Photos: The Gary Clarke Collection - Part 1

[Terry S]

From memory I think Fanning's Escort had a four valve engine.
Dale.

Yes Dale it did end up with a four valve engine, but first its earlier life.

It was built in 1971 as a normal Twin Cam two valve engine to run in the Improved Production class, the main touring car class in Australia at the time. He then decided for 1972 to run as a Sports Sedan which allowed much more modifications.

He purchased and installed the 1860cc four valve Waggott engine that Max Stewart had run in his Rennmax.
Over Easter 1972 he won the main sedan car support races to both the Singapore and Malaysian Grand Prixes.
It is not clear what happened to the car after that. One story was that it was sold in SE Asia.
Fanning seemed to retire after that.

[aussiemonza]

Yes Dale it did end up with a four valve engine, but first its earlier life.

It was built in 1971 as a normal Twin Cam two valve engine to run in the Improved Production class, the main touring car class in Australia at the time. He then decided for 1972 to run as a Sports Sedan which allowed much more modifications.

He purchased and installed the 1860cc four valve Waggott engine that Max Stewart had run in his Rennmax.
Over Easter 1972 he won the main sedan car support races to both the Singapore and Malaysian Grand Prixes.
It is not clear what happened to the car after that. One story was that it was sold in SE Asia.
Fanning seemed to retire after that.

Garry Rogers purchased the Fanning car with the Waggott engine in bits.