John did race a Statesman with George Bunce it was silver with black vinyl roof. That Statesman was bought by Robin Irving (doc) and at one stage we fitted a sump guard to it and Robin and Rod Millen rallied it in the Maramarua Rally when his Mazda was over at the RAC, It was a bulldozer at speed, first stage it stalled a couple of times going into corners, so Doc would lean over and crank it over with the key and Rod would hang on and all of a sudden there would be lock as it fired. Reset the idle to real fast and they finished in a place up front. Did a couple of trips to Bay Park with Robin in that car, now thats another story. May have some photos.
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Yep, you got it. The Windleburns raced a Statesman during the 1982/83 B&H endurance season, but this was the first year of the NZ made SS Commodores which were completely dominant and the Statesman wasn't a contender.