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Believe it's THE Stewart family of Chch.....

Originally Posted by John McKechnie

Would that be Clyde Collins Fordina next to the Capri?



Built and raced by his son Adam...

Sounds like a talk-back radio issue not one for a car / motorsport forum!
If I want to stay as the name (albeit minus the '1') the way most people know me that's my prerogative - afterall I could be...

Agree Haga.....I got sick of TV3 as by Sunday when they showed first race I already knew Saturdays race results so little point getting excited (and usually recorded it then fast forwarded much of...

A fantastic video by the modern McLaren Cars for it's 50th year acknowledging the legacy of the late, great Bruce McLaren....
http://www.motorsportretro.com/2013/02/mclaren50/

Gulf theme & McLaren Can-Am selection...

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Patrick - I can't confirm if a Bainbridge or not but can confirm it's not mine as mine is a S4 widebody chassis from the Steele's jigs they bought and has the S3 'styled' body to fit over it. The one...

That's not unlike the story of why the De Tomaso Mangusta was so called....Mangusta = Mongoose & the Mongoose eats snakes--a.k.a. the Cobra!!!

Patrick - thanks very much....all interesting to me (selfishly!) as when bought it I didn't really comprehend it's history and have subsequently enjoyed pulling together snippets of info.
Lindsay

Old dramas????
You're not confusing interpretation of Lotus history (and NZ's part, or otherwise, in it) of the other posts versus the history of Steele Brothers and their place in NZ as an...

Great reading Patrick - thanks for posting this.
Out of purely self-interest (as I own the sole completed Bainbridge 907 car) do you have any information on both the Bainbridge transaction / saga...

As was once proclaimed (although I'm substituting Weasels with Turkeys) - "Eagles may soar but Turkeys don't get sucked in to jet engines!!!!!!".........

Ha - history repeats!
That's Paul & I, from this Forum, having a discussion (debate?) on that Forum about bits & pieces of information that we had gleaned around the Lotus/Steeles etc history within...

It was probably because CAMS knew that the later Steele cars had the 907 engine, wasn't exactly the best design for a race engine, so made the rule to avoid oil spills and associated bits left lying...

Think the Shannons meeting at Phillip Island in March will probably have a bigger field than at Hampton Downs this weekend AND think if the rumours are right the Muscle Car Masters races at Eastern...

According to a yearbook I've got;
'74 winner was Laurence Bruce in a Mustang (Trevor Crowe 2nd in Chev Corolla).
'75 was Bruce Bellis in V8 Cortina with Bruce Jenner 2nd, Laurence Bruce 3rd
'76...

I have the Bainbridge Lotus 7 (907 engine) they built after ‘acquiring’ from Steeles. It has an S3 body but on what would seem to be S4 wider chassis and also the rear suspension as described in this...