Cheers guys. I have tracked down John White from Vic who originally raced this car, and he has given me the contact details for Geoff Conway who did the spanner work on it for him. I have also chatted to David Sala who owned/raced the car in group A after John sold it, he sadly didnt remember much about the car and didnt seem too interested in it. I have also been lucky enough to track down another previous owner from 1993 who rallied it briefly, thankfully it was not damaged too badly while rallying. There are a couple of other previous owners to find though, one fellow by the name of Andrew Manson (i have heard has a tyre shop or something similar in Vic) in Berwick bought the car from David Sala in 1988 after it's group A eligibility expired. He kept it until 1991 when he sold it to Micheal Wood from SA, who was the first to rally the car, and these are the two i'd most like to speak to, as i'd love to track down the 40L and 80L alloy tanks the car had in group A..
Also, the fellow i bought it from (Grant in SA), sold the dohc and special gearbox to a fellow on the western side of brisbane in about 2003 or so, he actually drove the engine and box up to qld in the back of his 4wd during a family holiday! I would dearly love to track these parts down aswell! So far i have found a PF60E G180W minus intake manifold/tb/piping etc, dohc 5 speed X2 with one remote shifter, and one 3.9 ZZR disc brake LSD complete from disc to disc (as well as the one that was still in the car when i bought it). I would like to have a spare of everything as i plan on being active in the historic group A/C series when it's done.
PS cheers to Greg who dropped me a line during the week with a good contact
these cars are real racing love all the old stuff 