Great first post there Ian! Would love to see some photos of your car.
Great first post there Ian! Would love to see some photos of your car.
Is this the car that Clive Newman ? Had for a while ?
Originally Posted by Ian.Maskell
Hi , most likely Noddy Murdoch in his Avenger .
Looks a bit like the Ex Cooky , then Kevin Ryan 160j with different colours , rear flares and sinage
Yes the 160J has the flare kit that Kevin fitted, FYI they are a copy of the flares that Warren Burt had on the Starlet. Keven ran the car with Scope signage, there is a shot of it in the excellent shellsport clip on this website
Here's a few from the archives - I have a lot of mainly Black and White shots from this era if anyone is looking for anything in particular
Some really great shots there. Keep them coming.
I second what Mike said. ShellSport pics are always welcome. Fantastic looking race cars.
I remember being surprised many years ago to find out that some of the top Shell Sport Datsuns were not in fact owned by the drivers but by a gentleman named Fran Judge.Can anyone confirm this and what was Fran Judges involvment. Was he behind the sponsorship of cars from companies such as Statesman Shirts.
30 Years ago...........Baypark Labour Weekend Meeting.
Don't think I knew that, but Cran Judge was involved earlier, with Paul Fahey and/or Grant Walker in the Cologne Capri era, if I remember correctly (which I do with decreasing reliability these days!)
Yes and Kevin McNamara that I can remember ,will have to think a bit more on that one,A.C Gill was that another of Crans businesses ?
I think it might have been - but you're pushing now
Yes it was Bob. He also ran Burrows in the Datsun and then the RX7. Fran was involved with a few cars back then.
Thats a neat photo!
Yes - I gather Clive had it for a while but not sure of duration.
[QUOTE=Ian.Maskell;6406]Yes - I gather Clive had it for a while but not sure of duration.[/QUO
That car was originally built by Max Crawford in Dunedin ,When Max decided to go to the States Rod brought it of Max,in turn when Rod came north for the Shellsport series ,I looked after the car and helped him at all the meetings up here,when the car was sold to Clive Newman ,I carried on with the tuning etc
Here is the link to what Max has done
www.crawfordcomposites.com/daytmaxpr.htm
Will put together phots and post
Im not sure how many cars were built the same way as mine. I was given the impression some years ago, the car stretched the rules but really have no idea. part of the story I have is that the car was a little late getting on the grid for 1980. In any case in building the car, the car body was inzipped at the junction of the floor pan and the sides, and the floor pan lifted 2 inches (50mm) to effectively lower the RL of the roof by 2 inches. The suspension top positions have been "turreted" and the tunnel enlarged to acommodate the drive shaft and exhaust. As with most cars the motor was set back the 12 inches but I changed the fire wall to create more room to improve access for mgearbox removal. I will post some phots to show some detals of the car if anyone is interested. Equally, I would be interested if there are any other survivors (being still raced) from this era.
Post as many photos as you have Ian it is all interesting. PS. You never stretch the rules, you just interpret them differently.
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