Rare car

[nadroj]

These were killed off before they got started by the oil crisis. Even engine developement was underway to be used in F5000 by Repco. Motor is a 4.4L version of the Rover 3.5L V8.

[nadroj]

Other classics at the same fundraising display.
1. 57 Chev 2 door
2. Buicks - the Yellow coupe I suspect was the Whirling Brothers stunt car in the 60's
3. Tassles for Scummy in the car I first did the ton in
4. V8 60 midget with Hogan heads (Garth Hogan's father had them cast)
5 Indian depatch riders bike

[nadroj]

More from the display.
1. Triumph 2000 Special. Motor is at an angle to allow footroom to the left - quite a squeeze.
2. A contrast in bikes - one of the last Comando's.
3. One of a collectors toys featured recently on McGuires Car Crazy.
4. Tanks a lot.
5. One of the bikes I have raced against - An early Briggo 4 valve reunited with it's owner of 78 to 84. ( I rode the bike second from the right in the pic)

[98tls]

Be thankful eh,looks like a cross between a Jensen Interceptor and something only an Englishman could find attractive.As if the P76 wasnt bad enough.

[nadroj]

Would have been interesting to see them up against the Monaro & Falcon coupe.

[98tls]

Would have been interesting to see them up against the Monaro & Falcon coupe.

Doubt it to be honest,whilst the motor may have had potential as bad as both the Holden and Falcon were in the handling and stopping depts you could bet your boots that that thing would have been infinitely worse.If the thing had ever been built in numbers no doubt the motor would have ended up somewhere worthwhile the rest of it..shit who cares.Somewhat similar to the fate of the P76.

[EJK]

And here I'm thinking I knew alot about cars

[Cloggy]

And even rarer than the Force 7:

Wagon version of the P76, only one known in existence.

[pete376403]

When the P76 came out a mate described them to me as "a car that Neville Lodge could have designed"

(Neville Lodge was a cartoonist for the Evening Post newspaper in Wellington a long time ago. Wellingtonians of a certain age will know who I refer to)

[Motu]

Would have been interesting to see them up against the Monaro & Falcon coupe.

The P76 did - Even Green drove one in the London Sahara Munich Rally,he wrote a book called A Boot Full of Right Arms about the rally...a really good read.I don't know if a Falcon was even in it,but a Monaro was - and the P76 just ran away from it.The P76 was right up there with some of the world best rally cars (these were production cars,used on long rallys).There were some bad directions,and most of the competitors got lost,Stirling Moss almost died of thirst when his Mercedes broke down.The front end of the P76 was ripped out in the dunes.Only one car finished the rally,a Citroen...so of course was declared the winner.

Anyway,it proved that with very little preparation the P76 could run rings around the ford and Holden.

[98tls]

The P76 did - Even Green drove one in the London Sahara Munich Rally,he wrote a book called A Boot Full of Right Arms about the rally...a really good read.I don't know if a Falcon was even in it,but a Monaro was - and the P76 just ran away from it.The P76 was right up there with some of the world best rally cars (these were production cars,used on long rallys).There were some bad directions,and most of the competitors got lost,Stirling Moss almost died of thirst when his Mercedes broke down.The front end of the P76 was ripped out in the dunes.Only one car finished the rally,a Citroen...so of course was declared the winner.

Anyway,it proved that with very little preparation the P76 could run rings around the ford and Holden.

yep for sure,if only we all lived in the desert.It proved nothing,the P76 was a failure,very very simple no matter how sentimental you care to be,

[dangerous]

Doubt it to be honest,whilst the motor may have had potential as bad as both the Holden and Falcon were in the handling and stopping depts you could bet your boots that that thing would have been infinitely worse.If the thing had ever been built in numbers no doubt the motor would have ended up somewhere worthwhile the rest of it..shit who cares.Somewhat similar to the fate of the P76.

Ohhh man dont hassle the P76, they are awesome but farking ugly but awesome and most 4.4's found them selves in jet boats, perfect all alloy mid cubed donks, thers a Stag on tardme at the mo with one in, if it wasent yellow it be mine. The Force 7 does look P76ish from the frount.

[Paul in NZ]

I like the M3 'Stuart'. I was offered one for $800 in the 70's and 3 of us were going to go shares but mydad was NOT happy to have it parked in the back yard.... (I already had a Daimler Scout Car there). Blary wonderful thing - used left over radial aircraft engines and you started it with a big black powder cartridge - phoooarrr....

[nadroj]

Back view.

[Paul in NZ]

The Plymouth Barracuda had a LOT to answer for.... bletch!