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It'd have to be 'Clarke' with an 'e' given the windscreen banner. Most drivers can spell their own name. :confused:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/motorsport/82795037/motor-racing-great-chris-amon-dies-in-hospital

Super Modifieds was the pre Sprintcar name. These are Super Modifieds.

http://macgor.proboards.com/

http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/78624925/southland-businessman-and-racing-identity-ian-tulloch-out-of-intensive-care

I can't see where anyone has knocked Rod personally on this thread, and nor can I see any failure to give credit for the story.

However for the sake of historical accuracy, there really should...

The facts or a 'good story' - you choose?

Nothing wrong Rod with telling the story of the Willis contribution to our sport and I for one enjoyed the story to date, but the fact remains the Willis Commodore was not the '1st Full Space Frame...

Yeah right, so you are saying '2 door' cars like Ian Algie's Alfetta, Wayne Huxford's Capri, Graeme Addis' Charger and Barry Algie's Monaro and a host of others were not 'Sports Sedans' and...

Post the 6 litre Shellsport Saloons, the PDL 2 then known as the Torro Toys Mustang was ran in NI Sports Sedan events against the likes of Jim Richards in the Big M Falcon. Incidentally, the PDL 2...

The first 'full space frame sports sedan' in NZ was the PDL Mustang II, which predated the Willis Commodore by about 7 years. Pics attached show the bare space frame chassis amongst others....

John Thorby had a Rover V8 in the Viva, John Harcourt did a bit of work on it after JT moved to the SI. Post JT it ended up with the Heslin brothers who put in the Chev V8

Tony Palmer (TV Commentator) getting it wrong with Rob Kennard's Cortina describing it as a 'Cortina Chev'. Blasphemy!, the Cortina as a race car never was powered by other than than a Ford. At the...

http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/racelist2.php?uniqid=6487

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19850602&id=7jEdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a6UEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6611,948151&hl=en

The boot lid logo looks very much like a Penrite Oils logo.

http://brakesdirect.com.au/media/wysiwyg/Penrite/Penrite_logo.fw.png

Brett Willis' Camaro Trans Am (built by his father Lindsay?).

Derek MacRae's Torana Chev looks as if it might be lining up for the then 'Southern 200' at Ruapuna. Am I right in recalling you co drove with Derek in this Jac Mac? Another OSCA car in the race was...

I don't think the 5.5 litre limit had anything to do with the FIA or similar. I recall it was settled on by MANZ to accommodate the Chev 327, however by that time the Chev 350 and Ford 351 were...

In Blondie's day, the Rover was powered by a fairly potent Leyland P76 V8.

I recall at least one version of it having a Harcourt intake manifold (made in Chch by Rover/Olds/Buick alloy V8 guru and...

Boerboom's 'Monaro' appears to have started it's speedway career as RHD before conversion to LHD based on the photos.

Interesting too, that although a few competitors chose big block motors over...

Good point Oldfart, the Vedette seems to be a second generation body manufactured between 1958-63 and it was 1970 before Chrysler bought Simca. Of course their were other interesting interpretations...

I think the Torana in the picture might be a LC or LJ six cylinder? Did Peter Sloman run one of these prior to the LH SLR5000?

Regarding Blondie's Standard Ten, the engine was the 2.1 litre 4...

I think the Torana in the picture might be a LC or LJ six cylinder? Did Peter Sloman run one of these prior to the LH SLR5000?

Regarding Blondie's Standard Ten, the engine was the 2.1 litre 4...

John Harcourt's Escort had a 4.3 litre Oldsmobile Alloy V8 complete with 44 IDA Webers.

The Johnson Avenger was Eric's ex Wayne Murdoch car which kept the 4 cylinder 1600.

The OSCA Avenger...