Don Halliday and Jim Richards at Bay Park, 1975.
Don Halliday and Jim Richards at Bay Park, 1975.
Greg Lancaster's Victor Chevy in both earlier and later guise.
PDL Mustangs I and II in a couple of great action shots.
Many years ago I wrote a piece in Classic Car about the Leo Leonard vs Allan Moffat battles at Bay Park in December 1975.
I interviewed Leo and it was a delight just to hear his modest description of what he had to do - and where to put the Mustang - in order to win. And he was a Moffat fan as well!
Great day at Bay Park. Ross, you're a legend.
Rod McElrea's wicked Cortina OSCA at Pukekohe. Originally built by our very own Jac Mac. Last I heard this car was being restored. Anyone know its progress?
Trevor McLean and Charger E49.
Dave McMillan?
Kevin McNamara in Paul Fahey's Castrol GTX Camaro. Last I heard this car was in Australia, and driven on the road.
Big banger action at Bay Park, 1974, with Graham Baker, Allan Moffat, Paul Fahey and Red Dawson doing battle.
Yes, Dave McMillanOriginally Posted by Steve Holmes
Dave McMillan?
Phil Myhre
[QUOTE=Steve Holmes;59891]Kevin McNamara in Paul Fahey's Castrol GTX Camaro. Last I heard this car was in Australia, and driven on the road.
About 25 years ago I brought a T10 gearbox from a bloke in TeAwamutu. He took it out of his camaro which he told me was ex Paul Fahey. Wonder if its this car??.
[QUOTE=rogered;59901]It was Roger. Had the number plate MyZ/28 and was painted red with red stripes. I have know the car since 1979 and found it in New Plymouth after the guys in Te Awamutu sold it. Helped to restore it but sadly ended up over the ditch.Kevin McNamara in Paul Fahey's Castrol GTX Camaro. Last I heard this car was in Australia, and driven on the road.
About 25 years ago I brought a T10 gearbox from a bloke in TeAwamutu. He took it out of his camaro which he told me was ex Paul Fahey. Wonder if its this car??.
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[QUOTE=rogered;59904]Yip thats the one, cant recall his name but he had a wrecking business. I doubted his story initially, as I had Fahey as a ford man. But clearly he was correct. Cheers
Paul owned the car and McNamarra drove it for him. Sponsored by Union Travel. Somewhere here I have a copy of the ownership papers.
I talked to Paul about it at the Revival and they bought it in as parts and built one car out of it.
OK, now for some Chevy Monzas. First up is the car purchased by Allan Moffat in 1975 with which to tackle the Australian Sports Sedan Championship, which would begin in 1976. This is a DeKon Monza, built by the combination of Lee Dykstra and Horst Kwech, specifically for the All-American GT category created in the IMSA series. Up until the introduction of AAGT, IMSA had been dominated by Porsche and BMW, and IMSA boss John Bishop knew he needed US cars at the pointy end for the series to succeed. I believe this was is chassis 1005, or the fifth car built.
It caused controversy when it first raced in Australia, and Moffat only drove it in 1976 before Ford decided they wanted to support touring car racing once again, and as such, a Ford driver couldn't be seen in a Chevy, so the Monza was mothballed until Ford changed their mind once again about touring car racing at the end of the decade and Moffat began racing it again. Its now back in the US and has been restored, albeit with slightly incorrect bodywork.
This is the car as it raced in New Zealand, at Bay Park, in late 1975, on its way from the US to Australia. Note the wide wheels, as it raced in IMSA. Moffat would have to fit the car with the maximum 10 inch wide wheels in Australia.
The Moffat Monza again. Moffat battled throughout the Bay Park event with Leo Leonard in the PDL Mustang. Leonard won all three heats, although that was mostly down to the incredible skills of Leonard himself, who managed to keep the faster Moffat at bay. The next time the pair faced off was at Wigram a few weeks later, and Moffat trounced the Mustang. The success of the Monza inspired the PDL team to build the PDL Mustang II.
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