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Hey Popey, here's a picture of your Coupe. Do you have a picture of it in XAGT guise?. Note there are 4 Coupes in this image.

Have a look at this older roaring season forum... "Production-Supercars of the late 70s early 80s"

As a point of interest Steve, Cliff Pilling actually used to own (and race) my coupe back in the 70's (I found that out around the early 90's in a rather convoluted way). Cliff sent me a newspaper...

This car did go to the South Island and was raced by Cliff Pilling. I think he subsequently starting racing the ex Monaco motors Z28 Camaro. I saw the Monaro for sale in a car yard in Invercargill in...

Good spotting! Yeh its legit, a good mate of mine in Aus - Richard Sherman (he used to live here and in his time has raced a couple of real nice XU1's and a genuine L34) helps me from a distance - he...

Hi Steve

I remember the cars well, but unfortunately do not have many photos. Part of the reason I started this thread was in the hope that it might result in photos being posted, particularly of...

Budgetry constraints mean a somewhat limited campaign this season, a few more in the new year hopefully.
The above video would probably be at least late 90's and is of yet another fledgling muscle...

Ian still works as an auto sparkie, I bumped into him a couple of years ago, he now owns and is rebuilding the ex Shane Blind Camaro that used to race in Super GT's, it must almost be track ready by...

Yes Veens car is the Francevic car (I always think of it as the Lendich car - may have been the sponser). John Popes XC (it originally started life as an XA (had the GT front etc (may have even been...

The 2nd phase of Production Supercars imploded in the early 90's and we went classic racing instead this is at Whenuapai with the Andersons Camaro and Mustang.

Veen Smiths SS Commodore

Vern Mullers Coupe in XC Cobra guise.

Vern Mullers Coupe in XA guise.

Wes Kidbys XU1, another very quick XU1.

Tony Saggers L34 - another factory car - this was originally raced in South Island Production Saloons.

Richard Shermans factory L34 - its factory colour was a burnt orange (I had some idea it was a special Bob Jane colour (?).

Keith Rennies XU1 - fiarly highly developed car for its time

Phil Schuberts XAGT Coupe (RPO83 I believe) - not a very good photo but the spray shows all the aerodynamics (free wind tunnel testing?).

Vern Mullers XAGT (err.. that's me) - owned it for 20 years then sold in a fit of madness (it's now back in Aus).

John Turners Torana - subsequently raced for many years by Wes Kidby (Wes painted it Orange (Lone oranger).

John Popes XC Falcon Coupe

Ian Magees E38 Charger

Alan Fergusons Torana

At the old Taupo hairpin Craig Pulmans XBGT in the lead.

The original Production Supercar class came to a close in the early 80’s and then was resurrected again in the late 80’s by a few enthusiasts looking for somewhere to race their musclecars, there was...