1976 Australian Sports Sedans

[Steve Holmes]

Bry, you're a wealth of knowledge on this stuff! Thanks for all your efforts. Would love to know how the EH is coming along. Didn't Jim Richards borrow when his Mustang had broken?

[Ellis]

Bry, you're a wealth of knowledge on this stuff! Thanks for all your efforts. Would love to know how the EH is coming along. Didn't Jim Richards borrow when his Mustang had broken?

Jim did drive it....with Sidchrome signage.
I think after Mank had it, it went to a Stewart Douglas. Not sure what happenned to it after that or who is restoring it. I read a post somewhere a couple of years ago where it was going to be restored.

On another car ..Moffats Monza....
Thru this site I was able to contact the current owner.
Sent him a full size pic of it . He said in his reply that the resto is starting next week. ....

Copy /Paste of his reply.....
I am the current owner of DeKon 1005. After Moffat, the Monza had several owners, all of whom raced it in Australia and NZ. Remarkably, the car stayed intact throughout its long racing career. At the end of its career, it was sold to a American. I am embarrassed to say that this sale is the worst thing that ever happen to the Monza. The car was disassembled. Some parts were used to restore a different DeKon and a few other parts were sold.

I have been collecting parts for it for a while. The restoration will finally begin next week.

Thanks again.

Steve

[Rookie]

Thanks for the welcome Steve.

They are Mawers on the rear. The car can run either 10" or 13" on the front. Just need to get some replica Mawers made for the front.

In answer to your question regarding Category U, or Historic Sport Sedans, I contacted Fred Sayers a couple of years ago re the category. If my understanding is right, to be eligable for group U, the original log book is surrended to Cams and a new log book is issued for a cost of $800, something I'm not prepared to do at this time. The car specs are frozen for a particular period which you specify. What I don't understand is the safety aspects of these regs as my car originally ran with a low bucket seat without head restraint, which I'm not prepared to do. I have also changed the roll cage (still have the original) to a safer one although its still alloy. Original tyres are no longer available. I also now run an air filter, which it originally didn't have. At what stage does it become ineligable, or do I make it original and unusable?

I also have the car logged book with the AASA and are hoping to do some racing with the MRA soon. I've love to take it to the Muscle Car Masters and participate in hot laps or displays if thats possible.

Steve