BayPark, 1974. Clash of the Titans. Graham Baker, PDL1Mustang leads from Allan Moffat, Mustang,Red Dawson Camaro, Paul Fahey, Cologne Capri and Rod Coppins. Pontiac Firebird. IMAGE/terry marshall Classic Motorsport

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Clash of the Titans

  This week’s BLAST comes from BayPark in 1974 and features a collection of very serious muscle. Graham Baker, in the PDL Mustang, leads Allan Moffat in the #33 Mustang, Red Dawson (Camaro), Paul Fahey (Cologne Capri) and Rod Coppins (Pontiac Firebird). As always, thanks to Terry Marshall for the wonderful pic.  

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The mighty Anglia Corvette of Neil Doyle. Pukekohe 1967. IMAGE/terry marshall Motorsport

BLAST FROM THE PAST: The Anglia Corvette

Nothing sums up the true passion for racing during the classic era of motor racing in New Zealand better than the awesome Allcomer Saloons. And it led to mighty mongrels like the Anglia Corvette of Neil Doyle you see here. Taken at Pukekohe in 1967 by Terry Marshall.

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Rod Coppins, Pontiac Firebird, leads Paul Fahey, Cologne Capri. Levin 1974. IMAGE/terry marshall Classic Motorsport

BLAST FROM THE PAST: Rod Coppins

This week’s BLAST takes us back to 1974 at Levin, where the legendary Rod Coppins – in his Pontiac Firebird – leads the equally legendary Paul Fahey in the mighty Cologne Capri. Two local legends in two iconic cars from different sides of the Atlantic ocean. And it still boils down to GM versus Ford…

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