Showroom Showdown – Production Car Racing

[Ellis]

[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;2577]Here you go Ellis. JR used the Phase III to win the 1972 Castrol GTX series, which was a production car series very similar to Australia's Series Production. The '72 season was the first for the Castrol GTX.

Thanks Steve...They are excellent quality pics. I have never seen those before.
I will contact the current (long term) owner and tell him about this site.


"AMC072"....How many real ones came to NZ.

Phase 3's ....
7 went direct to McMillan Ford NZ from Ford and 2 to other dealers = 9
However the number in NZ at one stage was around 18 due to private imports but a lot of those have
since returned to OZ.
The number remaining in NZ is around 7 or 8

The HO in USA Ford talk at the time was High Output
Ford Oz didnt want to use that term ( they were a bit shy...GT and HO listed as same power in their blurb) but kept the
HO designation and as they had modified the suspension used it as Handling Option


There must be some pics of Robbie Francevic in the Clayton Motors Falcon out there somewhere as well.
JR also drove the then Norris Miles owned ex John Goss car in 1973 .
It still had Mcleod Ford signage on it. It remained in NZ.
Some pics of that would be nice as well