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10 Sep 2008, 04:39 (Ref:2286217)
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From the information board displayed at MCM:
"The machine was sold to Tasmanian business man Don Elliot & prepared by Alec Kerr. It was driven success by Robin Pare over a 3 year period. It held lap records at both Baskerville & Symmons Plains raceways. With the ex Neil Allan ME5 Elfin, the Camaro was sold to Peter McKinley who campaigned it sparingly between 1973-74. The new owner was Peter Sportelli who ran the car for a couple of seasons before retiring the car due to it being uncompetitive with the new Sport Sedan regulations. " It then goes on to say that the car was taken out of mothballs and restored over a three year period. |
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10 Sep 2008, 06:04 (Ref:2286241)
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John, thanks for the info, much appreciated. I didn't realise this was the car Robin Pare drove. I felt sure the Pare Camaro was left hand drive for some reason. Thats really interesting. The car actually came to NZ with Thomson, and might have even come here with Pare, but I'd need to double check that. Its just great to see it alive again. Bet it sounded awesome!
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10 Sep 2008, 13:30 (Ref:2286484)
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Steve, I can't tell you 'what' became of the Norm Beechey Camaro ,other than I tried to buy it out of a car yard on the Nepean hwy in Melbourne ,must have been 70/71, as I was driving a HK Holden 307/V8 which If I was honest, belonged to the finance company/Custom Credit at the time, the Salesman tried to swing the 'DEAL' over but I had not made enough payments at the time.what a thing !!Black, Nose over down the side stripes (Norm Used to tow it with a Hk/Hg panelvan painted the same, speed shop truck )and you all say B#%%$^&&^*T, well the guy that I was 'Moonlighting' after hours was the top gun Panel/aluminium guru,who did the flares on the Monaro, worked for Moffat making those 'Secret' front guards etc,the Hurst shifter had had the hot axe treatment to bend it over for RHD, beyond that It dissapeared,remind me to tell you how close I was to owning the 'Blue' ZL1.............cheers,.... Steve your right,great event they try hard,whats that saying;' Lack of planning on your behalf, doesnt necessitate an emergency on our part'.... a smiling face goes along way at an event like the 'Masters..we had a 'Ball' !!!..still trying to get the smile of Bob's face !!
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10 Sep 2008, 14:06 (Ref:2286500)
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Yes the car did go to NZ with Pare "It then goes on to say that the car was taken out of mothballs and restored over a three year period" What the information board failed to say was that the vehicle had been turned into a Sports sedan over the years, so it was no small restoration project !! Peter had sold a lot of the running gear out of the car when it was laid to rest but mananged to purchase it all back, including the original wheels and motor. he had kept the body fully intact from the last time it race it just sat in his back yard under a tarp. Peter went off and played Nascars as the chief for Ian Thomas and built a few race winning cars for the team. With the revival of the Muscle car era Peter decided to drag the car back into the garage and restore it to its former glory. |
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11 Sep 2008, 03:50 (Ref:2286878)
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Myles it was good to see the car & Bob there and hear he enjoyed himself (the new power steer setup looks very neat!). I couldn't help laughing when he took off at the start of the Fantastic Five display, unfortunately I was in the wrong spot to get photos of the cars together.
Re the Thomson Camaro - the info board says the reason for retiring the car was due to its history and not wanting to cut it around - I suppose it would have gone some way down that track by then anyway. The list of thanks to many people involved in the work certainly gives the idea there was a lot of work involved. I'd agree we won't see these cars being raced again (I know I wouldn't) but I'd like to see them being demonstrated a bit more vigorously! |
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11 Sep 2008, 23:08 (Ref:2287608)
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The last photo I saw of the ex-Bryan Thomson Camaro showed it in fairly radical looking Sports Sedan form. It may have only been cosmetic panel alterations though.
I don't remember Robin Pare ever racing the Camaro in New Zealand, but he drove the Mustang there. There's a photo of that car in New Zealand at the top of this page: http://www.nzmustang.com/History/Racecars/elliot.htm Norm Beechey attempted to find his old Camaro, but without any luck. I wouldn't hold much hope of the Terry Allan Camaro reappearing either, sadly. |
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13 Sep 2008, 22:42 (Ref:2289320)
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14 Sep 2008, 09:44 (Ref:2289567)
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Thanks Group A.
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15 Sep 2008, 09:34 (Ref:2290690)
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Yeah, Mr Danielsun makes a return to Ten-Tenths for the first time in a million years, courtesy of some rather skewed stats on Flickr yesterday! Thought I'd come to check out what had caused it... David, if you want to see more, I do have plenty - I always make sure I snap plenty of my favourite wheels. Drop us a note if you're keen... |
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15 Sep 2008, 10:07 (Ref:2290722)
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Hi Danielsun, Of course I'm interested in seeing more. The windscreen was so foggy I couldn't see much from inside the car so I'd better see what it was like from outside it.
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16 Sep 2008, 08:49 (Ref:2291577)
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I hear the Masters is going to be shown on the TV at some stage over the weekend although I did spy something on RPM last weekend I think this might be the official coverage of the event.
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16 Sep 2008, 10:05 (Ref:2291632)
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Channel 7 at 3.00 pm Saturday, not 7HD. 1 hour highlights.
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17 Sep 2008, 01:41 (Ref:2292203)
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Excellent, thanks for the notification
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19 Sep 2008, 03:01 (Ref:2293529)
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What is the history of the Jaguar XJS raced by Anthony Pallas?
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19 Sep 2008, 15:19 (Ref:2293773)
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19 Sep 2008, 23:20 (Ref:2294012)
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Fantastic photo Danielsun, damn I love those JPS Bimmers & even better to see it being used David.... |
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20 Sep 2008, 00:51 (Ref:2294043)
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