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Folks, I have a few old racing pics I need help identifying for my Ford and Holden books.
First up is this neat Ross Cammick shot of MkI Cortina. Vincent Panelbeaters appear to be from Feilding. Picture was taken at Manfeild. Any help?
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Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Steve, this is Ross Caske
Fantastic! Thanks heaps Sean, I really appreciate it.
Man , whatever happened to these two neat combination race cars ?
Would make neat additions to the Sports Sedan field
OK, next one. D Clark, Falcon GT (?) at Bay Park, 1982. Anyone got a first name?
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[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;59503]OK, next one. D Clark, Falcon GT (?) at Bay Park, 1982. Anyone got a first name?
Danny Clark
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Danny Clark's car was entered as a Falcon GT Shaker. I guess his name was wrong in the programme.
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But is it 'Clark' or 'Clarke'?
It'd have to be 'Clarke' with an 'e' given the windscreen banner. Most drivers can spell their own name. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ray Bell
Thanks guys, thats awesome. OK, couple more. Castrol GTX Falcons from the 1975 season.
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Steve - these guys are on the early pages of XA GT thread.
Thanks John, but I couldn't find reference to the drivers?
Next one, from the 1974 B%H 500.
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And another. From the 1978 B&H 500. Is this Ernie or Gary Sprague at the wheel? And was Leo Leonard sharing the car also?
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Robbie Booth and Allan Woolf??Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
Leo Leonard Gary Sprague Milan posted this on the Where are all the '70s and '80's Photos page.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
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Yes that's correct.Quote:
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No 70 - Wayne Wilkinson - Ford Falcon 351 GTQuote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
No 12 - Kevin McNamara - Ford Falcon GT
Fantastic guys! Thank you so much, I really appreciate it.
Does anyone recognize who this Aussie visitor was during the '60s? The photo was sent to me for my Holden book. The racer towed a caravan while he was in NZ with this Holden.
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Lou Kingsley. I've got an article about him somewhere. I'll see if I can find it. He was billed as the oldest racing driver IIRC.
Thanks Milan, you're a legend.
Here's a photo from the National Library of him racing at Ardmore in 1960.
http://natlib.govt.nz/records/231275...Bpath%5D=items
There was a piece in the Sydney Morning Herald dated 20 October 1968 about Lou Kingsley retiring from racing at the age of 80.
It took a bit of finding but this is the article about Lou Kingsley.
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NZGP day January 9 1960 didn't start out very well for Kingsley.
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Here is a couple
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Great stuff !
There's also this article about Kingsley's Repco-headed Holden FC Station Sedan.
http://www.thegreymotor.com/2015/05/...fc-holden.html
I agree! This is brilliant.Quote:
Originally Posted by GD66
OK, another for you guys. HQ Monaro as raced on the Heatway Rally.
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Evan Green
Yes and John Bryson the co-driver. 1973 was the year.Quote:
Originally Posted by seaqnmac27
When Lou Kingsley raced at Teretonga that summer he was put up against a young man called Barry Keen who drove a Triumph Herald coupe. The local newspaper gave great credence to the oldest versus youngest competitor. Barry of course went on the be the Begg "works" driver starting with the original 650 Special which is now in his safekeeping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
An interesting point about the Evan Green/John Bryson Holden...
They used some of their surplus power to run air conditioning. It kept the dust out, and proved to them that they should have the same feature in their entry in the London-Munich World Cup Rally the following year.