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4 Oct 2012, 23:13 (Ref:3146363) | #1 | ||
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Colin Bond Alfa 75
Anyone know what happened to Colin Bond's ATCC Alfa 75? I'd love to track it down.
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4 Oct 2012, 23:38 (Ref:3146376) | #2 | |
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It was all but written off at Bathurst in '87.
It may have been turned into a sports sedan after that. |
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4 Oct 2012, 23:45 (Ref:3146382) | #3 | |
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All but. I believe it was repaired after Crashario '87 and THEN comprehensively written off in a rollover at Oran Park a few years later. All that is left of it is a couple of souvenir doors and guards around the place.
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5 Oct 2012, 00:25 (Ref:3146404) | #4 | ||
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Damn! Was ready to fork out the cash if it were up for sale... that's a real shame.
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A lot of the stuff was parted out and I think one of the engines (there were two?) ended up in Andrew Papadopoulos's GTV sports sedan. |
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It was rebuilt after Bathurst 87, and arguably ran better. Bond drove it at the AGP support race at the end of 1987, qualifying 4th and finishing 5th
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John Cotter racing it in Sports Sedans at some point (with a big rear wing on it) rings a bell. The write-off happened around 1995 (i think this was posted on this forum at some point) |
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I think Murphy built up their own car and this was subsequently written off by one of their mechanics testing it at Oran Park.... John Cotter bought the second Ignis/Toy Shop/Pye GTV6 and sold it (when he bought the Brock M3s) to Andrew Leithhead who turned it into a sports sedan and wrote it off at Amaroo Park circa 1992. I'm pretty sure the 75 was bought by Bob McDonald but I think that Cotter would have driven the car on occasions. |
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There is a picture of the ex-Bond car in the 1995 AMRY from Oran Park. It is dark blue, #75 and in Citibank colours, with the caption naming John Cotter as the driver. |
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Wasnt there actually a second Alfa 75 Group 'A' shell here at some point?
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16 Oct 2012, 08:34 (Ref:3152718) | #12 | ||
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Hi David 5,
Yeah, I think there was a Group E (Production car) that was a GTV6 and I'm sure it became the Gulson Group C then Group A Dulux GTV6. Scott CfoD'ed the car many years ago and raced in historics in the Dulux livery. Nev. |
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16 Oct 2012, 12:54 (Ref:3152841) | #13 | ||
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I think Bondy's GTV at Bathurst in 1984 was previously a Group E car.
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Saw the Dulux car go round at an AROC 6hour relay @ Winton in the early 90s.
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I'm sure your right that the Gulson GTV6 was the Press car but also pretty sure it always had the fuel injection. I drove it at Winton when Scott and I swapped cars and he drove the Carter XE Falcon. The Alfa was fun but you have to really drive it, not like a big lazy Falcon V8! I'm sure Hugh told me the yellow Ignis Bond GTV6 was a Italian Alfa factory built left hand drive car that was brought to Australia for Group A racing. It was damaged by Bond in the period and rebuilt by the Australian factory team with a left hand drive shell and Bond continued to race it in the Ignis livery throughout Group A...until they built the 75? Hugh drove the car to a Sports Sedan championship in the 1990's, and Trent is now a great FFord driver....the apple doesn't fall far from the tree! I raced 2ltr Alfetta's with them and together we won the Alfa Club 6 hour relay at Winton a few years back, some of the best racing has been with these guys. Nev. |
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Small world i bought of Hughs brother in the early 80s the ex factory team car ('77 Bathurst /Bell car) When i ran my Porsche carrera ,SC historic in states round on slicks,Scott and i always had great races against each other,the porker had the grunt,the little Alfa the corners,from memory I would be quicker at the island/Sandown and he would do better at Winton long track,regards Rob. |
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I’ve run through the GTV6 history in the Group C and A Thread, but yes but the car that Hugh Harrison owns started out as the ex-Luigi Racing LHD GTV6 for Jones and then written off by Bond at Surfers Paradise in late 85. The car was reshelled using an unstamped RHD shell and maintains the Luigi logbook and was raced by Bond throughout 86 whilst they waited for the 75 to come on stream. |
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Is it still owned by its long term owner,i sold the car to his brother in about 1984.,that car had more hits then the Rolling Stones. |
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