Ron Ewing, Buick Special racing car, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946
‘Bitza’ racing car, 100-mile (240 km) Grand Prix, Bathurst, Australia, 1946
In October 1946 Ron Ewing entered his ‘Bitza’ racing car in the 100-mile (240 km) Grand Prix at Bathurst. In this photo he is working on the car, a Buick Special modified with aircraft parts. Ewing, a Sydney ambulance worker, had built it in the backyard of the Summer Hill ambulance station in Sydney. Unfortunately, it blew its clutch during the race, and he had to pull out.
by Pix magazine photographer
from film negative
presented by ACP Magazines Ltd, 2008
On display in State Library of New South Wales Exhibition 'Shot'
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/shot
ON 388/Box 011/Item 072 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6DBgQY/RqVEwaAEJ7Oxl
Ron Ewing, Buick Special racing car, Grand Prix, Bathurst, October 1946
‘Bitza’ racing car, 100-mile (240 km) Grand Prix, Bathurst, Australia, 1946
In October 1946 Ron Ewing entered his ‘Bitza’ racing car in the 100-mile (240 km) Grand Prix at Bathurst. In this photo he is working on the car, a Buick Special modified with aircraft parts. Ewing, a Sydney ambulance worker, had built it in the backyard of the Summer Hill ambulance station in Sydney. Unfortunately, it blew its clutch during the race, and he had to pull out.
by Pix magazine photographer
from film negative
presented by ACP Magazines Ltd, 2008
On display in State Library of New South Wales Exhibition 'Shot'
www.sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/shot
ON 388/Box 011/Item 072 collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nX6DBgQY/RqVEwaAEJ7Oxl