I think it was supplied by John Robinson (his sponsor) as a wreck and built into a saloon car by Allen Ford and Dennis Short. The motor was an injected 400 block with 350 crank.
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I think it was supplied by John Robinson (his sponsor) as a wreck and built into a saloon car by Allen Ford and Dennis Short. The motor was an injected 400 block with 350 crank.
I have this copy of a news paper article which has some info on Allen Ford. He is my cousin and as a kid I remember visiting him working on his Mark 1 Zephyr in his parents garage in Onehunga. And...
Yes fond memories, but stretching it legs on the track was where it needed to be, otherwise I think I would have got into to much trouble.
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Thanks, some pics of the damage, after repairs and as purchased
I purchased it as a road car off a dealer in Auckland with the intention of club racing it. Traded a Mercury Cougar in on it, which I had swapped a Ducati motorbike for. It was a genuine XA GT but it...
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Here is an older one taken on the old Taupo track turn one.
After I finished racing it I sold all the race parts off it and the body as a rolling body to a guy in Thames I think it was. He said he was going to make it back into a road car as it was a genuine...