Brad Ward Photos

[Steve Holmes]

Roger, these photos are just stunning. Thanks so much for sharing. Paul Hawkins was quite a character. He was extremely outspoken in a press conference at the 1968 Sebring 12 Hour race when his John Wyer GT40 was eliminated by a Javelin driven by Janet Guthrie and Liane Engeman. Engeman had outbraked herself and nearly stopped on the track, and was hit by a Porsche 911, right behind which was the Hawkins/David Hobbs GT40 which was comfortably leading the race.

Hawkins was quoted as saying: "The bloody awful girls are not remotely qualified to go motor racing. The bloody birds were all over the bloody road. Birds belong either in the bloody kitchen or the bloody bedroom, and if they're no good in the kitchen, send them back to the bloody bedroom. They were only in it for the publicity".

[kiwi285]

Hi All, Inoted the photos on this thread of Richard Izard at the 1960 Nurburgring. I have known Richard for quite some time so I sent this link off to him to catch up with. He was really interested and would be interested in joining but is flat out at the moment with another project. However he passed on some notes that I will post here for members.


Richard. "I am still a car nut and take cars onto the Taupo track whenever I get a chance. I was quite heavily involved in motorsport in the early fifrties through to my last race at Pukekohe in the 1963 Wills 6 hour race driving a Triumph Vitesse Six saloon. My exploits in England and Europe included the Nurburgring 500 km international race and as reserve driver for Standard Triumph in the 1960 Le Mans 24 hour race. I could not drive in this race due to the tragic loss of life of 2 employees in a Canadian race. I was sidelined by the Directors of Standard Triumph because of the potential litigation as an employee if I had an accident. I should have resigned as an employee of the company for that week. I did not think of it at the time. I subsequently raced for them under sponsorship.

I must admit I had a hell of a lot of fun in those days and won a number of rally and mionor racing events in mostly entirely unsuitabke machinery. Probably my main claim to fame was driving Triumph swing axle products in the most unorthodox manner.

I would really like to meet up with enthusiasts again. It was sad about Brad. I will never forget our trip to the Nurburgring with him as my mechanic. There are some real stories to be told".

Hopefully we can get Richard to join in and sdhare his experiences.

[RogerH]

Some more photos from Brad's collection :

Graham Warner (owner of The Chequered Flag and still around aged 82) with Jim Clark at Brands Hatch Boxing Day 1959 leaning on Warner's Elite 147 VMK which turned into LOV 1.


In the paddock - Gemini Mk2 in the foreground.


A line up of Lotus Elite and XK Jaguars

[thunder427]

In the paddock - Gemini Mk2 in the foreground.


....Spot,under the 'Dunlop' sign, a 'Genuine' Lotus 'Super Seven' ,young lady body language seems to be saying .."and how many laps is this race,because I'm getting cold,Bradley!!, are you listening to me?,I don't want to be driving home in the contraption ,with its noisey exhaust,I couldn't hear for two weeks last time,I'm only telling you this becuase that lovely,handsome Myles Johnson has offered me a ride home and his Blue Jag thingy it at least has a roof...Bradley are you listening to me"!!!!?

Sequal to the story; young Bradley,who came from fine monied stock ,Knowing Johnson was usually broke and probably had the Jag on HP,promptly traded the 'super Seven on the Jag with a Guarantee to pay out the loan company,wisked young Audrey away to a life of Maritail Bliss,where after many years of 'Nagging' they divorced,she got the Estate,Sadley,Bradley went looking for the 'answer to life' in the bottom of the regular Red Label Johnny Walker Bottle.

Mean time Johnson, working hard to make a quid,with which to impress 'The Lovely' Audrey',married to that rich 'pratt', hit on a plan to make 'replica' Lotus Super Seven's,thus affording the average enthuisast the chance to 'Race or Rallye',a World wide success!!!!,'money in the bank 'as they say...been years since he thought about That Young...."What was her Name,Nice arse!!.........then one day while looking for a Estate property to buy,who do you think he bumped into!!!!!!!!!!!?.......................regards thunder427/MJ.................PS,would you buy a Replica 'Super Seven from this Man!!??

[RogerH]

Hi All, Inoted the photos on this thread of Richard Izard at the 1960 Nurburgring. I have known Richard for quite some time so I sent this link off to him to catch up with. He was really interested and would be interested in joining but is flat out at the moment with another project. However he passed on some notes that I will post here for members.


Richard. "I am still a car nut and take cars onto the Taupo track whenever I get a chance. I was quite heavily involved in motorsport in the early fifrties through to my last race at Pukekohe in the 1963 Wills 6 hour race driving a Triumph Vitesse Six saloon. My exploits in England and Europe included the Nurburgring 500 km international race and as reserve driver for Standard Triumph in the 1960 Le Mans 24 hour race. I could not drive in this race due to the tragic loss of life of 2 employees in a Canadian race. I was sidelined by the Directors of Standard Triumph because of the potential litigation as an employee if I had an accident. I should have resigned as an employee of the company for that week. I did not think of it at the time. I subsequently raced for them under sponsorship.

I must admit I had a hell of a lot of fun in those days and won a number of rally and mionor racing events in mostly entirely unsuitabke machinery. Probably my main claim to fame was driving Triumph swing axle products in the most unorthodox manner.

I would really like to meet up with enthusiasts again. It was sad about Brad. I will never forget our trip to the Nurburgring with him as my mechanic. There are some real stories to be told".

Hopefully we can get Richard to join in and sdhare his experiences.

Good to hear that Richard enjoyed the photos from the Nurburgring 500. Here are a couple more from Brad. the first is the Triumph dealership in Germany associated with Wolfgang Daewel and the second are some people Brad said were connected with the team.

[Stan]

Fantastic - Great to see and can imagine there would be some really great stories to go with some of those shots

[RogerH]

Some more Brad photos from his trip to Zandvoort in 1960 as part of the Lotus Elite "The Chequered Flag" team.

The fastest Porsche driven by Wim Poll.


Loading the team Elite onto the ship for the trip.


In the paddock (or should it be the sandhills).


At the Nurburgring 500. A Fiat Abarth 750. Appears to be the car of Carel Godin de Beaufort and Inge Pawlowicz.

[Steve Holmes]

Wow Roger these photos are mesmerising. I'm really enjoying this thread. Each photo is so rich with detail, even the backgrounds are fascinating. Thanks so much for posting these.

[RogerH]

When Brad was at Brands Hatch at the Boxing Day meeting 1959 there was a motorised bathtub that was raced around the circuit by Graham Hill - his quickest lap was 2 min 59.7.





Graham Hill at Nurburgring 1962 in the same bathtub.

Photo by Ted Langton-Adams, copyright Eric Faulks

[Steve Holmes]

These are just gold Roger. That thing looks seriously dangerous. Love the fact it has a rego number and lights. I take it Hill didn't do a full lap of the Nurburgring?

[Steve Holmes]

I just wanted to bump this thread back to the top, for anyone who hasn't had the pleasure of seeing these pics.

[RogerH]

Another photo from the Brad Ward collection.

This is a Lister Costin Jaguar but I'm not sure what the Castrol contraption is behind the car. It seems a bit "over kill" for an oil dispenser.

[Steve Holmes]

Roger, stunning photo! I wonder if it was an oil dispenser used at race meetings by Castrol for teams?

Were those Costin bodied Listers any more effective than the standard bodied cars?

[RogerH]

When I talked to Brad he thought he had taken the photo at the docks as he use to deliver sports cars there that had been sold by The Chequered Flag to the US (I have some photos of these).
If you look carefully, the car seems to be sitting on a weigh bridge and I wondered if the Castrol machines were used to purge oil out of the car prior to shipment?

[Steve Holmes]

Yes it does look like a weigh bridge, now you mention it. But that Castrol machine just looks too clean and shiny for its surroundings to be a permanent fixture. But you could well be correct. Maybe it was just newly installed.

I'm looking forward to seeing more photos.

[RogerH]

Some more photos from Brad Ward - cars delivered by him and his mates to the docks - sold by his employer The Chequered Flag to buyers in the US.

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[Steve Holmes]

Thanks Roger, these are just magic! I wonder how effective that cover on the Alpine was at keeping the rain out. Some of those Austins and Hillmans I didn't even know were sent to the US. Can't have been exported in large numbers?

[J42E48]

Wow, awesome thread!

Brad must have been over the moon to be reunited with the Gemini he built!

[RogerH]

Some more photos from Brad.

Graham Warner in LOV 1


Monaco 28 May 1960. Graham Warner Gemini Mk2 #102, Geoff Duke Gemini Mk2 #98, Kurt Lincoln Cooper T52 #60 (this car is now in Australia)


Working in the paddock on a Gemini Mk2 - Les Redmond (car designer) and Del (the gaffer).


Another paddock shot - warner's Elite LOV 1 in the foreground.


Paddock at Brands?. Graham Warner getting into the Gemini Mk2 - Les Redmond in the front.

[Steve Holmes]

Roger, these are stunning!