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[Pop's-SS]

G'day All

It was fairly primitive back in the early stages of circuit racing in Australia.

Here are a few of the pit "tents" of the era

Bob Jane's pit tent



Jag's pit tent



A lonely Mustang and wide-eyed young car enthusiast



AND the creme de la creme of pit tents and what a stable of cars

GT Falcon, Mustang and Charger and I would like to think a "Torana" would occupy the empty space



Regards ...... Barry

[LC69GTR]

Great Pics Barry

Barry spent a lot of time doing these as they all stuck in the and he had to peel away the plastic took him alot of hours

So come on there are another 30 pics if you want to see them let Barry know its worth his efforts

Over 300 views and only a couple of thanks for sharing pics

PS Barry let me know if you want me to give you a hand

Edited by LC69GTR, 04 August 2009 - 08:52 PM.

[rodomo]

Any idea where any of these pics were taken? Hume Weir?

[Heath]

We're all enjoying the pics mate. Even if we aren't opening our e-mouths.

[Collo]

We're all enjoying the pics mate. Even if we aren't opening our e-mouths.

+1.

[knoath]

I love seeing the old pics. Thanks Barry, I for one would love to see more.

Thanks for the Gee up Gaz!

[Pop's-SS]

More pics will have to wait a day or so as I've been laid up with my back problems.

But I will put them up as soon as I can sit at this compoooooota long enough

Some of those photos were marked Winton March 10 1968 but as I have had to return them quickly, I don't have that info with me.

As Gary said about the photos coming out of photo album, the album is the old type which has a sticky surface with the plastic cover.

Each photo (approx 170) had to be prised off the page with extreme care using a butter knife which has a round end and no cutting edge.
Luckily enough I only damaged one and that was the photo of the LC Supercharger engine bay of which I physically repaired it and then digitally repaired it.

Even though I did scan every photo, not all would be appropriate to be put on the forums as they were personal photos and I promised the owner I would scan every one of them and put them on a CD for him.

He does have more and there are a lot on 35mm slides.

Hopefully get some more up soon of this first lot

Regards ..... Barry

Was the lady racer Christine Cole ? as there were also photos of Fred Gibson who later married Christine.

[Statler]

I'm loving the pics too Barry....the 'young wide eyed car enthusiast' could have been me! LOL
Thanks m8.

[LC69GTR]

Here are the rest of Barry's Pics enjoy thanks again Barry for sharing

Edited by LC69GTR, 05 August 2009 - 06:09 PM.

[LC69GTR]

[Statler]

How the heck did they manage to keep the diff centres in one piece in the FJ'/FXs?

[Racehatch]

Great work Barry! Its great to see some fresh pics of the era, motorsport was so much more accessible to the average punter back then...

keep up the good work

cheers,

Sam

[GML-31]

go the mighty morris....

[piquet]

many thanks for these photos. At least one of the cars is still around and competing the metallic blue FE of John Blanchard is still competing in Victoria. In fact the car has to be the oldest continually logbooked car still around and it has never been a road car. A true original never driven on the "highway"race car
As a member of the Historic Touring Car Association of Vic i d like to ask permission for the photos to be available to our car club.
We are getting a History of racing FX/FJ/FE holdens racing in Australia documented and written.
Could I please get a contact for Barry as he has a great data base/reference here which would be of great assistance
cheers
peter sneddon