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    Richard Attwood and Rhodesian driver John Love's Porsche 917K at the 1970 Kyalami 9 hour. The only time one of these cars appeared in the colours of Gunston, a local cigarette company. The car eventually retired.Name:  img10312019_215.jpg
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    I really love this photo. Cool that they repainted the car just for this event. I think the Team Gunston colours are some of the best ever in racing. There were a bunch of different cars; single seaters, sports cars, saloon cars, and they all looked fantastic in these colours.

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    Heavy Metal. The winning Ford Falcon Sprint of Brian Muir in the 1968 Oulton Park BSCC race at the Gold Cup meeting. Falcon Sprints were placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd. (Muir, Pierpoint and Hobbs).Name:  Heavy Metal.jpg
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    Last edited by Chaswin; 09-03-2021 at 07:13 AM.

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    Heavy Metal. Saloon car racing was interesting at Oulton Park in the late 1960's. Hill and Clark in Lotus Cortina's running up against big V8 engined US saloons. Is this a Galaxy?Name:  Heavy Metal.jpg
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    Wow, what a cool photo! This is a Ford Falcon Sprint. These cars dominated the BSCC for much of the late 1960s under Group 5 rules. They were homologated at just 980kg, and were originally designed to contest the 1964 Monte Carlo rally.

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    How do you make one of those brutes weigh only 980kg?

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    How do you make one of those brutes weigh only 980kg?
    Ask "Paul B"

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    How do you make one of those brutes weigh only 980kg?
    Nobody has ever actually managed to achieve it. Its just that this was the figure Ford entered when filling out its FIA homologation sheets in 1964. And for some reason it was never questioned. The competition Falcon Sprints were fitted with fibreglass bonnet, boot lid, front fenders and doors, plus lightweight bumpers. But even then they couldn't get anywhere near the minimum weight limit. Falcon Sprints are now hugely popular in historic racing in the UK and Europe.

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    This one is for Steve Holmes. Another SA car in Gunston colours. This is the locally developed Ford Capri Perana. It was a Capri 3 litre fitted with a Mustang V8. Unfortunately it retained the live rear axle which made it a handful on bumpy corners. These are much sought after in SA today.Name:  img05042019_088.jpg
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaswin View Post
    This one is for Steve Holmes. Another SA car in Gunston colours. This is the locally developed Ford Capri Perana. It was a Capri 3 litre fitted with a Mustang V8. Unfortunately it retained the live rear axle which made it a handful on bumpy corners. These are much sought after in SA today.Name:  img05042019_088.jpg
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    Wow, so cool to see this. Period colour photos of this car are actually very rare. Thanks Charles!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chaswin View Post
    Heavy Metal. Saloon car racing was interesting at Oulton Park in the late 1960's. Hill and Clark in Lotus Cortina's running up against big V8 engined US saloons. Is this a Galaxy?Name:  Heavy Metal.jpg
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    Thats a great shot, Probably one of the clearest photos I've seen of a Falcon racing back then. The cars were very developed by 1967/8 the rear guards were flared in order to get the wider rims on and off, I believe they ran 8 inch rims for group5 the front guards were radiused and flared so the wider front tyres would clear, and that's as low as the front of a Falcon could go. The race weight was circa 1150 kg depending on how much fuel the 104 ltr tank had in it.

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    Even 1150kg was pretty good for something of that size! It was fun in those days watching one of these cars being harassed by swarms of mini's. The mini's were far quicker in the corners but seriously underpowered for the straights.

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