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    Matamata Street races 1965 - Saloons - the John " Larry " Lawton photos.

    Photos from J L Lawton's vast archives as mentioned in the previous post.

    All from 1965. the 20th March event, and the Last One.

    A pair of Minis led by Tony Gilbertson, not sure of 3rd and 4th cars.

    Name:  Matamata 1965 #047 Mini trio T Gilbertson Cooper S front John Larry Lawton.jpg
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    Humber Zephyr * [ see note ] of Frank Radisich leads a mixed bunch in including the Zephyr Corvette and the Morrari, an Anglia and Chev Coupe in the middle
    Name:  Matamata 1965 #049 Humber Radisich Anglia Coupe Zephyr - Corvette Morrari Church Corner crop Joh.jpg
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    Humbers of Ross McCallum and G Harvey [ Graeme Harvey ? - thought he had a Holden that raced there ? ]

    Name:  Matamata 1965 #052 Humbers Ross McCallum G Harvey workshop behind crop John Larry Lawton.jpg
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    Anglia of Warren Reid - where is he heading ? he has spun !! - and Mini T Parker

    Name:  Matamata 1965 #053 Anglia #70 Warren Reid Mini #86 T Parker workshop behind John Larry Lawton.jpg
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    The Big Boys,
    Colin Lumsden De Soto, Jennings in the 6 litre Fiat, Chev Coupe and Garth Souness in the Morrari - Corvette powered
    - in 1964 Garth ran the early 1930's Ford Coupe - with Chev OHV V8 power.

    Name:  Matamata 1965 #055 De Soto Lumsden Chev Coupe Jennings 6 litre Fiat spl  Morrari G Souness John .jpg
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    The 1965 Programme Cover.

    Looking for the entry lists for many of the races - especially Saloons,- have the Sports Cars and a handwritten list from the programme as the page Event - race 13 was blank apart from listing the name of the Race - The Festival Feature race for " Formula Libre Racing Cars and Sports Racing Cars ".


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    * Note ; Had Humber Jaguar in the notes but according to the entry list the Radisich Humber 80 had a cc rating of 2553 - the size of a Mark 2 and Mark 3 Zephyr engine. The Humber was Zephyr powered prior to the Jaguar Motor.
    Last edited by Roger Dowding; 08-11-2022 at 05:36 AM. Reason: Humber Zephyr ..###47

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