9fan Posted 20June, 2011 Report Share Posted 20June, 2011 Kerry, Suggesting a new FORUM - Porsche Stories/Memories Australia. For members and owners/drivers to recount stories/memories/photos and facts on Porsches in Australia. I have answered some questions from Vas on Allan Hamiltons Hillclimb racing plus added some memories of my own.Feel free to transfer these to the Forum if you decide it's a good idea. It would be a great reference for Porsche History in Australia and encourage participation in creating it ! Let me know what you think. Cheers, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9fan Posted 20June, 2011 Author Report Share Posted 20June, 2011 In 1978-79-80 I was crew for a mate Ross Mathiesen who bought a Jim McEwen 911 and converted it to 911 RSR spec and was racing against Peter Fitzgerald in his 2.7.Ross won the Championship in his first 2 years of racing and was 3rd in the year Allan Moffat won.My intro to Motorsport as a Teen was staying with a fiend of the family and driving his Cortina to the pits for scrutiny.It was fitted with a 302 V8 ! I would watch him race against Moffat-Coke Mustang,Jim McEwen 911,Bob Jane-Camero and Norm Beechy-Monaro 350.That left a lasting impression and working on and bedding in brakes on Ross's 911 gave me a love of P cars. I am told in 1980 Allan Hamilton was using several cars in Hillclimb - the Porsche special,two Lola F3000 one Cosworth powered the other Buick V6 and a T87.He won the Australian Championship in the Lola Buick. I believe the Porsche Specials engine returned to Germany - still not sure what type.He also may have had a 924 Turbo. Waiting for some photos which I should be able to post but none of the Porsche special unfortunately. I remember at Winton in the sport cars Moffat got ahead of Ross and the 911 3Lt being quicker in the corners would come to the back of the 934 Turbo and Ross a couple of times would tap Allan in the rear trying to get past.When they finished and parked the fibreglass front of Ross's car was all stoved in and Allans rear was hardly scratched.Ross said "how come yours is not damaged" and kicked it - to have the dong of Steel ring out.Ross said to Allan "I hope I wasn't upsetting you through the corners and Allan laughing replied "If anything you made me faster through them". Cheers, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 21June, 2011 Report Share Posted 21June, 2011 the buick engine one wasn't until 89ish i worked full time in the race dept 86-7,and after hours sometimes after that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 21June, 2011 Report Share Posted 21June, 2011 build up of paris/dakar 959 prototype in about 1989 built "after ours" in the porsche australia race dept by myself and terry mcgarrigle for alan hamilton now in the hands of lindsay fox apologies for shitty pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 21June, 2011 Report Share Posted 21June, 2011 rsr originally raced by peter fitzgerald in the early 80's,reshelled(man that old shell was a mess)in porsche australia race dept in about 86/7 guillotine slides, the works more shitty pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-p Posted 21June, 2011 Report Share Posted 21June, 2011 JNR were those pics taken put at Noble Park when Porsche had a place on Dandenong Rd? Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 21June, 2011 Report Share Posted 21June, 2011 yeah,pca in noble park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-p Posted 21June, 2011 Report Share Posted 21June, 2011 I had a friend working there about 86 and got to see hamiltons 917/30. What a car! Were you there when they brought out the 962's to run in the race at Sandown? Awesome sight seeing them getting around the long course at Sandown. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 21June, 2011 Report Share Posted 21June, 2011 yeah was involved in all the hoopla with the 956's,who was your mate? funny story when they came back the 2nd time one lunch, a group of us decided to go over to sandown we where clad in our porsche overalls,and got to the gate who asked for our passes we pretended to be german and not sprechen good english they let us in reminding us to have our passes on us next time on our way past gave them a good aussie thanks mate good times some of those "do's" were really laid on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-p Posted 21June, 2011 Report Share Posted 21June, 2011 Very funny about getting into Sandown, I can imagine that going on for sure.. Yes I guess it would have been 956's I wasnt quite sure but i do remember the cars going around Sandown. Is it true that they just drove the cars down Dandy Rd from the Porsche headquarters instead of loading them onto trucks or just a long tale?? Dave Banner was the guy I knew. i dont think he was there that long. He worked for Brents before he worked at Porsche. Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myred911 Posted 22June, 2011 Report Share Posted 22June, 2011 Hi all. This is were my interest in motorsport and photography took off. Local car club events, Calder Park, Sandown and a connection to the 1968 London to Sydney Rally fuel the interest. Here is my earliest shot of a Porsche in action - 1969. Driver unknown but I believe this car was one that remained in Australia after the L-t-S Rally. Anyone with more accurate details?? rEd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 22June, 2011 Report Share Posted 22June, 2011 Very funny about getting into Sandown, I can imagine that going on for sure.. Yes I guess it would have been 956's I wasnt quite sure but i do remember the cars going around Sandown. Is it true that they just drove the cars down Dandy Rd from the Porsche headquarters instead of loading them onto trucks or just a long tale?? Dave Banner was the guy I knew. i dont think he was there that long. He worked for Brents before he worked at Porsche. Cheers Chris yeah they had permission to drive them to the track,should be pics somewhere. i remember david banner,the hulk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 22June, 2011 Report Share Posted 22June, 2011 Hi all. This is were my interest in motorsport and photography took off. Local car club events, Calder Park, Sandown and a connection to the 1968 London to Sydney Rally fuel the interest. Here is my earliest shot of a Porsche in action - 1969. Driver unknown but I believe this car was one that remained in Australia after the L-t-S Rally. Anyone with more accurate details?? rEd dr ian henderson owns it now. still gets around in it ,with all the gear on, now and then we do it's annual servicing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myred911 Posted 22June, 2011 Report Share Posted 22June, 2011 This the Hermann or Zasada 911?? - I saw one of these cars banging around the country competing in a Vic Rally championship, these cars were so tough. Growling through the forest, lights ablaze at 3am, stone guards catching rocks, sparks flying, through the creek and it was gone. Quite a memory for a young bloke. I was seriously impressed then. Dr Ian's passion to restore Porsches is admirable. I saw this car a couple of years ago at a PCV night at Subaro interactive and recognised it immediately. Also in the L-2-S Rally was a local Geelong fella called Rex Lunn, he competed in an XY GT Falcon (DNF'd with crook gearbox). His was one of 3 similar cars Rego KAG (801, 802, 803). I believe all still exist. Such trivia!! Castrol with Evan Green filmed the event - ended up on DVD. A copy is safe in my hands. rEd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-p Posted 22June, 2011 Report Share Posted 22June, 2011 Yep Dave was certainly a monster of a bloke. He was really dirty that he could notnfit into a Lamborghini contach that came into Brents for servicing. He actually gave me my first ride in a Porsche. Good guy to have on your side in an argument..... C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 16July, 2011 Report Share Posted 16July, 2011 a young alan hamilton on the right,mckeowan on the left next to him beechey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vas930 Posted 28July, 2011 Report Share Posted 28July, 2011 Hey Jnr, did you ever work on the Alan Jones 935 (1982)? Does anyone know where it ended up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 28July, 2011 Report Share Posted 28July, 2011 Hey Jnr, did you ever work on the Alan Jones 935 (1982)? Does anyone know where it ended up? my 1 st job in pca race dept was to put the engine and box back in that think rusty french bought it,he still has a fleet i think and bought and sold some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9fan Posted 30July, 2011 Author Report Share Posted 30July, 2011 a young alan hamilton on the right,mckeowan on the left next to him beechey Hi Jnr, Loving all your input ! That must be Norm's car they are leaning on. Cheers, Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9fan Posted 30July, 2011 Author Report Share Posted 30July, 2011 Hey Jnr, did you ever work on the Alan Jones 935 (1982)? Does anyone know where it ended up? I remember sitting in it at the PI classic 3 years ago, having not seen it since 1980. I thought it was sold overseas about 1 1/2 years ago ? Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vas930 Posted 30July, 2011 Report Share Posted 30July, 2011 Bingo! http://www.sportssedans.com.au/forum1/index.php?a=topic&t=118 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 30July, 2011 Report Share Posted 30July, 2011 memories,we used to do john pollards car too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vas930 Posted 30July, 2011 Report Share Posted 30July, 2011 Jnr: What power did those cars you worked on have? 935s had between 600hp to 1000hp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 30July, 2011 Report Share Posted 30July, 2011 not sure on each individual one,the only one i'm sure is the 935 motor that was briefly in the 934 was 650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bb3188 Posted 3August, 2011 Report Share Posted 3August, 2011 build up of paris/dakar 959 prototype in about 1989 built "after ours" in the porsche australia race dept by myself and terry mcgarrigle for alan hamilton now in the hands of lindsay fox apologies for shitty pics I don't know how I missed this thread ! thanks Jnr, It was quite a joy for me to read this thread . Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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