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http://tentenths.com/forum/showpost....&postcount=310 If you go looking for the red car, I'll check my neighbours sheds for RA1-17, and we'll see what we can find. In the meantime here's RA2-46 (on the left) and RA1-22 reunited last Sunday at Hampton Downs. http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/..._NZFMR_320.jpg Malcolm. |
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I'm just trying to recap the movements of the ex-CC (Woodman) car RA2/039 that was sold to Charlie O'Brien-
Debuted at Sandown in 1985, now painted yellow, ('O'Brien/Andrew Miedecke- DNF) then appeared at Bathurst (O'Brien/John English- again a DNF). http://media.photobucket.com/image/c...agic/85044.jpg O'Brien then takes it over to NZ for the Nissan-Mobil races at the beginning of '86, now red, with 'State Coal' sponsorship, shared with Glenn McIntyre. http://www.flickr.com/photos/8021817...7606882601980/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/8021817...57606882601980 He then runs part of the 1986 ATCC, and the Surfers' Paradise AEC round , however by now, he's also acquired a second, LHD 635, and I'm not sure which car was used http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...agic/86009.jpg Both cars seem to have appeared at Surfers', O'Brien apparently crashing one of them in practice, and taking over the other, originally slated for Troy Dunstan to drive. http://tentenths.com/forum/showpost....0&postcount=18 There's a pic in the 1986 Bathurst annual (actually of Graeme Bailey's Chickadee Commodore) which shows O'Brien's yellow/red 635 just disappearing out of shot, but I'm guessing it may have been taken in practice, as there's a similarly-liveried car in the background... By Sandown, however, he'd joined the Gregg Siddle/Bob Jane Goold Motorsport 635 squad, sharing the orange Bob Jane-sponsored car with Garry Rogers for Sandown and Bathurst. One of his own cars is at the Mountain though- the RHD car- with yet another change of colour- now white- is leased to John English, sharing with Glenn McIntyre. I can't find a pic of this online at the moment, but it was plain white with BMW Motorsport-style stripes over the RH front and LH rear corners. Quote:
He then takes both cars (now red again!) to NZ for the 1986/7 Nissan-Mobil races, racing the LHD car himself with Glenn McIntyre... http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/q...tyreObrien.jpg ....and leasing the RHD car to locals Avon Hyde & Allan Milligan http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/q...nMilliganb.jpg Any idea where the ex-CC car (or the LHD car- ex-Gardner/JPS I think?) went after that? Last edited by KA; 31 Jan 2012 at 00:11. |
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During the race he narrowly avoided getting caught up in David Oxton's run-in with Tony Longhurst Results of the race here http://tentenths.com/forum/showpost....78&postcount=9 I'll have a watch of the DVD and see if i can get a clear screengrab of the car. Last edited by racer69; 31 Jan 2012 at 10:08. |
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Is there any further information on the history of RA2-01 and RA2-39 and who owns them now? They don't seem to be covered in the Chassis History archive.
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The latest info on these cars is here: http://tentenths.com/forum/showpost....&postcount=924 and here: http://tentenths.com/forum/showpost....&postcount=927 |
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14 Mar 2012, 05:40 (Ref:3040752) | #936 | ||
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There were two JPS 635s competing in the Group A races at Phillip Island last weekend. The '85 ATCC winning car was driven by it's current owner, Adrian Brady. The former Group C car, now in Group A spec, was driven by Jim Richards himself.
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Ooops edit....seen a few in the V8SC section thread. Would love to seem EVEN MORE though??? Last edited by chunterer; 14 Mar 2012 at 20:20. |
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15 Mar 2012, 00:25 (Ref:3041223) | #938 | ||
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I don't have anything on the Phillip Island round but there are some photos here when Jim was running Pete Sturgeon's car at the Hampton Downs meeting late January. Also a couple of photos showing Dougal MacGibbon's car (1-22?).
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Some more period 635 images- from Germany this time, don't think I've seen these particular pics before...
Leopold von Bayern's 'Warsteiner' car in 1984 http://www.flickr.com/photos/7572724...in/photostream Volker Strycek's 'Gubin' 635- and a lovely 'retro' transporter- a converted bus... http://www.flickr.com/photos/7572724...in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/7572724...in/photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/7572724...in/photostream |
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A few more period images- Way back in the thread, we talked about the various 635s raced in Portugal- A while back I found a Facebook page about Portuguese driver Sidonio Cabanelas, complete with albums of pics showing his 635, as well as a previous 528i and Triumph Dolomite Sprint
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25 Apr 2012, 10:58 (Ref:3065308) | #941 | |
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Frank Jacob's got RA2/38, the Garage du Bac / Motul machine up for sale here as well as the Brun Motorsport Jambon des Ardennes machine here and the Hartge Wurth machine here this morning.
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Have a word with the missus and get the house on the market [possibly in the opposite order] you know it makes sense
By the way, in the run-up to the debut of the new DTM M3, there's a lovely photo montage of BMWs highs and lows in motor sport over the years in Autosport Plus at autosport.com. |
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Yes very much so.What i'd love to do is buy something like that 635 and have someone half decent pedal it for me. Or finally get my ARDS which i've been meaning to do for a thousand years and drive it myself!!
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I just wanted to let you know that my 635 GRA has been invited to the Festival of Speed. Hope to see you there. All the best, Florent |
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