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#1 _Rob 5000_

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Posted 04 October 2007 - 10:47 PM

I'm guessing Red will be able to answer this question. When I was about 18 a high school teacher in Wagga think his name was Ross Woodbridge bought the Seaton A9X hatch. I seen it driving around a few times and needless to say it was a great looking car. Mates who went to the school where he taught and other guys I have met who knew him all say it was full group C spec including the slicks when he bought it and drove it around town. Does anyone know what ever happened to that car?

On another A9X note the electrician at work seen a pic of mine on my desk and started telling me that his brother who is in his late 40's has an A9X hatch that he has had stored for many years (think he said 16yrs) in his mums garage in Griffith. The brother still lives at home and his mum is always nagging him to get rid of that bomby old car out of the garage. He said his brother is keeping it as his superanuation.

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Posted 05 October 2007 - 08:55 AM

The ex Seton car is one I know is still out there, but I don't know where or who has it.

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Posted 19 October 2007 - 04:17 PM

I found some pics of this car from 1979. These came from an add which aired during the DVD of the 1979 race.
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Posted 19 October 2007 - 04:30 PM

How sexy is that.!

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Posted 19 October 2007 - 04:43 PM

nice car, is the front end high? or jsut look like it?

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Posted 19 October 2007 - 05:18 PM

There is a Seton Car in Canberra, although I thought the guys said it was Bo Seton. Anyways for what it's worth:-

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Posted 19 October 2007 - 07:21 PM

There is a Seton Car in Canberra, although I thought the guys said it was Bo Seton. Anyways for what it's worth:-


I'm pretty sure Bo and Barry Seton are the same person

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Posted 19 October 2007 - 07:24 PM

Lets face it - nobody really calls their son Bo, unless they live in Hazzard County.


Or is Bo Dukes real name Barry ???

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Posted 19 October 2007 - 11:08 PM

yep that was the paint job it had driving around town and people used to say it was the Bo Seaton car. It had the full on race exhaust as the car was straight off the track and man was it loud.

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Posted 20 October 2007 - 01:21 AM

Here are a couple more pics from JR (Wingnut)

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Posted 20 October 2007 - 07:42 PM

Bo Seton and Barry Seton are the same person.
The white car in Canberra is the spare shell, it was never raced.

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Posted 03 February 2015 - 11:22 AM

I know this is an old thread, but for those who are still interested.........

 

The Barry Seaton A9X I knew well, as Ross Woodbridge was my teacher and later long time friend. Ross was a part time racing car driver and once was at the top of Appendix J in a Mustang.

 

From what I can remember Ross bought the car off Seaton directly after its last race at Sandown, the car was never repainted as part of it's preparation for road registration as all the Seaton sponsorship was placed on the car as stickers. I remember Ross telling me that Seaton boasted to him that "signwriters never touch my cars"

 

The car had the slicks removed and replaced with road tyres and an exhaust system change, before been put on the road with full NSW registration.

 

The car was sold by Holden to Seaton as a race car and thus never had a compliance plate, however somehow Ross managed to get it registered, however I do remember that the process was probably not completely legal.

 

Growing up in Wagga the car held legendary status as the fastest car in town, and it probably was, I rode in the car as a 17 year old and almost needed a underwear change after.

 

Ross eventually got stick of the constant speeding tickets and loss of points and turned the car into a Sports Sedan and raced it for a short period before selling it as a Sports Sedan.

 

I have lost contact with Ross, but as far as I know he is still in Wagga and owns a Taxi. I bet he sometimes lies awake at night and thinks of this "one that got away". Interestingly he also in his youth owned a genuine Lotus Cortina, another car I would image he must regret selling.



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Posted 05 February 2015 - 05:13 AM

The name is Seton not Seaton.

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Posted 05 February 2015 - 05:58 AM

I know this is an old thread, but for those who are still interested.........

 

The Barry Seaton A9X I knew well, as Ross Woodbridge was my teacher and later long time friend. Ross was a part time racing car driver and once was at the top of Appendix J in a Mustang.

 

From what I can remember Ross bought the car off Seaton directly after its last race at Sandown, the car was never repainted as part of it's preparation for road registration as all the Seaton sponsorship was placed on the car as stickers. I remember Ross telling me that Seaton boasted to him that "signwriters never touch my cars"

 

The car had the slicks removed and replaced with road tyres and an exhaust system change, before been put on the road with full NSW registration.

 

The car was sold by Holden to Seaton as a race car and thus never had a compliance plate, however somehow Ross managed to get it registered, however I do remember that the process was probably not completely legal.

 

Growing up in Wagga the car held legendary status as the fastest car in town, and it probably was, I rode in the car as a 17 year old and almost needed a underwear change after.

 

Ross eventually got stick of the constant speeding tickets and loss of points and turned the car into a Sports Sedan and raced it for a short period before selling it as a Sports Sedan.

 

I have lost contact with Ross, but as far as I know he is still in Wagga and owns a Taxi. I bet he sometimes lies awake at night and thinks of this "one that got away". Interestingly he also in his youth owned a genuine Lotus Cortina, another car I would image he must regret selling.

 

Unless it was a lightweight "Lemans" shell it would have had a GMP&A spare part body tag and a chassis number on the rail which is all you need to register the car. Great story too!
 



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Posted 05 February 2015 - 08:44 AM

Even the two Lemans shells had GMP&A tags, the only one I know of that didn't were the Bob Jane cars

Unless it was a lightweight "Lemans" shell it would have had a GMP&A spare part body tag and a chassis number on the rail which is all you need to register the car. Great story too!
 



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Posted 05 February 2015 - 10:56 AM

The Canberra spare shell one has the GMP&A tag.



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Posted 05 February 2015 - 12:48 PM

I found some pics of this car from 1979. These came from an add which aired during the DVD of the 1979 race.
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Posted 05 February 2015 - 12:52 PM

Looks like the special 4 wheel drive version!



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Posted 05 February 2015 - 12:55 PM

What a beautiful car.



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Posted 05 February 2015 - 03:48 PM

This Ross Woodbrige

 

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Posted 05 February 2015 - 05:06 PM

Such a tough hatch!

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Posted 05 February 2015 - 05:17 PM

Even the two Lemans shells had GMP&A tags, the only one I know of that didn't were the Bob Jane cars

 

It was the lack of chassis number I was referring to not the tag.



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Posted 05 February 2015 - 05:23 PM

A bit of topic but I'm using Seton weber manifolds on my car, they always get comments when I open the bonnet. I've also met a guy who said he has a set of Seton extractors for a Torana, I wonder if they fit better than Hm9c's??

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Posted 05 February 2015 - 08:22 PM

They both had chassis numbers too.

It was the lack of chassis number I was referring to not the tag.



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Posted 06 February 2015 - 05:57 AM

The ones i'm aware of (saw one very recently) didn't have chassis numbers as not built in the normal way. I'll PM you the details when I get a chance.






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