A regular visitor from Australia was Allan Moffat, who always drew a huge crowd. The media didn't like him because he was blunt and didn't want to talk to them, but his presence always made the Kiwi drivers try that little bit harder, and the crowds loved his aggressive driving style, not to mention his beautiful Kar-Kraft Mustang. By my count he raced the Mustang in New Zealand in the 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1975 seasons, before returning with the DeKon Monza for the 1976 season.

This is the Mustang in its Sports Sedan guise, when it was forced in this direction by CAMS upheaval of touring car regulations for 1973. Series Production and Improved Production made way for Group C and Sports Sedans. Most of the great Improved Production cars, such as Moffats Mustang, Bob Jane's Monaro, his Camaro, the Norm Beechey Monaro, Pete Geoghegan Super Falcon etc, were all forced to compete in the Sports Sedan ranks. Jane did convert the Camaro to Group C specs and completed one race, but was then turfed out, and the Camaro was sold off.

This is the Moffat Mustang in its Brut 33 guise, as it raced in 1974. Moffat had an epic duel with Jim Richards at Wigram in January 1975; the pair battling throughout before the silver Mustang ousted the similar red Mustang just before the line.

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