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?Originally Posted by Steve Holmes
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
cheers for that
I noticed an ad for (as described in the ad) Eggenb Pinto turbo motor for sale a short time later.
Hope it was re-united with the car if was an original engine for it.
this clown i have heard that if he fell into a drum of oil he would come out all chromed
I didn't know that. So the white Gary Croft Husqvarna Cosworth, was actually originally the Crichton XR4i? So it must have had the bodywork changes made too, including the conversion to the rear side windows?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
Haga is right though, there was a sports sedan that appeared many years ago based on an XR4i body. Wasn't the green Francevic car, it was quite different to that.
It'd be interesting to know what happened to the Rouse car. It did have a celebrated history, having won the '85 BTCC.
Ok now I may be mad but here is my memory. Now I sure one of my peers will correct me, but here goes. My memory says that in 1983 or 84, John Osbournes Capri was completely destroyed in a fire, I do not recall the circumstances but I thought it may have been either in a garage or at a circuit, hows that for narrowing it down, but anyway as a result of said fire, the motor sport fraternity of NZ got behind him to help him replace the Capri I thought he initially was loaned a car not sure which one it was but then the RX7 was the end result. Well thats my memory, not sure how valid it is but there you go. I was also unaware the Capri was the ex Tulloch machine. I had vague memories of both Tulloch and Osbourne being on the grid in Capris. indeed the last picture of post #87 of the Modified 70s and 80s Saloons - Picture Thread has both OSbourne and Tulloch starting the reverse grid race of the 82 Grand Prix weekend Sports Saloons race in Capris.
Sean
Was the Xr4 not the one that became the 'Merkur"? Also whos is the White Capri in the Puke races?
I think I can fill in a bit but I was only 5. Johns Cologne Capri caught fire at the second ess at Ruapuna after a fuel line came off and burnt to the ground while testing. He later then purchased the Tulloch Capri after initially Inky was going to loan it to him and therefore was probably maybe the only person who ever owned and raced 2 Cologne Capris. After finishing with the Capris he built the RX7 which was the one he had the big crash in at Puke. Hows that?
always thought the capri that burnt out was the ex halliday car
the merkur was a trans am car ex roush usa driven by scott pruitt etc
the capri, (with out looking) was likely the huxford car painted white
Thanks for that, but the white Capri is definitely not the Huxford car as Huxford is in the race with the Capri painted black, the one I am referring to is a lower middle field runner which in, I think, the second race is almost lapped by the leaders.
Thats great nice to kn ow my memory still works at least in part. that would have been when I was 10 or 11 so end 82 beginning 84?
sorry I meant end 83 or beginning 84
I am sure the 'first' Osborne Capri was the ex Don Halliday car which was RHD while Halliday owned it, as I never actually saw that car in the flesh I am not sure whether John Osborne built it into LHD during the V8 conversion ( quite likely as most of the pedal box goes west when you cut the firewall for the 12" setback. But I do remember talking with Inky a couple of days after the fire & discussions were underway with regard to loan or purchase of the ex Fahey car to replace the burnt Halliday car...
Yes Jac, you are right. The first Osborne Capri was the ex Halliday car. Osborne bought it off Danie Lupp, by which time it had been painted blue and was fitted with a V12 Jaguar motor, although I think Osborne bought it without an engine. After this car burnt to the ground he bought the ex-Fahey Capri off Tulloch.
Haha I think the white Capri was Dad, it was white at front and Dark Charcoal at back. I think this was when he decided to build the Commodore as he quickly realised his Capri was getting outdated especially by the Nth Island cars.
yeah just watched the manfield video and as munty says , its his dad.
Yep that's your dad Munty. North island capris were Huxford and other capri from up north island in those days was red and ended up white was a fella from Paeroa named Terry O'Brien, it was a quick and tidy machine as well and ran a 302. The engine ended in a jet boat. And Terry has found a fishing rod handy over the latter years.yeah just watched the manfield video and as munty says , its his dad.
Got more info on that car Rod? I'm not familiar with it.
What a difference 10 years made. This is what had become of Sports Sedan racing in NZ by 1999. Gone were the traditional production based machines where people were stuffing V8s into Escorts, RX7s, and Capri's, replaced by Trans-Am style space-frame cars. These machines may have been extremely fast and efficient, but they didn't have the character of the cars seen from earlier in this thread from 1989:
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