Yes I agree - it almost looks like 2 cars welded together. Chevette front and Fiat rear
Yes I agree - it almost looks like 2 cars welded together. Chevette front and Fiat rear
Grimy may remember what the make up of it was ,it was just at a time when I was too busy doing my own thing sorry
There is a silver one with black flares running in historic racing now, is this the Warwick Gray car?Originally Posted by bigbanger
That is pretty ambitious! Does he still own the car?
Yes that is the car, still has Grey Motors on it I think.
The Fiat was built by Gary Hastings a nice guy and very clever fella. He was involved with the original build and maintenance of Mr Huxfords Capri, they were very good mates. Garys car was a Fiat 850 shell with the front built into a kind of mono with adjustable a-arm suspension, a smart bit of fabrication. the rear was basically a space frame with a Rover V8 mounted across the back east west sitting on a (don't laugh) Tasman gearbox which was all run through chains from engine to gearbox. the rear was also adjustable a-arms. It went alright. got out of corners well. Had a couple of laps in practice at Bay Park one day and it was impressive. If you went in hard it would have a little understeer, but once used to it you could use that to get a good straight exit on to straight. Use the right foot with brain, I did adjust.
Last talked to Gary about 15 years ago he had a Rover 3.5 original and was doing engineering in Kerikeri, but then moved on and i lost contact (shame)
Car went to Hasting and that about last i heard of it. Guy had a hire centre and gym.
Caulton? or something similar ?
Pretty sure it he ended up putting a chev into it.
Pretty sure i remember it attempting to be raffled for $100.00 a ticket at some.
Does that ring a bell Rodney, i was but a kid at the time.
Re/ the Windleburn Statesman. John actually did the B&H with his eldest son Shane sharing the drive. I gave them a hand that year....
Also I do have a photo of Ian Knights Escort taken by Rex Rattenburys (Akld Star Photographer....now there's a story!!) son who was about 12 years old at the time. It shows the Escort spinning in a cloud of dust with the left rear wheel about 8 feet about the roof of the car!! Will try and find and post for you....
Another little snippet of interest is that of Graham Parks incredible Morris Marina V8. The car caught fire at Bay Park and no one could actually see that it was alight because of the tinted windows. Because of this there was a MANZ law change that banned tinted windows....
Regards, Tony Rutherford.
Last edited by Jizim; 07-28-2011 at 03:19 PM.
Thats the rooster, Caulton and yea he did put a Chev in it and raffle it. Welcome aboard Tony (Ruppie) You will be able to fill a heap of the holes in that old memories are struggling to put together.
The Statesman, didn't Gearge Bunce and Haines do a B&H in it and then John and Shane. She had a pretty hard case life before it was sold as a family car in later years.
One family owner, only driven on Sunday to church no doubt.
Is this the Mossman car ?
Yes at Pukekohe ?,before it met its end at Wigram
Yes it is at Pukekohe just off Railway corner on to the back straight. I just posted a different pic of it in different colours in the 70/80s thread as well. Found it this arvo.
Also found a couple of bad shots of a pretty wild looking Escort you might know.
Any ideas on what happened to peter Meadows Corvette ?
Ralphs new toyIs this the Mossman car ?
Think the Dobbe Brothers own it now, he peddles it real good too.
Sorry pushed wrong button, above is in reference to Warwick Greys Viva
Wow nice bit of gear. Beautiful tidy workshop too.
I worked at John Andrew Ford and was one of four mechanics that prepared the Telstar.
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