Lyn Brown should be able to identify this one
This is Dave Mawer in the TC now owned by Ross Hodgson.
Posted 18 August 2010 - 23:26
Lyn Brown should be able to identify this one
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Posted 19 August 2010 - 00:04
Edited by lyntonh, 18 February 2012 - 07:23.
Posted 19 August 2010 - 00:14
Warwick Farm 12th July 1969
Details?
Posted 19 August 2010 - 00:19
I doubt it since this pic is 1969 when rotarys would have been a very rare thing in Oz. Though a viable concept ofcourse. The VW gearboxes are not very strong, even the Hewland versions. Though rotarys would have had less power then than now and a 10A would probabl have been the only one advailable then.Further to my previous post on this car I wonder if the Mazda sponsorship is of significance here. That is , was this car Mazda Rotary powered perhaps?
Mating a Mazda Rotary to a VW transaxle wasn't unheard of back then. They were an alternative powerplant to the VW's in the Purvis Eureka kit cars around this time.
Anyone able to check entry details when this car competed at the Farm?
Posted 19 August 2010 - 02:07
Originally posted by lyntonh
Oran Park 27th June 1971
Marque sports cars
Bring back memories, anyone?
Posted 19 August 2010 - 03:55
Should do...
With two TNF members in this picture alone!
And there's no doubt there's not a rotary in the Brolga at all. You wouldn't have heard another car on the circuit.
Posted 19 August 2010 - 05:01
These photos show a typically busy Marque sports race at Oran Park with my Turner in front of Iain Corness in the twin cam powered MGB and the MG Midgets of Barry Bassingthwaite and Les Carne. Barry's car is the left hand drive Midget. I don't recall the particular race but from the wheel widths on the Turner it looks like sometime in 1970/71. Iain certainly seems to be doing his very best to flat spot the Bee's left front tyre!!!
Posted 19 August 2010 - 05:47
Unfortunately for you, he didn't flat spot them quite enough....
my next (& last) two shots from the race.
Posted 19 August 2010 - 06:14
Yes indeed - the desperate braking efforts do seem to have got him somewhere and, now that I see the full sequence, I can recall the race. Your last two shots show us going into Energol on the final two laps after Iain had very cleverly managed to have me boxed in behind some lapped traffic on the approach to the dogleg giving him the opportunity to dive past on the second last lap and take the lead I had held all the way until then. As these shots also show we had both by then managed to pull away from the pair of Midgets and the rest. This race and Iain's well judged pass was the subject of several posts some time back on the Marque Sports thread in which Iain confessed about his gamesmanship with the back markers which created the opening for him. Great photos and thanks for posting them as they bring back some very pleasant memories.
Posted 19 August 2010 - 06:57
Posted 19 August 2010 - 08:40
Lynton dont forget those other Japanese Sports Cars in Gp C. The horribly noisy ones that CAMS went out of their way to make outright winners from a good 3 litre class car.I've just been looking at that thread & there's a photo (Dec 19 2009) which must have been taken about three seconds after my second last shot.
(I could have used "penultimate", but that's a bit too "Murray Walker" for me.)
Reading through the MS thread, it appears that CAMS couldn't stand the minor rule bending that brought about the success of your class, & decided to change it.
Clubman racing was at its best with the invitation 1500cc cars, & was left alone.
For several years, Sports cars produced seriously good races which even caught the attention of the tin-top junkies,
proving that all that was wanted was a good close race.
In later years, the politics were obviously different when Nissan got Godzilla under the radar, & we saw a Sports car win the Touring Car Championship.
Two days ago, these photos were just forgotten negatives.
I calculated today that I have around 1500 yet to scan!!!
Lynton
Posted 19 August 2010 - 10:52
For several years, Sports cars produced seriously good races which even caught the attention of the tin-top junkies,
proving that all that was wanted was a good close race.
Lynton
Posted 19 August 2010 - 12:36
Edited by lyntonh, 18 February 2012 - 07:37.
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Max Stewart ...early damage
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Posted 19 August 2010 - 13:15
I'll stop now at the risk of becoming tedious, but please keep yours coming.
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Posted 19 August 2010 - 23:07
Gary Campbell, Allan Hamilton in the M10B, Ian Fergusson (Bowin P4) on the inside and Henk Woelders in the second 600.
Doug Heasman (Rennmax)... that one goes down as a rare pic.
It was Colin Hyams in the Lola, wasn't it?
Edited by lyntonh, 18 February 2012 - 07:26.
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 06:25
Paul Hamilton has already identified the driver, but the following may help.
From the 13th July 1969 Warwick Farm AJC Touring Car Trophy meeting's programme, Lyntonh's photo of the Brolga is described as follows in the event 8, 10 lapper 'Sports Car Race'.
19 Kemproof Indust. Plastics P/L (Dvr: G Wood) Brolga GT Mazda 1490 White
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 08:14
Oran Park Gold Star 27th June 1971
Morning warm-up
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Edited by lyntonh, 18 February 2012 - 07:18.
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Posted 24 August 2010 - 11:46
Didn't the Escort run a BDA?
Posted 24 August 2010 - 12:09
FVADidn't the Escort run a BDA?
Posted 24 August 2010 - 12:43
Posted 24 August 2010 - 12:45
Talking of a Super Snipe, as we were, Tom Sulman had one, I gather, as a tow car.I came across this photo and I don't think I have posted it before. Bill Patterson, Fisherman's Bend, late 1950s.
Posted 24 August 2010 - 12:45
Talking of a Super Snipe, as we were, - see car behind rail- Tom Sulman had one, I gather, as a tow car.I came across this photo and I don't think I have posted it before. Bill Patterson, Fisherman's Bend, late 1950s.
Posted 24 August 2010 - 12:47
Posted 24 August 2010 - 13:00
Indeed he did, and I also seem to recall that he also drove it in the Redex Round Australia TrialTalking of a Super Snipe, as we were, - see car behind rail- Tom Sulman had one, I gather, as a tow car.
Roger Lund
Posted 24 August 2010 - 13:23
Talking about 'Super Snipes' I travelled to the 'Wiamati 50' with my Father and his friend, from Christchurch to the Waimati race ,leaving at 5AM (cold ,dark start to the day,but what an adventure when your young!!)in a Large 'dark green,grey leather interior, state of the art',1956 Humber Super Snipe by the Rootes Group,(they possibly weighed in about a ton and a half at a guess) this would be around 1957/8.Indeed he did, and I also seem to recall that he also drove it in the Redex Round Australia Trial
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Posted 24 August 2010 - 21:55
So all the Ford acronyms for various 4 cyl engines - TC, BDA, BDG, FVA etc etc. I have a good idea as to what they all meant, but what were the differences in what was basically the same engine??
Posted 24 August 2010 - 22:14
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Mike Eyerly in one piece
Posted 25 August 2010 - 00:39
Leaving the pit lane moments prior
Posted 25 August 2010 - 02:21
Originally posted by seldo
Indeed he did, and I also seem to recall that he also drove it in the Red-Ex Round Australia Trial
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Edited by lyntonh, 18 February 2012 - 01:43.