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  1. 08-29-2015, 02:26 AM #21
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    Great shot here of the rear end of Dennis Marwood's Camaro at Calder Park. This was probably about 1972, and likely the same event that the PDL Mustang was photographed above.

    You can see here the severe flaring for the huge rear wheels that the NZ rules were allowing by this stage. Some teams managed to flare the guards nicely. You'd have to say this was not the prettiest of efforts. Note the Wild Wheels sponsorship on the spoiler. That was Graeme Addis' company.

    This is, of course, the SCCA Trans-Am and A/Sedan Camaro that Joe Chamberlain took to New Zealand in late 1970.

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  2. 08-30-2015, 12:49 AM #22
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    What a great looking car this is! This is the former Greg Cusack, Fred Gibson, Niel Allen etc Mustang that first appeared in Australia in 1967. It was team mate for a time to Pete Geoghegan's Mustang. Its one of the batch of 26 turn-key A/Sedan race cars built by Shelby.

    This photo was taken circa 1971, by which time it was owned by Tony Calvert. Pictured at Symmons Plains.

    This is the car that was for sale for a long time at Canepa's in the US: http://www.canepacollection.com/deta...d-5117120.html

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  3. 08-30-2015, 11:10 PM #23
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    I thought Pukekohe only had this sort of pit surface !!!!!!!
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  4. 08-31-2015, 07:26 AM #24
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    Allan Moffat's awesome Brut 33 Mustang (formerly his Coke Mustang) aboard his ramp truck transporter. This is from 1974.

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  5. 08-31-2015, 07:28 AM #25
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    Pictured at Calder Park is Grant Aitken's Ford Escort FVC, over from New Zealand, to take on the Aussie Sports Sedans. This is the former Paul Fahey Alan Mann Racing Escort that won the 1971 NZ Saloon Car Championship.

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  6. 08-31-2015, 07:59 AM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Holmes View Post
    Pictured at Calder Park is Grant Aitken's Ford Escort FVC, over from New Zealand, to take on the Aussie Sports Sedans. This is the former Paul Fahey Alan Mann Racing Escort that won the 1971 NZ Saloon Car Championship.

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    And Pat Crea's Cortina behind
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  7. 08-31-2015, 09:49 AM #27
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    On right of Brut Mustang is the Harry Lefoe / Neil West Hillman Imp in background...

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  8. 09-02-2015, 12:14 AM #28
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    Here is Bryan Thomson's wicked Chevy V8 powered Torana Sports Sedan which he commissioned when he decided the big block 427ci Camaro Improved Production car he'd been running was just too expensive.

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  9. 09-02-2015, 10:09 PM #29
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    The car that re-wrote the way Sports Sedan were built. John McCormack's Repco Charger. Fitted with a fuel-injected F5000 motor that sat in the cockpit alongside the driver, the Charger was an instant success when it first appeared in 1974. From here on, all Sports Sedans followed its lead.

    Very quickly, technology overtook this car, such was the pace of development. By 1976, when this photo was taken, the car was being raced by Tony Edmonson, and no longer a match for the very latest machinery.

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  10. 09-02-2015, 10:23 PM #30
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    Notice the Torana that's got the blue stripe on it, to the right of the Edmondson car and partially obscured by the Harrop EH?

    Built from a genuine road-going XU-1, who remembers the details of this one? The sign on the side is 'Seligson Clare', print machinery dealers etc in Sydney.
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  11. 09-02-2015, 10:25 PM #31
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    Good spotting Ray! I am pretty sure that is Frank Ure's Torana. I think he still owns it?
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  12. 09-02-2015, 11:02 PM #32
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Holmes View Post
    Good spotting Ray! I am pretty sure that is Frank Ure's Torana. I think he still owns it?
    Frank Ures Torana Buick from 1974

    http://http://www.motorsportarchive....ark%201974.jpg
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  13. 09-03-2015, 03:36 AM #33
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    "Web page not available"...

    The car was featured on pages 36 & 37 of Racing Car News in November '74. It certainly didn't do much racing, a real shame was that it never ran at Amaroo, where it would have been dynamite.
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    I may be interrupting this thread but I wanted to share this photo that I took in August 1970 at Oran Park. I thought this 1970 Holden Torana GTR entered by A.C. McGrath, a Holden dealer in Liverpool,NSW, was one of the best looking cars at the track that day.
    I would be interested to know who drove it then and if it had any racing history ? Thanks.

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    (Ken Hyndman photo )
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  15. 09-03-2015, 07:01 AM #35
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    Quote Originally Posted by khyndart in CA View Post
    I may be interrupting this thread but I wanted to share this photo that I took in August 1970 at Oran Park. I thought this 1970 Holden
    Torana GTR entered by A.C. McGrath a Holden dealer in Liverpool,NSW. was one of the best looking cars at the track that day.
    I would be interested to know who drove it then and if it had any racing history ? Thanks.

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    (Ken Hyndman photo )
    This was driven by Barry "Bo" Seton, Glenns father. It was quiet successful prior to the intro of XU-1's.

    I recall an article on it in Motor Racing Australia many moons ago.
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  16. 09-03-2015, 07:29 AM #36
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    Thats a great looking car Ken. Does anyone know what sort of wheels those are?
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  17. 09-03-2015, 01:07 PM #37
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    I think they might be Cairns wheels...
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  18. 09-04-2015, 01:04 AM #38
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    Actually... a story...

    At the time Bruce McPhee was tied in with Ford. Talking about the upcoming Bathurst race with the XU-1s having been released, he said to us one night, "They should have it pretty right, they had their test mule at Bathurst at Easter."

    He was referring to Bo's car.
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  19. 09-04-2015, 01:40 AM #39
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    Steve- compare these Torana wheels with the ones on my Monaro when Bunce raced it at 1975 GP.
    He got them from Aus....................
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  20. 09-04-2015, 01:51 AM #40
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    Thanks John, I think the wheels on your Monaro were Mawer wheels, which were very popular Australian made racing wheels of the era.
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