Guys thanks for the comments - now I need to get the story going.
Part of Adrian Krzyzewski story on the car - with a comment by the late David McKinney.

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Notes about the car and its first owner " Bob Blackburn " - of Weltex Plastics and Mistral fame.

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The story will be a mixture of the pages from Adrian's story and the photos
- photo on the page is from a video sequence of the start of the Sports Car Race at Dunedin Festival 28th January 1961 - the cars third event after appearing at the Ardmore Grand Prix meeting on 7th January and the Lady Wigram meeting on 21st January.

Thanks to Adrian for giving me permission to put the story on The Roaring Season.