westwood and race car pics

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westwood and race car pics

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https://martinsactionphotography.smugmu ... -pfvZbqT/A i came across this last night. i found at least 8 pictures of my "one day" race car project. The bright green flared #64 and #66 510.
http://bigtimemotors.ca 1972 datsun 510 220 hp ka "couped", 1971 510 westwood champ gt4 '81& "83, 1979 550 hp trans am, 1962 cadillac hrdtp, 2005 subaru sti, 1999 triumph daytona 955i.
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Thanks for posting that link up! Lots of both local and non-local notable drivers.

Even one picture that had Bob Steven's in the #7 510 in there.

That was a trip to the past!
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Lots of great pics! Love all the period wheels. Libres make everything look better (MGs, Mazdas, Pintos, even a 2002). That might be the only F-10 I've ever seen on a racetrack. Was that Lee "Mother" Mueller in the Huffaker TR8? Also some great shots of the Lauren St. Lawrence VIPs Z. Not to mention a sh#t-ton of 510 racers! Good stuff.
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now need some later 80s pics of westwood-- id like to find who has my old GT4 510 - white and green Mr Munchies-- i sold it to Vance who then sold it to Chris Hahlen i believe and when westwood closed i think it ended up on the island-- im looking to race some vintage now and would be cool to get one of my old cars back
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Try posting up a photo of the car, it may help.
There are some old timers here on the site, but a lot more that came up after Westwood, so photos would really assist in looking for a car.

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Yes, pics would help, I was still shooting a lot of film in that time period and spent a lot of time at Westwood with the Specialty Engineering group.
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i have to scan them - they are in an album-- i have one pic of a deer about to leap over that car at westwood while we are under yellow--

ive had a lot of street 510s (30+) but only 2 race cars--
first race car used to be Leo Redavids- white with italian colors- - could never keep up to collin (what a suprise ! as that hasnt changed to this day i did run nasport for a few years as well)
second car was Vances original GT4 car he wont the cdn nationals in waaaay back -- this car i belive ended up in florida and i cant find it anywhere online .
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Love the Honda's showing there suspension woes.
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the white/green/red car is the one was last known to still be in BC.. it may have ended up on the island but havent found any real info about it-

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hmmm does dropbox not work to load images?

i put the img tags at both ends and they arent showing but when i put in a browser they do - i used the image tab that inserted the 2 tabs and then inserted the text below between them
"[img the text below is here [/img" i had to delete the other bracket as it wouldnt display the text then
i figured it out the dropbox link automatically ends in dl=0 and it needs to be dl=1 to display automatically
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That's a lot of interesting pictures.
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Wow wow WOW!! Such a great pictorial history! I don't think I've ever seen so many CVCC Civic's.........must have sold like crazy in Canada!!?? Fantastic!!

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Did those cars used to sit in a backyard over off Georgia St, near Renfrew?
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anyone know anything about this cars racing history-- didnt come with a logbook--

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What is the name on the windshield before the "racing" ?
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Holy crap theres a pic of it in this thread!

Beaver racing.. same air dam. Now number 201. Same flare profile.. says KRK racing now but definitely was the Beaver one

Still has the westwood and casc stickers on it


https://martinsactionphotography.smugmu ... /i-3ZLpsS5
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