Where are they now?

Three of the four Allan Moffat Racing/Peter Stuyvesant Mazda RX7s built at Moffat’s Toorak headquarters survive today in some form. Two are owned by Paul Stubber: the second car (AMR-002) and the left-hand drive 004 ‘Daytona’ chassis. Chassis 002 is in fact a reshell of the #42 car which nished third at Bathurst in 1984 (the ‘Hansford/ Moffat’ car in which Hansford took the start as a back-up entry/insurance policy against the #43 car striking trouble early – which it duly did, its engine failing after just 15 laps).

Moffat sold 002 in the late ‘80s to Matt Wacker, who used it in Sports Sedan competition (below) before later selling it to West Aussie Chris Reindler (father of V8 Supercar driver Karl). Reindler subsequently crashed the car; it was later re-shelled and is now owned by Stubber.

This car hasn’t been seen on track since 2010, with Stubber not budging on his stance of wanting to run a six-speed gearbox, which he maintains the Moffat Mazdas did in the period (Mick Webb admits as much in this story), but which CAMS does not permit in Historic Group C racing. The third car, AMR003, was the one written off after the shunt Moffat suffered in the 1984 Surfers Paradise ATCC round.

The original AMR-001 Mazda was later used as a test hack for running in engines and brakes when its racing life was over and was sold to a Mazda dealer in the mid ‘80s. It is now in Queensland, where it restoration is currently almost complete.