The Camaro was a very short-lived affair and just a few months later prior to the end of 1968, Norm would debut a new HK Holden Monaro. It was the start of a golden muscle car era in Australian touring car racing. Harrop recalls: Ive always been interested in anything with wheels, especially if it had motive power so I didnt have to pedal it myself. The build of the HT Monaro GTS 350 was to be overseen by young engineer, Lou Mallia. Car Insurance, It was the first ATCC victory for a V8-engined car and the first of five ATCC titles won by drivers of Ford Mustangs. Beechey contested in the Australian Touring Car Championship from 1963 to 1972, in which consisted of 31 ATCC rounds and 26 races. OZZIE MOTOR RACING ICONS NORM BEECHEY by Bill Pearson Before Brock there was Beechey. Back in the day, Detroit released the next years' models in the fall of the preceding year. He had commenced with Beecheys Truck Dealership in the Chevy Nova era and progressed to race team duties after Graham Moore stepped down and John Sheppard left after a short stint. This paper argues that the relation between marxism and feminism has, in all the forms it has so far taken, been an unequal one. $6.60. Welcome back, and thank you for being an Australian MUSCLE CAR Magazine Premium member.Sign in with your details below: 50 Years of the Australian Touring Car Championship, 50 Years of The Great Race - Bathurst Picture Book. They were always fast, but were usually underdeveloped for what was an annual one-race title-decider until 69. IMAGES: As credited. Racingkarrir. Also make sure you follow us on social mediaFacebook,Twitter,Instagramor ourweekly email newsletterfor all the latest updates between issues. "I've been up against GTHOs on Dutton rallies and this car just chewed them up and spat them out; they weren't even in the contest and didn't that break a few hearts. Hear, hear Norm. Autographed photo by Bob Jane & Norm Beechey. As soon as you got it slowed to a reasonable speed you would throw it sideways to wash off more speed then stand on the throttle as soon as she got lined up. Years later, at work, a guy named Bruce ?? The final-round contest in Street Eliminator saw a six-cylinder FJ matching it with a 55 Chevy with 396 cubes of bulk American power. 0. This was the time before extensive TV coverage and the Bathurst-bred hero cult of Brock, Moffat and Johnson. Simply a full size family car. His adoring fans were lined up in their thousands to watch not only the resumption of the Beechey / Geoghegan battle but a host of serious contenders now entering the Championship: Allan Moffat in the full spec 1969 Trans Am Mustang, Bob Jane in a matching car to Geogehgans 68 Mustang GTA and serious Porsche additions. speed ENV gearbox, with tuning by Jack Wilson of Norm Beechey fame) power output was In the vincinity of 110 bhp. Live Statistics. But it was 1965 that arguably changed the landscape of Touring Car Racing and almost certainly began the love affair with V8s as the staple diet of racing in Australia. Completing the line-up is the Nick Percat/Macauley Jones car, which pays homage to the Trident-backed Chevrolet Nova raced by Beechey in 1967. Quick view Details. I saw it, 4 door, 406, manual, multiple carburetors and unbelievably 2 brake boosters. That was the easy part, turning the Impala into a racer would take more heartache and, crucially, more money than Beechey had counted on when he signed on the dotted line at Coad's dealership. Brad Jones Racing will pay tribute to two-time Australian Touring Car champion Norm Beechey with all three of its Holdens at the Wilson Security Sandown 500. A local bloke with a 63 Galaxie coupe has fitted his 390 4bbl engine with the tripower 427 set up. Han r mest knd fr framgngar i ATCC under 1960 och det tidiga 1970-talet. From left: Peter Manton, Brad Jones and Norm Beechey in 1967. Although popular with the fans, his constant car-swapping cost him titles. Holden Monaro. But not too many want to ring up and find out the facts. But the Impala was the first of the muscle cars." Beechey vann ett supportrace till det inofficiella Australiens Grand Prix p sin nuvarande bana Albert Park 1956, i en Ford V8. Once again Beechey would lead the Castrol Mustang and a much stronger field than was seen in 1966. Beechey, Norm. According to Shannons, Beechey has cherished and has driven it sparingly ever since, but now at 90 years old. You are now racing Norm beechey retro by Andrew Hofmann in iRacing. PETER A. CLAYTON _ a a a i T a s, A ein ME y, ^ x yo "4 in, 4 A N y ' k A i, d N | L | F | N | | x | E. | | Eh E N x n" ^N = * dis w = -= - AR pee Ba o I T. E We only ever raced it with Chev conrods - it's got Carillos in it now - but we never had conrod problems, only bearing trouble." Gurney's was a two-door SS with a single four-barrel carburettor, making some 50hp less than Beechey's twin carby, pillarless, four-door hardtop. Where did I read 'six and a half litres' today? Inboard disc brakes were used on all four wheels. Beechey had the last word in an interview in Sports Car World in 1970. BJR reveals three-car Norm Beechey tribute, Sign up to the Repco Supercars Championship Newsletter, Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia, Davison: Webb ready to race after Ipswich test, Whincup chasing qualifying gains at Ipswich test. For those unfamiliar, Iso Rivolta - or just Iso for short - was an Italian company that built cars between 1938 and 1974. Just looking again at a You Tube clip of Dennis Obrien driving the 427 coupe at Sandown. This is as much as I can remember. Terms of Service. John, Lex should have learnt from his 1963 Sandown accident that fixing Galaxie's add somewhat to his racing expenses. It all started from there. Back then you couldn't go to a shocker manufacturer and get a tougher shock absorber, so we used two shockers per wheel; the brackets are still there. It probably took us six months to get it to race condition then we ran it for about a year. The HK Monaro arrived at Norms Brunswick workshops late in 1968 and while still campaigning the Camaro, his small crew led by Graham Moore had the car race ready for the 69 Championship. Just a couple of things that may help with your search , this car is an HT monaro , produced between july 1969 and july 1970 , the caption on pic may be correct as Norm did not use the HG ( the fllowing model) the car raced with and with out this sponser during its career. I broke one or two, but essentially they were good. The place: the old Castlereagh drag strip in Sydney. I just searched Wiki for the variations of FEs. All eight boys would serve in World War One. Ray, As far as I'm aware the first race with Lex driving it was 4 November 1962 Sandown. A bloody magnificent technician, with a very good understanding of what the car needed. Norm Beechey is a retired Australian race car driver, who was given the nickname Stormin Norman by his fans. two years before switching to the 427. 1964 krdes msterskapet ver ett race, och dr blev Beechey tva p Lakeside. My new for 71 Galaxie LTD in the US had 2 and 4bbl versions of that engine along with numerous others from 240 6 through to 429 Cobrajet. Fun Fact, youll find many of his images in the famous Australian Motor Racing yearbooks, published through the mid to late 1990s. He lost his licence, 110 in a 60 zone and the car disappeared. The conrods were massaged standard-Holden. Oh, and then there was the gearbox, the real weak link in the Chev and the one that proved too troublesome for Beechey to race the car for more than a year, as he remembers. ). Its a 100% racing car and we have achieved it all here in Australia in one season, with a budget only a fraction the size the Yanks had to play with. They certainly are, Stephen Due to a planned power outage on Friday, 1/14, between 8am-1pm PST, some services may be impacted. The LHD Chev arrived by ship in Brisbane and Beechey, Coad and GM motorsport man, Peter Lewis-Williams (he formed the Holden Dealer Team with Harry Firth) drove the car back to Melbourne to run it in. We just welded them on and cut them off until we were happy. Ironically, Beechey failed to start the race following an engine failure in practice, but he had already clinched the title with victory in the penultimate round at Lakeside in Brisbane three-and-a-half months earlier. "You had to rush down to the corner, hop onto the brakes firmly and then start rowing it down through the gears. There was a lot of respect between us,. N. Beechey / B. Jane Holden FX - Calder 1962 - Printed with a black border and a caption describing the photo. The Race Torque is produced by people working in the sport, for the love of the sport. So the evolution of the Howler began. His championship win in 1970 was the first victory by a Holden driver in the Australian Touring Car Championship. A detailed review of Beecheys title winning season and his profound impact in the sport, pick up Auto Action 1799 online or at your local newsagent. Even for the time, the Beechey family was a big one. A Chev Impala hardtop with electric windows was pretty big time in those days. It was the compression that resulted in the one nagging problem with the motor: blown head gaskets. Bob Jane continued with his hastily arrived Mustang in 1966 and was joined by Pete Geoghegan in the Touring Car ranks. Anyway, a race was organised up in the back-blocks of Coburg and I won that. "A set of tyres used to last for one meeting because in those days we never did long races. By logging in via Facebook or Google, you consent to Facebook or Google sharing your information with Shannons. Norm Beechey, pictured here, is about to unload his beautiful black '68 Camaro off the 'team' transporter. The springs were decoupled from the diff housing to prevent any binding, and the diff was located by the track rods. I watched Norm race from his six cylinder Holden days through the Mustang and then the Nova. Norm is a phenomenal celebrity influencer. I think it ended up with a two-inch inlet, which is pretty amazing when you compare it with a standard head, where the valves are way over the sparkplug side. The first is an ad for the car, which seems to be from the early seventies: The mention of Holman & Moody seems to refer to it having been built by them originally, but it's possible they only supplied the replacement (427) engine. with team-mate Jim McKeown finally relinquishing his Ford Cortina GT for the Porsche and Brian Foley stepping up from a Mini. So the evolution of the Howler began. Norm Beechey, better known by her family name Norm Beechey, is a popular Australian Racecar driver. In Geoghegan's hands, the Castrol Mustang won the ATCC crown in. The second is the race Beechey had with Max Volkers in a Cortina at Lowood. 1964 krdes msterskapet ver ett race, och dr blev Beechey tva p Lakeside. Of those he won 7 races and the championship twice. It finished with a dish in the piston and still had 13.3:1 compression.. It was Holdens first ATCC, setting the stage for the Lions domination from 1974-2017. To some, he was the closest thing Holden had to a star racing driver, before Peter Brock. At the age of 88 years, Norm Beechey weight not available right now. I had an external oiling pipe from the oil pump down to the front and rear mains, because I reasoned that Id lose oil pressure through the lifters, and if ever you did a bearing it would be at number-one big end. I note that pretty well everyone does that today. "There was a genuine technique to driving this car fast and I think my style suited this car because I grew up driving big fast American cars," he says. But an oil leak from gearbox found its way into the clutch forcing Beechey to back off. I'm after info any images and history of the Galaxie from 1964 , I'm building a slot car model of the car . It had various heads, but they were all iron 149 heads, shaved 0.13in and ported and polished by John Bennett from HeadMod. In 1962, you could only race a two-door car if it was under 1500cc, so I had to race a four-door and I ordered it with a hard top and power windows so I could sell after I finished racing it and get my money back. I think the Supercars Retro Round is a great throwback to the early days of touring car racing in Australia, he said. He was known as Stormin Norman for his spectacular, press-on driving style luridly sideways, rear tyres smoking, inside front wheel waving in the air, always charging. The line-up covered each class of racing in the Improved Production era: Beechey in the Over 3000cc class along with teammates Jim McKeown, and his super quick Lotus Cortina, and the ubiquitous Peter Manton, king of the Mini brigade. The event: the Australian National Drag Racing Championships. Something anything. Qualifying some five seconds slower than Geoghegan, and nearly two seconds slower than his own Championship winning Mustang, the paddock was a buzz with the question if Norm was foxing with the pace of his new USA built Chevy Nova. Stormin Norm on his way to the 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship at Lakeside. Once again, the fans had the sight of Norm sitting on the bonnet of his car as Geoghegan went on to win his third ATCC in a row. Interestingly, Gurney would not race his Impala again, due to bureaucratic problems, and the car was reportedly sold to Laurie O'Neil in Australia. It was dyno tuned by Jack Wilson - whose son Craig now runs Walkinshaw Racing - and he used to say, "Boss, if it won't live on the dyno it won't live on the track." Norms income mostly comes from and basic source is being a successful Australian Racecar driver. He then saw Geoghegan pass him and take the win by over thirty seconds. The big Yank had numerous Achilles heels, ones that wouldn't show up on a US interstate. he is one of famous Racecar driver with the age 88 years old group. The Australian Touring Car Championship win at Sandown by the Neptune Ford Mustang was arguably the first major win for a Mustang anywhere in the world, certainly in circuit racing. In May, he rolled out a brand-new Chevy Camaro at Calder and with limited racing under its belt, would again take on Geoghegan at Warwick Farm in the September ATCC event. Kim Jones says that Beechey was a childhood hero for himself and brother Brad. But it was no use buying a Jaguar to beat a Jaguar; he had to find something else. I dont think Ian Geoghegan ever beat me at Calder, and I could not beat him at Warwick Farm. It was Beechey's first of two Australian Touring Car Championship wins. Haiti would be reunified as a republic under Jean-Pierre Boyer, a revolutionary leader who would remain president until 1843. When a wife whose husband has Ford did help out it's racing customers, although nothing like Chevrolet. Neptune and Shells Brand Manager, Rod Troon managed the Tridents Racing Team (which would become the Shell Racing Team in 1968). He was brilliant there. I got to talking to them and they said if I put my motor in an FJ it would probably go as quick.. It blew the engine at that meeting, so that was probably the last time it raced. On its first run with the 208 cube six installed, the FJ ran half a second quicker than Ron's old EH. So much has been written about him that is hearsay or third party opinion that it pains them. What was the rules in the day? Tell us your email address and we'll email you a new password. Surely there had to be some demon tricks: hydrazine in the fuel; nitromethane in the windscreen washers squirting into the carbie intakes; nitrous injection hidden inside the radiator hoses; bulk illegal extra cubes from some massive internal block rebuild. "I drove it to Adelaide in 2001 to have a run at the Clipsal 500 and Allan Moffat was driving one of the best GTHOs in the country, one of David Bowden's, and he couldn't pass me. Yes, Appendix J rules required 4 doors for cars over 1600cc. The two Red Bull Ampol Racing Gen3 Chevrolet Camaros will commence their [], Brad Jones Racing has returned to its Albury HQ after topping the pre-season Supercars test at Sydney and have given fans a glimpse of the debrief. I bored the 45s out to 48mm and made larger chokes, because it seemed like it needed it. I'm sure it's been posted before, but it belongs here anyway. We did a half-hour classic at Calder and at the end of that my car was exhausted and so was Bobby's Jag. 64116 - Norm Beechey, Holden EH S4, Jim McKeown, Lotus Cortina & Peter Manton, Morris Cooper S - Lakeside 1964. ", "Back then the fields weren't very big. Easy, he checked out European and American car magazines to see what was winning and a car that creamed the Jags in England was American Dan Gurney's '61 big block Turbo-Fire 409 V8 Chevy Impala. What Bourke probably hadn't counted on, though, was the massive free kick his marketing campaign received from three of Australia's biggest names in motor sport at the time - Norm Beechey, Pete Geoghegan and Bob Jane - when all three chose to race Mustangs in 1965. This is an amazing documentary reviewing Norm Beecheys much celebrated 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship win in his famous HT Monaro. It raced here in early '63, that would usually mean it was a '62 model. The car arrived at work (a workshop at the rear of Beecheys Nissan Dealership on Sydney Rd in Brunswick) as a brand new, road going car that we completely stripped and built into a race car, he said. "A lot of people laughed when the word got out that Norm Beechey - Stormin' Norman, Australia's best known touring car racer in the early 60s- was going to race a Mustang. The greatest source of technical information for the Impala came, naturally, from the States but not from road racers. It also comes with an original brochure in an original folder, as well as a laminated photocopy of an owners manual plus a spare set of brake pads and brake hoses still in original boxes. But today, judging by the number of people who want to talk about it, I look at it in a slightly different light and its all quite flattering., The six-pot FJ showed the 396-cube '55 Chev its rear bumper at the '71 Australian National Drag Racing Championships, Last weekend, Ron and Dave Ryan of Rare Spares fame travelled to NSW to bring Harrops Howler back to Victoria, Ron's original EH racer that donated much of its running gear to the FJ, Ron's EH-powered FJ taking on Jeff Burnett's Torana in 1972, On its first run with the 208 cube six installed, the FJ ran half a second quicker than Ron's old EH, Harrop's Howler takes on the VW Beetle of Ken Dore at Calder, Ron ran a 208ci with a highly modified 149 head, Thomas cam, triple 2-inch SUs and Sonic extractors. Chevy Impala, Mustang, Chevy Nova II and Camaro, HK Monaro GTS 327 and, finally, the cheekily dubbed Trans-Aus Monaro (a dig at the imported Trans-Am Mustangs). Shannons estimates this rare, celebrity-owned classic should fetch a price between $90,000 to $110,000. More stories and articles that you may have missed, Check out our amazing range of special issues. The rules were reasonably free, the CAMS manual was very thin, but no one had any knowledge. BEECHEY'S HK MONARO - AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO $ 75.00 Sold Out Genealogy profile for Richard Beechey Richard Beechey (1828 - 1902) - Genealogy Genealogy for Richard Beechey (1828 - 1902) family tree on Geni, with over 230 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. The fuel delivery was a pair of Stewart Warner electric pumps. Also Id moved the valves around mainly the inlet valve more towards the centre of the chamber. I got to know Jack Collins, Greg Goddard and Fritz Norton pretty well, buying camshafts, carburettors and manifolds for the EH. Norms Impala was reputedly the only 4 door 409. A Customline being worked for all it's worth at Catalina Park, Katoomba, New South Wales http://motoring.com.au/reviews/2005/classic-and-rare/ford-customline-3292 Thanks for the correction on that, Bob. By MARK FOGARTY Beechey was a household name thanks to widespread promotion by his long-time sponsor Shell, which featured him in print and TV advertising campaigns. Bringing the mighty Beechey Monaro to life at the Muscle on the Mountain car show in July 2015, a really great show! GRAHAM RITTER.1970 SANDOWN ATCC $ 495.00 On Sale. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and much more. Vinnie Bentley. The palace of Sans-Souci was looted and later abandoned. It is just on fifty years since Norm Beechey won the second round of the 1970 Australian Touring Car Championship at Bathurst in his game changing Holden Monaro GTS 350. It was so smooth that you could sit a glass of wine on the rocker cover when it was on the dyno and it would just sit there.. Does anyone know? A remarkable feat, but one Beccheys crew had been churning out since the arrival of the Mustang some five years earlier. In Oz we [reputedly] had 302W and 400 2bbl. pick up Auto Action 1799 online or at your local newsagent. Jane was third ahead of defending champion Geoghegan, both in older Mustangs. I was going to do the model in Neptune colours , but , the red looks good too . A superb looking USA Muscle Car, which, just as Beechey had done with the Mustang, would be the Novas first circuit racing campaign. Shot of Lex at Longford in 1963. "We used to run the engine to 7000rpm. Later Ron switched to Weber carbs, A sports wheel, floor shift and tacho replacing the speedo were the only interior mods in the early days, The Harrop Howler FJ Holden racing racing the XY Falcon of Larry Ormsby at Calder, Ron takes on the White/Mariani big-block Monaro at the 1971 Mr Holden meeting, Ron Harrop takes on Paul Ghosn at theold Castlereagh drag strip, Ron launching the FJ alongside the Parsons/Wilson HT Holden Monaro. Wikipedia Citation. "It had the first Borg-Warner four-speed, aluminium-cased gearbox with very thin gears and it wasn't strong enough. He had most of the say. The Gen3 testing plans of Queensland Supercars teams Triple Eight, Matt Stone, PremiAir and Dick Johnson Racing have been delayed due to wet weather. The car having only arrived shortly before this meeting. It was a monster and still is and one of Beechey's favourite pastimes is blowing off Falcon GTHOs. Posted September 20, 2006. Although Moffat and a number of other drivers raced Mustangs for ATCC competition - the five ATCC titles from 1965 to 1969 were won by Norm Beechey (1965) and Ian Geoghegan (196669) driving Mustangs - this car, modified to CAMS Improved Production Touring Car regulations was ineligible for the Bathurst 500 (later Bathurst 1000), which was . "When I switched to the S4 Holden, Bobby had got his Jaguar going faster and it still dominated; the Jag's reign only finished when I brought the Mustang out in early-1965. "During the first practice session at Catalina (in Katoomba) there was no one left in the pits when I went out because they'd all run to see this big ol' thing go 'round," he grins. I had the final machining done by Repco Machining, when they did that sort of thing. https://www.chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/294397/tp/2/, https://www.tradeuniquecars.com.au/feature-cars/1302/chevrolet-impala-409-norm-beechey, https://autopics.com.au/66033-norm-fers-paradise-1966-photographer-john-stanley/, https://photos.app.goo.gl/LAjx9nV3CPonoUBi6, (You must log in or sign up to reply here. The Holden project was immense, Beechey said. Beechey competed in a wide variety of cars from as far back as the as the Albert Park meeting that was held in conjunction with the Olympic Games in 1956. The big cars weigh over 2 tonnes. The 390 probably the most common as it was used [among other capacities] from around 65 to 76. Another I know [its co owner worked for me] is a factory 66 7 litre manual car. The drags began at Calder and I went out there. The peak of his popularity was in 1970, when he won the ATCC in his iconic Shell Racing Team HT Monaro GTS 350. Please see Wikipedia's template documentation for further citation fields that may be required. Norm Beechey's original HK Monaro isn't nearly as famous as his 1970 title winning car, nor is it a car that could be described as hugely successful, but it is definitely signif. his net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-2022. Despite the Impala's imposing size, brawny Beechey says it wasn't physically hard to drive, (even though he didn't use the road car's power steering) due to skinny, hard tyres and short races. Home Insurance products for motoring enthusiasts who drive imported, modified, classic, veteran or vintage cars. To some, he was the closest thing Holden had to a star racing driver, before Peter Brock. Half a century ago last Sunday (November 15), Beechey was officially crowned Australian touring car champion following the final round of the 70 series at Symmons Plains, outside Launceston in Tasmania. Norm Beechey had long been a crowd favourite, his flamboyant driving style was addictive. But it did take up a hell of a lot of time and money.. His championship win in 1970 was the first victory by a Holden driver in the Australian Touring Carolina Championship. All three of the BJR Commodore's [] Norm only seems to have raced it a couple of times , was it a success ? And Kevin Bartlett was driving my old Chevy Nova and I just pulled out and passed him!". Quite the same Wikipedia. Discover Norm Beecheys Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Ken Box was also involved and he was a brilliant engineer.. Or perhaps the car belonged to Rootes Australia and they hired Beechey to drive it for them. Choose Options. Norm Beechey's original HK Monaro isn't nearly as famous as his 1970 title winning car, nor is it a car that could be described as hugely successful, but it is definitely significant in the history . 1965 vann han otmsvarande race p Sandown, innan han ret drp tog silver p . Theres also a spare set of brake pads and brake hoses, both still in boxes. with lot of social media fan he often posts many personal photos and videos to interact with her huge fan base social media plateform. Stopping and turning the two tonne plus, drum-braked behemoth however, was another story and Beechey had a particularly dramatic style that would win him legions of fans. Warwick Farm. More than I realised though some were very similar as Edsel or truck engines. Symmons, Superbikes, Supercars, Shunts.. and Geese, COMMENT: Forget testing, and get on with it. he has decided to rationalise his car collection. But, win or lose, he was adored by his legions of fans. And Lindsay, that's a nice shot. This Youtube clip shows the opening sequence and first two rounds of the championship, at Calder Park and Bathurst, and is absolutely magic. Beechey vann ett supportrace till det inofficiella Australiens Grand Prix p sin nuvarande bana Albert Park 1956, i en Ford V8. In back-to-back testing it gave 7hp more than the Lucas or Bosch coils that we had used previously. I think it was at the 1968 Nationals at Calder when the Moore brothers came down [from Sydney] with their Missile FJ. Motorcycle Insurance, and Amy, the wife of a country vicar, had eight sons and six daughters. Gurney's car though, is not Beechey's. Harrop bought a traded FJ from Beechey for $29, installed the engine, gearbox and diff from the EH, all in the standard positions, and $1300 later it ran a 13.42 at its first meeting (April 1969). (Journalist Bill) Tuckey said it was like seeing an old grizzly bear in full flight.". Holden Hsv. 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