Lost Race Cars

[Steve Holmes]

There is a 1968 Holden Monaro HK currently on Trademe that I thought might have been the old Spinner Black Cambridge car that raced in New Zealand in the late '60s and early/mid '70s, later owned by Grady Thomson, Jim Carlisle, and George Bunce. There are several similarities between the two, including add-on fibreglass rear flares, which Spinners car had fitted, plus the fuel filler cap relocated to the top of the rear quarter panel, plus the Trademe car was once fitted with a rollcage.

However, the Spinner Black Monaro was involved in a road crash in the '80s, in which it hit a power pole sideways, causing substantial damage that the previous owner thought was enough for it to have been a write-off. Also, the car on Trademe, according to its body tags, is Bright Blue Metallic with Bright Blue Metallic interior. The Bright Blue Metallic paint can still be seen in places under the current red, and the Bright Blue Metallic rear seat is still intact. Spinners Monaro never had a back seat, even right into the 1980s when it had become a road car. Plus, Spinners Monaro never had a head lining.

It had me going there for a while though! Here is the link for anyone who is interested: http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=508465725