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#101 barrykin

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Posted 18 March 2013 - 21:49

Here is a report and photo gallery from Phillip Island:

http://www.sportscar...ort-and-photos/

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#102 GreenMachine

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Posted 19 March 2013 - 10:37

A few non-racing sights from the carpark ...

Mk 5 Bolwell, with Ford Twin Cam power
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Mk 7 Bolwell, presumably with Holden grunt
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and finally, the Mystery Car aka 'Nothing Special'
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I don't know how he could get dressed in leather jacket, leather helmet, scarf wrapped around his face, in the temperatures experienced over the weekend :eek:

#103 mouserat159

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Posted 07 March 2014 - 10:10

With Phillip Island Classic on this weekend maybe it is time to revive this great part of the forum.

#104 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 08 March 2014 - 04:03

Natsoft has all the times.  Some of the fastest outright,, Tom Tweedie 5000 1 28.39. Richard Davidson a couple of sec slower. Lucio Cesario RT21 1.34.3 and Gp Q John Bowe  1 29.35. And what the hell is a -423255 that he is driving?



#105 David Shaw

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Posted 08 March 2014 - 04:42

Bowe is driving a March 741 in Group Q.

http://www.vhrr.com/...le&Entrants.pdf



#106 Giraffe

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Posted 08 March 2014 - 08:28

It would appear that Andy Newall with his GT40 and Palliser, Hugh Colman with his Chevron B8, Greg Thornton with his March 75A and my friend Roz Shaw with her Alfa Romeo GTAM are the only Brits racing at this year's Classic.

 

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Here is Roz pictured at the VHRR reception with Sir Jack Brabham.


Edited by Giraffe, 08 March 2014 - 08:34.


#107 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 08 March 2014 - 19:38

Bowe is driving a March 741 in Group Q.

http://www.vhrr.com/...le&Entrants.pdf

The Natsoft results give the afore mentioned.



#108 GMACKIE

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Posted 08 March 2014 - 21:44

Bowe is also driving a Brabham BT 23B-2, according to Natsoft.



#109 Formula 5000

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 08:06

Went to Phillip Island Classic, as I do every year, this time on Saturday luckily. For supposedly warm day it was very cool with a strong Bass Strait gale requiring jumper and jacket.

John Bowe drove both the Jagermeister liveried March 741 3 litre DFV to second place behind Tom Tweedie Chevron F5000. Latter is seriously fast in a young mans hands.

Bowe also drove the Brabham BT 23B-2 Climax 2.5 but, in spite of fastest time in qualifying got passed around the outside by Damon Hancock Brabham BT23C 1.6 litre. Hancock drove it hard seemingly, way ahead of established other 1.6 stars.

 

Why lucky I went Saturday? The March and Chevron were no shows Sunday. Rumour seems the noise man said No. Many cars in program did not show, rather disappointing.

Now if the Great Commentator Simmo could tell me how to post photos I would.    



#110 Andrew Fellowes

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 08:12

There were three BT23Bs built, although used on circuits they seem to have been more at home on the hills with 2.5 Coventry Climax, two survive this one with Trevor Simpson in Sydney, the other BT23B-1 in the UK.

#111 Andrew Fellowes

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 08:19

Can one get Natsoft to show the overall results rather than by class? It's very irritating!

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 09:45

Well Andrew choose the Times option, the second one on the right, not the Result option. This lists the times for each Entrant in order. Still haven't forgiven you for selling the Brabham BT36, was a bit slower on the weekend.

 

Back  to noise level; some of the older cars (names withheld) were a lot noisier. In the touring cars, one Falcon was absolutely ear "hurtin,' no ping though! Hmm I am deaf anyway.



#113 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 09:59

Can one get Natsoft to show the overall results rather than by class? It's very irritating!

I think this comes from the event organisers. It has been the same the last few years. It is not the way Natsoft usually does it.



#114 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 10:02

Well Andrew choose the Times option, the second one on the right, not the Result option. This lists the times for each Entrant in order. Still haven't forgiven you for selling the Brabham BT36, was a bit slower on the weekend.

 

Back  to noise level; some of the older cars (names withheld) were a lot noisier. In the touring cars, one Falcon was absolutely ear "hurtin,' no ping though! Hmm I am deaf anyway.

PI is a pain for noise. The same catr can be ok one race and not the next. I presume the weather was very nice so usually less of a problem than the more usual overcast and rain! I got pinged in the late 90s in the early race. Later in the day it was not a problem. And really PI is a fair way from housing unlike Sandown that has simialr problems.



#115 GMACKIE

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 10:06

The noise frightens the penguins, Lee......we can't have that. :rolleyes:



#116 Giraffe

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 10:17



John Bowe drove both the Jagermeister liveried March 741 3 litre DFV to second place behind Tom Tweedie Chevron F5000. Latter is seriously fast in a young mans hands.

 

Why lucky I went Saturday? The March and Chevron were no shows Sunday. Rumour seems the noise man said No. Many cars in program did not show, rather disappointing.

    

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Roz Shaw pictured with her Alfa GTAM and John Bowe's matching March. Roz tells me that many cars got pinged along with the March, including Andy Newall's GT40 which later resolved the issue itself when it blew up!

 

(Photo(s) courtesy of Roz Shaw).



#117 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 10:38

The noise frightens the penguins, Lee......we can't have that. :rolleyes:

Penguins are 5+km away,, and make so much damn noise you cannot hear yourself think!



#118 Dipster

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 12:36

Not  particularly wishing to side with the penguins but I have a house 12kms (as the penguin might wish it could fly) away from the Portimao circuit in Portugal. There are days that I can hear the cars and bikes in my backyard! That suits me........  So I guess sound travels further than we might think.



#119 Librules

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 18:45

Penguins are 5+km away,, and make so much damn noise you cannot hear yourself think!

Well it must be the Koalas and Cape Barren Geese then, Lee.   ,  



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#120 Andrew Fellowes

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Posted 09 March 2014 - 21:41

Well Andrew choose the Times option, the second one on the right, not the Result option. This lists the times for each Entrant in order. Still haven't forgiven you for selling the Brabham BT36, was a bit slower on the weekend.

Thanks, when BT36-1 had the oversize engine that it came with from the UK it was awesome to drive, did at least explain why John Harper was so quick in it in the UK. I remember him suddenly slowing at Snetterton, I thought it was Christmas 'till the Clerk of the Course kindly asked if I'd seen the yellow flag and then gave me a leave pass for the remainder of the weekend.

 

Edit. BT36-2 could not have gone to a better home, Alan & Jocelyn are very dedicated to the history and will I hope get it re classified as a Group P car then it should run with the O's.


Edited by Andrew Fellowes, 09 March 2014 - 22:02.


#121 DavidI

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Posted 10 March 2014 - 03:15

Glad I went on the Saturday, first time to P.I. and had a great time (strangely enough, was hot and sunny down there and cool and rainy back home in Qld!).

I shot a substantial number of photos, am in the process of sorting the good from the bad and hope to have some decent ones to post in the next few days.



#122 mouserat159

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Posted 10 March 2014 - 06:11

Glad I went on the Saturday, first time to P.I. and had a great time (strangely enough, was hot and sunny down there and cool and rainy back home in Qld!).
I shot a substantial number of photos, am in the process of sorting the good from the bad and hope to have some decent ones to post in the next few days.


Hi DavidI I am really looking forward to seening your photo's that you post here thank you

Edited by mouserat159, 10 March 2014 - 11:40.


#123 Formula 5000

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Posted 10 March 2014 - 06:15

Andrew thank you for the explanation on your BT36. Makes sense.

On the other hand the John Bowe driven BT 23B-2 was in the entrants list as " M Sports"? Probably a mistake. In the Program it was listed under the          O Racing section. 1966-1969. Why would they re classify it to P 1968-1972 so "it could run with the O's, because it did.

 

Not trying to start a spat as I have no doubt of your knowledge (and investment) in this but would appreciate a little elucidation.

 

Thanks,

Gary



#124 Andrew Fellowes

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Posted 10 March 2014 - 08:59

No problem Gary, I noticed several other typos on the entry list. BT23B-2 should be 'O Racing'. I missed that the BT36 ran with M & O, the first list I saw it was listed as Q, oops! The organisers at P I are always open to requests to move to another group. They are really good at accommodating these moves as I found out in the past.

 

CAMS has a matrix for compatibility where they list P running with O, however that does not always go well with M drivers so organisers often slotted me in in with Q & R and being beaten up by RT4 Ralts is not much fun.



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Posted 11 March 2014 - 21:53

First time at PI since 1972.....

 

WOW what a circuit compared to Mallala.  Like Melbourne Cup compared to the Birdsville races!  (But Easter Mallala is the best, friendliest historic race meeting in Australia of course).

 

Poor little clubman couldn't keep up with the Formula Juniors down the straight but caught them up around the corners only to be blown off down the straight again!  After a safety car period the speed of the front runners even BEFORE we got to the straight blew me away!

 

Jim Doig (first time at PI since 1976 I think but in the same one owner car) had a Cape Barren Goose do a bit a pedestrian thing across the circuit in front of him, unfortunately his video camera wasn't working at that stage...  Pretty scary though.

 

Bit biased but would love to see photos of ASP 71 (me) or ASP 39 (Doig),  any photos of more exotic cars would be super too.  Back to work now and then on to (minor) repairs to car chassis and trailing arm and mudguard after one of the fore mentioned Formula Juniors and I had a minor disagreement in Honda corner, Mallala races on in 10 days (rerun of the heat cancelled recent event).


Edited by 2Bob, 11 March 2014 - 21:54.


#126 Dale Harvey

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Posted 12 March 2014 - 21:24

First time at PI since 1972.....

 

one of the fore mentioned Formula Juniors and I had a minor disagreement in Honda corner,

I seen that incident as it happened. You were unlucky.

Dale.



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Posted 13 March 2014 - 03:43

A few photos from the M & O and Invited cars races (51 entries).  Taken by Andy Ford whose Mallock had overheating problems in practice and didn't quite make the races. 

 

Peter Strauss Repco Brabham BT31

 

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Andrew Newall, JCB Excavators Uk,  GT40

 

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Jim Doig, Motorlab ASP

 

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Justin McCintock, Galloway SP1300

 

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James Calder Lotus Super Seven and a tiny bit of Aaron Lewis  AAR Gurney Eagle T2G disappearing stage right

 

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Bob Collinson (me) ASP 340c 

 

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Will Walker Lotus Super Seven II

 

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Quite a variety of cars for one race, not shown was Lilo Zircon, Lola T70 Spider,  John Bowe, Brabham BT 23B-2,  Matich SR3 etc etc. 


Edited by 2Bob, 13 March 2014 - 03:58.


#128 Lee Nicolle

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Posted 13 March 2014 - 04:14

First time at PI since 1972.....

 

WOW what a circuit compared to Mallala.  Like Melbourne Cup compared to the Birdsville races!  (But Easter Mallala is the best, friendliest historic race meeting in Australia of course).

 

Poor little clubman couldn't keep up with the Formula Juniors down the straight but caught them up around the corners only to be blown off down the straight again!  After a safety car period the speed of the front runners even BEFORE we got to the straight blew me away!

 

Jim Doig (first time at PI since 1976 I think but in the same one owner car) had a Cape Barren Goose do a bit a pedestrian thing across the circuit in front of him, unfortunately his video camera wasn't working at that stage...  Pretty scary though.

 

Bit biased but would love to see photos of ASP 71 (me) or ASP 39 (Doig),  any photos of more exotic cars would be super too.  Back to work now and then on to (minor) repairs to car chassis and trailing arm and mudguard after one of the fore mentioned Formula Juniors and I had a minor disagreement in Honda corner, Mallala races on in 10 days (rerun of the heat cancelled recent event).

I just has a look at Natsoft.. on Fri you must have been on a tourist drive! you got down to some respectable times Sat though. Doig was a bit the same though he got quick. One owner high km Asp!



#129 2Bob

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Posted 13 March 2014 - 04:44

I just has a look at Natsoft.. on Fri you must have been on a tourist drive! you got down to some respectable times Sat though. Doig was a bit the same though he got quick. One owner high km Asp!

 

First practice yeah, one lap running in new gearbox, one & 1/2 laps under the safety car, one lap trying to find the circuit.... end of practice!  Practice 2 was damp but with a dry line so at least we could follow that to find the more or less right line...   51 cars in our race...  good fun.



#130 DavidI

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Posted 13 March 2014 - 10:45

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My attempts at arty shots!

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Repco-Brabham:

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Sir Jack:

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#131 DavidI

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Posted 13 March 2014 - 11:01

ASP and Lola T70:

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Don Thallon' MRC FJunior:

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Another ASP:

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Chevron

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Welsor:

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#132 DavidI

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Posted 13 March 2014 - 11:47

Porsche 962:

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Cobra:

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Elfin ME5:

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Maserati 4CL:

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John Bowe in the March 741:

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Matich:

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FJ:

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Bugattis to finish off:

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I thought it prudent to hold off from posting all my photos - there were over 450 in total!



#133 2Bob

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Posted 13 March 2014 - 21:31

"I thought it prudent to hold off from posting all my photos - there were over 450 in total!"

 

Nice selection though Davidll 



#134 GMACKIE

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Posted 13 March 2014 - 21:39

I wouldn't be offended if you popped a few more photos in, David......in fact I would be very pleased. :clap:



#135 willini

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Posted 14 March 2014 - 01:08

Any Formula Ford pics David?  I was running the Silver RF82 No. 18



#136 DavidI

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 03:06

Any Formula Ford pics David?  I was running the Silver RF82 No. 18

Sorry to say it was about the only category I missed, not for lack of interest (quite the contrary, am considering an Historic FFord myself), just the races coincided with when I was either in the paddock or looking through some other display.

 

as for other requests:

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Escort:

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Group N field:

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Alfa porn:

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Nc Porsche:

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#137 DavidI

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 03:17

Wingless F5000 Lola:

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Les Wright's Benetton:

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more "modern" open wheelers:

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More later, if anyone's interested :-)



#138 GMACKIE

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 04:20

Sorry to say it was about the only category I missed, not for lack of interest (quite the contrary, am considering an Historic FFord myself), just the races coincided with when I was either in the paddock or looking through some other display.

 

as for other requests:

 

 

Escort:

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David Noakes [Jnr] driving his Dad's [David Snr] Escort.



#139 Shane Bowden

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 08:58

Any J, K & L David?

 

Thanks Shane



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#140 Dick Willis

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 09:09

Shane, most of them wouldn't know what JKL is, we should be calling it "Early Historics" or something more meaningful than JKL.



#141 275 GTB-4

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 09:46

Shane, most of them wouldn't know what JKL is, we should be calling it "Early Historics" or something more meaningful than JKL.


Dick..it was an Historic Meeting...maybe it would be better to just describe JK&L in glowing terms rather than throwing hand grenade's? :up:



#142 lyntonh

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 11:09

ASP and Lola T70:

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Don Thallon' MRC FJunior:

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Another ASP:

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Chevron

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Welsor:

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Any idea which Welsor this is?



#143 DavidI

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Posted 17 March 2014 - 23:22

I've got J/K/L somewhere, think I got most of the field as they rolled down pit lane, ditto the Group C/A tin tops, also a few shots from trackside later. Will ink them up when I get the chance

Welsor is listed as Rob Kilpatrick but no idea which actual car it is. Happy to be corrected but I suspect it might be the car formerly owned by Kerry Finn here in Qld.



#144 Shane Bowden

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 00:07

The Welsor is ex Maroulis.



#145 GreenMachine

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 00:16

I've got around 1500 photos from the three days, but it will be some time before I can classify them.  If you are looking for something, post here, or pm me.



#146 lyntonh

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 01:57

The Welsor is ex Maroulis.

Thanks Shane



#147 DavidI

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 03:12

I thought it prudent to hold off from posting all my photos - there were over 450 in total!

 

 

I've got around 1500 photos from the three days, but it will be some time before I can classify them.  If you are looking for something, post here, or pm me.

 You win! :-)



#148 DavidI

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 03:35

Lola Mk 1:

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Old Yeller

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Sharp Holden:

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 Apologies for lack of titles, don't have my programme/entry list handy. I have clearer shots of most of these cars from overhead in pit lane but for some reason photobucket has rotated them when I uploaded; when I sort that out I'll link them



#149 Shane Bowden

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Posted 18 March 2014 - 21:13

Thanks David



#150 Welby

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Posted 19 March 2014 - 03:02

i'm really surprised no one has mentioned the 40th anniversary of the Torana L 34.

 

There was a selection of both road and race cars from all over the country.