Good point Jim. Like a lot of classes it was a "grassroots" beginning i.e. it started as a result of 1 or 2 individuals building cars and racing them. The same happened with Formula Vee when Barry Munro built the very first car in NZ and raced it against the 1.6 National Formula cars. The Vee was so slow in comparison to the National Formula cars it was almost laughable. But the class caught on and flourished.
Currently there are 5 relatively modern FF's on "Trademe". If they were added to the grid of 5 that turned up at Taupo it would be a half reasonable grid. Question is what is needed to get them out there?