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12 May 2009, 02:32 (Ref:2460571) | #1 | |
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What happened to the 1997 Factory BMW 320i
Yes, I was wondering what happened to the three BMW 320is that Paul Morris, Geoff Brabham ,and Craig Baird raced in the 1997 Australian BOC Gases Super Touring Championship. I heard that Gold Coast preparer Stef Zelanek had the three BMW 320i in 1998, but with no drivers. Did one of these three wind up in Cameron McLean hands. Any information on this question would be great thank you.
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Some were sold off into South East Asia or back to Europe. At least one Super Touring BMW shell was sold off as a rolling chassis to Justin Wade who put BMW M3 mechanicals in it and races it in Queensland as an Improved Production Touring Car, but I think that was a spare shell all along. |
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12 May 2009, 03:42 (Ref:2460581) | #3 | ||
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The #2 Morris championship winner went to Cameron McLean in 1998, then overseas (Sweden rings a bell)
The #83 Bathurst winner initially went to (or was supposed to) Stef Zelenak for a proposed 1998 ASTC attack with supposed drivers Geoff Brabham & Greg Murphy (the same drivers linked with a works Honda effort the same year). Nothing came of it and the car re-appeared as Falc said with Paul Morris in 1999 when he started Nemo Racing/PMM... does he still have this car today? Wasn't Baird's car one of the 1996 cars updated? GMS had a BMW sitting in its workshops in '97 livery when they were running Lowndes, what was the history of that car? |
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12 May 2009, 08:03 (Ref:2460676) | #4 | |
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Stuckey Tyres in Sydney Rd Brunswick appear to have the #83 Bathurst winner in their showroom (around Easter time). Don't know if it's the real deal?
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12 May 2009, 22:59 (Ref:2461303) | #5 |
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I think someone from the BMW Club NSW has one of the cars.
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If you asked at the Holden Performance Driving Centre they may know
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Of the two cars Morris ran, the 95 (96?) spec car was run by Owen Kelly a few times. I have an idea that car was sold to a collector.
The ex Morris 97 spec car was sold to Peter Kelly, who ran it in the TCC for a while. I don't tknow if he still has it. Alan Letcher had an ex Diet Coke 320 for sale recently, but I think that was a 94 spec car run by the team here in 95. It could be the ex Playboy sponsored unit... It's a bit hard to keep track of the cars run by the Diet Coke team over the years....they had 4 in 1994, 3 in 1995, 1996 and 1997. Whether they were new cars or upgrades is a bit grey... |
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15 May 2009, 00:34 (Ref:2462699) | #8 | ||
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ex Morris 97 spec car was sold to Peter Kelly, who still has the car.
I understand that the car is for sale. |
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There seem to be a shedload of bits accompanying a buy! |
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The second '95 spec car mentioned in the ad would be the ex Diet Coke car owned for years by the Searles in Newcastle.
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the second car was imported from the Asian series. the Searles still have there car.
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