For all Jim's ability he seemed to be focused on "tin tops" and I think he had very little running time in single seaters in period. There has been some discussion in the past of how he might have compared to some of the local single seater "names".
When Jim was at the recent BMW Festival at Hampton Downs, he became enthralled with the Formula Junior races and the style of car and fun competitive races. He had a chat to some of the local FJ guys and as a result he has bought a local 1960 Lotus 18 FJ that needs some restoration. The car is on its way to Melbourne where Jim is going to complete the restoration himself and take up racing single seater Formula Junior. Hopefully we will see him out here in the Lotus at the beginning of next year at the Denny Hulme Festival where a large contingent of FJ cars from UK, Europe and Australia are expected.