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Tim Chadwick's ex-racing Leyland P76
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Tim's 1973 Leyland P76 V8 was originally owned and raced by
Ross Calgher of Waitara in New Zealand in long distance production car racing.Calgher
himself later went on to work for the Ford Escort works rally team in the UK, as well as
being the builder of engines for both Nikki Lauda and John Watson in formula one Mclaren
team in the early 1980's.
Tim Chadwick rescued this ex-racing P76 from a farmer's barn in Tongaporutu, North
Taranaki and has been restoring it for two years so far. The 'Spanish Olive' coloured P76
is standard apart from a two-barrell Holley carburettor mounted over one of Ross Calgher's
worked Manifolds as well as LSD and Calgher extractors added. A Calgher camshaft will
probably go into the P76 in the future but Tim wants the car to keep close to its original
racing spec.
The coloured photo is of the Ross Calgher / Malcolm Andrews Leyland negotiating a corner
during the 1000 KM race at Pukekohe circuit in 1975, when it finished the race in 18th
position. Another Leyland driven by David Oxton lead the race for some time, but a
Chrysler Charger was the eventual winner. |
Of the four racing Leyland P76's in New Zealand
in the seventies this car is thought to be the only survivor. |
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Update 12 April 2004
I have repurchased to Tim Chadwick P76 and will dress it up in its
original livery . we will also fit a roll cage and full harness seat belts
to both front standard seats [ as this is how we raced it] so people can be
taken for a ride at some circuits in this piece of History . The car needs a
bit of tidying up , but we will not do too much as it would then make the
car too valuable to race . We will go over the mechanicals as there is some
work to do there so make the car suitable . A piece of NZ race history will
be seen on the tracks again . perhaps you may wish to put this on the
website with the article on the car , Regards Ross Calgher new Zealand
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