New Zealand ShellSport Saloon Series 1978 - 1985

[crunch]

Hi Guys ,

This is a great little tread and I have just been over it again from the start.....great cars and drivers from the era but what about other makes and other drivers ( also rans ) , Mitsibushi , Honda ,VW ect... did anyone else try to give it a go ?
I left the shores in 73 and missed out on all of this .

Cheers

Lynds

What a great era in motorsport. As a flaggie at Manfield in the early 80's I really enjoyed Shellsport and a few years later I was involved with Malcolm Webb's 1300 Starlet that run 4 Dellorto carbs (off a Ducati I think?). Many a late night in the shed with that project!
Think it's great that the cars are being re-discovered and a group has got together to ensure we see some good fields now and in the future.

[Dave Silcock]

What a great era in motorsport. As a flaggie at Manfield in the early 80's I really enjoyed Shellsport and a few years later I was involved with Malcolm Webb's 1300 Starlet that run 4 Dellorto carbs (off a Ducati I think?). Many a late night in the shed with that project!
Think it's great that the cars are being re-discovered and a group has got together to ensure we see some good fields now and in the future.

Hi Crunch, You may have forgotten but there was a limit of 36 mm on the venturi size for that class. I can remember Ron Rutherford fitting 4 36mm Dellortos on the Escort that Mark drove and reporting equal performance straight out of the box and was expecting more with a bit of tweaking,
Cheers Dave.

[crunch]

Hi Crunch, You may have forgotten but there was a limit of 36 mm on the venturi size for that class. I can remember Ron Rutherford fitting 4 36mm Dellortos on the Escort that Mark drove and reporting equal performance straight out of the box and was expecting more with a bit of tweaking,
Cheers Dave.

Yeah; I think thats why Spider was looking at the motorcycle variations, and if I remember; a lack of room under the bonnet.
In the last couple of years I helped out a guy Phil Moore who had the "Comfort Zone" waterbeds Datsun 1200. He did a lot of hillclimbs and the occassional Shellsport race. He was an ex Mini7 champion and I remember the day the car first arrived and it had Sanyo along the side and the name "Bomba" written on the dashboard. I think it was an ex-Greg Lancaster car?