Yeah I agree Crunch, a neat series, and fantastic little cars. Their ground hugging stance, and fat little wheels really pin-point the era in which they raced. And the racing was red hot!
Yeah I agree Crunch, a neat series, and fantastic little cars. Their ground hugging stance, and fat little wheels really pin-point the era in which they raced. And the racing was red hot!
Just Juice was 83 and 84 prior to that it was the Aurora AFX series.Originally Posted by Habu
Also the reference to the Leckie Mitsi, are there any pictures of this car. I have heard it referenced but never seen it.
As requested, Leckie Sleepyhead Lancer. Pics courtesy of Terry Marshall.
[QUOTE=seaqnmac27;16045]Just Juice was 83 and 84 prior to that it was the Aurora AFX series.
Really? - Always thought the series was earlier than that for some reason. Thanks seaqnmac27
Is the 120Y ahead of the Leckie car in the last photo, the ex-Cook car later owned by Steve Gill?
[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;16055]As requested, Leckie Sleepyhead Lancer. Pics courtesy of Terry Marshall.
Love the fact the Lancer still has the number plate on the back!
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.
How do you remember this stuff Dave? I can barely remember things that happened last week!
Steve, that Lancer was a great looking car - does it still exist ? They seemed to attract a great variety of makes which stirred more spectator interest.
Will be interesting next year to see which cars make the Revival grid and which are coming back from the dead (or sleeping).
Not sure if it still exists Mike. Bill only raced it for a season or two, then it seems to have vanished. Someone here will know more than me though.
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?
I cant remember Reg ever running a 120y , but this is Grant Aitken in one of the two he ran . I think this is the latter car of the two , the original being campagned by ( I think , and stand to be corrected ) Ken Sagar and Gary Love . It may have become an SS2000 runner . Some one with a much greater knowledge may be able to elaborate !
Peter Benbrook owned an ex Leckie Lancer. By that stage it had a Rotary in it. I will give him a call and try and get more details.
Graeme
Thanks for that - for some reason I thought the 120Y that Steve had, was ex Cook. I remember Cook built an L20 for him when he ran the car in the NZ Sports Sedan series (when the class was split into capacity classes, but all raced together), possibly back in the late 80's / early 90's.....
As requested, Leckie Sleepyhead Lancer. Pics courtesy of Terry Marshall.
These are magnificent photos , as you expect from Terry, I'd love a few hours to look through his whole collection.
Thanks Milan, great photo.
Thanks Milan
Had a friend drop around some very old photos of Reg Cook in the Shellsport 120Y. They were taken at Ruapuna when the had the signage "Cookie wants a sponsor" on the side of the car.
He also reminded me that Rod Collingwoods Toyota Torino started competiton life as Allan Broughs rally car as used in NZ and also on the Southern Cross Rally
Well , never thought he ran a KB210 ( As I have previously stated ) ,
maybe I dont know the difference but this looks a lot like my KB110 . Ill just run over to the workshop and check !
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