Photos: The Allan Cameron Collection - Part 1

[Steve Holmes]

Here is Jim Palmer in the controversial ex-Brian Foley Porsche, leading Jim Richards in the Willment Escort.

[Frosty5]

Here is Jim Palmer in the controversial ex-Brian Foley Porsche, leading Jim Richards in the Willment Escort.

Steve, memory has faded a bit over the years but what was the controversy over the Porsche?

[Steve Holmes]

Steve, memory has faded a bit over the years but what was the controversy over the Porsche?

Dave, as John said, it was the cabin space which seems to have been the issue. The same was true in the SCCA Trans-Am. The Porsche's were kicked out after the 1969 season. But they kept racing in Australia, as sedans, and in fact, both the Pete Geoghegan and Jim McKeown 911s were invited to race in New Zealand at different times by event organisers. But these weren't NZ Saloon Car Championship events.

Another reason for the controversy was that the Porsche actually fit into the 4.2 litre class, so was in the same class as the twin-cam Escorts etc, and was much faster. It was really an outright contender. I'm pretty sure Palmer won an NZSCC race outright in this car against the V8s.

[John McKechnie]

Steve H-Yeah- the MM article was titled something like-Porsche scares Jockeys off the big boys.