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[pilot Dave]

lot of sedans went too guy i knew made glass bodies they all ran in later yrs sadly he was killed crossing geelong rd picking up supplies on way to brooklyn speedway
Fairlane fibreglass was his business RIP George

[pilot Dave]

Speedway wrecked a few good Ford Coupes ...

there was a guy at traceys they called stacker think his name was Johnny Lund or Lunn he enjoyed crashing into others
there was only ever one pilot there number 45 driven by Barry Williams long time car guy from up rd from my parents house in Maidstone

[Oldcol]

I know Barry Williams, heck of a nice guy....lives in Keilor now, he and Graham Mc Cubbin (dec.) and Ian Watson have been mates since primary school, I was intro'd to Barry by Ian Watson who has been a long time client and friend. Also did Barry's '41 Coupe for him, plus a bit of work for Graham as well....

[pilot Dave]

YES bARRYS HOUSE WAS OPPOSITE KEILOR PUB oops i knew him when we were kids he then lived almost next door to Roxy picture theatre and barnseys milk bar which is about a mile from Maccas parents house in McCubbin st Graeme moved around corner to Mavis st
they were great times and Ian would remember Jim Miller who had the wreckers in a side st almost opposite Mavis st all old fords where i got my 36cpe from
Barry had some nice cars back in the day real nice customline was one
its a real shame Graeme never found his org 39 rdstr with the 4 headlights he owned property in footscray including a car yard on cnr if ballarat rd and gordin st
His good mate and racer from traceys Billy Willis rented part of yard which was one a blacksmith shop Bill opened a panel shop there and did a job on one of my valiants

Bills car was number 88 and had "suddenly" painted on it hell of a nice guy also

[Harv]

His good mate and racer from traceys Billy Willis rented part of yard which was one a blacksmith shop Bill opened a panel shop there and did a job on one of my valiants

Bills car was number 88 and had "suddenly" painted on it hell of a nice guy also

Billy Wills, or Bill Wigzel? Mr Wigzel had a Suddenly 88 roundy-round car (he also ran the Norman supercharged pug-powered WonderCar).

Cheers,
Harv (appreciator of dirt circuit machines).

[pilot Dave]

no Billy Willis he ran at traceys bill ran suddenly above the windscreen
I'm sure im right as i was there every sat night

you may like this

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/The-Beginni ... ctupt=true

[Harv]

A little more digging... looks like Willis sold the car to Fischer, which was then driven by Wigzell.

http://www.speedway.org.au/kevin-fischer

In 1959/60 Kevin Fischer established Murray Bridge Speedway to cater for local speedway competitors and built 10 Micro Midgets at the workshop of Fischer Motors to lease to drivers. In 1961/62 Fisher built a Hot Rod to race at Rowley Park and Murray Bridge that was uncompetitive compared to the Victorian Sportsman Stockcars so he purchased a much lighter car from Bill Willis named ‘Suddenly’ and numbered 88. After experimenting with other light weight cars Fischer resurrected components from both and used the name and number from the Willis car, creating the famous purple beast. The car was first driven by Fischer, then Zeke Agars and finally Bill Wigzell who won the 1970 Australian Super Modified Championship, 1974 Grand' Annual Sprintcar Classic, 3 Craven Filter Championships in 1972 (Qld), 1973 (WA) and 1974 (SA) and 5 South Australian Titles from 1971 to 1976 and 37 Rowley Park Feature wins. 18 out of 21 feature victories (9 in a row) came during the best season, and it held every lap record at Rowley Park Speedway.

Cheers,
Harv

[pilot Dave]

i was scratching my head all night Harv i was sure Bill used it first but sometimes the memory plays up on me
i dont know what year he retired from racing i didnt even know he had a book until i found that one i posted
thanks for link i will peruse it when i get back from my walk this morning its great reading about a lot of the old legends hope they never get lost in time guys like yourself are helping to preserve what should be preserved thankyou
cheers Dave

another who deserves heaps of recognition is my old mate Wayne Pierce his workshop was/is in sunshine and last time we spoke he still had his one owner hq panel van (mint) he towed his midgets with
his chassis have won a hell of a lot too