‘50 years ago today, Gentleman Jim Richards chasing Allan Moffat at Wigram, Christchurch, New Zealand, January 19, 1975,’ wrote Mike Norris.
‘On this occasion Allan took the honour of being the only saloon car to average 100mph over a lap. As Jim recorded the same lap time just inches behind him the record was equalled within the blink of an eye. As Allan had done it first he got the chocolates.’
Mike’s post was on Facebook, one of his respondees observed ‘Kar-Kraft vs Chook Shed’ in terms of the respective Moostang’s parentage! Murray Bunn’s was one helluva shed! Boss 302 vs Boss 351 mind you.
Jim Crossed the Ditch in ’75 of course, Bathurst ’74 duly noted. I was at that first wet Sandown meeting he did in June/July. I don’t remember who he beat – ok, he had 12-inchers rather than the tens or whatever he had to have here – but it was a convincing display, the first of thousands of great drives in Australia.
I dips ‘me lid to them both…
Same weekend with Jum on it and up it, flat knacker into Bombay…final in-period meeting for Moff’s car that weekend?
Credits…
Mike Norris, Steve Elliot, Terry Marshall
Tailpiece…
Finito…
primotipo... 
I love that first photo Mark, looks like an illegal race between 2 organised on the sly around an industrial estate somewhere. With their mates keeping a watch out in the background !
I haven’t seen much on the Richard Mustang before, have you done an article with more detail on it mate ?
regards
Mal.
Cheers Mal,
The Wigram backdrops are fantastic and unique.
I’ve not done anything on Jims’s Mustang nor ever seem anything. Not sure if it survived either?
Mark
Nominally the same model Mustangs, but note the look of Moffat’s Karkraft-built works car has the much lower frontal nose/head light region as a tapered slice had been taken out of the guards to lower the frontal area on those seven (?) works cars.