1989 NZ Sports Sedans

[bry3500]

Trans Ams cross the Tassie for the Aussie series...

[Rod Grimwood]

Got more info on that car Rod? I'm not familiar with it.

Terry was from Paeroa, a farmer and raced in Sports Sedans for a few years. It was a Mk1 with the same flares as the Mk1 Escort. Ran a very strong 302. It was originally red when he built it and he painted it white for last couple of years. It was a very tidy and quick car. It did not have over large wheels etc and looked the part and did it. I have a photo somewhere i think will look.

[Shano]

They were dead boring to watch.

[bob homewood]

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.

Terry's Capri from memory was the one originally built by Jim Stone for Ross Johnson ,Grimmy will know or someone can correct me ,personally I think Terry did a real good job in that car ,it was actually deceptively quick

[Steve Holmes]

Boy, that ones got me scratching my head Bob! Around what time frame was it racing? Who else raced it and what happened to it?

[Haga]

The Crichton/Eggenberger car I talked about earlier....being rebuilt to GPA...good news

http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/show...=125175&page=2

[TonyG]

Was the Xr4 not the one that became the 'Merkur"? Also whos is the White Capri in the Puke races?

Pretty sure it was. I saw the XR4 Trans Am at Pukekohe racing once and the next meeting Kayne Scott was running the Merkur instead.

[Steve Holmes]

Terry was from Paeroa, a farmer and raced in Sports Sedans for a few years. It was a Mk1 with the same flares as the Mk1 Escort. Ran a very strong 302. It was originally red when he built it and he painted it white for last couple of years. It was a very tidy and quick car. It did not have over large wheels etc and looked the part and did it. I have a photo somewhere i think will look.

Would love to see a photo of it Rod. And, while you're at it, can you see if you can find that Algie Monza photo? Around what time did the Capri Race? If it was built by Jim Stone I assume around mid-70s?

[Rod Grimwood]

Terry ran it in mid 80s. trying to find my boxs of old photos. will have big dig when down in at parents next

[TonyG]

No my mistake, it was this car I saw before the Mercur.

[Jac Mac]

Thats the 300zx Nissan, Didnt Roger Freeth run that for a season or two as well?

[rogered]

Thats the 300zx Nissan, Didnt Roger Freeth run that for a season or two as well?

sure Did
Greg Lancaster used it also, from memory before freeth. I recall him reversing quite heaverly into the infeild wall behind the startline at manifield, possibly Xmas january 1991

[Steve Holmes]

Anymore of this old Sports Sedan footage? This stuff is great!

[Steve Holmes]

What happened to these IMSA cars, the Nissan and Merker?

[rogered]

Merker is back in the us. Pretty sure it was the only merker still running a 4 cyl.
I would assume the nissan is also,
The car was ex Paul Newman and as such was very collectable, but be interested, also, to know for sure

[rogered]

in fact here it is here
http://www.historictransamimsa.com/M...r_halsmer.html

and the grindley car
http://www.historictransamimsa.com/M...10mustang.html

[Steve Holmes]

Wow! Good find.

[bob homewood]

Boy, that ones got me scratching my head Bob! Around what time frame was it racing? Who else raced it and what happened to it?

Steve ,did some more research on this car and caught up with Ross Johnson over the Week end ,yes Jim Stone built that car up for Ross apparently from a damaged car ,it went on to become the car Terry O'Brien raced as I originally said ,may have a bit more to add in the future,This is the car when Ross raced it

[Rod Grimwood]

I went down to do some bits on the boat last night, and a dickie bird told me that Mr Huxford has just about finished putting his Capri back together, now theres one that will be well worth seeing haveing a run.

[Steve Holmes]

Steve ,did some more research on this car and caught up with Ross Johnson over the Week end ,yes Jim Stone built that car up for Ross apparently from a damaged car ,it went on to become the car Terry O'Brien raced as I originally said ,may have a bit more to add in the future,This is the car when Ross raced it

Bob, it was great to meet you on the weekend, you too Rod! Thanks for the photo and info on the Capri. Boy, its a subtle looking race car. Did it still look like this when O'Brien raced it? Does anyone know its fate?