Grp C/Grp A/V8SC 'Where are they now?' continued... - Page 55

racer69 · 8 Mar 2007, 14:57 (Ref:1861513)

This may have been covered earlier, but where did all the Starions wind up?

- The various Ralliart works cars
- Greville Arnell's
- Brian Sampson's
- Kevin Bartlett's silver & then yellow private cars

rdmdog · 10 Mar 2007, 10:06 (Ref:1862888)

Hey david, have you got a terry towelling hat for your team manager?

What ever happened to Ron Meacham (?) from BMW inthe day?

Racer, Dean Crosswell is racing one at PI this weekend!

racer69 · 10 Mar 2007, 16:48 (Ref:1863140)

Yes, the Crosswell one is the ex-Scotty Taylor 'Xerox Shop' car.

Henry · 13 Mar 2007, 12:36 (Ref:1865543)

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Originally Posted by rdmdog

Hey david, have you got a terry towelling hat for your team manager?

What ever happened to Ron Meacham (?) from BMW inthe day?

Racer, Dean Crosswell is racing one at PI this weekend!

I thinking you're thinking of Frank Gardner... Frank's on the Gold Coast, golfing. Been a while since I've been to the HPDC, but he used to stick his head around the door down there here and there...

rdmdog · 13 Mar 2007, 21:11 (Ref:1865902)

Two seperate questions mate, there was a few good articles and tv stories on Gardner in the last 12 months, however I remember that Meacham was a big supporter of Group A inside BMW Aust.

Sultan · 14 Mar 2007, 07:08 (Ref:1866182)

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Originally Posted by racer69

Yes, the Crosswell one is the ex-Scotty Taylor 'Xerox Shop' car.

Which if I'm correct, was the Brian Sampson car which formerly raced as a production car...

chavez · 14 Mar 2007, 07:24 (Ref:1866191)

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Originally Posted by Sultan

Which if I'm correct, was the Brian Sampson car which formerly raced as a production car...

Yes.

Henry · 21 Mar 2007, 10:34 (Ref:1872967)

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Originally Posted by rdmdog

Two seperate questions mate, there was a few good articles and tv stories on Gardner in the last 12 months, however I remember that Meacham was a big supporter of Group A inside BMW Aust.

He was a big supporter of Frank's too... 1988, and he disappeared from the works BMW pit (Brock's), and reappeared in the B&H (Ford) pit to see his old mate manage the winner...

mtpanorama · 23 Mar 2007, 03:52 (Ref:1874179)

I see that the Group A/C cars are a support for the fujitsu series at Wakefield Park. Anyone know how many cars are entered????

rorym · 26 Mar 2007, 07:37 (Ref:1876465)

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Originally Posted by racer69

What happened to the Toyota Team Australia Toyota Supra, last seen from memory with the John Smith run Mercentile Mutual Toyota Dealer Team at Bathurst 1991.

Peter Williamson's Group C Toyota Celica's? And at that what ever happened to 'that rotten Volvo' from bathurst 1979

Abit off topic also, but i'd be hard pressed to get an answer on the rally forum, but what became of Colin Bond's Triumph TR7 V8?

Denis Neill...Ex Honda Aust Superbike rider got most of the bits out of it for his road going Supera off John...Then promptly wrapped it around a telephone post. Was wriiten off..It was a deep red wine colour.
R

**GTRMagic** · 29 Mar 2007, 23:37 (Ref:1879563)

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Originally Posted by racer69

Yes, the Crosswell one is the ex-Scotty Taylor 'Xerox Shop' car.

Now for sale... Here

**GTRMagic** · 29 Mar 2007, 23:39 (Ref:1879567)

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Originally Posted by Sultan

Gerald Kay had a blue & white VK, the Jagparts car ...

And its now for sale... Here

Sultan · 31 Mar 2007, 08:05 (Ref:1880289)

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Originally Posted by rorym

Denis Neill...Ex Honda Aust Superbike rider got most of the bits out of it for his road going Supera off John...Then promptly wrapped it around a telephone post. Was wriiten off..It was a deep red wine colour.
R

The ex TTA Supra turbo is still around, could still be owned by John Smith (but could be wrong), I shared the grid with it at Eastern Creek around '03, competing in the sports car 1hr race - was running in the top 5 for a while, it still wasn't overly reliable but it certainly was quick!

ART Racing · 31 Mar 2007, 12:26 (Ref:1880400)

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Originally Posted by Sultan

The ex TTA Supra turbo is still around, could still be owned by John Smith (but could be wrong), I shared the grid with it at Eastern Creek around '03, competing in the sports car 1hr race - was running in the top 5 for a while, it still wasn't overly reliable but it certainly was quick!

There were two TTA Supras weren't there, I believe one was basically written off, the other is still with John as you say. Many of the spares were sold off by TTA when Group A finished, and these are the spares that Denis bought (some of which I later bought).

As far as the Celicas go - 77/78 Axe car with Dick Watts and currently stored at the museum at Bathurst, 79 yellow car is in later Chikadee colours with Beach Thomas in Sydney, 80 Green car became the Daily Planet car, later converted to group A and basically written off although the remaining parts are now in Sydney, 81 orange/red car written off up here at the end of 81, and the 84-87 Celica/Supra is currently annoying the hell out of its owner which is why he is mucking around on the internet rather than working on it. Happy to be corrected on any of the above if I have it wrong.

John

jd yort · 31 Mar 2007, 12:38 (Ref:1880409)

John Smith definitely did have the Supra still a few years back sitting in his workshop at Fergusans Toyota in Hurstville.

OZ_HCR32 · 7 Apr 2007, 11:30 (Ref:1885389)

Last year there was talk of an ANZ Sierra landing back in NSW. Does anyone know if the car will be makign an appearance any time soon?

David Towe · 8 Apr 2007, 06:37 (Ref:1886013)

Some of you may know this already but, Morris ran and smashed the ex Longhurst JPS 325 at Wakefield a couple of weeks ago. It's the car Longhurst won the Amscar series of 1986 in. The car has recently returned to OZ from NZ and is now owned by a former part owner of Wakefield Park, Michael Speis (spelling?). I hope to see it at Oran in June.

**GTRMagic** · 8 Apr 2007, 06:40 (Ref:1886014)

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Originally Posted by David Towe

Some of you may know this already but, Morris ran and smashed the ex Longhurst JPS 325 at Wakefield a couple of weeks ago. It's the car Longhurst won the Amscar series of 1986 in. The car has recently returned to OZ from NZ and is now owned by a former part owner of Wakefield Park, Michael Speis (spelling?). I hope to see it at Oran in June.

Didnt know it got crashed... saw that it DNF'd, presumed it was mechanical failure... the thing was doing some amazing times... with no spares or extra wheels/tyres etc to speak of... although Mr Small was an interested observer...

A birthday/refresh and it could be even quicker!

drbob · 8 Apr 2007, 09:13 (Ref:1886184)

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Originally Posted by OZ_HCR32

Last year there was talk of an ANZ Sierra landing back in NSW. Does anyone know if the car will be makign an appearance any time soon?

The #9 ANZ Rouse/Moffat Sierra from 1987 is back in NSW but has not been restored yet.
As posted in another thread the #10 ANZ Moffat Eggenberger Sierra (Bathurst 1989-1992) is to return to Australia but not yet here. I understand it will be about one month before arrival. It would be nice to see them both at the September Muscle Car Masters meeting.
I will try to post some pictures of the #10 car as it has been in storage for about the last 13 years. Note the genuine CAMS stickers for 1989 to 1992 on the side of the dash

Nice pics DrBob - GTRMagic

Bullett · 8 Apr 2007, 10:57 (Ref:1886270)

Will these Sierra's potentially run in Group A/C Touring Car's?

drbob · 8 Apr 2007, 11:52 (Ref:1886324)

They will run in Group A Touring cars

racer69 · 8 Apr 2007, 12:10 (Ref:1886332)

Quote:

Originally Posted by David Towe

Some of you may know this already but, Morris ran and smashed the ex Longhurst JPS 325 at Wakefield a couple of weeks ago. It's the car Longhurst won the Amscar series of 1986 in. The car has recently returned to OZ from NZ and is now owned by a former part owner of Wakefield Park, Michael Speis (spelling?). I hope to see it at Oran in June.

As it ran as #23, i was of the impression it would have been the car raced by Garry Rogers at round 1 & 2 of the 1986 ATCC, Longhurst ran #25 in 1986.

He did run #23 during 1985 though in a 323i, the car running in BMW Motorsport colours, before being transformed into JPS colours for the endurance races.

OZ_HCR32 · 9 Apr 2007, 07:42 (Ref:1887012)

Is it safe to assume that the HRT/Mobil 1 VNs were all converted to VP and VRs? Its good to see the HRT VLs back out on the track. I wonder if we can ever expect to see the VNs. (Or Larry's old Castrol VL)

David Towe · 11 Apr 2007, 08:01 (Ref:1888785)

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Originally Posted by racer69

He did run #23 during 1985 though in a 323i, the car running in BMW Motorsport colours, before being transformed into JPS colours for the endurance races.

Hi Racer, the 23 car that Longhurst ran in selected races in 85 was the car that went to Brian Bolwell towards the end of 85, who rolled it at Bathurst 86 and eventually to me in 1999. afaik the car was never in the hands of Rogers, that was a separate car, either a 323 or a 325. My old car was never a black JPS car.

Apparently the front wheel was ripped out of the car in the Wakefield accident, Morris seemed to think it was a minor incident and the repairs were nothing to worry about, I'm told.

I look forward to racing the car, won't it be nice to see 2 M3s, the 325 and my old 635 all on the same grid, a sight I hope we see towards the end of this year.

mtpanorama · 11 Apr 2007, 09:59 (Ref:1888861)

I saw the car after the Wakefield crash. Mr Morris was driving it like it wasnt his, which it wasnt. He stuck the nose in where it wasnt going to fit. The LHF guard was pushed onto the tyre. The front bar was bent as well as some damage to the grill and headlidht surround, also the fornt guard

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