I didn't know that. When were the gearboxes swapped? Did Riley do this? I think they were both purchased at almost the same time by the Bowdens.
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I didn't know that. When were the gearboxes swapped? Did Riley do this? I think they were both purchased at almost the same time by the Bowdens.
OK, winding things down, here is the next batch:
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I'm quite fascinated by the Chevy coupe. Can someone tell me whose this is, and what powers it? Is it still Chevy 6 powered, or was a small block V8 dropped in?
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The rally photos I think are:
post #25
1971 Heatway #20 Escort TC Marshall/McWatt 3rd
1971 Heatway #32 1800 "Land Crab" Errol Inward/Morrie Wear
post #27
1972 Heatway #43 Marina Teagle/Harris 52nd (note GC2 was Richards/Jim Carney and GC3 was the Cowan/Scott Clubman that won)
1971 Heatway #5 Triumph 2.5PI Johns/Rowan 9th
post #28
1971 Heatway #4 Lotus Cortina Hodson/Mitchell 1st
1971 Heatway Fiat 124 Dinh/Chappell 11th
1971 Heatway #8 Cooper S Cowan/Johnson
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1971 Heatway #15 BMW 2002Ti Gauzere/Pommelet 4th
Post 44
1971 Heatway #52 Toyota CorollaTaylor/Foulkes 7th
1973 Heatway #21 Capri 3L Woolf/Woolf
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1971 Heatway #2 BMZ 2002Ti Hislop/Langley 8th
Post 46
1971 Heatway #15 Datsun 1600 Johnson/Chivas 5th
In the AMC article on the Total car, Glen Walsmley, the chap who the Bowdens purchased the car from, is quoted as saying that Reilly had swapped the Top loader & T-10 over when he owned both cars & they had stayed that way. As you say Bowdens purchased both cars at around the same time & were able to confirm this & swap them back. No reason was given for the original swap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Steve ,Re post #44. Remember a name Lister i think in a Chev coupe back then but not sure. Sure i saw this car at Nongataha Hillclimb back in early 70s
Thanks Rod, the car looks familiar, I wonder if another photo of it was posted on here at some stage.
It was probably something really simple, like the one in the Fahey car was broken. Or maybe he just preferred the one in the Geoghegan car. David Bowden also bought the Red Dawson Mustang, although this has since returned to NZ.Quote:
Originally Posted by david5
Driving the Escort whilst Gary rode on the bonnet is Don McIntyre, father of "Johnny Mac''.
Garry Simkin
Thanks Garry, great info!
Think that you will find that it was Judy Hanbury who drove and Mary Carney was the co-driver
The mini # 53 in post 42 and the Chev coupe were at a sprint near Taupo, on the road to Acacia Bay if memory serves me right, in the early 1970s. The red Hillman Imp is driven here by Gary Deakin who later raced the Heron TC sportscar.
The Green 222 mustang in the near to top pic is the John Riley car. this had Previously been the Paul Fahey car & may have been an X mark Donahue trans am car.
some were built in Spartenburg SC, by Bud Moore enginnering but this one, if i recall was a Shelby or car craft Build.
After Riley, the car was driven by John Armstrong, dunedin , then later changing hands To Rod McElrea ,ashburton.
I Rebuilt the Body work For Rod on a couple of occassions & re-finished the car , Firstly To Duckhams yellow & blue -white colours about 1973-4 .
later , while i was away in Europe ; it was painted Orange by another guy .
then, in about 1976, after returning to NZ, i fitted Cologne style Flares & painted it White with blue stripes over the top.
An offer to me , by Rod ; in about mid 1974, to drive a few laps in the car on a test day at levels was Gratefully accepted and often comes to mind as having been quite an experience for a 19 yr old.
Garry, the grass track photos, were they behind the milk plant at Kerepahi on the Hauraki Plains. That was a load of laughs.
No Rod, all those pics were taken in the Hawkes Bay area. LF 84 suspects the blue Fiat 124 is Mike Langley and taken at a Dannevirke shingle hill climb.
I am not exactly sure of the Mini ,but from memory the Chev Coupe was a chap by the name of G. Brown from Kinleith
The Mini is quite possibly Murray Barrett in a 1299 cc Cooper S ,that was the number he carried at a Bay Park Meeting a few weeks later
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Originally Posted by garry simkin
Is this the car you are referring to ?
http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/img008-2.jpg
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Originally Posted by Rascal
That would be why I remember the Mary Carney link
Is there a piuc somewhere of the Mustang in Duckhams colours, doesn't readily come to mind
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Yes, that looks like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TonyG
You could try Ron Mcphail, in southport Qld, he was the Creator of "OSCA".Quote:
Originally Posted by seaqnmac27
Also, Perhaps check into The " OSCA 40th aniversary reunion " postings on TRS, Evan Munt now has Most Of the Photos in Archive, I am sure he would welcome Your Query.
Not sure if Ron is hiding under a nick name on TRS but last address for Ron is:
Ron McPhail
P O Box 1332
Southport Post Office
Gold Coast
Queensland
Australia
Mobile (0) 408 539 848
I have a mean DVD that Ron produced on Mairehau, Ruapuna,Wigram and Dunedin with a colour 8mm of many of the cars and specials of the 1951-1955 era
He makes it available on request. My last contact was 2007. Chris Read - Arrowtown
I just spoke to Mr McPhail, can't say he seemed happy to hear from me, however he said he does not recall the McElrea Mustang in Duckhams colours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Read
I also worked on this car for Rod around 1976 77 , originally an Ashburton native , but live in US for 30 years & nascar since 1985 . Work for jack Roush today. be back this christmas , 5th time in 30 years
Cheers
Tony
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Boy, thats an interesting one I'd not heard before. There is no mention of this Donohues book "The Unfair Advantage", but I guess anything is possible?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rascal
My recollection is that the (first) Fahey Mustang was developed in NZ from a non-racer. Certainly there was no mention at the time of any connection with either Donohue or Trans-Am. In fact I don't think Donohue raced a Mustang in Trans-Am, at least not that early
Gulp ! I thought for sure the Fahey car was a Shelby build. How will we find out ?
Edit : I just checked out the NZMustang.com site and it suggests the car is a '66 Shelby imported in '67.
I don't recall Donohue racing a Mustang in the Trans-Am either.
Correct Mr Donohue had nothing to do with Fahey Mustang (or others) I am away at moment but have the story on car at home, so will sort when back.Quote:
Originally Posted by David McKinney
GD66 pretty sure you are on the money.
It arrived in NZ in mid 1966 for the 1967 season. It was built up in the US as a race car by Shelbys and was one of a small number they built for Trans-Am and A Sedan racing. David, I'm sure you're correct re Donohue. He did race a Shelby GT350 in 1965 and '66 in B Production sports car racing, but this was one of the fastback GT350 Shelbys. The notchbacks such as Faheys were built for the Trans-Am and A Sedan.
Pretty sure Fahey just happened to walk in at the right time and he bought the reserve car from Shelby.
Motorman put together a story of the Mustang when it first arrived in NZ in '66. I'll try and unearth it, but I don't think it delves too deeply into how Fahey came to acquire it.
The 1969 New Zealand Motor Racing Shell annual by Peter Greenslade and Euan Sarginson has quite an article about the Fahey Mustang.Quote: Fahey visited Carroll Shelby's Los Angeles headquarters in 1966,tried out a 7 litre prototype but opted in favourof the works Mustang,as raced by Jerry Titus.Unquote.
Re the Chev Coupe and green mini at the Taupo sprint, early 70s, maybe Jamie A recalls them, as, if my own memory serves me right he was there running a Cooper Jaguar.
Garry Simkin.
I'm guessing the 7 litre prototype was a Ford MKII? I wonder if he was just given a few laps just to keep him sweet. It must have worked, he returned home with a Mustang race car.
Gary , I was there competing as well and I still have the result and entry sheetsQuote:
Originally Posted by garry simkin
Bob
Competing at Taupo...as was Alan Crocker with his Renault thingy!
Yes I remember , Gary borrowed a 3 speed HR Holden Wagon to tow this twin Cam around the North Island , I [Grant] was still at secondary school & working at Dads Garage sweeping floors etc. The Guy driving the Escort is Don [Fat Jack] John;s [NZV8's] Dad....Gary is now up in Western Aussie sorting out the hydraulic & gas connections in the big mines & getting very well looked after ... Thanks Steve for these pics etc just fantastic ..... GrantQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Thanks Grant, its really great to have your input here. Glad you're enjoying the pics.