Originally posted by Kenz
Terry,
The original black 4 door Geoghegan Cortina was written off at Oran Park in testing prior to the Lakeside ATCC. All the bits apparently migrated rather hurriedly into the 2 door ATCC winner.
Re their Lotus Cortina, this car seemed to make a habit of inverting. After George Garth's custody, the car passed to Queenslander Frank Melit, who inverted it twice, firstly over the back at Lowood, then at Lakeside; the latter crash nearly killed him and I don't recall his ever racing again. He's still alive and I have a link to him through his nephew, who's an employee of mine.
Ken.
George bought the GT when the Lotus came on the scene, Frank Melit bought the Lotus Cortina direct from the Geoghegans.

And you're right about it inverting itself, its one notable characteristic!