Quote Originally Posted by Steve Holmes View Post
Re the Monaro, I'm slightly confused myself. The rego number appears to be DI 5133 in the photo I posted earlier giving chase to Ernie in the GTHO. Jim Richards is pictured driving a Monaro with this number in a couple of my old magazines from 1971. Autonews did a feature on the HT Monaro GTS350, and test drove two cars at quite different times, those of Ron Rutherford and Jim Richards.

There are no captions with the photos, so I have to guess a little, but the rego numbers on the two cars are: EK 1374 and DI 5133. There is one photo that shows DI 5133 parked at Ruapuna with Cayton Cars decals all over it, and the Jim Carney Willment twin-cam Escort next to it. Allan Dick, who wrote the feature, said he'd hired Ruapuna for the day to test drive JRs Monaro for the feature, so I have to assume its this car, and the same that appears earlier in this thread chasing Ernie in the GTHO.
Steve, I thought it might be worth a mention [re an other road test he did in Ernie,s HO] Ernie was some where around Dunedin probably at his batch in Moeraki. S/C .. he was contacted by Allan , to do a road test in the falcon not sure which mag it was put in now , BUT Allan got in the HO & gave it s...t Ernie was not impressed by it all & was stopped by a cop , not sure on the out come , Ernie always tried hard not to draw attention to mufty or black & white cars ........ Dad told me about this many years later & guess what he was still not happy about it ...one of those guys in that time spand that took things very serious ........ lol