The Brett Young Collection

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Nice shot here of the Bruce Bellis V8 Cortina, possibly at the same event as that pictured above. This car was built by Clyde Collins for OSCA, in which it was quite dominant. Note here the flares, fitted by Robin Officer for Bellis, and using the same molds as the flares that first appeared on the PDL Mustang, then later the Nazer Victor, and ex-Rod Coppins/Bruce Jenner etc Camaro.

The Cortina was later owned by Steve Vigurs, who stripped it to build his MkIV Cortina OSCA racer.

I don't recall Steve ever having a MkIV Cortina. His first OSCA car was the ex Bob Slade Capri V8 to which Steve fitted a Chev replacing the Ford V8, then this MKIII Cortina which was raced for a short time until contributing parts for his self built Mitsubishi Celeste-Buick V6 (later Chev V8), which was in turn replaced by the ex Clyde Collins owned and Avon Hyde driven Commodore-Chev.

From memory, this particular Cortina Mk III was owned and raced by in turn Clyde Collins (Boss Ford V8), and then Bruce Bellis followed by Tony Newton with a 5 litre Morand Chev V8, then Steve Vigurs with a 5.7 litre Chev V8.