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I notice with interest some pics of Jim Clark in the Tasman Series.
The Lotus 39 is now in Devonport Tasmania.
The car was run by Clark in 66 Tasman Series then purchased by Geoghegans
and ended up with a Repco V8. When sold by Geoghegans it went thru 2 more
owners untill Hon John Dawson-Damer purchased it in 1976 and restored it back
to 66 Tasman specs with a 2.5 Climax. It was auctioned a few years after
Dawson -Damer died at Goodwood.
It was purchased by the current owner at auction in 2008. The owner is an
avid Jim Clark fan.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...ho/photo-1.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y12...Revival002.jpg
This was at Longford Revival in Apr 2011
Photo 3 of post 34, #57, Bryan Faloon, 1650cc 105E Anglia
The sports car waiting to come up to the start line is Beowulf. Built in the mid sixties by Ian Horley from Palmerston North and raced very successfully by him. Ian was 6th fastest and second in class behind Peter Ransom in a Lancer. The car is still very active in Historic Racing. Ian is alive and well and turns up at a lot of meetings astride a 600cc Suzuki.
Its amazing how many photos have come up on this website that haven't seen the light of day before. Fantastic shots all of them
thats actually Andy Buchanan in the Ferrari.from memory a rather well to do farmer i think from wairarapa.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gerard Richards
great job! i took the photos and remembered a lot of them but some until now were mysterys.is the bailey Zephyr corvette coppins old car does any body know? how did you know who all those drivers were? I would love to know!
Yes ,went to Bailey in Tauranga from Coppins ,he crashed it at the back to front Pukekohe Meeting up by Railway into a pole from memory ,remember the circuit was being run in reverse so it might have been under braking ,David Mc may remember
I remember once in that era I went down to Tauranga to compete at a sprint which was being held on one of the straights of the old street circuit ,the start was just up by the Lumber Company,you had to come out the gate and then back up to the start ,he managed a real comic book start by dumping the clutch with quite a few revs on reverse by mistake it certainly,scattered the crowd
yes it does...well the body does, it has swapped a few owners s a body since about 1980, now back with tht owner here in wellington, and a long slow restoration starting, still has those fabricated front guards and aluminium bonnet that gave it that distinctive look...Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
well I can tell you it is the original, it been around the mill, had different owners but he bought it back while living here in wellington in the 80's, rebuilt it with some mods (improvements), then saw the light and has rebuilt it again back to it's original state. I saw the car again just today !! hope that helps.
Can anyone tell me if Peter Bennetts A40 Farina pictured above is the car he still has today, or did he build a replica of his old race car?[/QUOTE]
Peter was in my shop a couple of weeks ago ,and he also confirmed that question ,he actually wants to sell the car at the moment ,probably one of the last chances to get a car from that era of racing
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Originally Posted by hollylodge
If anyone has a photo or two of Bryan's Anglia I would be very greatful if you could send to my email address -
ellwoodusa@yahoo.com.
I worked with Bryan in his last season with the Anglia then his first Tasman series with the Brabham Climax but most of the pics I shot have been lost.
Currently I have a LHD Anglia up here in Virginia, 105Es are pretty rare in USA, I only know of one Broadspeed example based in Florida and racing in some vintage events.
Cheers, Grant E.
Thanks for that info, great to know the car has survived. Will be a nice addition to the historic grids when it returns.Quote:
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Thanks for that. I was quite sure this was the original car, I recall reading an interview with Peter about it. But more recently I'd read that the car is a replica of that which he'd originally raced. Thanks for clearing that up.
Amerikiwi - this is from the latest Classic Car magazine and may put you one step closer to that photo - "One of Bryan's old Levin mates, Murray Whitehead, now owns the ex-Faloon Anglia 105E, still in its original livery..." Article is by Michael Clark. Allan Walton is the editor and his email is editor@classiccar.co.nz
You can probably track it down through them.
This is a great collection of first class photo's thanks for sharing.
Thanks Shano, I'll contact Classic Car mag, look forward to reading Michael's article. Bob Homewood just emailed me a bunch of photos too, great networking on this site.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shano
Also note I had some spelling errors in my original post! I'll have to blame it on the local culture (or wine) rubbing off on me, this region of southern Virginia has an illiteracy rate of (sadly) over 30%. I have worked with a couple of guys who could write their names but not much else.
Yep, got quite a few of it long before I owned it. Grant, message me with your current email address, think the last time I talked you we were at Manfeild when Richard Lester had a sponsor's day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Grant Ellwood
Be nice to see some photos on here frd1, they were real race cars the old angle box
Yeah I'd like to see that too!
Steve, In posting 10 you have Phil hill in the second of the McLaren team cars. This was Bruces 'Slim Line' from the previous year.
The second photo in posting 17 bought a smile to my face. I am working head down in the forground on one of the 2 McLaren team cars in with Bruce Harre (back to camera watching on). Tyler Alexander is without a shirt on the far right and half of Teddy Mayer is next to him.
What bough the smile was Jimmy Clark denting the roof of his Rental Car with his elbows in the back ground. He had run into the back of Bruce McLarens car when pulling out of the Hooka Falls 'Look Out' and done a fair amount of damage to the 'Renta'. It would have been only moments later than this photo was taken that a man was trying to get Jim's attention. Not being able to hear what he was saying because of the noise, stood up on the bonnet and walked dent, dent forward, to hear the man say "Mr Clark I am the local agent for the Rental Car Company coming to get a report on the accident you had". We chuckled about that one for the rest of the series.
I was a very nervous 18 year old when i took that shot I remember standing there for quite a few minutes before i plucked up the courage to say "excuse me Mr Clark could you look into the camera for a few seconds" he willingly obliged to my surprise, but you could do that in those days.I should not have quit then as there were a quite a few F1 drivers there! But that face on photo of my then hero has allways been on my wall wherever I have lived!
Wal, I love that story! Just fantastic. Its possible some Zephyr enthusiast owns that car now and has no idea who was once sun bathing on it! I'm just impressed he was able to lay there in the first place. That metal under the baking sun must have been like a frying pan!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wal Will
Just thought I'd bump this thread back to the top for those newer members who've not seen these photos before.
This comes under the "What happened to" category. What did happen to the Ferrari 250lm that Andy Buchanan raced? Did Spencer Martin have it before or after him? Anyone know where it is now? One thing for sure.Its worth a pretty penny for sure!
The easy bit of these questions; Spencer had it before Andy. After Andy it went back to Aus (I think) and then.......
Steve, the question did come up several months ago on here, but I'm buggered if I can remember the answer. I'll do a bit of digging, but it ended up either in the US or Europe.
Steve, I found it over in the Kiwi Big Banger Sports Car thread along with current photo: http://www.theroaringseason.com/show...and-early-70-s
But answer as follows:
More info on the above 250 LM here, thanks to Mike Feisst and Allan Dick:
"The Scuderia Veloce car – chassis #6321 – as far as I know, is part of the Ralph Lauren Collection.
According to Road & Track magazine:
“The 250 LM in the Ralph Lauren collection had an extensive and successful racing career in Australia. Chassis 6321, it had a dozen wins in the highly competitive racing Down Under. Among those wins was one in the Surfers’ Paradise 12 hours in 1966, co-driven by a young driver just beginning a brilliant career: Jackie Stewart.”
The car is also listed on the Ferrari 250LM Register (www.ferrarilife.com/register) – although their entry doesn’t mention Ralph Lauren.
Here’s a photo of the car in the Lauren collection". Allan Dick
250 LM at the Surfers 12 hour 1966Attachment 12492Attachment 12493
Steve many thanks I knew the answer would come from someone on this site! I just remember being in awe of that car and remember the few times I saw it.Levin and Puke it was allways out in front! And yes if its in the Lauren collection it is worth a pretty penny!!
Beautiful photos Pete!Quote:
Originally Posted by mid-year