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

[anthony81901]

Originally Posted by David Towe

Sorry folks, I forgot to mention EL model. It does exist, I've seen it. It has a Shell Helix label on the floor near the pedal box with the number 18 on it. It is appropriately aged and looks to be the genuine item.

I presume it is DJREF7, debuted by Bowe at the 96 Sandown 500. Badly damaged at Indy in 97 and didn't reappear until Sandown 500, again being the 17 car for the enduros. Driven by Bowe throughout 98 and at Indy in 99 by Paul Radisich.

Sold to Ross Halliday who raced it in 00 enduros and in 01 dev series. Sold to Terry Wyhoon to race in 02 dev series, leased to Graham Crawford for a few dev series races in 03. Sold to Peter Vicary who raced it in the Touring Car Challenge in 04 & 05 and at least once in 07.

All the DJR cars up until the BAs had yellow interiors, so presumably it is a repaint.

[racer69]

Anyone know what happened to Warren Cullen's 1984 ATCC VH Commodore (Kmart Auto sponsored) (note, not his Bathurst VK he shared to 4th with Allan Jones which was converted to GpA specs in 1985).

I saw a car under a tarp sitting in the lower blue mountains a few years back wearing this paintjob. Was it a mock-up or the real thing?

[GTRMagic]

I thought Mr Saillard was trying to run in the development series ... For Sale Here

[Sultan]

Not with that rear wing he won't!

[pete60]

Maybe he is...looks like a big clean out of the shed ( the Starion is also for sale/sold) to free up some cash.

[kb5832]

Can I go back to Kevin Heffernans VR for a minute and ask where it is at now, who owns it?
Anthony, I cant remember if your details had it.
This was one of the last non HRT dencar chassis' wasn't it? I have some notes that question #34, but that falls into line with the continuation of HRT #'s

[Falcadore]

Originally Posted by kb5832

Can I go back to Kevin Heffernans VR for a minute and ask where it is at now, who owns it?
Anthony, I cant remember if your details had it.
This was one of the last non HRT dencar chassis' wasn't it? I have some notes that question #34, but that falls into line with the continuation of HRT #'s

The green/gold VS is still with Dave Skillender/Phil Laird from what I recall, as Crashy mentioned its mechanicals were at one point mated with a VH Commodore Cup roller to make a barely controllable Improved Production car for Skillender but that car hasn't been seen for a little bit after the bottom fell out of a once brilliantly competitive state level Im-Prod series.

If the white car went on to become the first Beikoff V8 Supercar then IIRC it was crashed in a multi-car with Phill Foster at the wheel at a Konica non-champ Bathurst race climbing Mountain Straight a few years back and hasn't been seen since as the team updated to their present AU via an EL. Phill I remember copped some unfair blame from some quarters for that when another car moved over on him first lap up the hill IIRC. Phill races sprintcars these days and was asked by a speedway infield commentator recently (who frankly didn't know his stuff generally) which V8Supercar driver would he want to be and said "Me". This guy then went on to ask Todd Wanless the same question...

[Camaroz]

Originally Posted by racer69

Anyone know what happened to Warren Cullen's 1984 ATCC VH Commodore (Kmart Auto sponsored) (note, not his Bathurst VK he shared to 4th with Allan Jones which was converted to GpA specs in 1985).

I saw a car under a tarp sitting in the lower blue mountains a few years back wearing this paintjob. Was it a mock-up or the real thing?

Now owned by Rob Hands in Melbourne. Is the real thing.

[racer69]

Should have made an offer when i glanced it

[rdmdog]

Originally Posted by Falcadore

The green/gold VS is still with Dave Skillender/Phil Laird from what I recall, as Crashy mentioned its mechanicals were at one point mated with a VH Commodore Cup roller to make a barely controllable Improved Production car for Skillender but that car hasn't been seen for a little bit after the bottom fell out of a once brilliantly competitive state level Im-Prod series.

Skilly raced the IP Commodore at the Island Magic meeting at the end of 2007.

Plenty of thunder there!

Hopefully we will see it at Oran Park this year for the IPRA Nationals!

[pete60]

Originally Posted by Falcadore

The green/gold VS is still with Dave Skillender/Phil Laird from what I recall,

If the white car went on to become the first Beikoff V8 Supercar then IIRC it was crashed in a multi-car with Phill Foster at the wheel at a Konica non-champ Bathurst race climbing Mountain Straight a few years back and hasn't been seen since as the team updated to their present AU via an EL. ..

As noted previously, the Hefferan VR was bought by Dave Skillender and run at Bathurst in 1999 by Dean Canto and Wayne Wakefield. It reappeared in 2001 and hasn't been seen since.

The Beikoff VS you mention was the ex Love/Walker/Imrie Perkins unit (#018) which was for sale in WA not so long ago.

[Falcadore]

I was fairly sure both cars were still with GSR's workshop until I've mis-read something about the Beikoffs and put it together badly. I took photos of the green machine during it's rebuild but can't find them now. A photo would settle the arguement of which car by the interior colour of the car.

[pete60]

The Graphic Skills white VS and the Beikoff VS are two different cars. The white Graphic Skills car is the ex Trimbole ex Pinnacle ex Gardner car.


Shane Beikoff did drive it at Bathurst in 2000 with Tim Sipp. His later VS was the Perkins built car.

The rebuilt ex Heffernan car had a green interior and cage after the rebuild.

[kb5832]

Thanks for the Heffernan info. Can someone please confirm that it was originally a DENCAR chassis?
What other DENCAR chassis were built in the early 90's apart from HRT?
I have info on 1, sketchy info on 10 and 20

[ozmotorsport]

anyone know the history or whereabouts on any of the hdt/hms commodores from the 90's?

[kb5832]

[QUOTE=ozmotorsport]anyone know the history or whereabouts on any of the hdt/hms commodores from the 90's?[/QUOTE

Check your PM's

[Group'C']

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Can any won help with a good pic of the wheels that where run on the 80 MHDT cars with and without the Disc covers??
Any body know who made them ?

[Sultan]

Were they Rebel?

[A9X05]

Originally Posted by Group'C'

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Can any won help with a good pic of the wheels that where run on the 80 MHDT cars with and without the Disc covers??
Any body know who made them ?

In 1980, I am pretty sure they are the same wheels HDT ran on the A9X's
Camaroz would most likely know??
1981 0nwards,Not sure what was under those covers, brake coolers whatever they were??
In Sydney in that same time, I am pretty sure it was Mullins Wheels had a road wheel similar in design , not sure if they made a race wheel though??

[GTRMagic]

Wowsers!!!!

[Wood-duck]

One out of left field, but i have always wondered about the fate of the two Zakspeed Ford Mustangs that Dick Johnson used in the 85/86 Seasons. I can vaguely remember one ended up in Perth and raced by Ian Love, and I saw one for sale a few years back (still green) with Precision Auto Engineering written on the side....

Does anyone know the fate of these two cars ?

[Group'C']

Originally Posted by Sultan

Were they Rebel?

Rebels where all one piece and these are like a Simmons with bands and a bolt in centre

[Falcadore]

Originally Posted by Wood-duck

One out of left field, but i have always wondered about the fate of the two Zakspeed Ford Mustangs that Dick Johnson used in the 85/86 Seasons. I can vaguely remember one ended up in Perth and raced by Ian Love, and I saw one for sale a few years back (still green) with Precision Auto Engineering written on the side....

Does anyone know the fate of these two cars ?

One I had thought had stayed with DJR in the museum and was now with Bowdens...

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Falcadore

One I had thought had stayed with DJR in the museum and was now with Bowdens...

One went to Mr Love, the other to Mr Ker of NZ... DJ codrove the NZ car in one of the Nissan Mobil series races... and shunted the green machine... quite badly if I recall rightly...

[M-Kart]

As far as i know, the Mustang that went to Ian Love was bought back by DJR, and this was the one in the DJR Collection. As for the NZ car, i'm not sure.