Memories from the 60's

[bob homewood]

bob
Was this farina built in Wellington and did it have a 1650 pushrod motor?

No Bryan Marshall first raced it with the BMC A series engine in it ,then it got the chopped top look this was done at Owairaka Motors where Bryan worked ,with the other Brian who was involved in building the Custaxie ,after the All comers finished from memory Bryan put the Ford motor into the it,the body shell lay around after that for a while . I brought it with the intention of puting a FPF Climax engine I had rebuilt from sundry bits ( ,that is a thread of its own ) and a Fiat 2300 gearbox,running it as a GT in the sports car races,nobody accepted that as a good idea .but after a couple of "road tests " and witnessing the amount of flex in the body ,I decided I might have been brave but not stupid ,common sense prevailed and it was sold as bits ,out of interest I owned the Climax motor and box for quite a few years afterwards and by the time I sold them they had appreciated quite a bit in value ,which goes against the norm