A name that doesn’t need introducing in the South African racing scene, and a name you would have heard a lot about over the past weekend at Simola Hillclimb, racing with his B19 Chevron and heavily-modified GTR called “Sheriff”. His family is well-known in the mining industry, but also for their racing, with Franco being part of a family of racers. He has stories upon stories to tell, including racing F40’s around on Italy’s mountain roads, and how he is rebuilding the very Mustang that almost caused his death.
Here are some of the highlights of the podcast:
00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:43 How did you passion come to be 00:08:25 The choice between motorsport and other ambitions 00:12:05 Knowing what you know now, would you have gone full-time motorsport? 00:16:06 Do you get a thrill from cars outside of motorsport? 00:19:41 Classic car tour experiences 00:22:00 Cape 1000 00:25:03 Most precious cars 00:25:39 300SL story 00:30:41 F40 00:35:00 Car culture in Italy 00:36:16 Race cars owned and driven 00:36:41 B19 Chevron 00:38:41 B26 Chevron 00:39:03 '65 fastback 00:39:11 Mustang Crash 00:40:03 Worklife vs Motorsport 00:43:13 Racing successes 00:46:08 Is the body still up for racing? 00:50:10 Project cars 00:53:33 Muscle Cars 00:54:27 Restomods 00:56:27 One road one car 00:57:03 250 SWB
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