Early O.S.C.A saloons, 1971-75 era, any pics out there b/w or colour?

[Steve Holmes]

THere was a pretty good effort here in Auckland to get a North Island sub branch of OSCA going at that time ,it had a lot of support and looked like it would grow,the early rounds down at Levin especially attracted quite good entries.The first fuel crises helped bring about its demise .I amongst others were building new cars for it ,but the future uncertainty of the sport in general with the fuel crises ,suspension of race meetings etc caused a change in direction for a lot of people , myself included at this time .That original Auckland committee consisted of myself ,Greg Lancaster ,Rex Findlay and Adrian Walmsley ,it was a pity that circumstances changed ,There was also a Wellington sub branch

What sort of car were you building for it Bob?

[bob homewood]

What sort of car were you building for it Bob?

I had the ex Metropolitan Cranes Escort that Dave Silcock and Peter Sundberg raced,which I was putting a modified F85 Olds engine in ,as I said it was unfortunate with the fuel crises drama coming along as it was the only time in my life I have ever had decent sponsorship,the fuel crises put paid to that and changed my plans