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15 Apr 2008, 15:20 (Ref:2178118) | #1 | ||
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Hi all,
My father owns the Rennmax BN3 (Formula 2) and as a surprise for his birthday in September, I would like to give him a book with a bit of history this car. I know some things off hand, and others I have written down at home (I'm at uni, so living away from home) but I'll try to give an overview of what I know. It was built in 1969 by Bob Britton, and AFAIK it is the first Australian built car to be designed with wings. It was raced by Kevin Bartlett in the 1970 Singapore GP, where I believe it won. Previous owners include Doug Heasman and Laurie Knight, and it's current owner is Gary Neilsen (I do have a list of the owners somewhere) I don't want to make him suspicious by asking him too much about it, so any information that tenthers have would be appreciated, as would photos, competition history etc Thanks in advance, Mick |
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24 Apr 2008, 22:10 (Ref:2186104) | #2 | ||
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Hi Mick
I may be able to help you with this car. I thought Chad Wheeler owned it. Is that your father? I'm not sure it's the car Bartlett used to win the 1970 Singapore GP - that was the Mildren-Alfa - but he may have used it at a different race. Allen |
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25 Apr 2008, 15:42 (Ref:2186706) | #3 | ||
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Chad my father? No, he's not. I have a list of people who I think owned it laying around somewhere, the only name I can remember is Doug Heasman. I'll have a look for the list at home.
I have been told for as long as I can remember that it won the SGP, but that doesn't mean that it is, how often does a story get that embellished that it gains a life of it's own? Thanks Allen. Mick |
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25 Apr 2008, 17:45 (Ref:2186839) | #4 | ||
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Someone did tell me that Bartlett used this car (assuming it is the one I think it is) at the Macau GP. I don't know if that's true but it should be possible to find out. Allen |
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25 Apr 2008, 17:49 (Ref:2186840) | #5 | ||
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Erm, I don't have any pics with me now, its a Lotus TwinCam engine, currently in red paint with yellow striping on the wings, if that helps you.
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26 Apr 2008, 06:38 (Ref:2187131) | #6 | ||
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Bob Muir raced a BN3 Rennmax in the 68 or 69 Gold Star - Ray Bell seems to know more about matters Rennmax than anyone else. Perhaps someone can post a contact.
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26 Apr 2008, 14:18 (Ref:2187451) | #7 | ||
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Here's a draft of my Rennmax BN3 page. All comments welcome.
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Laurie had a couple of Rennmax's, the only green one that I can think of now was the 23B, a sportscar. I have some photo's of both cars at home, I will get them tomorrow when I go back. EDIT: I also think that Peter Ffrench has one of the BN2's, which one I am not sure. EDIT2: I'm not entirely sure that allison was killed in this car, I will ask my parents who were at the meeting. Mick Last edited by bludvl_x19; 26 Apr 2008 at 14:36. |
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26 Apr 2008, 15:15 (Ref:2187494) | #9 | ||
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So who is Chad Wheeler? Any idea?
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27 Apr 2008, 08:18 (Ref:2187855) | #10 | ||
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None sorry. I will call Laurie Knight sometime this week to chat to him about the various Rennmax's he had over the years, he might know.
EDIT: I did a quick Google search, and came up with this http://www.tasmanrevival.com/review.html website, which apparently has Chad Wheeler driving the Rennmax Palliser. Maybe this could be where you got the name from? Mick Last edited by bludvl_x19; 27 Apr 2008 at 08:26. |
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27 Apr 2008, 09:33 (Ref:2187896) | #11 | ||
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No, I was given the name by an Australian expert on this subject.
This is interesting: http://planeimages.smugmug.com/galle...93970977_6BoiZ. That would suggest the history I have on ORC has two cars intertwined somehow. What exactly do you have as the history of your car? Last edited by allenbrown; 27 Apr 2008 at 09:37. |
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27 Apr 2008, 09:38 (Ref:2187904) | #12 | ||
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Ok, maybe I need to rephrase for clarity. Maybe Chad Wheeler and the Rennmax Palliser came together, and somwhere along the line (no blame being apportioned anywhere) made a mistake and put Chad with the Heasman car. As I said, I will talk to Laurie in the next week or so about his Rannmax's
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27 Apr 2008, 14:02 (Ref:2188154) | #13 | ||
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I have now published all my Rennmax material:
Rennmax Rennmax BN1 Rennmax BN2 Rennmax BN3 Any extra material would be most welcome. Bob Britton deserves a proper history being available. |
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27 Apr 2008, 14:08 (Ref:2188169) | #14 | |||
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27 Apr 2008, 23:49 (Ref:2188720) | #15 | ||
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I don't have time at the moment to make corrections in detail , however the Chad Wheeler car is NOT the Heasman car , the Heasman car is x good friend John Allison who was killed in the car at Amaroo Park, this is the car that went to Laurie Knight and will be the ex Kev Bartlet driven car .
The BN3 Alfa engined car initially thence 1.8 and 2.0 litre Waggotts is fully rebuilt with iron block Waggott and with Max Pearson from Qld with Kev Bartlett lending a hand with rebuild , I did an inspection on car at the Tasman meeting for it's logbook which was an easy inspection , I have a photo in my camera somewhere and will send too Allen Brown. |
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17 May 2008, 12:24 (Ref:2204676) | #16 | ||
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Mick,
Gary Neilsen took the BN3 to the Sept 2002 Eastern Creek Rennmax Re-Union meeting. Wayne Wilson is likely to have a a full history of the car and if you are lucky will also have or know of someone who took a photo of the car there. Re the 1972 Singapore. Two Rennmaxs ran. Bob Muir set pole and finished third in the Ken Goodwin Rennmax BN3 Ford. Kevin Bartlett qualified 7th in the Rennmax Ford and failed to finish after a crash. He did actually run in an ex Doug Heasman car - but it is listed as a BN2. The crash was a terrible incident after a car had gone off thet track with fuel streaming across the track with a ruptured line and caught fire. Kevin arrived on the scene with mayhem breaking out and also spun out. If Mick is correct and this is the first Rennmax with Wings then perhaps it may actually be the car originally built as a BN2 and now believed to be a BN3? Neither Rennmax ran at the following event at KL as the Bob Muir / Ken Goodwin car had an engine miss that could not be cured and Kevin went onto drive Albert Poon's Branham BT30 and finished fourth. (There is a great write-up of both of these events in the May 1972 Racing Car News - from which the above information has come from). Before I purchased the Peter Williamson / Paul Bolton / Brian Power Rennmax (BN1 - the third car built) in the early 1980s - an ex Doug Heasman car was for sale, but required a big restoration job. Perhaps this is the car? By the way the picture of the Brincat car is listed as 1976 BN7 not a BN6 but is the ex Doug Heasman car - as can be seen on the livary. Mick, Bryan Miller and I both have Wayne Wilson's contact details. Perhaps try to send me a confidential message with your email or contact Bryan and I. Wayne's car is a 1969 BN2. Best of Luck Harry Hickling P.S. It's good to see you taking an interest in your Dad's car. Bob Britton is one of the great constructors of the 60s and 70s - a truely talented person who deserves much better recognition. If Ten Tenths had a site with every Rennmax built it would be both a big list and a fantastic thing to see! |
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17 May 2008, 12:46 (Ref:2204684) | #17 | ||
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Rennmax BN3 - Ex Doug Heasman Car
Mick,
Gary Neilsen had the car at the Sept 2002 Eastern Creek Rennmax Re-Union meeting. Wayne Wilson will have a file on the history of the car and if you are lucky will have a photo of the car from the event. The car was listed as a BN3, the ex Doug Heasman car. The Brincat Cat - as per the Photo is listed as a 1976 BN7 Rennmax. It is one of the ex Doug Heasman cars as per the livary. Re the 1972 Sinagpore GP. Two Rennmaxs ran. Bob Muir qualified first on the grid with a Rennmax BN3 and finished third. This is the Ken Goodwin car. Unfortunately it had developed an engine miss and they decided not to run in the KL GP the following weekend as planned. Kevin Bartlett qualified 7th in the Doug Heasman BN2 but failed to finish after a crash. Perhaps no fault of his own - an earlier car had ruptured a fuel line and caught fire. There was mayhem and he arrived on the scene and spun off the circuit after hitting the fuel. It was a terrible incident. Kevin ran in Albert Poon's Brabham BT30 at KL and finished 4th. Now if Mick is correct that this is the first Rennmax with Wings then it may have been a BN2 and subsequently regarded as a BN3? This is an interesting question to investigate. Mick if you send Bryan Miller or I a message with your contact details we will put you in touch with Wayne Wilson - who hopefully can give you the details you need. Best Regards Harry Hickling P.S. It is great to see you taking an interest in your Dad's car. Bob Britton is one of the great constructors of the 60s and 70s. |
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17 May 2008, 12:51 (Ref:2204689) | #18 | ||
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Wayne Wilson - Photo Car No 111
I should have also said that the Red Rennmax, Car No 111 is Wayne in the 1969 Rennmax BN2.
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17 May 2008, 13:24 (Ref:2204705) | #19 | ||
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Williamson BN1 Rennmax
Allen,
Re Williamson Rennmax. It is the third car built and won the 1964 Warrick Farm Tourist Trophy with Peter. Paul Bolton set a two litre class record at Catalina. Brian Power I believe won the QLD F2 Championship in the car - but I have never verified that. Anyway the reason for the note. Basically I have owned and raced the car from early 80s. Gary Simkin (Restored the car), Bob Britton and Rob Rowe have all played a big part with the car over the years. Bob refers to it as the Factory Car. Peter Williamson used to help Bob with the first three cars notching the tubes as Bob did the brazing - all in his parents back yard at Croydon. I have many early B&W photos of this era. We have all the original manifolding and pea shooter exhausts for the car - but can't use them with todays noise restrictions (What a shame). We do have on it the original 2 inch SU Alcohol Carb. The engine was new from Cosworth as a pushrod set up for the blower, and the blower new from Shorrick - all set up with tooth belt drive in 1963 / 64! Anyway - I love the car and it is still in the Hickling ownership - and will remain that way. The Chevron B20 is now the car being used the most - but every now and then the Rennmax makes an appearance and hopefully my son will start using it one day. All major repair work on the car has been done by Bob and during Gary's restoration Bob helped out tremendously to bring it back to it's original specifications. Harry |
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Hi,
I'm the current owner of the Ken Goodwin Rennmax which I understand is a BN2, NOT BN3, but happy to be shown otherwise. Harry I'd like to get any additional details/information you have of the car please. Cheers Vaughan |
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28 Apr 2008, 06:57 (Ref:2188852) | #21 | ||
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Thanks Bryan
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30 Apr 2008, 10:27 (Ref:2190955) | #22 | |
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chad wheeler's ph no is [removed, please PM scatvw88 if you need this number.]
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30 Apr 2008, 10:31 (Ref:2190958) | #23 | ||
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Thats not the sort of thing I would post on a public forum. PM it someone who is interested.
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30 Apr 2008, 10:45 (Ref:2190962) | #24 | ||
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Oh, btw, welcome to 10tenths!
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5 May 2008, 10:54 (Ref:2194328) | #25 | ||
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I can't find anything about Bartlett driving a Rennmax - apart from the Mildren of course. Do you recall where he would have driven this car? Allen |
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