustang, Baypark

[Shano]

Leading the Dawson Camaro, Pukekohe January 1974.

[Steve Holmes]

Thats a great photo Shane, looks like you have done a lot of photography over the years.

[Kiwiboss]

Leading the Dawson Camaro, Pukekohe January 1974.

To me i believed it looked the best in this picture!! and offcourse this is how it looked when Jim won the NZ Saloon Car Championship.

Dale

[Steve Holmes]

I agree with what he^^ said. The car looked great in its first guise.

[Rod Grimwood]

So right love to see it back like that. Reckon it looked real mean, and was.

[nigel watts]

This shot was taken in the 80's when the car was [and still is] owned and raced by George Sheweiry

[seaqnmac27]

pukekohe jan 73

[Rod Grimwood]

Paul Fahey just after Stewart bought his car (not Jims)

pukekohe jan 73

[Jizim]

Hey Bob......interesting to note what is on your back bumper and on George's back bumper......I can smell it all now....

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[bob homewood]

Smelling it reminds me Tony,the only way I could ever stay in touch with those V8 cars was to follow closer than close down the straight so you got sucked along ,the number of times I had to fall away to get some fresh air or else the screen was absolutely covered with oil and antifreeze from them ,on a sunny day seeing through that screen was not good news

[AMCO72]

Bob, this has nothing to do with the Sidchrome Mustang, but the Sidchrome Imp. Those Sidchrome cars must have had a secret weapon. At the Bruce McLaren festival I followed Tony Mann, who was driving the Sidchrome Imp, around Pukekohe for a while just to get the measure of him, and do you know my screen got covered in oil mist and other fluids......couldnt see a damn thing. I thought the stuff was coming from my engine, but after a thorough inspection concluded that it all came from the Sidchrome car!! Next race I got past the pesky Imp and stayed there. I was only being kind, giving him a go at the front. Bugger it, thats the last time I'm going to be kind to anyone. Tony and I had less than 1/2 the horsepower of the next group of cars so we were at the back reliving the glory days when the Amco Mini, driven by Rod Collingwood, and the Sidchrome Imp driven by Jim Richards were fierce rivals on the track. The fact that the Amco Mini was ever so much more reliable than the Imp, meant that it actually finished races instead of expiring in a cloud of steam and/or smoke and/or other problems. Speed wise, they were about equal, both having about 100 hp.

[Milan Fistonic]

[GD66]

The fact that the Amco Mini was ever so much more reliable than the Imp, meant that it actually finished races instead of expiring in a cloud of steam and/or smoke and/or other problems. Speed wise, they were about equal, both having about 100 hp.

Still and all, the Brimar/Sidchrome Imp was a stack more reliable than poor old Roy Harrington's Yellow Peril. Now THAT was a quixotic exercise in frustration.... or, "character-building", as it's known these days... nevertheless, it made Roy someting of a following, and we all kept an eye on him when he stepped up to that lovely blue Escort.

[Steve Holmes]

Thats awesome Milan. I really preferred that car in its original 1973/74 guise, but it still looks great in that photo.

[WikiNerd]

Amazing to see the photos. Particularly of the Pukekohe races, as given the dates there is a good chance that I was there. Bob, I wonder if I've seen you racing. We used to regularly go visit the pits, so I've probably had good looks at many of these cars. We didn't take photos, or if my father did, I don't know where the photos are. So, it's really nice seeing these.

[Ellis]

I have posted these pics elswhere on site but it may as well be here as well...
(I originally thought this post was just for Bay Park pics but see other pics on here now)
( Pics Courtesy Perry Drury Launceston.)

[driftwood]

the car in Georges livery is Zakspeed style
are sidchrome tools as good as snap off/blue point?
or is that another tread in itself!!

[jim short]

i have some vidio of george at bay park plus some at silverstone 87 of the 3 BRMs in the pits and on the grid been pushstarted towards the camera ,the noise was unreal even the camera seemed to vibrate. they Mason Wheatcroft and unknown did 3 laps this was followed by 3 spitfires play above for at least 5 min. for a small fee i can copy onto a dvd including about 2 hrs on each disc of pertaining footage

[seaqnmac27]

Gee that would be fantastic Jim can you let me know how much please, and how I pay you as I am in Oz.

[Steve Holmes]

I have posted these pics elswhere on site but it may as well be here as well...
(I originally thought this post was just for Bay Park pics but see other pics on here now)
( Pics Courtesy Perry Drury Launceston.)

Beautiful! I LOVE seeing these old photos of your Ellis. Can't get enough of them.