1974 George Begg 018

• Built in 1974, the vehicle was the 18^th car to be built by the Southland engineer – and in true, straightforward-Southland style, it was simply dubbed ‘018’ and is currently owned by Scott O'Donnell
• This car was a collaboration between George Begg and well-known driver Jim Murdoch
• (Murdoch also drove the 018 for two seasons, and put in some remarkable performances including taking out second place in the 1975 New Zealand Grand Prix.)
• George Begg had a real thing for painting his race cars yellow, and the Begg 018 was destined for the same treatment
• But Jim Murdoch preferred dark blue, so as a compromise the Begg 018 was given its eye-catching paint-job of dark blue with zippy-looking yellow trim
• The car wasn’t just a feat of fantastic engineering, but of design
• With its chisel nose and side-mounted radiators, everything about this car just screamed top-notch from the very start.

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