Moving on to the 1964 Ampol Trial, Zeta had a go.
I think there were 3 cars entered and one of them was massaged to the finish. Lightburn milked this for all it was worth.
Here's another SA registered one.
This is the brochure for the second series. The body was tidied up a bit as you can see, even did away with the roof wings.
Given they only made 363 sedans of Mk 1 and Mk 2 in total it is amazing that any still exist. As a South Aussie lad in the 1960's there seemed to be a rash of unused new bodies available and were used on all types of drag cars and even as chicken coops.My buddy Kerry S drove a sports to Adelaide Uni and modified the front to a wedge shape and added HD Holden taillights. the extra weight dropped the performance of the little car hugely but as a modify it while you drove it project it turned out pretty well.
ReplyDeleteThe extra added weight of HD tail lights slowed it down? That sounds about right. :)
ReplyDeleteI remember a wrecker in Wingfield using Zeta bodies as advertising on their fence. Honda boffin Rex Howard had the moulds for a while, now I think Birdwood has them. I used to know of heaps of the little things hiding in peoples yards...wish I still did!
Sh*t. I am hoping to circumnavigate Oz in a rental car next year. If that's 7,000 miles, I shudder to think how long my trip is going to take.
ReplyDeleteTry 10,000 miles. That Ampol Trial only took in 4 states.
ReplyDeleteTo keep to as many coast roads as possible allow 13,750 miles to circumnavigate the place. Then add in a side trip to see the center and it could be 16000 miles. Like the poor tourists who approached me in Angaston asking for directions to the Melbourne Hyatt where they planned to sleep that night. Was 4.30 pm in the afternoon and they could not believe they still had a days drive ahead of them.:) For someone from Europe the sheer distance in Oz is hard to comprehend.
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys. Maybe I'll just drive across to Perth and take a train to Alice Springs (and back).
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