The dangers of working from memory.........

Dale you are right in thinking NYE but 1970 is too early, we think it was 73 or 4 .It was a big deal in the day made the papers. The Shelby (which was a KR500) was chased all round east Auckland before the crash. It was NOT the car in Kaspas yard. That was a Mach 1 that belonged to another Howickite. The crash that involved the 4 fatalities was a Dodge Coronet in early Jan 78. That's why I thought it was New Years Eve. Sorry to have put you wrong but it niggled me enough to do some checking in order to put the record straight.