Pit Stops

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30447, 22 May 1964, Page 11

Pit Stops

{ be pleased to know that 5 i rebuilding work is pro- 5 5 ceeding on the Stanton 5 5 Special, and the Corvette- > 5 powered car will be ready 5 t to race at Renwick next 5 5 season. When the rebuild- J s ihg is finished in a few ; J months the car will prob- J J ably be given a few runs ; 5 at Ruapuna Park to allow ; { the suspension to be set up ; { and so on. The rear of the ; { car, which was badly dam- ; * aged in an accident early ; { last season, is being re-; { placed, the same design ; { being used. Some of the ; { sports-car bodywork will be {renewed, and some suspen- { ; sion parts will be repaired. ; ; A new induction system 5 S will be fitted, and the car 5 5 may be even faster as a 5 5 result. * ; ¥ * * $ { The first five places in ; { the Volkswagen Owners’ ; { Club’s Wolfsburg inter- ; { club rally went to J. D., ; { Butts (Volkswagen), who ; j covered the course without j loss of points, B. B. Hep- { ; burn, R. L. Munns, J. M. { j Hegan, and P. E. Wilson. 5 I The winning team was 5 I from the M.G. Car Club, 5 * and comprised the crews 5 I and cars of G. J. Owen, R. * I L. Munns, and R. F. Evans. 5 I The Jaguar Drivers’ Club > I team was second, and the s i Canterbury Car Club’s No. 5 J 1 team was third. 5 { ¥ * * i { The Riley Car Club’s ; {rally on May 17 attracted* {an entry of 10 cars. First; {place went to C. Parr-A.; {Andrews (1936 Merlin); { with a loss of 17 points, { { second to J. King-N. White ; {(1937 Continental touring; {saloon) with a loss of 18; { points, and third to I. Tay-{ {lor-Mrs Taylor (1952 21- ; {litre) with a loss of 20 ; { points. ; i ¥ ¥ ¥ J ; The University Motor; {Club advises its inter-club; ; event, the “Ten till Ten” ; ;rally, will be held on Sat-; { urday, July 11. Briefing ; ; will be at 10 a.m. in the; ; east car park at the School ; ; of Engineering in Creyke ; ;road, the course will be; ; about 200 miles, and sup-.; ;per will be provided after; ; the event. Additional sup-; ; plementary regulations are ; ; expected to be forwarded ; ; to clubs soon. ; >ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ>

“ ... a battered state. . . .** nificent old car, probably dating back to the late ’twenties, and its huge bulk