My father inlaw found a book for me yesturday..
Aust Motor Racing year book 1983/84. What a great book and plenty of reading of the good old days of F1, Touring Car championShip (Commodors/Bluebirds and RX7's)
Now in found a couple of mini's but the one I'm interested in is Fred Sayers Clubby in the GT Champ. Its has to be the meanest looking Clubby I'v seen. Anyone know anymore info on it
Also in the book Apendix J
Ian Stewart Red Cooper S

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You could ask his brother..

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Fred is from QLD? and still racing AFAIK...I vaguely remember him being associated with the Black Twinny up there???

Ian is from Canberra and is currently racing a Torana but still has the Red Race Mini AFAIK

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Nah ....Leo would have been just a boy

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Just talking to Fred yesterday in fact.
Yes, he is from Wavell Heights, Brisbane.
Fred is and always has been heavily involved in racing since the 60s. He helped Peter Manton and lots of other famous names.
He recently built my group Nb engine. Should be very big HP from this 1293.
Fred is very busy at the moment trying to get Sports Sedans registed as a historic catergory, YAY!!!!. Cars built from 1971 to 1982.
He no longer racers but has resigned to building very fast Minis. Without a doubt Fred Sayers would be in the top five in the country regarding how to get power out of an A series. He is a quiet man that doesn't do any chest beating, he doesn't need to blow his own horn. He has the proof of his ability. No bullshit from him. He's really done it.
Fred Sayers in the early 70s raced in the Australian Touring Car Championship in The Dick Johnson XU-1 Torana, not his but was asked to drive it.
A very likable man. If you ever get the chance to talk to him as Molly would say do yourself a favour.
Oh yes Fred did build 'Nuts' Bill Westermans black Twini and that Clubbie was that his crossflow monster???
Can we see the story or pictures????

Thanks a lot for the beaut little story TK...Cheers...

There is a storey on the Twinnie in The Mini Experience...Craig Watsons new Mini Magazine (Ka-ching! theres another free plug Watto )

When I was a teenager I used to have holidays at Wavell Heights...still remember the terrific muddies we used to get from the river (sigh )

Good luck in the Historics, Mick (Historic Flag Marshal)

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This has to be the Meanest Clubby I have seen I'd love more Info on what under the Bonnet Here

At Surfers Paradise
Fred Sayer Ready for the Kevin Clark's Mustang


Fred again againest White Camaro


and at Oran Park Brain Potts Val trying the Impossible againts Ian Stewart

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At Surfers Paradise
Fred Sayer Ready for the Kevin Clark's Mustang


I can't help with the Mini but I was working on that Mustang at that meeting! Fred beat Kevin's Mustang in the first heat and Kevin beat Glen Seton (One of Glens very first races) after a race long dice between three of them. (they finished 8th, 9th and 10th outright)
In the second heat Glen finished up in front of Kevin and Fred was behind them. (they finished 9th, 10th and 11th outright)

The Mustang had a gearbox lock up just after turn 1 at around 150 mph in practice and we spent Saturday night in Brisbane rebuilding the box.
Ahh memories!

Here's Bill Westerman's Twini Mini at Speed on Tweed last year.

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Thanks for the plug Mick.

Yes, there is a feature on Nuts, the Twini Mini, in Issue 1 of The Mini Experience (weve still got plenty of back copies). Fred Sayers gets a gurnsey there and there is a pic of him as well.

According to Fred, historic sports sedans have been accepted by CAMS for historic race meetings as of next year. Fred has been heavily involved in getting this happening. We will be having a feature on these cars in a future issue of the mag, including at least one very impressive Clubby sports sedan with crossflow head, etc.

If you are interested in Super Minis, and can get to Goulburn (near Canberra) then check out the next round of the Super Minis at Wakefield Park in July. Email organiser, Brian Walden at [email protected] for details.

Watto.

oh super mini's
drool lets all go in our mini's
makka

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Fred is a man of many talents, he also makes LSDs for Minis..
Much cheaper than the UK made stuff too.

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ha ha,,,yeah Freddy is a very good mate of mine,,,we dribble on & on & On together, swap parts & bullsh!t all the time,,,i just love him to death,,,not many people in the mini scene that can totally agree together on just about every single thing that we do,,,& Billy is just a kack, one of the lovely-est gentlement you could ever meet,,,i literally gave him as many parts as i could to help towards the build of that twinni mini,,,gotta love them all,,,Clive & Guy (their good mates as well) just a wonerfull lovely bunch of awsome mini enthusiasts

so dam good to see Freddy get some recognition that he surely deserves, & not that he`ll ever ask for it,,,wonderfull wonderfull man,,,one of his sons (Dwaine) works for Warren at MR Automotive & is also a sweet wonderfull person,,,love em all to death

AAaahhhhh,,,group hug now

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Stop press....
I made a small mistake about the Super Minis.
The next round is at the all British day on 5 June. Apparently there are about 30 Minis entered. Should be great.
OK.....back to group hugging......

I love group Huggs

Where's this at

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