Grp C/Grp A/V8SC 'Where are they now?' continued...

[one five five]

Originally Posted by S griffin

That doesn't surprise me, Matt tended to struggle with higher performance car. So no wonder he was dropped, couldn't afford any more damage and no one else wanted to pick him up. But at least he gave it a go, but it seemed he had found his limits the hard way! Those cars were really hard to get a handle on, even the best of them had trouble with them from time to time

Of course Morris was one of the best of that era and did a lot with the cars he had.

I don’t recall Morris being dropped. He withdrew from the drive post 9/11 as he had an ETCC round a week after (or before) the V8Supercar 1000 so didn’t want to risk it.

Remember the 2001 V8Supercar 1000 happened less than a month after 9/11

[S griffin]

Originally Posted by one five five

Remember the 2001 V8Supercar 1000 happened less than a month after 9/11

Indeed. I've got the Autosport report. It was only a week after F1 went to the US despite the disaster

[High_OCTANE_HSV]

Updating my own information on these cars:

Daisy - I have just found that Daisy was last used by Ben McCashney in the 2010 Development Series run by his own team. Ad on My105 has since expired, car wherabouts known.

[cavvy]

Originally Posted by High_OCTANE_HSV

Yeah I have to commend those super touring drivers who came over to give it a go, it's such a different car compared to what they were used to. Something else to keep in mind was the rise of the Konica series so a lot of drivers started to pick up development series drivers as their enduro co-driver. Guys like Youlden, Luff, A. Jones, Gurr, Porter, Macrow, Holdsworth, Wakefield all came through in and around that time and would be more familiar with those cars.

I peronsally feel like sometimes Morris gets thrown under the bus a bit. Yeah he had a year in V8s in 94 but we was mostly a super touring guy getting to grips with the cars, and some of the incidents he was involved in were just bad like (like the Gran Prix in 2003), but yeah a lot of the time he certainly didn't help himself (thinking Willowbank 2005). I think guys like Dumbrell should have known a lot better and with the amount of crashes that guy was involved in at that time, I don't think it's entirely fair to always point the finger at Morris.

Dont understand the reference to Dumbrell.

[GTRMagic]

Wanna Buy A DeTomaso?

[GreenMachine]

Yes please!

Oh, wait ... I have to pay the gas bill this week, so maybe next pension day.

I remember this car, but I don't think I knew about the reasons it was retired. Not surprising it worked so well when you see the names behind it.

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Wanna Buy A DeTomaso?

Helluva thing that car, no doubt about it. Yikes 250 Euro sounds like a lot for it though (but I have no expertise on the value of old race cars these days).

[GTRMagic]

Wanna Buy A Bathurst Winner?

[mite5255]

From V8 Sleuth https://www.v8sleuth.com.au/allan-mo...2-RO1YHYBo-iNI

[GTRMagic]

JB’s TCM Torana at Auction

[darren2012]

Originally Posted by one five five

I don’t recall Neal being dropped. He withdrew from the drive post 9/11 as he had an ETCC round a week after (or before) the V8Supercar 1000 so didn’t want to risk it.

Remember the 2001 V8Supercar 1000 happened less than a month after 9/11

Matt Neal drove with Morris in the Queensland 500 held on August 26 but 9/11 occurred 2 weeks after the Queensland 500 race and Matt Neal pulled out as Bathurst was 3 weeks after 9/11

[V8 Fireworks]

I'm just wondering, does nobody make reproduction early AU Falcon front splitters and reproduction BA Falcon V8 Supercar bodykits?

You seem to see a lot of historic AUs in 1999 liveries but with the later front splitters, and (IMO worse) a lot of historic BA Falcon liveried-cars with BF bodywork, like this Prodrive example:



It's in the Prodrive collection as the 2004 car, but it clearly has a 2007 BF body kit which is not correct?

I appreciate it wouldn't be a roaring trade, but you'd think one of the composite shops associated with the sport would produce the correct body kits (if they still have the moulds, or if somebody still has the moulds) so these historic cars could be more accurate?

[High_OCTANE_HSV]

Repliglass are probably one of the few groups that do a really good job with replica supercar kits. I popped in and had a chat with the guys there (looking for a kit myself for a VZ supercar), and they said that a lot of the touring car masters guys are using their kits (he mentioned John Bowe specifically). They're all fibreglass with aluminum inserts where needed for extra strength (like the rear wing), but they come with diffusers and the like so it'll do for me. Most of the replica shops had their moulds done off of the genuine supercar kits so they're the correct size and dimensions etc, but it seems they've avoided doing the early AU front bumper with the shark fin in the middle - remember it was very fragile back in 99 so it makes sense for everyone to be doing kits of the Tega bumper instead (although it does unfortunately mean it's quite difficult to get your hands on a genuine 99 spec from bumper for a restoration. Made even more difficult by the fact that all AUs post mid 2000 ran the Tega/Blueprint bumber so I suspect that there are very few moulds left around.)

As for the BF bodykit on a BA, I'm not a Ford fan so I don't know the difference between the two (excpet the wider front quater panels on the BF), but after having a bit of a look at replica kit sites they tend to lump the BA/BF bodykit together, maybe someone more knowledgeable than me can chime in here and let me know what the differences are...either way Repliglass do have a kit for a BA/BF.

I think your best bet for getting a genuine kit would be to contact a team directly and see what they have lying around for you - I know the Egglestons have a lot of body kit parts listed for sale on their site, although they are more Holden biased. Your other option is to join a motorsport sale group on facebook and see what's for sale there and piece a kit together.

[Mixer]

Nobody would have any original AU splitters around because they exploded when they hit a blade of grass...

[Tourer]

Originally Posted by Mixer

Nobody would have any original AU splitters around because they exploded when they hit a blade of grass...

Agree - plus they were replaced almost immediately and a better design used - don't think that TEGA even had a sample of that original monstrosity.

In response to the question from V8F, TEGA used to hold a "control" version of each front splitter (along with other key sections of bodywork). Likely that the AU versions are no longer held, but they might be - Supercars might be a source to at least get hold of one to take a mould from.