Gibson Gt-r

[djr81]

  ajrichar said:

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...)

They got mounted on the cross bracing just behind the driver. Reason you don't see them much is that channel 7 removed them after the cars finished racing for obvious reasons. They were fairly large/heavy.

If you get some footage of the 92 race you will see Jim Richards giving the thing a funny look when the extinguisher foam that filled the interior of the car (went off for no good reason) came off the lense of the camera & flew past him.

[Jetwreck]

  ajrichar said:

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...)

Sorry mate,

The closest pic I have of the any of the starts is the one with the R31 in it. I have good inside images of #1 Winfield car...but the were all taken just after Terry Ashwood had done it up.

[Sydneykid]

I have looked through my pictures and I have none with cameras in the cars. Like the ones in our cars, they were most likely put in on the Friday night and removed on Sunday straight after the race, so not much opportunity to take pictures with them in place.

Cheers

Gary

[ajrichar]

Gary, Jet and djr81

Thanks for the replies guys. I appreciate it.

I think I may have to study the paused images from the 1992 highlights DVD to get a feel for the camera. I assumed it was quite large and heavy (it was 1992....) but I thought if anyone anywhere would have pics, someone here would! My next stop will probably be Channel 7's motorsport department. I'd say any request I put to them may be filed in the cylindrical filing cabinet on the floor.....

Jet - I'd love to see any pics you have of the Winfield before or after Terry's restoration. I have seen the pics from Zoom magazine, but if you have any others....

Thanks everyone for the discussion and the pictures. It's great!

Cheers

Andrew

[acsplit]

The GIO GT-R still looks as good as in those pics

Fury's number 30 DR 30 should be back to original race spec early this year.

[GTR032]

I was lucky enough to be at bathurst for the 1992 Great race, i was 11

My old lady taped it for me on VHS, which I still have it to this day..but the sound doesn't work any, more ive watched it too much haha

[B. J.]

Few more from my selection - Just one more reason to come along to the Skyline Nationals in Shepparton VIC. Enjoy, more to come l8r

[B. J.]

VID! DECA 2006 Skyline Nationals.

[N1GTR]

Great vid!!!

[JAS-25T]

Here are some pics I had on my PC

[Jetwreck]

  B. J. said:

VID! DECA 2006 Skyline Nationals.

Hi B.J,

Thanks for the Vid....now I have proof he did DECA....Dad told me he had never been there before....lol. His that old he probably forgot...rofl!!!

Edited January 30, 2008 by Jetwreck

[Stupid Toyota]

  JAS-25T said:

Here are some pics I had on my PC

Alright I'll bite... why is there an AFM screwed to the left-hand strut tower?

[N1GTR]

I was just about to ask the same thing

[JAS-25T]

I think in that class they had to run the standard AFM. So they just did that.

It met the rules.

Don't quote me on it......

[B. J.]

thats basically the story JAS

[B. J.]

  Jetwreck said:

Hi B.J,

Thanks for the Vid....now I have proof he did DECA....Dad told me he had never been there before....lol. His that old he probably forgot...rofl!!!

HAHAHAAA no worries Craig!

[JAS-25T]

  Stupid Toyota said:

Alright I'll bite... why is there an AFM screwed to the left-hand strut tower?

To actually answer your questions, you would have to ask the person who put it on the left-hand strut tower.......my reasoning is as follows:

• Looks Pretty
  
• Balances the look of the engine bay i.e. Fung Sui
  
• Only place it would fit
  
• Give the car a balanced weight distribution
  

[Beer Baron]

it's there as group A rules stated that a car equiped with an air flow meter as factory had to have one connected to the inlet tract to race in group A. since the engine management they used ran MAP sensors they got a stock AFM, bolted it to the engine bay, then plumbed it in with a small piece of vacuum hose. so it met the rules. a nice example of how race teams will bend the rules as much as possible.

[FATAZZ]

Theres 1 of those GMS r32 gtr's down at Leppington everytime i go past(now n then)

#6 i think it is. nicely parked on the grass today.

[Beer Baron]

that is Jasons car. It's not a GMS car. Just painted like one.