This is a bit of the "If Only" department !
My last "Autosport" issue when I left England in December 1973 had these entries in the classified section.
Read and weep folks !
( Ken Hyndman )..note the 72 Austin 1800 is almost as much as a 69 Mach 1 Mustang.
How times have changed .
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Ken- That Lola T330. are they saying it has a 8.1 litre Can/Am engine?
No wonder it won the Irish Championship, now would that be 5 litre engine limit?
Sounds like Central Muscle Car class.
John,
I may have jumped the gun but that is probably the price asked for the Can Am engine.
Can you imagine the price asked on these two in today's market.
An original Ford GT 40
Ken H
2 seperate items johnOriginally Posted by John McKechnie
On the side of Lola T330 number 74 is Regazzoni, that would be Clay Regazzoni.
And here it is again-
ww.ebay.co.uk/itm/10x8-Original-Period-Photograph-Clay-Regazzoni-F5000-Lola-T330-Brands-Hatch-73-/28184518198
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October 1973. Brands Hatch.
Loading the Regazzoni F 5000 Lola in the paddock area.
Note how duct taping was used before the days of wind tunnel testing !
( Ken Hyndman photo )
Great photos Ken , I often see old adverts of racing cars , when I worked for Ian Mason Aston Martins in W10..... I could have bought various DB5s & DB6s around 4000 quid, [now would be worth ummmm you know what ] only to buy a Datsun 240Z to bring home 1200 pounds that was my budget, the prices reflect on the laws of relativity , a bit like we could have bought that section for $1500 ..... 30 yrs ago, I recall Ernie going into an old servo some where in England in the crn was an original GT40 going cheap he decided to buy a 3.8 Jag drive it around & bring that home .... Good stuff brother keep them coming
Hey Grant,
I should have bought the Porsche 910-17 plus Mick Hill's Capri and brought them back to NZ for the Sprague family to enjoy.
That 917 at Pukekohe would have turned some heads.
You drive and I collect the prize money !
No wait.. I just woke up and have to get back to work !
Cheers,
Ken (The dreamer )
Ha Ha ..Ken it all starts from a dream ...... no problem
I always admired the Tyrrell Team for their innovative F1 cars that were assembled in very modest buildings near Woking, England.
Derek Gardner was their designer for the 1973 season with the Tyrrell 006 Formula One car which won the 1973 championship with Jackie Stewart driving. Sadly his team mate Francois Cevert was to tragically die at the Watkins Glen circuit during practice for the 1973 US Grand Prix n October which was the last race of the season and was to be Jackie Stewart's last grand prix. Chris Amon was set to drive the third Tyrrell in this race as it seemed the 1974 team would be Cevert and Amon. Cevert's crash changed all that.
I was privileged to have seen the Tyrrell Team in action at Silverstone in July 1973 and I wanted to share these photos again.
This shows the ill fated Cevert on pit road at Silverstone, Ken Tyrrell is on the far side of the car in dark rimmed glasses and Derek Gardner is the other side of the "Lucas" man. It is a busy scene also with Denny Hulme in the foreground thinking about his M 23 McLaren.
(Ken Hyndman photo )
This is the first lap of the 1973 British GP before the big crash. Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell has just taken the lead from Ronnie Peterson. This was the last time Jackie Stewart led a race at Silverstone.
(p.s. There are four Kiwi drivers somewhere in this Formula One photo. Hulme, Ganley, Amon and McRae. What are the chances of that ever happening again ? )
(Ken Hyndman photo )
"Fantastic shot of Jackie Stewart on his way to victory at Monaco throwing around the ‘twitchy’ , low ‘polar moment of inertia’ Tyrrell 006…"
Note the handling characteristics of the Tyrrell 006 in 1973. Some feel this may have contributed to the Cevert crash.
(The Tyrrell 006 had a 94 inch wheel base compared to the M23 McLaren's 101 inch wheel base. )
(Primotipo.com photo )
I enjoy cutaway art and this was done by Werner Buhrer about the 1973 Tyrrell 006 F 1 car...although Stewart usually had # 5 and Cevert had car # 6.
I noted this F 1 type Hewland gearbox for sale in Autosport , December 1973. I wonder what was the history of this Hewland FG 400 5 speed ?
( Ken Hyndman )
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Silverstone July 1973.
The Tyrrell Team certainly did not have ideal working conditions !
( Ken Hyndman photo )
Ken, When ?? are you going to run out of stuff.. keep going !! great collection, how do you hide from the " General Manager " a.k.a. wife ??
and !! 21 posts to go !!..
cheers
Roger
Roger,
I manage to recycle some of my "stuff".
It amazes me how hard the mechanics worked back then in and also how simple the conditions were.
Check this guy sitting on a plastic container, brass hammer, ratchet & sockets in a tray and he is preparing Jackie Stewart's Tyrrell 006 which was the F1 championship winning car in 1973 !
Also here is a wider view of an earlier post showing the Tyrrell and McLaren teams on pit road. If you look closely you can see a lot of well known people, from an owner, a boxer to drivers and mechanics ( including Peter Bruin ) plus Greeta Hulme on the right.
(Ken Hyndman )
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Derek Gardner was an innovative designer and his quest to have a lower frontal area and more braking ability led him to design the sensational looking Tyrrell P-34 for the 1976 F1 season for drivers, Jody Scheckter and Patrick Depailler.
There are many sites with information on this unique F1 car.
I liked this one.
http://www.project34.co.uk/
This is how the car looked for the 1977 season.
(Ken Hyndman )
Even though Derek Gardner was very innovative, the Tyrrell Team did not have the same success after Jackie Stewart left in 1973.
After Patrick Head left Trojan in 1974 he was disillusioned with motor racing and went to his other interest of boat building. But Frank Williams contacted him and got him back to motor racing and the rest is history. The team worked well with Alan Jones as a driver.
Patrick designed and built the very successful Williams FW 07 Formula One car for the 1979 season and had immediate success. These cars are still winning to this day. e.g. At the 2015 Historic F1 race at Laguna Seca.
Patrick sent me these photos in 1982.
This is the 1981 FW 07C with Alan Jones driving.
Another angle of the 1981 FW 7OC with Jones team mate Carlos Reutemann driving at the French Grand Prix, Dijon,France
(Ken Hyndman..collection )
Although Patrick Head is pretty much retired now he is still involved with Williams Advanced Engineering, which provides design and development services to manufacturers and many projects, including the battery and management system for the Formula E race cars.
Check their site here.
http://www.williamsf1.com/advanced-engineering
( Ken Hyndman )
Judy and I had met in Earls Court, London where there were many kiwis gathering at that time in the 1970s.
So when I had a chance to go to the 1973 International Racing Car Show at the Olympia Hall at Earls Court as part of the Trojan Racing entry we both happily went back to our old "hunting ground" at the Court.
Getting dressed up and meeting up with all sorts of people from owners, designers and drivers etc, was a memorable experience. (As I had previously mentioned, including talking to the late Roger Williamson )
Here is the man himself. Note the smooth look and long hair !
Standing by the display of Emerson Fittipaldi's championship Lotus 72 D from the 1972 season and the 1972 World Chamionship of Makes Winning Ferrari 312 PB.
(Ken Hyndman )
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I was pleased to come across this site with photos by Bill Wagenblatt of the same 1973 International racing Car Show.
Check out these excellent photos and also his site at "Trackthoughts.com "
http://trackthoughts.com/2008/11/03/...cing-car-show/
(Ken Hyndman )
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and our very best for 2016.
It has been quite a trip down memory lane and thanks TRS for letting me share the journey.
( I first met Judy in London in Sept. 1972 and she still puts up with me after all these years !)
She is also the reason I did not return to "The Land of the Long White Cloud " as I had originally planned.
Christmas in London. 1972
(Ken Hyndman )
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She looks nice Ken but so do the F1 cars of the day.Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and our very best for 2016.
It has been quite a trip down memory lane and thanks TRS for letting me share the journey.
( I first met Judy in London in Sept. 1972 and she still puts up with me after all these years !)
She is also the reason I did not return to "The Land of the Long White Cloud " as I had originally planned.
Christmas in London. 1972
(Ken Hyndman )
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