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[michael84]

Does anyone have any pics or stories about the Sidchrome Mustang that Jim Richards drove.

Especially interested in the races at Baskerville Tassie Vs Moffat's Mustang?

Were there any other races in Australia?

Does anyone know the cars overall race record?(ie Moffats mustang won 101 races out of 151/157(which is it????))

Thanks

Edited by michael84, 02 June 2011 - 11:27.

[ronmac]

Good Afternoon...If you connect onto ...The Roaring Season....onto Forums...Then ..General Discussion
You will find topic .......Sidchrome Mustang ..With lots of good photos.....Go Lookie...

[Lola5000]

There is a long drawn out article in a muscle car mag about 2 years ago,the car did a lot of racing in Australia as sports sedan

[Ellis French]

Its been owned in NZ for a number of years


This website has a few of my pics
http://www.nzmustang.../NZRacecars.htm

[Ray Bell]

Yes, Jim made his name for himself here with the Mustang before building the Falcon...

That's the Falcon with the drooping snoot.

[GD66]

Michael, further to Ronmac's lead in post #2, try http://www.theroarin...Mustang-Baypark for a lead. Rest of the website's not too shabby, either !

[eldougo]

I was just finishing my apprenticeship working at M.R.Hornibrooks in Madaline St in Enfield Sydney and Sidchrome had a small factory on Belfield Rd along side the Shell service station and one day there was Jim and the Mustang out the front so as a good noise boy like myself i parked the car and walked over and introduced myself to him and told him i had seen him in NZ the year before.We got on well and i went out to Oran Park to held him at his first meeting at the track,My memory tell me that he won that day but its getting harder to remember those years.I saw him and the family loads of times off and on and he is still a very lovely man both in and out of the car.

Edited by eldougo, 02 June 2011 - 10:10.

[michael84]

Great site you have mentioned ronmac and GD66

ONE PROBLEM.

When I answer the random question when i register it tells me im wrong,but im sure Dario Franchitti won the 2010 Indy500.(please correct me if im wrong)

HELP

[ellrosso]

We've got a swag of shots featuring Jim in the Mustang at various circuits (incl Baskerville 10,000 1975 + '76) on the oldracephotos website (too many to post here). If you type Jim Richards into the Advanced Search it will bring them all up.

[GD66]

im sure Dario Franchitti won the 2010 Indy500.(please correct me if im wrong)

He did, and that was the question I was asked to get in, which I did successfully. Not sure what's wrong here Michael, try again maybe and hope for a different random question ? Good luck.

Regards GD

[michael84]

He did, and that was the question I was asked to get in, which I did successfully. Not sure what's wrong here Michael, try again maybe and hope for a different random question ? Good luck.

Regards GD

All Sweet Now Thanks

[ronmac]

[HI Michael 84...Thanks for the acknowledgement...GD 66 and I have "done good " I.m still learning the difference
between a website..a post..and a wotnot..!!
Jim Richards and family used to stay with me in Christchurch when he raced at Wigram..Mrs J.R. told me recently that young
Steve learned to swim in my pool..How.s that for history..
I.m due to join up to "..The Roaring Season." .shortly..So you have beaten me to it..!!

[michael84]

[HI Michael 84...Thanks for the acknowledgement...GD 66 and I have "done good " I.m still learning the difference
between a website..a post..and a wotnot..!!
Jim Richards and family used to stay with me in Christchurch when he raced at Wigram..Mrs J.R. told me recently that young
Steve learned to swim in my pool..How.s that for history..
I.m due to join up to "..The Roaring Season." .shortly..So you have beaten me to it..!!

Haha Thats awesome mate....Its a shame that Steve is racing Porsches when hes proabably better then some of the current drivers....I told him that at Barbagallo

[donharper]

It was a nice pool you had there Ron.
No one has mentioned the after Wigram party action yet.

[David McKinney]

On other threads, yes

[ronmac]

YES David ..You beat me to it...HI Don Harper...Yes lots of fun in the "old days " Does that make me
Famous or Infamous..??

[Ray Bell]

Originally posed by ronmac
.....Does that make me famous or infamous?

You will live forever in infamy, Ron...

Where have your quizzes gone?

Edited by Ray Bell, 04 June 2011 - 10:33.

[Tim Murray]

Where have your quizzes gone?

I'm hoping Ron's sorting out a really cracking one for us to get our teeth into ...

[ronmac]

Thanks for the comments people...Will I live in infamy . Personally I.d rather live in a NYMPHO ,,me..!!
Tim ,,next quiz is a cracking one..all about EGGS,,something we can all get our teeth into..!!
(Next pun please ..)

[ellrosso]

Here's a few shots from 3 Baskerville 10,000 meetings. The wide shot with hardly any spectators was shot in free practice on Friday 1975 and was the first time Jim had driven on the track - you didn't need a stopwatch to tell he was bloody quick though - he was in the groove after only a handful
of laps. The rest is history of course - I had seen a shot of him in an Escort T/c in SCW maybe 1970 in NZ but nobody really knew what to expect at Baskerville that weekend.