A beautiful Milano GT. Any ideas on the driver?
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A beautiful Milano GT. Any ideas on the driver?
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Its Bob Jane chasing in the E Type. Could it be John Harvey leading in the Lotus?
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This is at Warwick Farm's Tasman meeting in February 1966
It is NOT Leo geoghegan in the Elan but Niel Allen
The car behind is Pete Geoghegan in the Lola Climax 1100. He took it as a trade from Frank Demuth for his Lotus 23B.
This race was really a seales demonstration. He painted it yellow and added 8" wheels.
He embarrassed Demuth by being all over him despite being in an older car and only 1,100 cc compared to the twin cam 1,600cc of the Lotus. Geoghegan advertised it for sale in March 1966 Racing Car News for AUD 3,400. If inly we had bought such things, but isn't hindsight a wonderful thing.
This was a fabulous race probably one of best I have ever seen. Also included Bob Jane in lightweight E Type. Geoghegan, Demuth and Jane diced fiercely for the whole ten laps and regularly changed places, with Allen dropping back.
Cusack Lotus 23B had cleared out to win then followed Demuth, Geoghegan and Jane.
THe picure a couple later is of DEmuth in the Lotus 23B follwed by Jane.
Johnny Harvey did share the Lotus with DEmuth in a Surfers Paradise Endurance Race and there is a wonderul picture of the car circulating with only 3 wheels.
Within a year DEmuth was convicted of fraud and that ended his racing career
Think Terry S reply refers to #79
The Lola Climax ended up coming to Tassie. A very pretty little car
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[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;32293]A beautiful Milano GT. Any ideas on the driver?
Its Bruce Leer in Milano 179 in Div 2 Sports Car Race, one of two such cars from JWF Glass Fibre.
The winner of the race was Max Brunninghausen in an Alfa GTZ. He's still going around in a Chevron B8.
Thanks for confirming this Terry. I wasn't 100% sure when I posted that photo, as both Leo and Allen raced Elan's with two stripes, as #7, at different times. The difference was that Geoghegan's car had the red and blue stripes, Allen's the two red stripes. But being a black and white photo.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry S
Steve I believe the Elan was sold by the Geoghegans to Niel Allen, so it is the same car.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
I recall Allen changed the blue stripe over the car to red, so he had two red stripes, and deleted the stripes down the sides. These became his team colours and used here and on Elfin Traco, Lotus 23B and Mustang.
I don't think Leo raced the Elan very much at all, mainly for demonstrations as they were Lotus agents.
One appearance was a staged dice at Oran Park, refer Bruce Wells Collection Oran Park Part 2, posts #16 and #14.
Speaking of Geoghegans, interesting to see on posts #30 and #31 that "Big Pete" on very left of phots leaning on end of the fence.
Also note in #31 the hero standing in the middle of the Castrol sign on the wrong side of the fence as the race starts.
Safety obviously not considered as important in those days.....
Thanks Terry, now it all makes sense! I thought the two cars did look very similar.
Thanks again Terry for ID'ing these drivers. Here is Niel Allen again, in the ex-Leo Geoghegan Elan being chased by Pete Geoghegan in the Lola.
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Jane and Geoghegan
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More fabulous Lotus Elan's. Here Fred Gibson, with inside wheel cocked, leads Niel Allen.
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Here is another shot of the Milano GT.
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Buckle sports car. Looking at the non-original cooling ducts cut into the front bodywork, I'd take a punt on this being the Bruce Taylor car?
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Yes it is the Bruce Taylor car. This was in the 5 lap Sports Car Race Division 2, won by Brunninghausen in the Alfa GTZ, see photo #5 above. Taylor came in 6thQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
It was chassis # 93-883 and was originally raced by Bill Buckle himself, hence probably the different cooling ducts as a test
Thanks for this Terry.
Steve you make it more of a challenge when numbers not visible....Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
There were 3 Lotus Super 7 in that race.
I think it is Ross Goldstein # 38, who finished ahead of Taylor in the results
Are there any more of these photos as they are so very clear?
Thanks Terry, this is great! Sorry, this is the only shot I have of this Lotus.
Any ideas on the car in the background here?
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The car on the very left of the photo is I think the Barracuda Ford V8 of P Wallace. It was of 4,457cc and green.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
It was listed in the programme as a Reserve but most likely got a start
Thanks Terry, fantastic! Do you know if it still exists? Its a great looking car. The engine size, would that be a 260ci V8?
Can't actually see the driver in this photo to see if they're wearing a helmet. But I expect they're not. Pretty sure this Ferrari was probably being used for purposes other than racing.
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This is the last photo for this chapter. Terry, you appear to have a programme from this event. Any thoughts on whose Lotus Cortina engine bay this is? At first I thought maybe it was Bob Jane, but the car pictured doesn't have the centre stripes of the Jane car. Was Allan Moffat at this event?
Maybe it was a road car pictured in the pits or parking lot.
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Yes Steve I do have programme if its the Feb 66 Warwick Farm meet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
It may be Max Volkers of Qld, who ran in the Series Production Race, and those cars had to be very standard(at least on the surface...) His was only LC in that race, and it looks very standard.
An interesting thing I hadn't noticed before about Jane's car (entered in later Imp Prod race) was that the entrant is listed as Ford Motor Co. So maybe his car was actually owned by Ford. very curious.
Agree not Jane's as I recall Jane's had stripes from the start.
Thats a Lotus Elan guys...
Ah, rivet counters. What would we do without them.......:)Quote:
Originally Posted by zombie289
Ha ha ha ha ha. Thanks Pauly, I didn't even bother to take a closer look at the engine bay.Quote:
Originally Posted by zombie289
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Originally Posted by Terry S
Thats it Terry, no rivets is a give away.
Love to have that engine now.
If you knew me mate you would know I'm FAR from being a f%#king rivet counter... Unfortunately I have looked at so many damn cortina engine bays over the years I could tell them by braille....Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry S
Yes, I would say it was Peter Wallace in the Barracuda. I would also reckon it is Ray Strong in the Elfin Mallala in front.Quote:
Originally Posted by Terry S
Dale.
Dale, #35 is an Elfin Mallala, but entrant and driver listed in the programme is R Robinson.Quote:
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I don't recall anything of him.
That is Rex Robinson. Yes he raced a Mallala way back. He has not long ago returned to the track for some fun. Ray Strong raced a Mallala in the 60's that was silver in colour. That is why I suggested him.
Dale.
Re the Elfin Mallala in post # 99Quote:
Originally Posted by Dale Harvey
Dale you had me intrigued with the Robinson and Strong cars as there were only 5 Mallala built, so I had to do some detectiving.
They are in fact the SAME car.
It was the second Mallala built and was chassis # S6315. It was delivered in mid 1963 to Adelaide's Brian Morrell. He fitted it with a 1,890cc Consul engine. He raced it for a year then some Victorians had it. Then Rex Robinson bought it in mid 1964.
He fitted a 1,475cc Cortina engine, but not a twin cam, so it suffered against the Lotus 23's which were mostly twin cams.
Ray Strong bought it in early 1966 and raced it for 6 years. He then sold it to Malcolm Weir.
Interestingly Robinson, Strong and Weir were all from the NSW south coast.
It then went to various Victorians where it is still in existence. Importantly all 5 Mallalas are believed to still be in existence, including one in NZ.
The colour was note in programmes as "silver" but it was actually a very shiny "gunmetal grey".
Ellis, I personally think the Lola looked nicer with the original standard bodywork, as below, but that would have been with much narrower rear wheels than the Geoghegans fittedQuote:
Originally Posted by Ellis
http://www.theroaringseason.com/atta...0&d=1380935050
I think that's Peter Williamson in the Elfin Imp behind Jane.Quote:
And regarding O'Sullivan's crashed Cooper, it wasn't rebuilt IIRC, he bought another car for Sandown.
Martin now ahead of Palmer...Quote:
Originally posted by Steve Holmes
This is a beautiful shot. And notice the spectators hanging over the fence. Very neat.
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Dick Thurston, Stillwell had retired after the Gold Star of '65. Hence his Brabham was available for Mildren/Gardner when the V12 Maserati project failed.Quote:
Originally posted by Steve Holmes
Here is Bib Stillwell in the beautiful Cooper Monaco Buick, sledging forward with understeer.
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Niel Allen, and it's Pete Geoghegan following.Quote:
Originally posted by Steve Holmes
OK, time for some sports car action, and Leo Geoghegan is in the Lotus Elan, but who is ducking up the inside?
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Whoops... that one was already corrected.
The Lola, by the way, was no longer an 1100, it was 1220cc by this time I'm sure. It held the Warwick Farm record for its class at 1:43.2 for years after Johnny Martin set it in about 1963, I think that was the 1100 class, however. It was only beaten after the class limit was raised to 1300cc and much better tyres came out.