Hi all,

With the current trend towards restoring and racing classic cars for the tarbaby set, it got me to thinking... what would be the 10 most 'classic' offroad cars to be restored to their orignal specs and raced?  And what shed are they currently hiding in?  What condition are they currently in?

A few spring straight to mind:

Craig Martin's rivvy (essential for any-ones list I think!)

Crofty's home built class 2 which continually challenged at Kempsey?

Les's Aus Championship winning patrol?

Bob Mowbrays giant killing class 3?

Mark Burrow's Aus Champ beam car?

Murray Rogers first of the pop-off turbo rivvys?

But these were all before my time.... Im interested in the other cars people chuck in!

 

 

Big Les

Not sure who this is or what this was. SWB40 maybe. Sure looks like it could give Gavs trucks a run for their money but !! Anyone got any info ?

I would be interesed to know/restore one of the 4WD buggies owned by Bruce Mclintock and the other by Roger Walker. one had a V8 windsor, the other a 2lt escort..... Datsun 1600 diff in the front, blitz transfer case....could switch between 2 + 4 WD up to 100mph!  They also starred in a porno movie filmed on Sydney's Kurnell beach.

This is early 70s we are talking!

-- Edited by jones off road on Tuesday 24th of January 2012 08:05:20 PM

I would love to see & hear the old Peco Star ute. Also the "Super Suzi" of Dave Stuchbery. There was also a couple of Landcruisers I think from NSW that had chevs with Hillborn injection on them Jeff Maile or something like that. Last but far from least, the Old Man Emu jeep. It was such a classic.

On the buggy side, all of Craig Martins cars. Probably from a VW fans view point, Peter Walkers 2.6 litre VW scorpion. Last but not least again, Arthur Heywood from Tassie's Buggy. Injected P76 V8, torqueflight tranny & Jag rear end. Just thinking there was also another very neat little Leyland V8 car belonging to Terry Perkins, it was mid mounted with a hewland transaxle.

 

 

craig martins car was awesome,i remember watching the shoot out at kempsie,their was a lot more powerfull cars there but that rivvy was in a world of its own in the suspension,another car in its day was peter calverts buggy,i think it was a self built speedway engine,duggan?,it cracked and sounded awesome,(couldnt hear craigs car till it backed off,peters engine in craigs car,now that would shake up the modern beasts)..

You gotta have the first of the A arm cars to Australia on the list. The Porsche powered Kuster/Raceco originally campaigned by Brad Zacka then Nev Taylor. This car lead the trend of A arm cars into Australia and would still hold it's own at a National level as a Prolite as it was powered by a 3.3lt Porsche engine.
I may know where to lay my hands on it. ;)

I remember Fabio's pajero at Puckapunyal in about 92 or 93 and it was a truly awesome bit of gear but I also saw Richard Bennets big white thing that could be heard 5k's away and lost a front right hand wheel on a massive post at the start of the straight.
My memory is very fuzzy so the dates and people are probably wrong, but bloody great cars anyway.

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The yellow Karman Khia was Steve Knotts and had a Renault V6 in it and went very well and was only limited by those rotten vw gearbox's. It had lot's of new technology/idea's stolen from the US. Steve was one of australia's best engine builders for a long time and i am hoping to get him to a national round (haha) with the new trucks. He lives less than a k up the road.
This is a bad thread, i'm having flash backs. I think i'm travelling at high speed in the famous Chevy Blazer at Sea Lake with Stansfield driving in whatever year it was. I think i should lie down now.

What about Mick and Garry Baker's Bandido's? I think there is a Rover Crew in Vic still using one in the Scout's Mudbash......

the sweet sound of svensons buggy cracking from memory it was a 6 cyl porsche 6 into 1 ,andersons black buggy with the rotary, you could never miss it, would hear it long before you see it

-- Edited by tine on Wednesday 25th of January 2012 07:52:11 AM

The ex OME, Jim Hunter Blazer has gone back to its original home at Parnelli Jones'

2nd Neville Boyes' Rivvy!