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BRISBANE - A motorsport enthusiast plans to rebuild the car in which motor racing legend Peter Brock died in and display it in a museum.
Peter Champion says he plans to show the car in a museum he intends to open in Yeppoon, on Queensland's central coast.
Patrons could pay up to A$15 ($17) to view the Daytona coupe that Brock crashed into a tree at a rally in Perth in September, killing himself and injuring co-driver Mick Hone.
However, the plan to rebuild the shattered Daytona has provoked mixed reactions from loved ones and the racing fraternity.
Fellow racing ace Dick Johnson said he didn't think there was anything wrong with displaying Brock's car, but wasn't sure it would be a drawcard.
"A lot of people will probably see it (as being) in bad taste but at the end of the day history's history," Johnson told ABC Radio today.
"For me, I couldn't care less to be quite honest."
But Johnson said he didn't believe the attraction in his hometown - described by Brock's former wife of 28 years Bev as "macabre" - would lure many visitors.
"Quite frankly, where the museum is, it's not going to attract too many people I don't think, and I don't think anyone's going to make a real special trip to go and have a look," he said.
- AAP
