RAEMUS Rover

[weeds]

21 construction now has possession and will be getting it race fit

[Slunnie]

Nice! Whats the goss on it?

[jase218]

Ah, Little Screamo! Haven't seen her for years.

I can give a bit of history if you like. RAEMUS was built by Puckapunyal Workshop Company in the late 70's to compete in off road racing. Pucka Wksp Coy is/was an Army unit and the idea behind the car and race team was to be a training aid for Army apprentices. As can be seen RAEMUS is a SWB Series IIa. It was taken from normal service by the Army due to accident damage. It had a Holden 186S six-cylinder and pretty much everything else remained Landrover. She went through a second build sometime in the early 80's. She was brunswick (1980's army staff car) green then and did a lot of racing in that time. She then sat around unused for 3-4 years.

In late 87, early 88 my Dad and best mate built her into the blue-yellow-red stage you have now. She had wider wheels back then and a few other differences, but not much has changed. They raced her in 1988 and 1989 mostly in Victoria and were reasonably succesful in the 4x4 classes. At the 1989 Finke Desert Race she went end for end half a dozen times only 7km from the start.

After that, RAEMUS only did 1 or 2 more races, before Dad decided/got permission to turn another wrecked Army Landrover into a new race car. This one was a LWB Series III with Ford 302 Windsor and C4 known as Son of RAEMUS. That car continued until 1995. After Son of RAEMUS was built, RAEMUS was donated to an Army museum. The big car no longer exists at all.

In 1988 I was an 11 year old kid helping his Dad build a race car and RAEMUS was the coolest thing in my life and started my life long love of off road racing. I have hundreds of photo's in my garage from those years. I'll see if I can scan a few and post them up.

Good luck
Jason

[ellard]

Hi there

What a great project - do you have any additional pictures, gota love history......

All the best

Wayne

[jase218]

OK, it's been a couple of weeks but I've finally found some of the old photos. No better place to start than the first race I attended (I'm the kid in the green tracksuit with the crew on the start line).

RAEMUS was pulled out of 3-4 year hibernation for the 1987 Buggy Association of Victoria 100 held outside of Seymour Vic in Oct 87.

Grid spots were drawn from a hat, and RAEMUS ended up on pole. Things went downhill from there fast! After 2 or 3 laps (15km course) something in the rear end broke - from memory shock mounts - which required a very lengthy pitstop. This is what a lot of these photos show.

After 5 laps RAEMUS was retired from the race when two wheels came loose and fell off. A valuable lesson was learned: loctite at least 2 wheel nuts!

[jase218]

After the disappointment of the first race, it was decided that RAEMUS could do with a freshen up. Between Nov 87 and Jul 88, Dad and his best mate - and as much help an 11 year old kid can be - working after hours and weekends stripped RAEMUS down to the chassis rails and started again.

The rear suspension was redesigned, with multiple shocks on each wheel. The officials at the BAV 100 picked up that RAEMUS din't comply with a few current rules around roll cages, seats and harness mounts, so these were all updated. The driveline and running gear was overhauled, all the usual stuff. I remember a new engine was built from 179HP block as the original was bored to far. I think this happened late in the piece and there was bit of a mad rush to have it done.

RAEMUS debut was to be the 1988 Bridgestone International at Kempsey NSW. In those days, this was the pinnacle event in Australia and the biggest off road race in the southern hemisphere.

RAEMUS was unveiled about a week beforehand at a function attended by the sponsors gathered from the local area, the local newspaper and all the family and friends. She looked immaculate and hopes were high.

Unfortunately not long after the start the gearstick snapped. Whilst repairing that it was noticed that newly redesigned rear suspension was a failure and had ripped the upper mounts from the rails, so it was decided to retire.

From there it was back to BAV 100 at Seymour in October. Here was probably the highpoint of RAEMUS career with victory in Class 8 for Modified 4x4. From there it was onto the final round of the Victorian Off Road Championship at Avalon in November. After a fantastic wheel to wheel battle with the similar Army Reserve car (more on this later), RAEMUS came second in Class 8 with the ARes guys taking the win.

Missing the first half of the season probably cost us the Victorian Off Road Championship for Class 8 in 1988, so it was a pretty good year.

[jase218]

As I said 1988 was pretty successful year. In these pics you can see some of the tin ware we won.

In the earlier post I mentioned the Army Reserve car. As can be imagined there was a fair bit of friendly rivalry between the 2 Army teams. The ARes car can be seen here, in its camo livery wearing #840. As well as being an apprentice training aid like RAEMUS, it was also used as recruiting tool for the reserves. I even think a few blokes signed up after having seen it race!

It was built and run by 105 Field Workshops, an Army Reserve unit in Melbourne. It was LWB Series III and ran a Rover 3500cc V8 and from memory it was an auto. Once it was sorted, it was a very quick car for the time. I don't remember too much else about it. As a kid I always preferred 'our' car! I don't actually remember what happened to it after 1989.

In these photos you can also see a buggy in the blue-yellow-red colours (#229). In early 1989 Dad's mate decided RAEMUS wasn't fast enough, so he bought his own buggy. It only ran once in the RAEME livery, before he picked up some real sponsors.

[jase218]

After the success of 1988, no one expected what 1989 had in store.

First race was on Australia Day at the Peron Sand Dunes outside Portland Vic for the opening round of the Victorian Off Road Championship. Unfortunately big heavy 4x4 are not suited to racing in the sand (compared to the smaller, lighter buggies) and RAEMUS was out at around the half way mark with a blown head gasket.

After this race, Dad's mate who had been driving RAEMUS up until then decided he wanted his own buggy. The next few months were focussed on rebuilding the RAEMUS's engine and building the new buggy.

The next race on our calendar was the Finke Desert Race. 1989 was only the second year cars were allowed to compete at Finke and a major Army 'attack' was planned. All 3 cars - RAEMUS, the ARes car and the buggy - were entered. Six odd trucks of equipment and supplies with 20-30 soldiers all left in early June for a 2 week trip to Alice Springs.

Again hopes were high, but there were about to come 'crashing' down, quite literally!

[jase218]

I didn't go to Finke in 89, as it was an 'official' Army adventure training exercise and I was just a 12 year old school kid. But I do remember when Dad rang up to let me know the results.

RAEMUS - with a new driver and navigator - went end for end half a dozen times, less than 10km from the start. Dad said she was a write off, and I remember being pretty upset by it!

The ARes car also went over at one stage, but from memory they made it to the finish.

The buggy was doing quite well and at one stage was second outright. In those days, the return leg from Finke to Alice Springs for the cars was completed in the early morning (a 3am start). To combat a fogging visor, Dad's mate opened it a fraction, however the side effect was that the extreme cold actually froze the liquid in his eyes and blinded him. They crashed into a tree, but still made it home by sticking it in 2nd and the navigator leaning across and steering. A good result went begging, and luckily his eyesight returned later that day once they had 'defrosted'.

[jase218]

After the accident at Finke RAEMUS only did two more races, the BAV 100 at Seymour in Oct and back to Avalon in Nov 89. I haven't found any photos from these races and I can't actually remember what happened at them, aside from they were both retirements for RAEMUS.

In late 1989 Dad got permission to turn a wrecked Army Series III LWB FFR (Fitted For Radio) into another race car. This one was powered by a Ford 302W V8 with a C4 auto. After the Finke accident, I don't think Dad wanted to see someone else wreck his 'babies' and decided to step up from running the team to driving the new car. The new car - Son of RAEMUS - debuted at the 1990 Finke Desert Race and made up for the previous year by finishing in the top 5 for Class 8 Modified 4x4.

After that the new car was plagued by overheating issues for the rest of 1990 including the Old Man Emu 300 at Puckapunyal in November where because no one else wanted to buy a CAMS licence for one race (in those days all CAMS licences expired on 31 Dec regardless) I had my first race as a 13 year old as Dad's navigator in the new car.

The attached pics show Son of RAEMUS in early 1992.

I have found a stack of photos from RAEMUS early days, which I can also scan and post, but I don't know anything of them as it was before our time with her. I also have a stack more photos of Son of RAEMUS that I am yet to find.

[Blknight.aus]

at some point it was gifted to ALTC at albury wodonga. as of 2006 ish she was sorely neglected

Last I saw of it some of my old spare series mounts were being shoe horned in by the appies at violence and terrorism wing, all I was looking to do at that stage was get the front gate in the rear view on a permanent basis so I didnt get into it.

[jase218]

During the build of the blue car, the old Mob Siding workshops in Seymour were closed down and everything moved out to Pucka. After that they had a lack of storage space for the race equipment, so rather than scrap her, Dad organised to donate RAEMUS to the RAEME museum in Bandiana. After that we lost 'contact' with her. That would've been late 1990, early 1991.

[weeds]

thanks heaps Jase....any chance you have the chassis number for the bean counters on here

[jase218]

thanks heaps Jase....any chance you have the chassis number for the bean counters on here

Sorry I don't know but Dad might. He still has a lot of the old paperwork and stuff at his place. I remember a photo from RAEMUS first race in 1979 when she was still pretty standard. She even still wore Army number plates. If I can dig that out it should give you an ARN to start with.

I know that photo album is at Dads place somewhere. We were talking about this the other day and he thinks he also have the original CAMS logbook, which may also help.

[travelingaustralian]

Hi Jason,

I was just looking up info on Reamus Rover and come across this post.
My father "Peter George Davey" along with a guy name John built the first Reamus. My name is Patrick John Davey and im your age probably went to school with you as I went to school in Seymour. My father along with John raced it till they handed it over to the apprentices as a learning tool. We lost all the pictures of it years ago to fire. Have you got anymor pictures.

Patrick





After the disappointment of the first race, it was decided that RAEMUS could do with a freshen up. Between Nov 87 and Jul 88, Dad and his best mate - and as much help an 11 year old kid can be - working after hours and weekends stripped RAEMUS down to the chassis rails and started again.

The rear suspension was redesigned, with multiple shocks on each wheel. The officials at the BAV 100 picked up that RAEMUS din't comply with a few current rules around roll cages, seats and harness mounts, so these were all updated. The driveline and running gear was overhauled, all the usual stuff. I remember a new engine was built from 179HP block as the original was bored to far. I think this happened late in the piece and there was bit of a mad rush to have it done.

RAEMUS debut was to be the 1988 Bridgestone International at Kempsey NSW. In those days, this was the pinnacle event in Australia and the biggest off road race in the southern hemisphere.

RAEMUS was unveiled about a week beforehand at a function attended by the sponsors gathered from the local area, the local newspaper and all the family and friends. She looked immaculate and hopes were high.

Unfortunately not long after the start the gearstick snapped. Whilst repairing that it was noticed that newly redesigned rear suspension was a failure and had ripped the upper mounts from the rails, so it was decided to retire.

From there it was back to BAV 100 at Seymour in October. Here was probably the highpoint of RAEMUS career with victory in Class 8 for Modified 4x4. From there it was onto the final round of the Victorian Off Road Championship at Avalon in November. After a fantastic wheel to wheel battle with the similar Army Reserve car (more on this later), RAEMUS came second in Class 8 with the ARes guys taking the win.

Missing the first half of the season probably cost us the Victorian Off Road Championship for Class 8 in 1988, so it was a pretty good year.

[FenianEel]

I've got a bit of info on her.
I believe she's at Amberley at the moment, and undergoing a resto.
We (UV4x4) donated a set of HID lights, and a few other bits late last year.

I'll find the details and post em up tomorrow.
They're looking for support and assistance to get her up to scratch again. ;)

[RAEMUS ROVER]

Ladies & Gents,

I'm the current RAEMUS ROVER team manager for the refreshed team. I was made aware of this forum today and would like to bring everyone up to date. The car is in it's final stages of a rebuild to enable it to comply with current CAMs standards, we have gained some tremendous support from sponsors and have just entered Finke Desert Rally, please look for us on their website.
We have slightly altered from the original operational method for RAEMUS of the 70's and 80's. We only operate in after hours, use no Army supplied anything, rely soley on sponsors, gifts and skull duggery. The principle operation of the team is two fold. One, to provide a platform for training tradesman, the second to provide a platform for raising awareness and fund raising for injured veterans. Please if you can help us to support wounded and injured veterans please do so. This story of the re-newed RAEMUS is long and detailed, maybe later I'll cover that.
The old chassis ( had to be replaced due to significant corrosion ) had no chassis number left on it, sorry bean counters. The replacement chassis is a LWB 1961 model, numbers to follow soon. The team has scored a Rover V8 engine, that's now fitted. All other components are of the original RAEMUS, apart from those we had to replace to comply with CAMS. We have had some great support from the likes of ENZED Brisbane, Mack Trucks Australia, RSL QLD and Jaguar Land Rover Asia Pacific, but we still need more to make this great car continue for years to come. If you know someone who can help please help us.
On another issue the RAEME corps is in final stages of assembling the corps history coffee table book, I would like to get as much history of this car. Please send as much as you can to me as soon as you can. I would love to have names and stories but time is very very limited.
I drove the car way back in 1985 for a short time and now it's time for the next generation to move RAEMUS forward, please get behind the team and look for us on Facebook ( spelt remus on facebook ). I would like to insert a current photo but need guidance on how to do this, ( tried but failed ):mad:

Ian

[weeds]

Ian, thanks for the update.......

43rd Fitter:cool:

[RAEMUS ROVER]

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[RAEMUS ROVER]

Sorry I don't know but Dad might. He still has a lot of the old paperwork and stuff at his place. I remember a photo from RAEMUS first race in 1979 when she was still pretty standard. She even still wore Army number plates. If I can dig that out it should give you an ARN to start with.

I know that photo album is at Dads place somewhere. We were talking about this the other day and he thinks he also have the original CAMS logbook, which may also help.

Jase, how quickly can you get your hands on the log book, it would greatly help the re-issue of a log book for RAEMUS for Finke. It's coming up really soon.

Ian

[FenianEel]

Well that was a little treat!
Just had Raemus pull up outside the store.
Good to meet you lads!
Here's a few ordinary pics off my phone.

She's pretty different now :D

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/968.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/969.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/05/970.jpg

[FenianEel]

This was an update from September last year.
Obviously a fair bit has changed since this was written, but it shows a bit of background and history.

A few pics too









An Old Friend Returns – REMUS ROVER

In the late 1970’s RAEME staff from the Puckapunyal Military Area formed the REMUS Rover team, focused on raising the profile of the corps and developing trade skills amongst active team members. The vehicle was donated from Army disposal agencies and operated on donated parts and corporate support via the RAEME Association. The vehicle competed in various enduro style races through-out Victoria and New South Wales, gaining exposure for recruiting people into RAEME and providing a social interest for RAEME members. During the late 1980’s early 90’s, REMUS activities was wound down due to various factors, predominately large scale movement of soldiers out of Puckapunyal to either Queensland or Northern Territory. The vehicle was retired and has since been in static storage in Bandiana / Bonegilla. The origin of the name Remus ( spelt RAEMUS ), is unclear, it has never been documented but always been referred to as Remus. It is believed to be named after a RAEME member circa 1942 whose nickname was Remus.

Operational Concept
The vehicle belongs to the National RAEME Association, SO2 RAEME reserves the right to determine the actions and location of Remus at all times.
The principle for operations involving the Remus Rover Team is based on the original operating premise of Remus during the 1970’s / 80’s. The team is solely operated by RAEME members, other defence members may participate however all functions and decisions are solely for RAEME members.
Remus Rover is both an activity to develop trades skill for tradesmen in areas not normally exposed to during normal work environment and for a RAEME Corps promotional vehicle to support the recruitment and retention of corps members.


The Future Plans
For the remainder of the year the team will focus on preparing the car for CAMS certification and driver training. With the workshop being in an Engineer unit it allows the workshop to have a prepared test track in the plant training “dust / mud bowl”. With this providing a private test track and race training facility equates to many hours of driving as well as the expected maintaining required in a race team. The team are planning to have the vehicle and drivers ready to start competing in 2013 if not earlier.

So for all those olds & bolds out there and anyone else who maybe interested we need corporate support to make this work. Advertising space is available ( the car is getting a complete re-spray ) for any interested agency.

Team Management
The team has formed a provisional committee to enable the initial re-establishment of REMUS Rover to be conducted, all members within the Sth East area of QLD are welcome to join in and play a role within the team. You don’t need to be working on the vehicle to be working in the team, much sponsorship and liaison is required to establish the team again. Any RAEME member interested in joining the REMUS team please contact any one of the committee members listed below.

Just like years before the team has one simple rule, you work on the car / team, you get to drive / navigate the car on the track.

[RAEMUS ROVER]

We pick up RAEMUS from Gonzos Performance Exhausts tomorrow, really looking forward to hearing her arc up with the new system :twisted:. Gonzo does great work, we are very excited to get her back to finish her off for Finke. :p

[jase218]

Hi Jason,

I was just looking up info on Reamus Rover and come across this post.
My father "Peter George Davey" along with a guy name John built the first Reamus. My name is Patrick John Davey and im your age probably went to school with you as I went to school in Seymour. My father along with John raced it till they handed it over to the apprentices as a learning tool. We lost all the pictures of it years ago to fire. Have you got anymor pictures.

Patrick

Between Dad and me we've got heaps more photos, I just need to sit down and scan them. When I do, I'll be sure to post them up.

[jase218]

Jase, how quickly can you get your hands on the log book, it would greatly help the re-issue of a log book for RAEMUS for Finke. It's coming up really soon.

Ian

I know time is short with Finke being on Queens Birthday weekend (I'll be at the 40th Sea Lake Mallee Rally in Vic). Probably can't find the log book in time for that sorry. Not even sure if we do actually have it, haven't seen it in years. The last time Dad saw it was in his shed though.

[RAEMUS ROVER]

We have been burning the midnight for a couple of weeks and have had some good luck. The original CAMS logbook application has been found at HQ CAMS enabling us to be reissued a CAMS log book in just enough time for us to make it to Finke. The car looks great and sounds fantastic, little screamo now has a certain growl.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=61277&stc=1&d=1370171132

[RAEMUS ROVER]

Well a quick update, a massive week for the team, struggle after struggle to get to the race then get on the track. Prologue ( qualifying ) was good and bad, Dave went well but I rolled the car thankfully only panel damage. With hammers and pop rivet guns the car was ready to roll on race day. Looking remarkably unscathed, the arrival of the car amazed most of the other competitors when we lined up to start.

The old girl went really well, amazing us it went further than the car has ever gone in the Finke Last time in 1989 it went 35km and before that only 5 km. This year we did 116km and had to withdraw with a blown timing cover gasket dropping too much oil. With an engine rebuild and some softer springs settings we'll be back to show the tough old lady again.

The car was the crowd favorite, as we passed the competitors that had their car fail, it was fantastic to see them cheer us on. The old Landrover is well loved by the Off Road Racing Community and race fans alike [bigsmile]. A rapid repair and we'll be working with injured and ill veterans on the test track as soon as possible. :p

We are looking for some spare front panels if anyone has some spare for us.

[travr]

Gday Guys,

My Name is Travis and i am one of the RAEMUS ROVER teams members. i came across this post when searching your site about information regarding disc brake conversion for series Rover. i have read through the posts and alot has happened since then. the team is now working with RSL Queensland and also Mates 4 Mates. both of these organisations have come on board as supporters of the team as we use the vehicle to help our injured and ill veterans.

we have competed in three events this year with varying success including entering the car in the Lockyer event that was on last weekend. we also hope to enter 1 more race at the end of november. we are also looking at developing a second vehicle which will have the underbody of a disco with coil springs and disc brakes but the shell will still be the trusty series rover that we know and love.

The changes that RAEMUS has undergone this year include rebarication of new shock mounts and fitting of racing shocks front and rear. The old 4 speed box finally decided it did not like working any more so we sourced a 5 speed LT77 and LT230 Tcase from British off road. this required selling of spare parts and driveline components we had laying around but we managed to get it sorted. as the new gear box and Tcase went in we fabricated some new solid mounts for the engine and also custom solid mounts for the transmission and Tcase mount. we also went through a stage of bracing and changing front and rear diffs on the car and they finally seem to be working a treat.

we intend to keep the old leaf sprung car running the plan is it will be mainly used for short course events and we are hoping to take 2 cars to Finke next year(2015). once we can find the support or money to allow us to fit a disc brake conversion we are hoping being able to stop the old girl will take some of the stresses off the car and allow us to finish a event reasonably unscathed.

i plan to keep an eye on this page now as we continue to work with the old car and develop the new one. i am always happy to answer any questions people might have and we are always looking for new team members to help us progress forward. if any one is interested in working with the team or sponsoring us in any way we are always open to new path ways. i also have alot of random series parts so if you need something hit me up and if i have it we can work something out.

and i nearly forgot to mention thanks to RSL Queensland Donation of new safety gear for the team and support over the next 3 years the team is now called RSL RAEMUS ROVER.

Thanks for looking and feel free to look us up on face book

https://www.facebook.com/groups/REAMUS/

Cheers
Travis
RSL RAEMUS ROVER TEAM

[travr]

https://www.facebook.com/4wdaction/photos/a.481700410000.334188.350988760000/10154921888285001/'type=1
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=299134700288241&set=pcb.738368136211940&type=1&relevant_count=1

[bob10]

Mates for mates LR racing team. Bob


http://www.rslqld.org/issue-9-4-november-2014/issue-9-raemus-rover/

[bob10]

Raemus Rover, doing good, Bob [ like the bit about they got the engine out of a farmers shed]

listen to the audio, classic
Raemus Rover back to Finke after 22 years in museum - ABC Rural (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-10/land-rover-finke-raemus/4742008)

[travr]

That's a great interview the car has come a long way since then and will be back at finke next year with a second vehicle for the team. These days the car has had some suspension updates and some diff work. We will be racing again at the end of the month then it will be time to concern traits on getting the new car easy whilst maintaining the old girl.

Cheers
Travis

[bob10]

That's a great interview the car has come a long way since then and will be back at finke next year with a second vehicle for the team. These days the car has had some suspension updates and some diff work. We will be racing again at the end of the month then it will be time to concern traits on getting the new car easy whilst maintaining the old girl.

Cheers
Travis


Good to see mate, please keep us informed. I am a member of the Redcliffe VVAA, & mick, our publicity officer , would love to keep the members in the loop. Any news on AULRO involvement, would go down well, Bob
;)

[travr]

G'day bob
I'll do my best to keep you guys updated. I have been trying to get hold of the guy doing the disc brake conversion but have not had any luck as yet I have a phone number from lotz a landies and tried to PM but have not managed to get him. Better braking is the next evolution for the car as the old drum brakes don't do much for stopping when you are racing. We are always after more sponsors so if you know any one that would like to get involved please shoot me a PM and I'll send you my number. We have the face book page that we put regular photos on and we also hope to have a website up in the not to distant future.

The car is still run by volunteers we do get good support from queensland RSL for all our safety gear. But we are always looking for more support especially as we push towards building the second vehicle.

Cheers
Travis
RSL RAEMUS ROVER

[travr]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/11/938.jpg (http://s289.photobucket.com/user/TROSEY1/media/imagejpg4.jpg.html)

[travr]

New front shock set up

[travr]

Good to see mate, please keep us informed. I am a member of the Redcliffe VVAA, & mick, our publicity officer , would love to keep the members in the loop. Any news on AULRO involvement, would go down well, Bob
;)

gday bob sorry for not knowing but what does VVAA stand for.

Cheers Travis

Never mind found it feel a bit stupid for not knowing my apologies

[The ho har's]

Had a call out for a chassis for RSL Raemus Rover Racing. seems we had one here:)

The new chassis 94323890c will come from us for the 2a. It is/was 30-181 94323890c FFR 24 volt fitted with winch, sad to see another military to let go but glad to see another running around :D

Mrs hh:angel:

[John H]

Had a call out for a chassis for RSL Raemus Rover Racing. seems we had one here:)

The new chassis 94323890c will come from us for the 2a. It is/was 30-181 94323890c FFR 24 volt fitted with winch, sad to see another military to let go but glad to see another running around :D

Mrs hh:angel:

Good work .I hope to see it at Finke next year.

[Sherro57]

After the accident at Finke RAEMUS only did two more races, the BAV 100 at Seymour in Oct and back to Avalon in Nov 89. I haven't found any photos from these races and I can't actually remember what happened at them, aside from they were both retirements for RAEMUS.

I have found a stack of photos from RAEMUS early days, which I can also scan and post, but I don't know anything of them as it was before our time with her. I also have a stack more photos of Son of RAEMUS that I am yet to find.

Hey there Jase,
I'm in the RSL Raemus Rover Racing team. I did up a short video from photos and footage from the last 18 months or so. But since doing it, I was asked if mind if the video gets passed around our sponsors and the like, plus for anyone curious what we do. Anyway, from a quick slap together, I'm now spending the time to do it properly, however we as the team have also agreed to have some short interview type clips with current and maybe former members of the team, a bit of history etc. The other thing is that I've been trying to track down some old photos or film from the early days, both the series II and the 'Son of Raemus',,, even that little buggy that was seen in some of the photos you posted would be great. It's quite ironic that back in the days when your dad was running things there was two Rovers and a buggy,,, and there is the same line up again, but a different series III and a different buggy :P
I stumbled on your post, and saw your pix,,, would you mind if I used some of them? And if you happen to have more, then awesome

Anyway, let me know

Cheers

Cameron

[The_Riddler]

Well, this is good to see - RAEMUS Rover lives on after all this time.
I was posted to Puckapunyal Workshop Company between 1982 and 1984. Peter Davey and Gus Ryan were the driver/navigator when I joined the crew. I lost a lot of skin and blood on that machine :(. After Peter and Gus got posted out John (Robbo) Robertson, Eric (Fish) Herring and I took over. I think Ian Baker joined us about 5 months later (memory not what it used to be).
We raced Goondiwindi, Sea Lake, Portland and got a track certified on the outskirts of Seymore.
At that time we were running a 202/yellow terra head and 4 barrel Rochester. During a driver training weekend on the Puckapunyal Range (I was driving and Robbo navigating) we lost oil pressure and Robbo killed the engine. All we had in the wksp was a 179HP, so we used it and got RAEMUS ready for Portland dune race (and that is another story).

If anyone has photos from that time it would be good to see them. I've had a look at the pics here and only remember the older ones (I was posted to 1st Armoured Regiment in 1984 and lost touch with the crew.

Thanks for the memories :D