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I am researching the history of a MG TC Holden grey engined "square rigger" raced in Victoria in the 1960's
The car was Dark Green with cycle front guards and was raced by Rod Cooper
From a posting on the Autosport Nostalgia Forum I know the car appeared in the:
- Boxing Day 1964 Hume Weir event
- January 24 Calder event 1965
Does anyone have any information on Rod Cooper or photos details on this car?
Further to this research, the MG Holden raced against the Ron Kenner R500 special at an unknown meeting in Victoria where Rons R500 special lost a wheel that subsequently hit Rod Cooper's MG Holden
Is there also any leads on this event and meeting?
Here is a shot of the Rod Cooper MG Holden tangling with the Ron Kenner R500 Wheel.
Does anyone recognise the meeting or details
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Pretty sure there is a Rod Cooper who is a member of the Rob Roy Hillclimb
Might be a random guess that Kenny is related to Rod?
Kenny, I have found several MG images in the Bruce Wells Collection, but most of the cars differ slightly to the one you've posted above, and most are NSW based. Do you want me to post the photos anyway just to see if there might be a link?
Steve,Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
yes if you could post them out of interest it will provie useful in my research
cheers,
Kenny
Sure thing Kenny, here are the first of them. I'm afraid I can't provide driver names, but I can provide the year, and in some cases, the month, as well as the track (although you'll recognise most of the tracks anyway), so someone here may be able to help with names?
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Steve,
Many thanks and post any more if this is possible - Noe of these so far are close to what i am attempting to identify
cheers,
Kenny
Did this MG come to NZ in the late 60s/70s as I worked on a Similar car in Whangarei that had a grey Holden engine.around 1968/1971.
Hi,
not sure - It would be good to be able to trace the history of the car and find out if Rod Cooper is still around?
cheers,
Kenny