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Post by tank11 on Sept 22, 2010 21:36:31 GMT 12
Hi all.
Rebuilding Rods old series one.
After information regards owners, supension, rear end, motor/s used.
Plans are to paint similar to the old #31 but depends on how much has been changed.
Contact numbers would be a help, if availiable.
Cheers all.
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Post by tank11 on Sept 22, 2010 21:40:56 GMT 12
photos on rotary saloon thread, page 11 for photos.
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Post by tank11 on Sept 22, 2010 21:44:58 GMT 12
 1985   1985 Mike Magyar pic's Hey I managed to paste this. Techy. |
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Post by tank11 on Sept 22, 2010 21:47:45 GMT 12
Brought from Taupo.
Was last numbered 16m.
Steve Muir.
No log book with car.
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Post by tank11 on Sept 23, 2010 22:07:03 GMT 12
Alan Barnes raced it, was talking to him today.
Said after rod car came to Gis ( Gary Fairweather?), then back to Welly and onto him.
He gave it to the young fella I brought it from.
Was steel bodied at first and changed to fiberglass at some stage.
Had ran a 12a and 13b at different times.
Commer cobb front wish bones.
Will call on him as he has some parts for us in our rebuild.
Any other info?
RX3 diff head and morris 1800 hubs?
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Post by tank11 on Sept 25, 2010 19:02:54 GMT 12
Car out of container and about to start rebuild.
Photos to come.
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Post by tank11 on Sept 25, 2010 21:35:23 GMT 12
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Post by tank11 on Sept 25, 2010 21:37:42 GMT 12
Who was 9w?
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Post by Brett85p on Sept 25, 2010 21:50:56 GMT 12
Grant Campbell ran 9w on the ex Blondie Rover and also the ex Peter Macullum, ex Pete Sloman Monza. That door does not look like it came off either of those cars thou! |
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Post by tank11 on Sept 26, 2010 13:00:16 GMT 12
Is a rx7 door.
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Post by em6 on Sept 26, 2010 18:04:42 GMT 12
The 9w looks like the original 78w car, was built by Nathan Heyburn and co, it was his 1st saloon car built late 80's early 90's.
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Post by muff 21w on Sept 26, 2010 19:47:48 GMT 12
the RX3 was bought by AJ Martin and raced as 77w it was wreaked and scraped with the main parts going into AJ's new RX7 which he raced for many years. And i started in.
My first RX7 AJ built was wreaked on club day in ladies race, so I bought Stu Cunninghams Avenger which was changed to a Series 4 RX7 78w.
My car sold to Alan Rossiter (hunty)and then to Rotorua I think a guy Ken? I saw it last year at Stratford 95a painted like Lighting McQueen.
Alan R then moved to Welly and bought AJ's car which we rebuilt and raced as 9w for one year. Nigel 12w also drive it for a year.
The RX7 in photos i think was driven at welly by Paul Butler?
the fibre body looks like it came from AJ's moulds
9w door was mine.
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Post by tank11 on Sept 26, 2010 20:42:26 GMT 12
Cheers muff, any chances of photos.
Motor info etc.
Want to compile a history on this car.
When did it change from steel bodied to plastic?
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Post by tank11 on Sept 26, 2010 20:49:21 GMT 12
The Paul Butler name rings a bell.
Alan Barnes(Taupo) put a name like that in the mix.
So the 9w never ran on this car muff?
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Post by muff 21w on Sept 26, 2010 22:05:13 GMT 12
Paul may have done the body Im sure that the panels on it came from AJ's moulds they where made to be able to run a road car with them.
9w was only on AJ's rx7. Not sure where it went after Alan Rossiter
Paul & I think Murray raced it together. Bought from Alan Barnes who was the main rotor man in welly back then.
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Post by chris13w on Sept 26, 2010 22:28:54 GMT 12
My first RX7 AJ built was wreaked on club day in ladies race, so I bought Stu Cunninghams Avenger which was changed to a Series 4 RX7 78w. And didn't Mike Eckersley win the Wellington Limited Saloon Champs in your Series 4 RX7 one year Muff?? How embarrassing for a Chev man having his biggest win in a Rota! |
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Post by tank11 on Sept 27, 2010 21:45:48 GMT 12
More photos tomorrow.
Nearly stripped to chassis, ready for sand blast.
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Post by tank11 on Sept 28, 2010 22:32:11 GMT 12
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Post by muff 21w on Sept 28, 2010 23:01:32 GMT 12
Looking at the pics I think I recall the roll cage extension was done by Paul at AJ's workshop. When they changed the rules to had to be within 50mm of body line.
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Post by tank11 on Sept 29, 2010 7:44:49 GMT 12
The main difference from photos on 1st page is the vertical roll cage pipe in the stripped version.
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