R1 Pukekohe
R1 Pukekohe
Some great cars, one or two not so. What happened to the Learmonth Monaro? what became of it after the accident?
I beleive John has the car back and is rebuilding it for classicsOriginally Posted by seaqnmac27
It has been on sold to someone in Taihape, thats the Osbourn RX7.
Correct
I understand the john osbornes rx7 is in feilding ,and the front suspension that was in it is now in mark allans vauxhall firenza.
Wow! Those are fantastic. Thanks for finding them Bry. The Puke coverage in particular is really enjoyable, and the build-up to the rolling start is actually pretty intense. Those guys are really working for their money. I love David Oxtons comments about them being hand grenades. The Manfeild coverage must have been done on a tiny budget. Looks like they had just two cameras to cover the entire track.
I see the John Osborne RX7 is left hand drive. Where did this car come from?
Also, what was the history on the Lancaster turbo Volvo?
Always a pleasure to un-earth this stuff Steve.. Yes. the Puke footage is great. that Volvo looks really interesting. Did the 5000 engine in the Capri end up in a single seater again? Good to hear David Oxton calling the race, I remember watching him racing a Lola ( I think) at Wigram 67 or 68 and wondered what happened to him . You tube is a Gold mine for this kind of footage , I'm always on the hunt!!
Yes, Oxton raced single seaters throughout the 70s, including driving George Beggs FM5 that went to Europe, and is now in the Southward museum. He ended up in touring cars in the 80s, briefly racing the Sierra XR4i that won the 1985 BTCC. But I don't think he was ever much of a fan of tin tops, and was quite critical of the sports sedans, and their ability to fall apart.
Not sure where that 5000 motor ended up. Maybe Wayne Huxford still has it. I believe it was a Morand built unit.
Was the Rouse 1985 BTCC winner XR4Ti the one that was turned into a Cossie look-alike Sports Sedan....and was for sale on Trademe a short while ago?
No that was the ex crighton eggenberga car. when to petch, made to a cosworth, made to the green francivic sports sedan etc
The oxton car has me stumped. i can only assume it went back overseas (or down the south island where all the good gear ends up
Be keen to know where it went
John Osborne built the RX7 which is the one he totalled at Pukekohe a year or so later. The Lancaster Volvo I think was a works car from Sweden/Finland? (somewhere like that).
yeah pretty sure he was with tangled up with volvo through mollors or similar around that time.
think it was a works car from sweden
from memory he had to weld a floor plan into it to bring it into line with the thundersaloon rules
what happend to that car?
Thanks Steve..I disappeared off to Europe playing music in the 1970s and 80s lost track of a lot of things..
The Ozzo RX7 body was sourced in the USA by Bob Slade and sent over for John to build up, the rear quarter light windows are different on the USA cars to add strength to comply with the American deconstruction rules.I was speaking to John earlier this evening, I called in on my way past, he is about to pull the engine out of his 84 300zx and freshen it up for the Scope meeting.
The volvo is still seen around OSCA races today, much modified of course. Don't forget Ping Oxton had a bit of success driving Commodores with Peter Brock
Hi do you have any 86 87 yrs at bay park i have some but anable at the moment to show was great class of cars untill some clown wanted trans ams at the moment history is been repeated super v8s????
Hi I have some baypark from around 85-87 of sport sedan races which will be on the 40 years of OSCA DVD. I'm planning on finally getting the DVD's done while I have a week off early jan. I'll let you all know when I finally get off my arse!
You are right on there Jim.
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