Perkins Engineering Chassis Histories... A Detailed Review

[anthony81901]

Below is the histories as I understand of all cars that have been built by Perkins Engineering.

PE001 VK 09/86. Raced by Perkins at 86 Sandown 500, Bathurst 1000 and
Wellington and Pukehoke 500s at the beginning of 87. Sold to Tony
Noske and debuted at Round 1 of ATCC at Calder. Noske raced it throughout
87 and in some ATCC rounds in 88.

PE002 VK 02/87. Raced by Perkins from ATCC Round 1 up to and including
Bathurst 1000.

PE003 VL 08/87. Built as customer car for Bill O'Brien. Debuted at
Calder 300 by Perkins and O'Brien as # 11 in Everlast colours. Raced at
Oran Park 250 and Bathurst 1000 by O'Brien & Brian Sampson. O'Brien
ran in some ATCC rounds in 88. Upgraded to TWR specs and raced at
Bathurtst by O'Brien from 88 to 91. Sold to Chris Smerdon who raced it in
some ATCC rounds in 92 and 93. Sold to Scotty Taylor who raced it at
Bathurst 94 and the Symmons Plains ATCC round in 95, still carrying
Everlast baby blue.

PE004 VL 10/87. Raced by Perkins at Calder 500, Wellington 500,
Adelaide GP and throughout 88 ATCC in HSV colours. Upgraded to HSV specs and raced at Sandown 500 by Jeff Allam & Armin Hahne as # 11, run at
Bathurst as the # 40 car by Denny Hulme on the opening day of practice and at the Adelaide GP by Hulme as # 11. Sold to Lyndon Reithmuller in 89 who
contested some ATCC and Bathurst with the car still in HSV colours,
albeit with a brighter shade of green. Sold to Lansvale Smash Repairs,
but I think was only raced at Bathurst, and possibly the Adelaide GP.

PE005 VL 09/88. Raced by Perkins at the Sandown 500, Bathurst,
Wellington 500 and the Adelaide GP all as # 10 with HSV sponsorship. Raced at the Winton and Sandown ATCC rounds by Perkins as # 11, in 88 colours,
albeit without any sponsorship and as a privateer entry. Run at Bathurst 89 as the # 16T car on the opening day of practice. Sold to Bob Pearson by the beginning of 1990 who raced it in some ATCC rounds and at Bathurst, with Mark Duquet racing it at the Phillip Island round.

PE006 VL 09/88. Raced by Tony Noske & Graham Moore at the Sandown 500
and Bathurst, and by Noske at the Adelaide GP in Stathfield Car Radios
colours. Raced in some 89 ATCC rounds by Noske in Kalari Transport
colours. Sold by the beginning of 1990 to Bob Jones who raced it until
the end of 92 initially in Kalari colours, later in a white livery, and
at Bathurst 92 in Ampol Max 3 black livery.

PE007 VL 09/88. Built by Perkins Engineering as a caged shell for Bob
Forbes and completed in Sydney by Ron Missen. Debuted at Bathurst by John Harvey. Raced throughout 89 by Mark Gibbs, who may have used this car in some 90 rounds before the 2nd VL debuted. Raced at Bathurst in 90 by Bartlett & Russell Ingall. Sold to Stuart McColl who raced it in some ATCC rounds in 92 and 93. It was leased to Ken Matthews for Bathurst 93.

PE008 VL 09/89. Raced at Sandown 500 by Perkins & Win Percy, at
Bathurst by Perkins & Tomas Mezera at Bathurst, and by Percy at the Adelaide GP. Sold to HRT and fitted with centrelock hubs, initally running with the same black wheels from the 88 Bathurst car. Raced by Percy in the
ATCC, except at Mallala where Neil Crompton and again by Crompton at
Bathurst.

PE009 VL 01/90. Raced by Perkins throughout 90 ATCC. 11T car for
Bathurst. Sold / leased to Tommy Suhato and raced in Indonesia and at the
Adelaide GP in 91. Leased to Daily Planet Racing for Bathurst 92 and
raced as # 41 by John Trimble, Andrew Harris & Gary Cooke.

PE010 VL 09/90. Raced by Perkins & Mezera at the Sandown 500, Bathurst
and Eastern Creek 500 and at the Adelaide GP by Perkins. Leased to
Graham Moore for Bathurst 91 to race as the # 22 Strathfield Car radios car
with Michel Delcourt. Raced by Perkins in most 92 ATCC rounds still
painted in Strathfield red. Raced at the Sandown 500 and Bathurst by
Perkins & Steve Harrington in Bob Jane colours. Raced in the 1st few
rounds of the ATCC by Perkins in Castrol colours, before being leased to
John Trimble for some ATCC rounds and Bathurst. Written off by Don
Watson at the Adelaide GP.

PE011 VN 02/91. Raced by Pearson in some ATCC rounds in 91 and 92 and
at Bathurst 91 by Pearson & Bruce Stewart. Upgraded to VP specs, but
only raced at the Winfield Triple Challenge, in 93 and 95 by Stewart and
in 94 by Brad Jones. Sold to George Ayoub in 95 who raced it in some
ATCC rounds. Later sold to Tim Rowse who debuted it at Bathurst in 99
still in VP spec.

PE012 VN 02/91. Raced by Brock from beginning of 91 up to the 92
Sandown 500. Raced at Bathurst by Andrew Miedecke & Troy Dunstan. Upgraded to VP specs and raced by Brock & Graeme Crosby in New Zealand at the end of 92 and in the 1st few rounds of the 93 ATCC by Brock. Raced at the 93 Sandown 500, Bathurst and Adelaide GP by Dunstan as the Quix car.
Bought by Perkins Engineering early 94 due to shortage of VP body
shells with the intention of being entered as a 2nd car for 2 Perkins
employees, one being Derek Van Zelm using used components, but didn't happen
in the end so sold to Phil Ward debuting at Bathurst in Technphone
colours. Did the 1st few rounds of the 95 ATCC in Nokia colours before
being upgraded to VR specs, but only competed at the Eastern Creek ATCC
round and Adelaide GP. Sold in 99 to Rod Salmon who raced the car only
once at Bathurst.

PE014 VN 02/91. Raced by Perkins in 91, and the 1st few rounds of the
92 ATCC by Crompton. Upgraded to VP specs and raced at Bathurst by
Brock & Manuel Reuter. Written off by Brock at Adelaide GP. Shell sold
to Bob Jones and eventually rebuilt in 96. Jones ran the car a couple
of times before selling it to Mike Conway later that year. In 97 it
was sold to Wayne Russell who raced it in 97 and 98.

PE015 VN 07/92. Raced by Alf Barbagello from 92 to 95 in Castrol
colours upgrading it to VP specs in 93. Sold to Grant Johnson in 96 who
upgraded it to VR specs. Sold in 98 to Nathan Petty who competed in some
ATCC rounds and at Bathurst in 99. Sold to Ben Eggleston by 2003.

PE016 VP 01/93. Raced by Bob Pearson from the Winfield Triple
Challenge in January 93 until Bathurst 95. Sold 96 to Robert Smith.

PE017 04/93. Debuted by Perkins at Phillip Island round of 93 ATCC
who raced it for the rest of the year. Perkins had reached an agreement
to sell the car to John Trimble even before its Bathurst victory, who
raced it throughout 94. Sold to James Rosenburg of South Australia in
95 and raced at Bathurst by Mark Poole & Ed Ordinski. Upgraded to VR
specs and campaigned by Poole from 96 to 98. Raced by Kerryn Brewer at
Adelaide 500 in 99, before being sold to Wes May who raced it in the
Konica series in 01 and 02.

PE018 VP 07/93. Debuted at Waneroo round of 93 ATCC by Ian Love, who
raced it until 95. Raced by Shaun Walker in 96/97, being upgraded to VR
specs along the way. Sold to Mike Imrie in 99 who raced it until
debuting a VT at Bathurst 00. Raced at Bathurst Konica round in 01 by Dean
Croswell, before being sold to Shane Beikhoff to race in the Konicas in
02 and 03.

PE019 VP 01/94. Raced by Perkins throughout 94. Raced at 95 Winfield
Triple Challenge by Gregg Hansford as # 9. Greg Crick leased the car
at the Sandown and Symmons Plains ATCC rounds, before it was sold to M3
Motorsport for Bathurst. John Cotter & Peter Doulman shared the
driving up until the final round of the 99 ATCC at Oran Park. It was
upgraded to VR specs in 97. It was raced in the 01 Konica series by P Foster,
K Habul and S March.

PE020 VP 02/94. Raced by Chris Smerdon from the 1st round of the 94
ATCC until the end of 99, with Tomas Mezera running a few ATCC rounds in
98. Upgraded to VR specs in 95. Sold to Mal Rose who raced it in the
Konica series in 00 and 01.

PE021 VP 02/94. Raced by Paul Morris in the 94 ATCC and Sandown 500,
but not taken to Bathurst due to being badly damaged in testing accident
at Lakeside. Sold to Alcair Air Conditioning and raced by David Attard
throughout 95 until Bathurst and by Crick for the rest of the season.
After upgrading to VR specs, it was raced by Crick throughout 96.
Steve Johnson drove it in some races in 97, although Crick raced it at the
Eastern Creek ATCC round. By 98 Crick had purchased the car and
competed in most races with Dean Crosswell driving in 2 ATCC rounds. The car
was sold to Leyton Crambrook who competed at a few ATCC rounds and
Bathurst in 99.

PE022 VP 02/94. Raced by Tony Longhurst throughout 94. Sold to Bap
Romano and raced by Paul Romano in 95. Upgraded to VR specs at the
beginning of 97 and raced by Romano from the beginning of 97 until the
Melbourne Grand Prix in 01.

PE023 05/94. Debuted at Winton ATCC round by Don Watson. Destroyed in
accident Bathurst 94.

PE024 Unknown, although possibly applied to the rebuilt PE012

PE025 VR 01/95. Debuted at Winfield Triple Challenge and raced by
Perkins in ATCC. Sold to Neil Schembri, debuting at Bathurst with Graham
Moore. Schembri raced it until 00. It was destroyed at the 00 Konica
round with Gary Quartly driving.

PE026 VR 07/95. Built as a customer car for David Parsons debuting at
the Mallala round. Written off after suspension failure at Bathurst.

[anthony81901]

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PE027 VR 09/95. Used by Perkins & Ingall at Sandown 500 and Bathurst.
Raced by Perkins at Adelaide GP and Brock Challenge. Raced by Ingall
from beginning of 96 until midway through 97 ATCC. Raced in 97 and 98
by Kerryn Brewer and Melinda Price as the Castrol Cougars car, although
Perkins drove it at Indy in 98. Sold to Challenge Recruitment Racing
and raced by Skippy Parsons in some ATCC rounds in 99 and then sold to C
Butler who raced it in the Konica series in 00 and at Bathurst.

PE028 VR 01/96. Built as replacement for PE026 and raced on and off by
Truckie Parsons in 96 and 97. Leased to Anthony Tratt for 97
Melbourne GP and Paul Gover for 97 enduros. Sold to Robert Smith in 98.

PE029 VR 01/96. Debuted by Perkins at beginning of 96. Converted to
VP specs for Bathurst and the NZ rounds. Converted back to VS for 97
and raced by Perkins until the Sandown round and Ingall from the Symmons
Plains until replaced by the VT at the end of 98. Leased to Dougal
McDougall for the Sandown 500, before Ingall heavily damaged it at Indy.
Rebuilt for McDougall to run in 99 ATCC, but destroyed at the Phillip
Island round.

PE030 VS 05/97. Debuted by Perkins at Symmons Plains and raced until
end of 98. Sold to Barry Morcom who debuted it at the 98 Melbourne GP,
racing it until Oran Park in 99 before selling to Matthew White to race
in 00/01. Raced by M Turner in 02.

PE031 VT 06/98. Debuted at Calder ATCC round by Perkins, before
passing to Ingall for remainder of ATCC. Raced at Sandown 500 by Perkins &
Ingall, and in 99 ATCC by Ingall. Sold to M3 Motorsport and raced by
Cotter and Doulman from Indy until the end of 01. Raced by Bob McDonald
in the Konica series in 02 and 03, and by Doulman in 04.

PE032 VT 09/98. Debuted at Bathurst by Perkins who raced the car in
the 99 ATCC and at the Queensland 500. Raced by Ingall at Indy, and
remained unused until reactivated for Perkins for Oran Park round of the 00
ATCC following the sale of PE036. Sold to Clive Wiseman Racing for
Bathurst and raced by Michael Donaher and Tyler Mecklem in 01. Last raced
by Steven White at Adelaide 500 in 02.

PE033 VT 03/99. Raced by Wayne Gardner at Melbourne GP and Adelaide
500, before being sold by Wayne Gardner Racing to Dougal McDougal to
replace PE029. Raced by McDougal until end of 02 and by Dominic Beninca in
the final ATCC round of 02. Sold to Ben Eggleston who debuted the car
at the Konica round at Bathurst 04.

PE034 VT 10/99. Raced by Wayne Gardner at Indy and Bathurst. Sold to
Chris Smerdon at the end of 99. Smerdon only raced it a few times in
00 before selling it to Matthew White Racing. Raced in Konica series by
Dale Brede in 01, White in 02/03, and Dean Wanless in 04. Raced at 02
Queensland 500 by Andrew Miedecke.

PE035 VT 10/99. Debuted by Perkins at Bathurst who raced it until the
00 Winton round and then sold to Team Kiwi Racing. Debuted by Jason
Richards & Angus Fogg at Bathurst.

PE036 VT 01/00. Raced in 00 ATCC by Ingall, and by Cameron Murchison &
Luke Youlden at Bathurst before being sold to Team Kiwi Racing.

As to which TKR car was used where become a little grey. Initially the
plan was to run 2 cars in the 01 ATCC, 021 for Richards and 777 Fogg.
Both were entered for the 1st few rounds, but after 777 failed to
qualify the team decided to concentrate on just 1 car, although both did
appear at the Pukehoke round. After the Garry Rogers Motorsport VX was
returned after a few rounds in 03, Craig Baird stepped into 035, moving
to 036 from the Queensland round onwards. One was raced by Mark Porter
in 04 in the Konica series as well as the Eastern Creek and Pukehoke
ATCC rounds. This was then sold to Mark Pappendell debuting at the
Konica Bathurst raced In 04.

PE037 VT 09/00. Debuted by Ingall at Queensland 500 who raced it in 01
ATCC until the Waneroo round. Raced at Bathurst by Youlden & Adam
Macrow. Sold to Independent Race Cars and raced in the Konica series by
Paul Dumbrell in 02, Mark Porter in 03 and Tony D'Alberto in 04.

PE038 VX 02/01. Debuted by Perkins at Melbourne GP and raced in all
sprint rounds. Raced by Steve Richards in all sprint rounds in 02. Sold
to Jay Motor Sport for Jay Vandyke to drive in the 04 Konica series.

PE039 VX 07/01. Debuted by Ingall at Calder ATCC round who used it
until the end of 02. Raced by Dumbrell in 03 and at Melbourne GP and
Adelaide 500 rounds. Raced by Tony Longhurst up until Indy round and by
Alex Davison at the Konica Mallala round and ATCC Symmons Plains round.

PE040 VX 02/02. Debuted by Perkins at Melbourne GP and raced
throughout 02. Raced by S Richards for 1st few rounds of 03 ATCC. Upgraded to
VY specs and raced by Longhurst at Melbourne GP and Adelaide 500.
Raced by Dumbrell from Eastern Creek round.

PE041 VY 04/03. Debuted by Richards at Waneroo ATCC round and used for
1st half of 04 season. Raced by Davison at final 04 ATCC round at
Eastern Creek.

PE042 VY 02/04. Debuted at Melbourne GP by Anthony Tratt

PE043 VY 09/04. Debuted by Richards at Sandown 500.

[GTRMagic]

Brilliant work

[Gaz170]

Maybe down one chassis after today. PE040 possibly?

[Wrighty05]

That is awesome.

How's the running time on the Romano car! 1994-2001.

[dumbrell_fan]

Originally Posted by Gaz170

Maybe down one chassis after today. PE040 possibly?

maybe PE044 VZ will be on track soon then

[mixxer]

Nice work compiling all that, thanks for sharing it.

[Gaz170]

Originally Posted by Wrighty05

That is awesome.

How's the running time on the Romano car! 1994-2001.

AS opposed to the tragically short time of the next car.

[Wrighty05]

Originally Posted by Gaz170

AS opposed to the tragically short time of the next car.

Yes that was a terrible accident

[Matt H]

what about tratts new car for this year ??

[Evomike]

Originally Posted by anthony81901

PE035 VT 10/99. Debuted by Perkins at Bathurst who raced it until the
00 Winton round and then sold to Team Kiwi Racing. Debuted by Jason
Richards & Angus Fogg at Bathurst.

PE036 VT 01/00. Raced in 00 ATCC by Ingall, and by Cameron Murchison &
Luke Youlden at Bathurst before being sold to Team Kiwi Racing.

As to which TKR car was used where become a little grey. Initially the
plan was to run 2 cars in the 01 ATCC, 021 for Richards and 777 Fogg.
Both were entered for the 1st few rounds, but after 777 failed to
qualify the team decided to concentrate on just 1 car, although both did
appear at the Pukehoke round. After the Garry Rogers Motorsport VX was
returned after a few rounds in 03, Craig Baird stepped into 035, moving
to 036 from the Queensland round onwards. One was raced by Mark Porter
in 04 in the Konica series as well as the Eastern Creek and Pukehoke
ATCC rounds. This was then sold to Mark Pappendell debuting at the
Konica Bathurst raced In 04.

I believe (and if I am wrong I am sure Martin Collins will correct me) That chassis PE036 was sold to Mark Porter, who I believe has since sold it again. Chassis PE035 is still owned by Team Kiwi Racing and actually made an apperance on track at Pukekohe over the weekend in VY spec (Not in any race). The car is now used for ride days and is still damned quick. I understand that PE035 will not be sold and is to be kept for nostalgic reasons.

[GTRMagic]

I believe PE036 is the chassis Mark Papandell now runs in the HPDC series, still in the Hydraulink colours, but without the stickers....

[pete60]

Well done!! The detail is amazing!

A couple of extra bits and pieces.

PE 024 was the rebuilt PE 021, which went to the Ultratune team, onto South Pacific Motor racing and finished up I think in the hands of Tony Evangelou.

PE 038 went to Jay Verdnik and is being run in the HPDC series this year by Aaron McGill ( Verdnik is running an ex Team Dynamik chassis).

I thought PE 019 ended its days against a tyre barrier at Oran Park. I think it was PE 015 ( ex Pretty) that was run in Konica 01 by Evers, Habul, March etc.

Ric Shaw built a VS Commodore a few years ago and I have an idea PE 021 ( ex Alcair/Crambrook) may have been utilised in this process.

[Group'C']

just to add a little bit more that may be of interest

Chassis PE021
after it was crashed the log book and running gear was used by Alcair and I assume Chassis No

The Chassis was repaired and Kerry Baily ended up with it, He sold it to Clive Wiseman to replace the origanal Ultratune car that was crashed at Bathurst at the Media day by Mic Donaher ( 97 AMSCAR )

Chassis PE026
John Falkner had this chassis after it was repaired by Dencar (all parts were tacked in but had to be finnished) and he was trying to sell it in 98

PE003
The car you have listed for this chassis No actually carries chassis No PE887002 ( As I have a copy of the log book) It was sold to Gary Cannan who raced it in the AMSCAR series in 97. The Last VL to race in V8 Supercars still resides in Tassie

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by anthony81901

PE037 VT 09/00. Debuted by Ingall at Queensland 500 who raced it in 01
ATCC until the Waneroo round. Raced at Bathurst by Youlden & Adam
Macrow. Sold to Independent Race Cars and raced in the Konica series by
Paul Dumbrell in 02, Mark Porter in 03 and Tony D'Alberto in 04.

It seems Mr Brant's IRCA team has sold this car... to Adam Wallis.. who plans to run the rest of the 2005 HPDC series in this quite successful car... You wouldnt know it was headed for its 6th season of competition though

[Sol]

Amazing detail! Great work Anthony.

Do you know anything about the chassis that LP stuck into the wall at the Esses at the Buthurst Media Day in 199.... um 7 or 8? Someone help me with the exact year. I know tt was a VR/VS, not a VT.

It didn't get much media coverage as it wasn't captured on TV. LP missed a gear an in his words "F***** it". The bent chassis sat unloved with the tractors and planes in the 2nd shed at PE for a few years.

I don't know which chassis number it was.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by GTRMagic

I believe PE036 is the chassis Mark Papandell now runs in the HPDC series, still in the Hydraulink colours, but without the stickers....

In this week's AA... Mr Papandell has this car for sale...

[pete60]

Originally Posted by Sol

Amazing detail! Great work Anthony.

Do you know anything about the chassis that LP stuck into the wall at the Esses at the Buthurst Media Day in 199.... um 7 or 8? Someone help me with the exact year. I know tt was a VR/VS, not a VT.

It didn't get much media coverage as it wasn't captured on TV. LP missed a gear an in his words "F***** it". The bent chassis sat unloved with the tractors and planes in the 2nd shed at PE for a few years.

I don't know which chassis number it was.

Sol

This was chassis PE030..the first one...and the damage was done at the 1997 Bathurst media day. Larry later rebuilt the shell, which was the one run by Dougal MacDougall in 1999 and permanently stuffed at Phillip Island. Larry built a new PE030 which went on to win Bathurst in 1997.

This is courtesy of noonz....and he is never wrong about this stuff!!

[groupnxu1]

From my records:

PE 006 was the Noske car in 1988 was then sold to Bob Jones and at some point Heather shule drove the car it then became the Anthony Trait Toll express VL and was sold out of Rod Smith Racings shop down at Sorento Vic in Jan 1994, the car now resides in Sydney and belongs to Greg Young.

PE 007 if this was the car that Ron Missen built and the one that Harvey/Bartlett raced at Bathurst it is now scrap metal and was reshelled by the GIO team after a big shunt at Amaroo this is the car that was on display at the Clipsal the 2nd GIO car is also in Melbourne last raced by the Mccleod clan.

PE 014 was never updated to VP spec it was still VN when purchased by it's current owner, PE 014 was the car on display at the Clipsal.

[pete60]

Originally Posted by groupnxu1

From my records:


PE 014 was never updated to VP spec it was still VN when purchased by it's current owner, PE 014 was the car on display at the Clipsal.

Can this be right? I thought Brock/Advantage Racing only ran 2 VNs, both ex Perkins and both ultimately upgraded to VP. One became the 93 Quix car, which is now owned by Lawson Reid (?). By a process of elimination, the car on display at Clipsal must be the other VN, which went to Mike Conway (after being crashed by Brock as a VP) and ended up as a VS owned by Wayne Russell.

[groupnxu1]

Originally Posted by pete60

Can this be right? I thought Brock/Advantage Racing only ran 2 VNs, both ex Perkins and both ultimately upgraded to VP. One became the 93 Quix car, which is now owned by Lawson Reid (?). By a process of elimination, the car on display at Clipsal must be the other VN, which went to Mike Conway (after being crashed by Brock as a VP) and ended up as a VS owned by Wayne Russell.

The car that was at the Clipsal (PE 014) was purchased from Tommy Sahuto and shipped back to Australia by it's current owner, Neil Burns confirmed that it was one of the VN's that Larry and Brock had used, the car has an interesting story attached to it that Neil told the current owner about, I will see if i can get the full story and post it later i cant remember the exact details but it had to do with one of Tommy's cars being sent back to larry after it was damaged and no payment coming through to Larry then Larry and Neil went overseas and collected a large payment and had to put a car back together for Tommy (my memory is sketchie at the moment ) i will see what other info i can find out

[Adam Laws]

PE019 was definitely repaired after Peter's big crash at Oran Park and was sold, though I can't remember who bought it and where it ended up.

[Just Do It!]

Originally Posted by Evomike

I believe (and if I am wrong I am sure Martin Collins will correct me) That chassis PE036 was sold to Mark Porter, who I believe has since sold it again. Chassis PE035 is still owned by Team Kiwi Racing and actually made an apperance on track at Pukekohe over the weekend in VY spec (Not in any race). The car is now used for ride days and is still damned quick. I understand that PE035 will not be sold and is to be kept for nostalgic reasons.

Unless I am very much mistaken, one of the two TKR cars appeared in the background of a photo at Larry Perkins' workshop in Motorsport News. It was there having some repairs that seemed to take an extra long time, for memory from the Bathurst crash, but maybe I have the wrong shunt.

[William Dale Jr]

Fantastic work, Anthony!

On PE004, I have Lansvale using the car for the final AMSCAR round, Bathurst and the Nissan 500 at the Creek. I don't have full footage or results of the AGP support races, but from what I do have, I didn't see the car there.

On PE006, so did Jones use this as his primary car for 1990 onwards, or did he alternate between it and the second Lambden VL? It makes sense that he would stick with PE006. In that case, would the #31 Tic-Tac Commodore from Bathurst 1992 be the Lambden VL?

On PE007, it might have been the accident Gibbs had during the 2nd AMSCAR round in May 1989. During heat 1, Colin Bond got a bit sideways coming out of the Dunlop Loop, Gibbsy went down the inside and Bondy tagged him in the left rear; the Commodore DNF's from the race and didn't make it out for the other two heats. The Bob Forbes Commodore didn't make another appearance until the final ATCC round in July - they didn't appear at the third AMSCAR round - so was the car that appeared at Oran Park the re-shelled PE007 or the other new GIO Commodore? If not, when was the new car first used, and would anyone happen to have a photo of the Gibbs car post-accident?

[racer2_uk]

Great info again from Anthony81901, can anybody further the info on PE014, I drove Wayne Russell's car at Bathurst in '98 and assume it was that car, I was told it was a VS. I was also imformed that it was the last Holden to finish with a Holden motor ?

Andy Lloyd