Gibson Gt-r

[gtrtech]

My father took these pics in Rundle Mall during the 1993 AGP in Adelaide.

I guess GIO wanted some exposure for the advertising dollars even if the car hadn't raced for nearly 12 months.

Can't really see enough to tell whether it's a show car or the real thing ( I guess not many show cars get fitted with air jacks), but I'll take one anyway

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[gtrtech]

A very interesting article from Wheels '91. Wonder if there was any sandbagging going on during the tests around the mountain?

Enjoy.

[Bliksem]

Keep em coming guys! saved every one of these so far on my PC for future reference

[gtrtech]

Some of you may remember a certain young fellow called Mark Skaife wrote off a Gibson GTR at the AGP in 1990.

It looked like this when he had finished.

One of my work mates gave me these photos today.

Check out the scrape marks on whats left of the roof. Ouch!

[djr81]

Some of you may remember a certain young fellow called Mark Skaife wrote off a Gibson GTR at the AGP in 1990.

It looked like this when he had finished.

One of my work mates gave me these photos today.

Check out the scrape marks on whats left of the roof. Ouch!

Sweet. You have no idea how long I have been looking for some photos/footage of that smash.

[tm_r33]

This is a great thread.. ive also been downloading footage of the gtr's racing in the australian touring car championships from about 1990 to 92.... great to watch them punish the big POS commo's and coons

[Sydneykid]

Try this thread for some more photos;

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Ph...l&hl=Gibson

Cheers

Gary

[toffy]

That's a fair bit of the Gibson stuff gone (or going) from Terry. Still has more than enough exotic road/race cars than most of us could imagine and a true gentleman to go with it.

Here's the front cover report from AA from Bathurst '92. Those were the days.

hah i was only watching the dvd of that the other day, omfg do ya feel like punching the bogans

[gtrtech]

Adelaide International Raceway 1986.

Check out young Mr Seton standing next to car.

[gtrtech]

Wheels article about the end of the best era in Australian motorsport. I may of course, be slightly biased.

[B. J.]

Group A 31's

thats Terry Ashwood leaning in the window.

Winfield GT-R Pic taken by myself at DECA Shapparton; 2006 Skyline Nationals:

Edited January 25, 2008 by B. J.

[gtrtech]

Nice pics B.J.

I'll see if I can find the video I took from DECA with all the race cars circulating and post it up as well.

[ajrichar]

This is an excellent thread. I've thoroughly enjoyed the pictures and scans from old magazines. Seeing the first Group A magazine scan as well as the Auto Action cover was a treat. If you have any more Auto Action scans of any of the ATCC rounds, please post them up. You will have a receptive audience - that's for sure!

Thanks also for the pics of the GIO car in Rundle Mall - that looks the real deal and no show car.

Thank you too for the pictures of Skaife's write-off from the 1990 Australian GP. Those two pics are the only ones I have ever seen of it. I have not found any video footage or other visual record of that crash, so seeing that was a real treat. Many many thanks!

[N1GTR]

Nice pics B.J.

I'll see if I can find the video I took from DECA with all the race cars circulating and post it up as well.

That vid would be awesome!

[trism]

they had a holinger 6 speed. how did this fit in with the transfer case and front dif? i was lead to believe GTRs had to use the stock box to remain AWD

[Duncan]

no, you can change the gearset inside the case, just need to fit it back in the original bellhousing

[Jetwreck]

A couple of pic's....for those of you who like Group A Nissans anyway!!!!

Edited January 28, 2008 by Jetwreck

[djr81]

In some really sad news, Anders Olofsson has died. He was only 55.

Amongst his many achievements he was a winner of the Spa 24 hours race (in a GT-R), an Swedish F3 champion & won the Japanese Touring Car championship 3 times. He also ran at Bathurst on four occassions for Fred Gibson.

[ajrichar]

I was incredibly saddened to hear of Anders Oloffson's passing. At such a young age too.

Jetwreck, thanks for the amazing pictures! I don't suppose you have any of the start of the Great Race from 1990, 1991 and 1992 do you?

Also, I am looking for good clear pictures of the interior of the Gibson R32 GT-Rs from when they raced (1990, 1991 and 1992) - and also of Channel 7's Racecam camera. I'd like to see how it was mounted, where precisely it was mounted, the size of the camera, where any cabling went to etc. It's an odd question I know, but this is one detail of the cars that no-one ever mentions and that I don't have any pictures of (unless I took a screen grab from the race coverage...)

[Sydneykid]

These are in the link that I posted above;

Cheers

Gary