Further to my last review of Member cars, please see below the next vehicle details for your interest.  The information on the cars has come from the current owners only, not from any research undertaken by myself, and as such any queries should be made directly with them.

This time I am going to cover the Nb Cortina's.

1964 Ford Cortina GT 1500 Nb U1.6L  Owned and driven by Brenden Fickling 46

Built and log booked by Trevor Thessman in NSW.  The Cortina was first log booked with the NSW Appendix J Association 1983. (Log book H0208). Re-bodied after a roll over in 1999. (John Sivell). The car has been in WA for 13 years and Brendan is the 14th owner.

Previous owners - Bob Cracknell, Les Walmsley, Tony Guilfis & Randle Beavis

Has raced at Wanneroo, Phillip Isl, Collie, Bathurst, Sandown, Eastern Creek, Lakeside, Oran Park, Amaroo Park, Adelaide 500 circuit, Albany hill climb and ‘round the houses, Northam hill climb and ‘round the houses and Silverdale Hill climb.  

1963 Ford Cortina GT 1500 Nb U1.6L  Owned and driven by Dean Whisson 11

Built & Log Booked by Brad Cole in SA 28-11-01.  

Bought by Dean from Randle in 2015.

Previous owners Brad Cole, Russell Murrison, Randle Beavis   

Raced at Mallala, Wanneroo, Collie, Albany, Northam, Phillip Island.

1963 Ford Lotus Cortina 1600 Nb U1.6L  Owned and driven by Simon Northey 49

Built and log booked originally by John Harwood in 2011 .   

Simon purchased the car in 2020. 

Previous owners John Harwood, John Peacock.

Has raced at Wanneroo, Collie , Bathurst & Phillip Island.

Holds track record for Wanneroo in class, and short track record in class Collie.

1963 Ford Lotus Cortina 1600 Nb U1.6L  Owned and driven by Randle Beavis 58

Built and log booked originally by Will Colton in 2009.    

After Will raced the car for several years, the car was sold to Graeme Dawson in 2013.

Sadly Graeme passed away, and Randle purchased the car in 2014.
Has raced at Wanneroo, Collie, Northam, Albany, Phillip Island, Bathurst.
The car has a fast lap time of 71.41secs at Wanneroo.

1963 Ford Cortina GT 1500 Nb U1.6L  Owned and driven by Mike & Steve Smith 3

Built and log booked originally by .   purchased the car in 20. 

Previous owners Simon McGrath, Mike Smith

Raced at Wanneroo, Collie, Albany, Northam, Phillip Island, Adelaide GP, Narrogin, Joondalup, Hillary’s Hill climb, Gin Gin, York Flying 50, Caversham re-enactment

1964 Ford Lotus Cortina 1600 Nb U1.6L  Owned and driven by Marty Bullock 21

Built and log booked originally by Ron Hodgson 1-11-84.   Marty purchased the car in 2009. 

First registered with CAMS by Ron Hodgson as Log Booked car H0380 .

Previous owners Ron Hodgson, Wayne Holland, Pro-Duct, Robin Marshall, Gary Angel, Rob Warren, Jamie Mc Gin.

Raced at Sandown, Calder, Winton, Wanneroo, Bathurst.

1964 Ford Cortina GT 1500 Nb U1.6L  Owned and driven by Craig Kimber 73

Built by W Coote NSW, Log booked 1990 N7066, purchased by Craig 2017. 

Previous owners W Coote 1990, P Donnelly 1996, S Smith- 1998

Has raced at Wanneroo, Collie, Bathurst, Oran Park, Amaroo, Eastern Creek, Northam and Albany 

regards

Mike Rowe

Media Liaison

WA Historic Touring Car