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[GD66]

REALLY wouldn't mind if they fitted the sexy little wing it used to run, though...

Really set it off, I reckon...

[David McKinney]

1969 car - wing
1968 car (pictured) - no wing

[macoran]

Wirra Wirra on the wall....very pretty car is the Dino

pity those pics are worthless to look back to on HD, we'll just have to do with searching the thread again

[wenoopy]

REALLY wouldn't mind if they fitted the sexy little wing it used to run, though...

Really set it off, I reckon...

Like these, you mean -


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Supported and operated by this mechanism - note cable on left upright.


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[Dallas84]

Like these, you mean -


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Supported and operated by this mechanism - note cable on left upright.


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I think the second pic is a Lotus

[giffo]

Here's one that I'm afraid I can't help but post. (Proud Dad I guess)
No need to introduce the cars but the star drivers are Renae & Nicole (red car)
With thanks to Graham (access to the cars) & Groundsky Photography (image & editing)

[wenoopy]

I think the second pic is a Lotus

Hmm, yes, that school of thought does have a significant following. Wrongly labelled for 42 years! Didn't look properly, Sir!

Edited by wenoopy, 17 February 2011 - 09:14.

[275 GTB-4]

Here's one that I'm afraid I can't help but post. (Proud Dad I guess)
No need to introduce the cars but the star drivers are Renae & Nicole (red car)
With thanks to Graham (access to the cars) & Groundsky Photography (image & editing)

The Ranga Racing Team??

[275 GTB-4]

I think the second pic is a Lotus

Why no oil?? just in from transhipping??

[wenoopy]

Why no oil?? just in from transhipping??

Got me beat. Possibly all fluids drained for air transport to save weight/cost. Hope they also had a sign elsewhere to prevent inadvertent start-up with "no oil".

[Lee Nicolle]

In those days all fluids had to be drained.

[Lee Nicolle]

60s Saloons Race 2









The great thing about this class was not just the ability of the different looking cars to race closely together lap after lap but also the sound; 7 litre Ford V8, 302 V8, and BDA (or G?), which as pointed out by Eric Thomson in the NZ Herald is what is really missing from all these modern cookie cutter car categories (and I include F1 in that).

Cheers
Lee

Do you have any closeups of that Zephyr. It looks so out of place in that field.

[GD66]

It is either the original, or a pretty good re-creation of a Corvette-engined beast Rod Coppins wrestled around in about 1964-'65. Not terribly aerodynamic, but pretty damn brutal in its' day.

[SRB]

Do you have any closeups of that Zephyr. It looks so out of place in that field.

[kiwiboss]

This #2 Zephyr was built around 1980/81 and was driven by Rod Coppins at several events just before he past away, its now owned by John Marslin of Taupo NZ, although out classed its a true representation of the 60's Saloon era here in NZ, and we only have this 60's group for him to race in, he has a very strong following and its great to see it out.

Dale(NZL)

[GD66]

Hats off all round, she's a credit to those involved for honouring a top driver and also a race class that helped to attract kiwi spectators to the races in their droves. What a weapon !

[wenoopy]

Do you have any closeups of that Zephyr. It looks so out of place in that field.

Somewhere on a fairly recent posting on a TNF thread there is a picture of the engine bay of the 2011 Zephyr Corvette. I posted the following 1965 B/W photo of the original on the thread, but I'm damned if I can find it now.


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[bradbury west]

Somewhere on a fairly recent posting on a TNF thread there is a picture of the engine bay of the 2011 Zephyr Corvette. I posted the following 1965 B/W photo of the original on the thread, but I'm damned if I can find it now. stu buchanan

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