Talk:John French (racing driver)

GT-HO Phase 1 or GT-HO
Re the deletion of the "Phase 1" from GT-HO Phase 1 - Whilst it’s true that the Phase 1 name has been applied to the first GT-HO retrospectively, doesn’t the same apply to the Escort Mk1, the Capri Mk1 and the Cortina Mk1? This doesn’t seem to have stopped us using the Mk1 label for these cars and this serves a very useful purpose in that it tells the reader that the car was not a Mk2 or a Mk3, but rather that it was “the one before the Mk2”! We should of course clarify the use of the Mk1 (or Phase 1) moniker in the actual Escort / Capri / Cortina / Falcon article. GTHO (talk) 09:44, 2 September 2009 (UTC)

Photos of drivers or their cars
Hi - Just looking at a lot of the articles on Australian racing drivers and notice there are virtually no photos in these articles. Is this a deliberate thing or is it just because there are none available?

Also re John French, not sure on the exact date that he became an Alfa Romeo dealer, but it was well before his racing retirement. John French Motors was originally Clive Nolan Motors, and John French took it over after Nolan's death I think in the late sixties. John French Motors was initially an Alfa dealer and has also sold BMC, Renault, Peugeot and Subaru before shutting the doors some years back.

They had an excellent workshop and John's workshop manager and race mechanic was Brian Michelmore who was also handy behind the wheel, racing MKI Cortinas and also taking out the Queensland Rally Championship in the early 70's.

John French successfully raced Minis, Alfa Romeos (for Alec Mildren and with ex-Alec Mildren cars), works GTHO Falcons with Allan Moffat, and also shared the driving of Geoghegan's Super Falcon with Pete.

While the sales side of John French Motors is now closed, the mechanical workshops are still operating under his name but with new ownership.

Graham-ruckert (talk) 04:53, 10 March 2011 (UTC)

In regard to this early sentence of this article:

French had a long career throughout the 60s and 70s and the early 80s.,

shouldn't this also mention the 50s, when his two-tone green FJ Holden was regarded as one of the leading Saloon Cars alongside Leo Geoghegan's 48-215, until the Jaguars arrived with McKay's Mk 1?

Piglos (talk) 11:23, 20 July 2014 (UTC)