Quick answer to that, No, brakes were unchanged while I was involved with car [ from purchase thru the time it was Black/Gold & steel bros signage.
Now I have to work out how to make this site compatable with my typing speed, have tried a longer post twice & failed...miserably
Last edited by Jac Mac; 06-08-2011 at 08:06 PM. Reason: spl
I know what you are saying Jack, I typed my post three times last night and lost it twice, I need to progress past the two finger typing stage I think. What happened to your cortina did Rod by it off you, and is it the Kennard car that I believe Rod now has back again
Yes, Rod had bought The MKIV Cortina back from Barry Search, but has since sold it to Anthony Prendergast from Ashburton who also has the MKII Cortina I built as well...last I heard was Steve Ross, Dunedin had the ex Kennard/Buckley MKIV.
Jim Murdoch [ ex G Begg w/shop in Drummond ] made the engine mounts for the V8 conversion on the Capri, balance of engine fit etc was done in mataura/gore. Car was raced initially with the Atlas diff, but after a couple of side brg failures in the LSD carrier I ended up with the job of building a full floating 9" assy. Used the Atlas unit as reference for pickup brackets etc & transferred rear brakes onto the new axle assy, retained BBS wheels & bolt pattern, ended up towing the car & trailer thru to Ruapuna to test as his lordship needed to shoot ducks, tested the car & all was OK bar a wheel tramp problem out of RH corners, that was traced to a dud Bilstein, so Inky had to tread lightly on the sunday race day. Also made up a new rack & fitted to car shortly after as old one had severe wear on straight ahead position, fitted rod end to intermediate shaft of steering column to control deflection under load, with that all fixed car went very well until the old Camaro motor cried enough at a local flying mile event,
Last edited by Jac Mac; 06-09-2011 at 08:58 AM. Reason: spl
In Air New Zealand colours, I think at the NZ Grand Prix meeting in January 1974. I had a long talk with Paul Fahey about the Capri at the Chris Amon day in February.
I had always admired the professionalism of his team and the quality preparation of his cars, from the Anglia through to the Capri. They were always exciting cars; my favourite would have to be the Paul Mann Escort. David vs Goliath always appealed.
Let's face it, the exciting saloon car racing of those years was all about beating Paul Fahey and, to use a modern cliche, he continually raised the bar.
Great shot of the Capri at Pukekohe, I do not have that one. I have added a shot taken some months ago as the shell was nearing completion at Burkes Metal works. A massive amount of time and hence money has gone in to getting it to this stage. It has been a huge job to retain the origional shell and undo all the OSCA modifications. Guess who,s Escort that is sitting beside the Capri
I have got the hang of resizing these photos so here are some more
What great photos Roger! And two very special cars being brought back to life.Originally Posted by RSROGER
Paul pushing the Capri off track down that wee road at Manfeild...
Roger, fantastic to see the car coming back together and the FVA Escort in the background.
Guys. I'll see what i can do about creating more time for posting replies. One of the things I've always done on other forums when posting a long reply is to type it all out in Microsoft Word (or similar) then Copy and Paste it into the reply box on the forum when its all done. That way I didn't have to worry about timing out.
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