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6 Feb 2013, 02:59 (Ref:3199967) | #1 | |
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The Waldock EB Supercar
Was the Waldock EB the only V8 supercar to be made offshore in New Zealand? Does anyone have any insight as to why it was made offshore? It seems an odd thing to do. Obviously there may be some savings with currency changes, but there was travel and shipping to get it here.
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6 Feb 2013, 04:23 (Ref:3199979) | #2 | |
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Wasn't there recently a V8 Saturday Sleuthing article on that car answering a few of those questions?
I guess it was made here becuase back then they were still modified road cars (well, started from a road car shell) unlike todays scratch built specialties. As such it wouldn't have been that hard for a race builder to do one. |
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Thank you for the post. I had most of that information as well as some more in a slightly different area.
I'm curious as to whether the stone brothers had any involvement in ProAction, who are supposedly the NZ constructors of the EB. It seems to have followed GpC construction methodology (somewhat limited cage stiffening tot he shell) on what looks like a fairly production shell. Later privateer cars look more advanced. |
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Actually it was the current owner, Keith Linnell wondering about the potential of a Stone Brothers connection. I can understand why, since they are currently in the news.
Does CP still have a workshop? |
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I thought the Stone brothers were at DJR when this car was built
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well if they were then it would put an end to the owners query in this area.
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The Stone Bros joined DJR in 1992.
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Thank you. Was no involvement then.
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CP does not have a workshop, nor is involved in cars in any way that I know of? Most, if not all of the companies he has owned (and there have been many) have been struck off the companies register. I wonder what he is up to now? |
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One of the guys who built this car at Pro Action left not long afterwards and then went to work at DJR, maybe that might be the confusion? His name was Craig Milne
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Could be, thank you for that, I'll pass it on to Keith.
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This is actually the successor, the Queensland built EF that debuted at the 1995 Sandown 500.
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Yep. The EB is still in Supercheap colours.
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