Modified 70s and 80s Saloons - Picture Thread

[jim short]

Yes rod tony was always a sedate and safe with a nice litle wave each time i passed him

[Rod Grimwood]

Was it the same wave he gave me when I passed him in the Mobil race, fingers seemed to be stuck together.

[driftwood]

Jim Busbys cars where for IMSA somewhere on ten tenths is the bmw 320 Gp 5 thread where either a kiwi or ozzie poster has given info on the bmw in usa and oz and back to usa
there was a Busby car for sale in usa 4 -5 years ago i just missed then i acquired the car i now have
i have spoken via email with the current owner

there was a bmw 320 Gp 5 in NZ for 10-15 years but its now in asia

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks for that info driftwood.

[driftwood]

i have just read most of the ten tenths 320 thread in it there are links to oz website and info on all the Oz JPS cars and 1 of the Busby cars is full space frame and 1 is steel shell car both built by bmw factory
cars raced in USA in IMSA 78 79 ish then sold to Oz and later went back to USA and germany via the UK
there was also a bmw in Oz built in conjunction with Frank Gardner car was eventually broken up parts sold off and the shell was eventually scrapped
thread is 22 pages worth and i read it backwards made more sense to me than reading forward
I often read yr threads here backwards last to first page more educational at times

here is the link get a box of crisps and couple of (warm) beers and read on
http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75912

[driftwood]

look here NZ bmw now sold to singapore

http://www.bmw.net.nz/html/group_5_320.html

[Steve Holmes]

i have just read most of the ten tenths 320 thread in it there are links to oz website and info on all the Oz JPS cars and 1 of the Busby cars is full space frame and 1 is steel shell car both built by bmw factory
cars raced in USA in IMSA 78 79 ish then sold to Oz and later went back to USA and germany via the UK
there was also a bmw in Oz built in conjunction with Frank Gardner car was eventually broken up parts sold off and the shell was eventually scrapped
thread is 22 pages worth and i read it backwards made more sense to me than reading forward
I often read yr threads here backwards last to first page more educational at times

here is the link get a box of crisps and couple of (warm) beers and read on
http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=75912

Thanks for that, I'll go through and read it.

[Steve Holmes]

look here NZ bmw now sold to singapore

http://www.bmw.net.nz/html/group_5_320.html

900hp!!! Shit, that'd make your eyes water. I wonder if the new Singapore owner will race it.

[driftwood]

I think yer man was using his poetic licence to the max and poss onto valve bounce
you know what Kiwis are like for bragging !!:roll eyes:
he was also excitable on his price at the time £100k ish for a car that needed a full rebuild to use- i offered him half that dunno what he took for it this was around 4-5 years ago now
the man who has bought the car has a few Gp a cars i doubt he will race it more of a collector

[Steve Holmes]

Do you know much of its history? Looks like its still wearing the original paint. Its painted in works colours, but its bodywork looks different to the works cars of 1978, which seems to be the only year these cars had turbos and this paint scheme:http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jon...978%20DRM.html

[Powder]

Do you know much of its history? Looks like its still wearing the original paint. Its painted in works colours, but its bodywork looks different to the works cars of 1978, which seems to be the only year these cars had turbos and this paint scheme:http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jon...978%20DRM.html

The car had Canadian stickers on it when I saw it at Whenuapai 15 years ago so I wondered if it was one of the McLaren IMSA cars. Perhaps a sister car to this one, http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/7311/index.html , although the bodywork is a bit different to this also.

Malcolm

Edit: I've had read through some of the ten-tenths thread mentioned above and the history of the car is outlined in Post #128 here: http://www.ten-tenths.com/forum/show...t=75912&page=9

[driftwood]

Car is i think german HAT Wurth race car
i have info on it on my PC
there where 2 cars in canada from euroland
1 was Grosser beer car that went down to gutamala its now back in der Fatherland

[Steve Holmes]

From which season, 1978?

[timbo61]

As posted by Bry3500 on the Sandown 1000 thread. What happened to the 3 Aussie BMWs that raced in sports sedans in the 80s?

1) Craven Mild 318i. LHD Floorpanned Turbo Built by Jim Busby to IMSA specs in the USA. Brought out here in early 1980 and made its debut in Rd3 of the Australian Sports Sedan Championship at Amaroo Park with Gricey at the wheel. Raced through 1980. Did not re appear until the 1982 Championship Rd6 with Jim Richards at the wheel under JPS colours. Car now had the boxed guards. This car then ended up being purchased by Molloy and raced by Chris Hones before being passed on to Robin Doherty and then I think on to Rob Burns. It was then sold onto the US. Car is now in Germany or England.

2) JPS 318i. RHD Space frame. Made its debut at Rd1 of the Better Brakes 3.5 series at Amaroo Park in 1981 with Gricey at the wheel under JPS colours. Raced throughout 1981 in the Championship before being sold to Bruce Lynton for 1982 season and then John Brigss for the 1983 season. It was then raced by Grant Munday and then to Richard Gartner. Richard put a rotary in it and raced it in the NSW state series with a black colour scheme. The car ended up in Thailand and apparently is now in New Zealand.

3) JPS IMSA 320i. LHD Floorpanned Jim Busby built car. Was used as show/spares car. Did not race until the WSC in 1984 with Richards at the wheel. Was a naturally aspirated 2L F2 engine. This was sold onto Molloy whith Chris Hones at the wheel before being raced by Ludwig Finnaur with a sky blue paint scheme as he got his CAMS license. It was then further raced by Chris Hones before being passed on to a Rob Shiel? The car in now in Germany or England?

Three BMW's that raced in the day.
I'm not sure about the Gurney car, did John briggs drive it at some stage?



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[Steve Holmes]

Timbo, those are great! The Gurney car, I'm almost certain, would be the Grice/Craven Mild machine, that later went to Bruce Lynton, then John Briggs? Lynton raced it in 1982, then Briggs had it the following year.

[driftwood]

I went to see another ex works BMW today thats been stripped down to take some photos and compare to my car and the other works car and every car is different !!
I have many photos of other cars there are variants of front wheel arches splitters rear wings
allegedly 44 cars where built between 77 and 79

[Steve Holmes]

Wow, there were surprisingly large number built! Can you give more detail on you car?

[driftwood]

been away skiing In Italy hence the silence
My car was allegedly built form the wreck of eddie cheers works car that crashed at solder in 77 Gustav Fischer bought the wreck took it home and built up a car for him to race in 78
in 79 Gerd Reiss bought the car and did some mountain races with it and 1 DRM race
the car was unused in 80 81 as Reiss teamed up with Albrecht Krebs to race his turbo car
In 82 the car was sold to Swede Kenneth Leim to race in Silverstone Spa Monza WCM 1000 km races with Peter Simonsen
The car was unused in 83 and sold to Peters son who did some local saloon races in 84 85 in sweden and Finland
The car was sold a couple of times to Finnish drivers who raced this car
My car had a number of engines BMW M12 Schnitzer turbo and Volvo B20 engine and there where 3 or 4 BMW 320 cars that race din sweden finland in the early 80's 3 have come back to the UK in the late 1990's but I had just had contact with Finnish guy who still has 1 car he is planning on rebuilding

[TonyG]

My In Laws are family friends of Ian Knight and they have tracked him down at the Southport Yacht Club here on the Gold Coast where they had tea and bickies with him on Thursday. The Mother In Law passed on to me that he has just sold his Corvette and that the new owner will be running it at Willowbank in the Sprint series starting tomorrow (Sunday). She told Ian about this forum and he is supposedly keen to check it out so heres hoping he can supply more info on the missing escort. He was apparently going to make some calls before joining in here in order to track it down.
Regards
Tony

[Ian Knight]

Hi Rod
I can't shine to much light on what happened to the old escort after I sold it. I can't even remember who I sold it to, but I believe the V8 came out and was replaced with a 2lt Ford. I'll try and dig out some old pictures. Unfortunately we have lost a lot of old photos whilst in storage so fingers crossed.
Just joined up today and have managed to spend several hours browsing. Very reminiscent, great site and will continue to go on from time to time to see what else has been uncovered.
Regards
Ian