Again - thanks for sharing all of these photos. There are some really great shots of really great cars.
Again - thanks for sharing all of these photos. There are some really great shots of really great cars.
Congratulations Nigel. This is the first thread on The Roaring Season to hit 10,000 views!
Thanks kiwi285 & Steve. As I've mentioned before I'm enjoying the memories that finding, processing & posting these images brings back to me and it's nice to know that others are having a squizz too.
Here's a few more
Nigel, once again a big thanks for sharing your marvellous collection of photos with all of us. They truly have brought back some great memories. Cheers Mike
Cheers Mike.
My only regret is that I didn't take more back in the 70's & 80's!!
But I will be going to classic car racing events so will post some shots from those meetings. People based overseas will no doubt be interested in 'our' classic & historic cars.
Formula Junior
Thanks for posting photos of my Formula Junior - its a 1959 Taraschi built by Berardo Taraschi in Teramo, Italy. It has a works Fiat 103 based engine of 1089cc with an 8 port head and twin Weber DCOE carbs. It went to the US in 1960 and I bought it to NZ in 2001. In 1962 it was owned and raced by Brock Yates who was a longtime editor of "Car and Driver", initiator of the Cannonball Run and writer of the movie "Smokey and the Bandit". Brock contacted me a few years ago wanting to buy the car back as it was his favourite race car. He blamed it for making him deaf in his right ear.Originally Posted by nigel watts;
Formula Junior
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Apologies for butting in on Nigel's amazing photographs, but I want to ask RogerH if it may have been his Taraschi that was featured in the April 1960 issue of 'Sports Car Graphic' ?
I was advised by a previous US owner of the Taraschi that it was the car that appeared on pages 24 - 25 of the April 1960 issue of "Sports Car Graphic". The colour scheme in the article seems the same as on the original build sheet (Brock Yates subsequently painted it black). The car was evidently the US "works" (Biener Pontiac) car for most of 1960 and it says in the article that they provided the car to the magazine - presumably for publicity purposes.