1999 ASTCC Hyundai Lantra pics

[Andrettifan]

Hello, I was wondering if anybody had pictures or livery descriptions on the two Hyundai Lantras raced in the 1999 ASTCC by Nigel Stones and Claude Elias. Any info would be very helpful.

[GTRMagic]

The Hyundais were certainly slowest in the below livery...







The Stones car is advertised for saleHere with a tiny picture of it in the blue/yellow form

[GTRMagic]

Lets see if this works

[GTRMagic]

Or this one

[GTRMagic]

[DAVID PATERSON]

Those Super Tourers are getting cheap. I'm starting to feel a little tempted...........

[Andrettifan]

Thank you everybody for the quick response on the pictures and other info on these Australian Super Tourers. Thanks!

[GTRMagic]

$20k with a spare engine Here would in theory be the value of the Xtrac gearbox alone....

[Bevan-L]

For those that are still interested... Pics courtesy of redshoes











How it looked before i picked it up,


Its getting a complete tear down after this weekend and restored back to the plain white livery.
The #14 in the background is the yellow car posted above.

[Falcadore]

The first car was built back in 1994 in time for Bathurst with the second car following towards the end of 1995. The cars turned light blue in 1997. The Bathurst 1000 photos GTR Magic posted in his first post are mine - taken 1997, 1998 and 1998. The two cars went there separate ways after that. I think the #58 car became the #37 Stones Motor Sport car becoming dark blue in 2000 I think. The #14 car went to Redline Motorsport and Claude Leabeater as the #97 car and turned yellow in 1999. Think the Stones car was still light blue in 1999.

Wikipedia has all the Australian Super Touring results fairly well documented.

[Bevan-L]

Originally Posted by Falcadore

The first car was built back in 1994 in time for Bathurst with the second car following towards the end of 1995. The cars turned light blue in 1997. The Bathurst 1000 photos GTR Magic posted in his first post are mine - taken 1997, 1998 and 1998. The two cars went there separate ways after that. I think the #58 car became the #37 Stones Motor Sport car becoming dark blue in 2000 I think. The #14 car went to Redline Motorsport and Claude Leabeater as the #97 car and turned yellow in 1999. Think the Stones car was still light blue in 1999.

Wikipedia has all the Australian Super Touring results fairly well documented.

the #58 is SHM002 which was sold to the Stones and last ran in 99 @ OP.
its been in a shed since then under cover till i bought it last year.
The paint on it now was a pretty rushed job i'd say considering you can see the old HVE aqua colour show up in various spots and a few runs here and there.

Claude Elias and Paul Leabeater drove the #97

[DAVID PATERSON]

Good luck with the resto Bevan, what class/series will you race it in?

[Bevan-L]

Originally Posted by DAVID PATERSON

Good luck with the resto Bevan, what class/series will you race it in?

Thx, I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it as soon as it gets back from Summernats where its on display at the moment... guess it would be even more hilarious seeing the car out on track and then as soon as it comes in to the pits, out hops a paraplegic into his wheelchair, dont think many would see that coming

as for what class, pretty much anything that will allow it, but it wont be a serious effort because its not like parts are readily avail still... the spares I have are it basically... last resort would be machining up new parts which i dont even want to think about how expensive that would be

[SamDale]

G'day Bevan,

Always welcome in the Touring Car Challenge: tcc.irace.net.au

A friend of mine owns the yellow car, so drop us a line if you want to be put in contact re: spares, advice, etc.

Best regards,

Sam.

[Bevan-L]

Sam you didnt drive a few Super Tourers over the years by any chance??

[SamDale]

Busted :

• Ford Mondeo 94
• Ford Mondeo 96
• Nissan Primera 95 GT
• Nissan Primera 96B
• Toyota Camry (just some practice sessions)

[Bevan-L]

hahahaha I thought the name sounded waaay tooo familier
I had a quick look at iRace some time back before i got the Lantra, the series sounded like something I'd join.. Will have a good read of the rules and series info....

thanks heaps for the info, I'll be in contact with you once the car is done..

Are you racing this year?

[racer69]

Are we able to trace which car was the original #80 car from 1994, and which one was the second one built, #81, in 1995?

Colin Bond built them both did he not, and drove the original at Wellington in 1994 for the Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship round.

In 1995 Jim Richards test drove the newer car, originally with the view to racing it, but shied away from it after the test.

[rdmdog]

They had different fuel tanks, different gear (sequential) shifters, different rear body floor pans, and I think different engine locations. Fair amount of differences between the two.

You may be able to pick it from photos due to the ride height on the older one being higher than the later built car. The older one being a lot closer to a standard shell.

[chavez]

Originally Posted by racer69

Are we able to trace which car was the original #80 car from 1994, and which one was the second one built, #81, in 1995?

Colin Bond built them both did he not, and drove the original at Wellington in 1994 for the Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship round.

In 1995 Jim Richards test drove the newer car, originally with the view to racing it, but shied away from it after the test.

And Bondy also drove it at Macau.

[Bevan-L]

Originally Posted by rdmdog

They had different fuel tanks, different gear (sequential) shifters, different rear body floor pans, and I think different engine locations. Fair amount of differences between the two.

You may be able to pick it from photos due to the ride height on the older one being higher than the later built car. The older one being a lot closer to a standard shell.

Bingo! I dont know what all was different but from what i've been told, i think the earlier car (which im sure has to be SHM001) was first a production based car before being turned into ST specs?? anyone know for sure?? From what i understand SHM002 was built to ST Specs from the get go?

Im pretty sure this is the other one which is now yellow before the aero bits......

[mtpanorama]

Originally Posted by racer69

Are we able to trace which car was the original #80 car from 1994, and which one was the second one built, #81, in 1995?

Colin Bond built them both did he not, and drove the original at Wellington in 1994 for the Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship round.

In 1995 Jim Richards test drove the newer car, originally with the view to racing it, but shied away from it after the test.

The first car was originally Hardmans production racecar IIRC.

Jim shied away from it is an understatment. An out lap and an in lap at Amaroo was enough to convince him never to sit in the car again. The words he used to describe the car were quite colourful.

[cavvy]

Didnt Jim drive one at PI?

[Bevan-L]

....no surprise to be honest.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by mtpanorama

The first car was originally Hardmans production racecar IIRC.

Jim shied away from it is an understatment. An out lap and an in lap at Amaroo was enough to convince him never to sit in the car again. The words he used to describe the car were quite colourful.

Imagine how 'nice' the Caltex Corollas built by the same group would have been? At least one of them were 'ratted' to the bare shell to knock up the Lantras.... by Mr Bond & co