Kevin Bartlet

DaveTE · 10-10-2009, 08:38 PM

Was at Bathurst the other day and went to the O'Connell Pub few kms out of Bathurst and look who we managed to get to catch a footy the channel 9 car roll over man.
http://s168.photobucket.com/albums/u...009_184201.flv

CAMS290 · 10-10-2009, 09:00 PM

Kev is an old legend, that roll over in the Camaro is a part of Bathurst history

**ebxr8240** · 10-10-2009, 09:19 PM

Yea channel 6 car.. Lol..

burnz · 10-10-2009, 09:24 PM

thats a name i havent heard in a long time.
anybody know what he's doing now??

Rev28K · 10-10-2009, 09:39 PM

Moved to Queensland? Helping Bowdens with their classic old cars and dropping a "t" from his surname.

He is using a cane for his Lola limp now.

kenz · 10-10-2009, 09:45 PM

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Moved to Queensland? Helping Bowdens with their classic old cars and dropping a "t" from his surname.

He is using a cane for his Lola limp now.

Yeah Dan? Bowden was saying today (at a local Ford show) hes racing some of their cars in tarmac rally's or something like that?

dave351cid · 10-10-2009, 10:30 PM

i heard a few years ago that he had a property at Melany on the sunny coast hinterland

Dan289 · 11-10-2009, 07:15 PM

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i heard a few years ago that he had a property at Melany on the sunny coast hinterland

KB certainly does come in and help us with our cars, something we are quite thankful for. He moved to the Sunshine Coast after we bought the Camaro from him some years ago. An amazingly gifted driver, who has not lost an ounce of his talent and even more so with the art of car setup. Something we see lost to most of the race drivers nowadays....

He has also been helping young Michael Caruso the last few years, which i think would have led to a pretty proud moment seeing him on the Bathurst podium this afternoon.

Cheers,
Dan

XR6_190 · 11-10-2009, 07:35 PM

I thought he held the games played record for Richmond

Scott · 11-10-2009, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Dan289

He moved to the Sunshine Coast after we bought the Camaro from him some years ago.

Wouldn't let it out of his sight eh? Is KB a Bowdens employee or does he just chime in as required?

MO · 11-10-2009, 08:22 PM

'Big Rev Kev' that bloke is a legend as far as I'm concerned,a straight talker.
He used to write for one of the Oz car mags a while back,blokes would send in Questions on how to's and Kev would tell you how and why it would work or not.

dave351cid · 11-10-2009, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MO

'Big Rev Kev' that bloke is a legend as far as I'm concerned,a straight talker.
He used to write for one of the Oz car mags a while back,blokes would send in Questions on how to's and Kev would tell you how and why it would work or not.

he had a page in "street machine " mag for a long time. guess thats the one your talking about.

MO · 11-10-2009, 09:33 PM

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he had a page in "street machine " mag for a long time. guess thats the one your talking about.

That would be it,liked reading his page.

Pedro · 12-10-2009, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Dan289

KB certainly does come in and help us with our cars, something we are quite thankful for. He moved to the Sunshine Coast after we bought the Camaro from him some years ago. An amazingly gifted driver, who has not lost an ounce of his talent and even more so with the art of car setup. Something we see lost to most of the race drivers nowadays....

He has also been helping young Michael Caruso the last few years, which i think would have led to a pretty proud moment seeing him on the Bathurst podium this afternoon.

Cheers,
Dan

My mates and I used to climb up a tree on the main corner at Foley's Hill Climb out the back of Mona Vale in NSW and watch KB nurturing his talent as he thrashed the Bartlett family Morris Minor up the hill along with the likes of Ralph Sach in his black 48-215. His sister Kay (I think?) was also a fearless peddler and gave the Minor some grief.

Dan289 · 15-10-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GTP006

Wouldn't let it out of his sight eh? Is KB a Bowdens employee or does he just chime in as required?

He is our resident race driver and helps when required. He has a lot on his plate, between his work helping nurture V8 supercar driver David Caruso the last few seasons, driving standards advisor with Cams for the historic racing catagories and running his "hobby" farm up on the range.

GRNKPR · 08-11-2009, 12:14 AM

i know Dan will agree we have had the privlage of a few dinners with Kev over the years and you can sit and talk to him for hours the mans knowlage is incredible and he has been known to give the old Cams a flogging after a couple o Reds !!!!!!!!!!

Top Bloke !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!