Thanks crunch, thats a really great post, and a really good point.

In fact, one of the reasons I listed the cars in my opening post was because the majority are already competing in historic events somewhere in NZ, or are being restored for historic racing, so hopefully rollcage issues shouldn't be of any concern.

Remember, this thread was really only created to stimulate conversation on this subject, and to get people thinking about the idea. The idea is not that it be a series, a championship, or anything like that. Its really just about bringing together a field of old racing saloons that all have a competition history, just for the sake of history. It shouldn't have any affect on existing historic saloon groups, as it'd only be a one-off.

When you see a field of F5000s, a field of Formula Juniors, Historic Formula Fords, etc, all the cars on the grid have some sort of period history. But this isn't the case with racing saloon cars. Most are new builds, created for historic racing. The reasoning for this is usually because there aren't enough original cars for every person wanting to go historic racing. So the question is, are there enough cars currently in NZ whereby if someone was motivated enough, they could pull them all together for a single event to have a race?