Posts Tagged ‘Racing Car News’

(Colin Anderson)

Matich Repco 4.8-litre 760 V8 SR4 that is…

I’ve got Peter Finlay to thank for this piece. I was pondering the name of one of the artists who did the Racing Car News covers in the day on my Facebook page. I got the name right – Colin Anderson – and Peter included a link in his post that took me to this image, original artwork of the cover of the July 1968 issue, still some time away from the car’s first appearance I might say…

(S Dalton Collection)

Oh yes, the fine print on the bottom right of the artwork? Small-talk whinge from Col to RCN owner/publisher Max Stahl about TAA air-express and their shit service. Timelines being rather important and more complex in that pre-Internet age!!

See here for an exhaustive – and exhausting – epic on the SR4 et al: https://primotipo.com/2016/07/15/matich-sr4-repco-by-nigel-tait-and-mark-bisset/

Credits…

Colin Anderson, Racing Car News

Finito…