Niel Allen’s Elfin 400 Chev ‘BB662’ leads Frank Matich’s hi-winged Matich SR4 Repco and Bevan Gibson’s ill-fated Elfin 400 Repco, Easter Bathurst 1969… There are so many historic elements to Dick Simpson’s wonderful shot of the three cars in ‘The Dipper’ on lap 1 of the Sunday feature race. Allen is in Frank’s old car, […]
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Elfin 400/Traco Olds: Frank Matich, Niel Allen and Garrie Cooper…
Posted: May 28, 2015 in Features, Restoration, Sports RacersTags: 1966 Australian Tourist Trophy, Allan Newton, Bevan Gibson, Elfin 400, Elfin 400 Chev, Frank Matich, Fred Gibson, Niel Allen, Peter Brennan, Traco Engineering, Traco Olds
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Elfin FJ/Catalina/250/275/375 WR…
Posted: April 12, 2019 in FeaturesTags: Andy Brown, Australian Motor Racing History, Brian Bowe, Elfin Catalina Ford, Frank Matich, Garrie Cooper, Keith Rilstone, Lyn Archer, Mel McEwin
Brian Bowe settles himself into his Elfin Catalina Ford in the Baskerville paddock, 1966… There is no such thing as an ugly Elfin, this little car looks a picture in the bucolic surrounds of Tasmania. Garrie Cooper’s first single-seater racing cars were built off the back of his front-engined ‘Streamliner’ sportscars success. The pace of […]
Garrie Cooper, Elfin 600D Repco V8
Posted: March 6, 2018 in Rodways Repco Recollections, Who,What,Where & When...?Tags: 1970 West Australian Road Racing Championships, Elfin 600B Ford, Elfin 600D Repco, Garrie Cooper, John Walker, Matich SR3 Repco, Wanneroo Park
Garrie Cooper aboard his Elfin 600D Repco V8 in the Wanneroo Park, Western Australia pitlane in May 1970… ‘Motor Racing Royalty’ in Australia are any Australian cars powered by Repco Brabham V8’s in my book. There are only four single-seater road-racing cars so built- 3 Elfin 600’s and the Rennmax/Bob Britton built Jane Repco. Of […]
James Hunt: ‘Rose City 10000’, Winton Raceway, Australia,1978: Elfin MR8 Chev…
Posted: October 15, 2014 in F1, FeaturesTags: Bruce Allison, Elfin MR8 Chev, F5000, Garrie Cooper, James Hunt, McLaren M26 Ford, Vern Schuppan, Winton Raceway, Wolf WR9 Ford
James Hunt wins the ‘Rose City 1000’ at Winton Raceway, Benalla, Victoria, Australia in October 1978… Racing in Australia… Hunt enjoyed his interlude in Australia, he was frustrated with his McLaren M26 in F1, McLaren having lost their ‘design mojo’, the Colin Chapman/Peter Wright ground effects Lotus 78 and 79 dominating the 1977 and 1978 […]
Bag ’em up Bobby…
Posted: September 18, 2019 in Fotos, Sports RacersTags: Alan Hamilton, Australian Motor Racing History, Bob Jane, Elfin 400 Repco, Longford, Porsche 906
4.4 litres of Repco-Brabham V8 grunt trumps 2 litres of Porsche flat-6 off the line at least, maybe not… Bob Jane’s Elfin 400 and Alan Hamilton’s Porsche 906 on the front row of the Longford grid in March 1967, who won the encounter? Matich wasn’t there so Bob I guess? ‘Tasmanian enthusiasts would recognise the […]
1964 Australian Tourist Trophy…
Posted: May 18, 2019 in Sports RacersTags: 1964 Australian Tourist Trophy, Australian Motor Racing History, Bib Stillwell, Bob Jane, Cooper Monaco, Elfin Mallala Ford, Frank Gardner, Frank Matich, Greg Cusack, Jaguar E Type Lightweight, Lotus 19b Climax, Lotus 23B Ford
Frank Gardner leads a twenty-three car field away at the start of the 23 lap, 103 mile 1964 Australian Tourist Trophy, Longford on 29 February… Gardner is aboard Alec Mildren’s Lotus 23B Ford 1.6 from Bib Stillwell, Cooper Monaco Climax FPF 2.7, Frank Matich, Lotus 19B Climax FPF 2.6 and Bob Jane, Jaguar E Type […]
Australian Sportscar State of Play 1968…
Posted: April 5, 2019 in Features, Sports RacersTags: Argo Chev, Australian Sportscar Chamionship, Bill Brown, Elfin 400 Chev, Elfin 400 Repco, Ferrari 250LM, Ferrari 350 Can Am, Frank Matich, Ian Cook, Matich SR4 Repco, Niel Allen, Pete Geoghegan, Peter Macrow
Frank Matich ahead of the Australian sportscar pack at Warwick Farm in 1968- the car is his Matich SR3 Repco ‘720’ 4.4 V8, 5 May … The chasing pack comprises the ex-works Scuderia Veloce Ferrari 350 Can-Am driven by Bill Brown- filling Chris Amon’s shoes after he departed back to Europe, Niel Allen’s white Elfin […]
Blow Job…
Posted: March 14, 2019 in F1, ObscuritiesTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Blown Diffuser, Exhaust Blown Diffuser, Frank Matich, Lotus 76 Ford, Matich A50 Repco, Matich A51 Repco, Renault RE40, Twin-Rear Wings
Frank Matich’s ‘exhaust blown diffuser’ 1972 style, Matich A50 Repco F5000, on the way to victory in the Hordern Trophy, Warwick Farm 5 November … Sydney based Team Matich may have been relatively small but they were well funded by virtue of support from Repco, Goodyear, Shell and others depending upon the season. Nobody did […]
RBE: By The Numbers…
Posted: February 22, 2019 in F1, FeaturesTags: Australian Motor Racing History, Frank Hallam, Jack Brabham, Norman Wilson, Phil Irving, Repco Brabham Engines, Repco Brabham RB620, Repco Brabham RB740, Repco Brabham RB760, Repco Brabham RB830, Repco Brabham RB860, Sir Charles McGrath
How many Repco Brabham Engines Pty. Ltd. race V8’s were built during the 1965 to 1969 period of the companies existence?… Not sure that I know the answer in full. Lets build a list which will be ongoing Work In Progress as we determine the number built, the car they were initially fitted to, a […]
Lakeside Tasman Meeting, 12 February 1967…
Posted: January 18, 2019 in Fotos, Track testsTags: 1967 Lakeside 99, Australian Motor Racing History, Bob Jane, Brabham BT11a Climax, Brabham BT14 Ford, Brabham BT22 Repco, Brabham BT23A Repco, Denny Hulme, Elfin 400 Repco, Jack Brabham, John Harvey, Spencer Martin
(W Byers) Bob Jane, Elfin 400 Repco ‘620’ 4.4 V8 entering KLG Corner, racer Ross Burbidge tells us, 12 February 1967… It’s a very early race for Bob in his brand new Elfin, this car notable in several ways not least for the fact that it was the first to be fitted with a customer […]
