Historic Touring Cars have always been a replica category, allowing ‘new old cars’ to be prepared for Motorsport Australia’s Historic 5th Category.
Fifteen years after the pre-1965 Group Nb appeared in 1980, the pre-1973 Group Nc category hit the tracks. New builds now appear regularly but some very special ‘originals’ have been around for almost 30 years. This is one of them.
Touring car racing exploded in popularity between 1965 and 1972 to become Australia’s premier motorsport category, so it was no surprise when cars from that period were included in the original Group N historic touring car regulations.
In July, 1993, Group ‘Nc’ regulations were approved and in the CAMS manual by 1995 when the flag was dropped.
While Group Nb accepted models with a global FIA race history, the new Group Nc would be restricted to ’65-’72 models that had only raced in Australia. There was pushback from the pre-65 racers, but others eagerly plotted their race builds and
