I believe this was related to me by either Dick Burwell or Jim Brown - also the car used to be painted BOBCOR yellow when it was campaigned in the Pacific Northwest. Maybe Blair G. can confirm this bit of the story.
Hi, well if so (a BOBCOR GTA) which one was it?
I have the RHD GTA #25 BOBCOR driven by Bert Everett and Bernie Martinez has the #52 LHD Ex- Ken Schley (GTAj Chassis) which was also driven by Wayne "Bing" Scherer for a few of the early races as Schley was not available to drive his car.
One Ed Rogers of East Aurora, NY (very close to BOBCOR Buffalo, NY) shows up at the first 1972 race at Lime Rock on #26 GTA, yellow, entered by BOBCOR and finishes 8th, Everett was also there on #25 finishing 4th to the 1,2, 3 of the Datsuns. The entry list put #25 as 1965 GTA and #26 at 1967 GTA for what that is worth although correct for #25.
In the next race at Bryar there are 3 BOBCOR entries, Everett, Sherer and Rogers finishing 4,5 and 15 respectively. Rogers was out in an accident at lap 36 of 70 and not running at finish. Did that accident end the year for Rogers and that GTA??
I find no further mention of Rogers on GTA in the 1972 results after Bryar. Of course he could have entered then DNS. I also recall no pictures of this GTA.
As far as I know 72BS15 was reported as RHD and for sale at BOBCOR in 1975 along side #25 GTA 752507 when John Demaria bought 752507 and brought 752507 to Toronto. Demaria reported that 752507 was the Everett car and that the other GTA was later sold to a Mr. Ramon Bergamann(sp) of Quebec who painted it red and raced it in Quebec regionals. Other pictorial evidence confirms 752507 as the #25 BOBCOR GTA.
72BS15 then went to the Vancouver area and I have recollection of an advert for a race GTA in ARCC Alfista about the time. Presumably it went to Barwell. At some point either in Quebec or British Columbia it gained a CASC ID #757.
I understand that after Barwell it went to Jim Brown and partner Dave Sablan of the USA pacific NW and I have 2 pictures of it from September 1983, INIEZIONE Northwest Alfa Club news letter carrying #59 GT4 markings and plastic fenders and appears white or a light color with side arrow and reported as GTAj.
Next I hear John Murphy has it in 1991 and yellow I think and that Bob Cozza has pronounced it the #25 car, for what that is worth as he also pronounced 752507 the #25 GTA. Murphy got it from broker Tim Ritter about 1986 and reported it had 1300 dry sump. It was Murphy who reported the CASC number. Murphy had 2 pictures with JIM Brown 1983 written on them. He reported to me that the car pictured in INIENZIONE and the one he had were one and the same. He did not report the SCCA 1972 Trans Am Brass tag 72BS15 and I consider that significant.
Then it goes to Hadfield about 2001 from the Murphy estate and is now red. Looks like it still has plastic fenders from Anthony's pictures.
Roman Tucker reported to me that the Murphy GTA was converted to RHD from LHD and bore no serial number and Anthony R has confirmed this with pictures and believes it to be a true LHD GTA chassis.
Questions-
who converted it to RHD from LHD and when; so pictures from LIME rock or Bryar of the Roger #26 GTA would be of interest.
Who and when were the plastic fenders put on.
When was it painted red and was any auto archeology done on the prior paint schemes.
If it turns out to be the #26 Rogers/BOBCOR car then:
where did Rogers/BOBCOR get it.
Is it the LHD #26 GTA that Gus Andrey drove in 1971, remember Rogers was on #26 at 1972 Lime Rock but was it RHD or LHD?
IF RHD, again, who and when was the conversion to RHD done.
Did Bert Everett own it, as he is reported to have bought 2 GTAs from Andrey in 1970 just before the 1970 Mid Ohio that he then won on #25.
Was Everett the owner of both #25 and the #26 Andrey car in 1971.
Where did Andrey get the #26 1971 LHD GTA? (Andrey bought 752507 after the 1966 T/A series from Baker and Heijn in 1966 or 1967.)
AND why did WEBERONI (Jim Weber??) say that the RHD Harry T GTA was with John Murphy or did Murphy have more than one RHD GTA.
AND where is the Harry T RHD GTA.
AND, where is the ED Wachs 1972 (and maybe other years) RHD GTA????
AND please if I have something wrong here let me Know.
Yours in T/A GTAs
Ken
Edit: Uploaded the attached pictures from Iniezione refered to in text.