ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY 1986 > 1990
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1986 - ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY BRIAN ROSE MEMORIAL 1986 |
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MIKE COLES 1934 FORD COUPE
=============================================Dave Harvey recalls: Myself and Mike Coles started racing at the same time at the old Wattle Grove track, we went halves in a FX Stock Production sedan that Bill Oldfield Snr or "Flipper as most new him" was selling, we shared the drive in this car for about six meetings before I wrecked it after being turned around and rolling the humpy about five or six times.
Later Mike turned his attension to V8 Hot Rod racing, he built a car and used the 34 Ford Coupe body off the ex John Leopold car that John ran at in the 1960's
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above 2014 Mike Coles Photo: Allan Baker.left John Leopold with his coupe Photo: unknown. |
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Mike raced this car with a lot of success until he wrecked it at a race meeting one night, when Mike rebuild the car he took off the coupe body and fitted a more modern style, and went back racing, By this time I was racing sidecars with my brother Warren and was into Street Rodding, I had heard a whisper on the grape vine that Mike still had the body, but it was a bit torn up, one phone call later and It was mine for the cost of a carton of beer.
I did pick up the body and later on sold it to another rodder, no idea if he still has it.
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1986 - PETER UPHILL
West Coast Speedway News Photo feature
1986 - Photo: Peter Uphill collection.
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1987 - ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY 1987 |
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1987 - ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY RDA DTHRA SPORTSMAN DERBY
West Coast Speedway News Pictorial feature
1987 - Ivor Ladwig takes the win in the Sportsman Derby Feature race. Photo: Mark Peel collection.
1987 - Ivor Ladwig - Rod Betts - Mike Coles - John Lough line up for podium photo. Photo: Mark Peel collection.
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1987 - FRANK DOES Stock Production's
1987 - Frank Does won the RDA 100 in 1987 giving him the right to run the number RDA1. Photo: unknown.
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1988 - ELLENBROOK SPEEDWAY SPRINTCAR SLIDESHOW
