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Post by lilgeneral on Mar 9, 2011 14:56:36 GMT 12
Is there already a Topic bout this man and all the cars he has had. if not could some photos be posted in here cheers
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Post by pallmall on Mar 9, 2011 18:31:23 GMT 12
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Post by pallmall on Mar 9, 2011 18:32:59 GMT 12
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Post by lilgeneral on Mar 10, 2011 21:16:41 GMT 12
cheers for that pall mall. i think it is the 11nz car. whats the history on that?
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Post by pallmall on Mar 10, 2011 21:24:24 GMT 12
Jac Jac registered to Wanganui that season because they were running the NZ Champs. Bought out that new car with the alloy 32 Ford Coupe body.
After the champs I guess he was a bit of a free agent and the 11V was changed to 11NZ. The rules were a bit different than they are today, this was in the ACU SCB days. I am sure I was told it was a protest at the system, but it was a while ago.
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Post by snowtrader on Mar 19, 2011 13:57:49 GMT 12
The big bad 454 Radio Windy Camaro went to John Hawke who raced it out of 4ZA Riverside Raceway around 1978
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Post by export gold on Mar 22, 2011 15:58:58 GMT 12
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Post by kiwisnoopy on Mar 22, 2011 16:07:21 GMT 12
Ian got the nick name Jac Jac, because he has a habit of calling people Jac when he talks to them, a little like "mate", but in Ians case its hey "Jack", and maybe its his bad memory, hence him calling people Jack.
This goes back to when Ian was at school (I know because I was at school with him) in the early sixties, he often called people "Jack" than as well.
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Post by The Observer on Mar 23, 2011 8:00:24 GMT 12
What awesome pictures of a living legend - some great shots as always Pall Mall. After a few insights (and they have all probably been covered before, and sense this thread is alice, I thought i may as well ask them here) on this car i74.photobucket.com/albums/i275/Checraft/Ian%20Easton/11vIanEastonQuicke-mailview.jpgThe motor in the beast was called the Gurney Eagle - correct? And can someone provide some insight into why it was called this - a pretty famous motor, and I think eventually went into a few other fast cars in PN. Also - I think I heard a couple of other rumours about this car, but I can't quite recall which ones they were ;D SO i'll just list them - Was this the first stockcar to run Hoosier race tyres?
- Was this the first Dry sumped stockcar motor?
- and was this car the first to run a quick change diff?
thanks for any help, and stories about this beast. cheers An observer |
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Post by kale on Mar 23, 2011 11:12:14 GMT 12
I could be wrong ......
Dan Gurney (American) built Ford based race engines which I understand were named Eagles. Its now owned and operated by Cushman Competition.
Gurneys engines were used in F1 racing ... mainly v8s but I think he also built v12 race engines.
As far as I understand it the Ian Easton car in question was powered by a Gurney Eagle ... but, and there always is, I dont know weather it was a complete shop built version, or made up of bolt on OTC parts.
Im sure someone else will know the full story.
It was one cool looking car that certainly had the necessaries when it came to racing.
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Post by pallmall on Mar 23, 2011 17:16:13 GMT 12
"The motor in the beast was called the Gurney Eagle - correct? And can someone provide some insight into why it was called this - a pretty famous motor, and I think eventually went into a few other fast cars in PN."
Not sure if it was a genuine Gurney Eagle Ford, or just named that to sound cool. Like all the Chev race motors were always Corvettes, stock Chev with Corvette rocker covers is worth a lot in the bragging war, or all the small block 260 Fords that were used in stockcars, they were always Mustang engines but in reality came out of commercial vehicles!
Anyway, Dan Gurney's Eagle F1 Team sponsored with BIG money from Goodyear got Harry Weslake Research in the UK to build them a V12 engine for the new rules coming in for 1966. Gurney also got Weslake to develop a head for the 289 Ford engine, and I think later the 427 for Can Am. So this is where the Gurney Eagle Ford name comes from. In the late sixties the heads were used in Touring Car racing, a few F5000 cars, the Eagle Indy car with stock block Ford engines, etc.
Paul Fahey ran Gurney heads on his first Mustang the second season he raced the car, later the Gurney headed engine went to Johnny Riley who had bought the car with an ex Shelby 289.
If I was coming down to Palmy and Harrisville this weekend I would ask Jac Jac the questions we need answers to. If somebody gets a chance please ask him about that 32 bodied beast.
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Post by MSTA57 on Mar 23, 2011 23:11:45 GMT 12
I owned that 32 coupe "The Gurney" a few seasons ago in Hawkes Bay, quite a bit had changed over the years, was running a Falcon engine, roll cage needed to be changed to bring it up to current legal specs so sold it to a chap in Palmy who collects ALOT of speedway stuff, Rather than send it to the scrap yard,
I believe he is restoring it to its former glory, theres a few pics on these forums some where,
It had a steel body on it when I had it, and a wing no where near that big and cool,
The original alloy body is in Ohakea, and the engine is meant to be in Palmy under a work bench but could not find out who as I had a few beverages after a meeting when I was showing/talking to Ian about the car,
Oh and he also said it is made out of the same steel as the Rainbow Warrior.
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Post by sidewinder on Oct 18, 2015 14:43:02 GMT 12
Gurney Eagle was the name used by All American Racers (AAR). Dan Gurney, Carrol Shelby, John Weslake teamed together to build a two valve Indy engine for Fords race effort, they used a aluminum molded Ford 260 block.. sleeved it to 248 cu in, made a crankshaft hollowed out through the big end journals with end caps to seal the oil in, made heads that were quite different to the Windsor heads ( rocker covers are not interchangeable without adapter plates machined specially) with larger ports and adjustable rocker arms. Engine was a big success at Indy in 1965 Henry Ford contracted AAR to make Gurney Eagle Heads for the Ford GT40's but when the contract was ready Henry Ford pulled out. Hense there was a whole lot of heads left to get rid of, the engines in our Stockcars that had the so named Gurney Eagle engines were purely the Gurney Eagle heads fitted to 221 blocks with 302 Windsor crankshafts to make 241 cu in, also 260/289/302 Windsor blocks were sleeved as well and fitted with the Gurney Eagle heads. Only a few Stockcars were fitted with the Gurney Eagle heads as they were expensive. For Formula One the two valve engine 4 litre Indy engine wasnt used as only multivalve Gurney Eagle engines and were a smaller cubic capacity as per the rules of the day. I have researched this as I own Keith Simpsons "Gurney Eagle" Sidewinder from 1986. Keith told me the Sidewinder with that Gurney Eagle head setup on a 221 stroked with 302 crank could rev happily above 10,000rpm, amazing. Hope this info helps.
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