Quote Originally Posted by kiwi285 View Post
Remember the Anglia and the racing team that quite a few of the Waikato racers were in. When he raced the Fleetwood Motors Mustang at Pukekohe I remember the thunder of the V8 and that nose up attitude under acceleration. Compared to the Lotus Cortina's it was an impressive beast. Not entirely successful but it certainly opened the door to the V8's

Thinking of Ivan and his family at this time - thanks for the memories.
According to MSNZ archives Mike, although David Simpson won the outright 1966 NZ Saloon Car Championship in his Lotus powered Anglia, Ivan actually won the `Unlimited Class' for larger capacity engines, so he still won a NZ class title in the Mustang.