Ian, a query - are you Eric Knight's brother?
Ian, a query - are you Eric Knight's brother?
Great to hear from you Ian, been a couple of years (about 20 plus). The Corvette you just sold was it the old girl you ran here. That was another bit of good gear. Wasn't the Escort red when you ran it. Be good to see some photos of it and also the Corvette. Hope all is good with you and if we come over some time will give you a catch up. Cheers
PS still got my little Escort.
Hi ShaneOriginally Posted by Shano
Yes, Eric is my little brother
Hi Rod
Yes the Escort was red when I ran it with a 302 chev. I bought her off a friend Pete Hustler minus engine and transmission. Yes, sadly the corvette I just sold was my old girl that I use to race, but she has gone to a great home here in Queensland, in fact I am going out to Queensland Raceway today to see her run for the first time with the new owner. The new owner Matt is a great guy, and he actually saw her run at Pukekohe when he was a boy. His dad has flown over from Auckland for the weekend just for this. I will be telling him about this site today, I'm sure he will find this as interesting as I do.
Rod, it would be great to catch up if you ever come over - we have a spare cabin on the boat!!
Best regards
PS still working on some pics to post
Ian, it is amazing how you forget about things and people from way back when you loose contact, but thanks to this forum contact is back and so are some of the great memories. Re the Corvette, Bet it was hard to part with the old girl, you had her for a long time and it was a pretty car and quick as well. Remembering the escort and Peter as well. The Escort had some history and we were trying to put bits together a while back. I think Peter got it from John Scott.
Hunt out those photos.
Coming over to Philip Island in March for meeting, helping Brett Willis with the F5000 Lola, thats good fun.
Home email grimmie64@xtra.co.nz
Hey you two.....cut that out! This site is about the history of great racers and their cars....not about a couple of old timers who came second more times than most to a true champion....you two try hards were a real asset to the fields in those days.....we needed mid fielders....and yes guys....I enjoyed my motor racing but most of all I enjoyed the comradeship and fun we had that doesnt seem to be around as much these days. But boys please please dont dispair...someone has to come second...(here come those fingers Rod!) As always with respect. Kindest ever regards, Tony Rutherford.
make your eyes water all right Steve...wouldnt take off under 7,000rpm and ran up to 15,000 RPM. Belonged to a good friend of mine whom is currently enjoying some success in the open class BMW class. Took him about two years to actually take ownership under the radar and when the news hit town BMW were quite frankly bewildered that the car had slipped away from them........pity it has left the country. Regards, Tony Rutherford.
But Tony, I can only remember seeing one finger, you were such a friendly bloke. Right about the fun days ah. Did you have the BIG mirror so you could keep an eye on us or to make sure the hair was inplace.
Tony, it was a Chev V6 engine in my Escort and the only time it overheated was at Puke with the bigger second engine that Dave Green built for me and for some reason ran a lot hotter than the smaller engine. Once sorted it was quite quick, 1.08 around Puke and 62.7 around Baypark. Had the rules not changed to suit a select few I would have continued with it, having repaired it after the Manifield crash. I sold the car less motor/box and went on to racing other classes of cars.
Hello there Steve, gees i always thought it was a Buick. It went alright. I remember at Puke when you had the big one done, it got warm alright. Must catch up some time.
Hi Rod, have you got any photos of my Escort? I had some somewhere, including some of Mikes` Chevette, but I`m buggered if I can find them. Are you going to the Denny Hulme Festival? I`ve got a new toy coming from the US that I`ll be doing some skids in there!
Hi Steve. Thanks for that. I thought you had once told me it was a Chev engine when when we briefly spoke at Puke when my missus introduced us. Greg Marchant says to say Hi too.
Last edited by TonyG; 09-26-2012 at 07:42 PM.
Will have a look for you Steve. Love to see some photos of Mikes Chevette as some how most of his stuff has gone.
Will be at Festival so will catch up. Might see before because I am going to Ruapuna for Wigram Revival with Brett Willis so may drop in on way home if any time.
I Came across this thread the other night and thought that the pictures of the Mustang was still when my Dad owned and raced it, but I did not get a chance to have him take a look at the pictures until tonight and he confirmed it was him driving the car. I was fairly young at the time he was racing it but I saw the car number, and remembered he ran #33 and then 32 at one time. I remember also helping him bleed the brakes one time in this car when we lived on Lake terrace
road and I had to hang off the edge of the seat and hang on to the bottom of the steering wheel to reach the pedal
Last edited by Nick Slade; 09-29-2012 at 05:21 AM.
Thanks Nick. I guess this must have been around 1980/81/82 or thereabouts? That looks like George Sheweiry in the Sidchrome with its Zakspeed paint scheme in the background.
thats the NZGP meet Dec/Jan 81/2
My thanks to Warwick Clayton for sending me this fantastic photo. This is the Greg Lancaster Victor Chevy. This is the first colour photo I've ever seen of this car when it had its silver paint scheme.
The pic you posted of the Lancaster Victor in Yellow was before it was painted.
I have 2 shots of this car severely damaged, one from an accident that happened I think at Bay Park, also the one that finally destroyed it, when my scanner decides its going to work I will post them.
Thanks Sean, and yes, the yellow shot is very early. Also, the car was painted black at one stage.
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