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vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:47 pm
by mike07986
iv brought steve bollards ex vauxhall firenza drag car i was woundering if anyone had any infomation on the car its got a 10 bolt chevy and runs a ford 460 so any pics or info much aperacitate use to be called against all odds

cheers mike

Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Thu Aug 23, 2007 7:11 pm
by Badger
Here's the car in 88. It was one of a new wave of Super Gassers debuting and coming together in the North at that time. I don't know if Steve Bollard quit after this car, he was running a corsair in the Street Class in the late seventies.

Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:30 pm
by mike07986
thanks for the pic reali apresheated she looks a peach if youve got any more or no of any more be very gratefull mike

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Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:45 pm
by muddytalker
Any ideas on who this Firenza belongs to? Again it was photographed at York around the early nineties.

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Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Sat Dec 05, 2009 2:26 pm
by ritchi101
isn,t that the old jon ince car that ran in mod et he ran it at york quite a bit used to be red, but im sure its the same car.

Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Sat Dec 05, 2009 4:32 pm
by muddytalker
There's a drivers name on the side window but you can't read it. Perhaps Badger might be able to ID the car as its his old stomping gound or dragracerdave are you out there?

Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Sat Dec 05, 2009 5:41 pm
by dragracerdave
I think the guys name was Andy Bell (deff. Andy!) & the cars name was Limelight, ran an AMC motor, not seen it for a long time though.
Good to see Steve Bollards car again too!

Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:40 pm
by v8 jago
Mike. It looks cool back in the dayz. Any chance of some photos from today ?? Would love to see how it looks now.

Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:34 pm
by dragracerdave
dragracerdave wrote:I think the guys name was Andy Bell (deff. Andy!) & the cars name was Limelight, ran an AMC motor, not seen it for a long time though.
Good to see Steve Bollards car again too!
Just had confirmation from Dave Billadeau that the lads name was ANDY SCOTT, & it was AMC powered after he bought the engine which was 'supposed' to be an ex super gas Mopar! Dave says it ran 13's but does not know where it went.

Re: vauxhall firenza drag car

PostPosted:Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:40 pm
by muddytalker
ritchi101 wrote:isn,t that the old jon ince car that ran in mod et he ran it at york quite a bit used to be red, but im sure its the same car.
This is how the Jon Ince Firenza ended up in top end crash at Avon Park in 1993 I think.
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