Promo card for Bob Jane T-Marts Monza
w/ specs and builders
Pat
Purcell, Tom Coad, & Ron Harrop.
Bob Jane won the 1980
and 1981 ASSC championship.
Bob Jane Monza -
built in 1979
View of rear
chassis suspension during
with
detachable fiberglass body panels
removed.
(Photo courtesy of Bob Jane Racing Heritage)
Q: What did it cost to build Bob Jane's Monza in '79?
A: $100,000 (or $350,000 in
2013 dollars)
Bob Jane #10 (c/n Purcell)
Monza
ASSC race - ca. 1980
DeKon was already building
championship GT
Monza
chassis for about $37,000 each.
Bob Jane Monza -
built in 1979
Detail
showing rear transaxle, coil-over shocks,
large
brake calipers and vented rotors.
(Photo courtesy of Bob Jane Racing Heritage)
Bob Jane #10 (c/n Purcell)
Monza
ASSC - Sandown
Raceway
Melbourne, Vic, AU -
December 14, 1980
Bob Jane #10 (c/n Purcell)
Monza
ASSC race - ca. 1980
Peter Brock #7
(c/n Purcell) Bob Jane T-Marts
ASSC R11 - Adelaide
Int'l Raceway?
Virginia, SA, AU -
October 25, 1981
(Photo
courtesy of Bob Jane Racing Heritage)
Purcell (Small) chassis rebuild
(Right-hand drive)
Pete Brock #7 (c/n Purcell-Small)
Australian GT
Championship Rnd 5 -
Wanneroo Park
Neerabup, Western Australia, AU -
July 11, 1982
Les Small rebuild,
with air cooling slots exiting
both
sides of hood bulge for radiator
Allan Grice #4
(c/n Purcell-Small) Re-Car Racing
Australian GT
Championship -
Calder Park
Melbourne, Vic, AU - July 29, 1984
Allan Grice #64
(c/n Purcell-Small) Re-Car Racing
AGTC- Sandown
Park 1000
km (won)
Melbourne, AU - September 9, 1984
Re-Car
- Allan Grice, Dick Johnson, Ron Harrop (6.0L engine)
(Photo by Dale Rogers)
Bryan Thomson #14
(c/n Purcell-Small)
Australian GT
Championship - 1985
Bryan Thomson #14
(c/n Purcell-Small)
Australian GT
Championship
-
Amaroo or Oran Park??
AU - 1985
Bryan
Thomson #2 (c/n Purcell-Small)
abt 1985
Bob Jane, a very
successful Australian racer and businessman. He saw the
potential of the Monza in 1980 and commissioned racecar
designer Pat Purcell to build his Chevrolet Monza. Purcell produced
one of the most aerodynamic
Monzas ever seen, sporting a 625 hp V-8 Chevy and ultra-wide
wheels for superior handling. Painted red with "BOB JANE
T-MARTS". The car underwent
a major rebuild by
Les Small. Peter Brock drove the car for Bob Jane T-Marts in
1982-83.
Re-Car driver, Alan Grice, handily won the
1984 Australian GT Championship driving the ex-Bob
Jane
Chevrolet Monza. In late 1984 Grice was joined by fellow
touring car star
Dick Johnson and driver/engineer Ron Harrop, when they
contested the
1000 km of Sandown as part of the
1984 World Endurance Championship, in the Monza. The
race was the first ever World Championship road race held in
Australia. Running in the special "AC Class" (for cars in
the Australian GT and
Sports Car championships), Grice qualified the car 18th,
but they were eventually disqualified from the race for
receiving outside assistance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Grice
Owners of Purcell-Small Monza
Owner
Year
Entrant
Drivers
Remarks
1.
Bob Jane
1979-84
Bob Jane T-Marts
Bob Jane, Pete Brock
Design/built
by Pat Purcell in '79, with
later
rebuild by Les Small.
2.
Alan Browne
1984-85
Re-Car Racing Team
Allan Grice, Dick Johnson
Purcell-Small chassis, prepared by Les Small
3.
Bryan Thomson
1985-90
Bryan Thompson, Brad Jones
Alan Grice
drove to ASSC Champion in ‘85.
Car was
converted to a Supra in 1989.
4.
Des Wall
1990 -
David
Lasted raced
in New South Wales.
Pete Brock
crashed at the Adelaide GT on July 4, 1982
when the Monza's
rear axle broke during start of race.
