Ross,
Once again thanks for the wonderful photos that make me feel that I was almost standing there with you.
Plus the real bonus is having two photos showing Mr. Rod Grimwood !
p.s. who stole the wheels off Brett's Lola 330 ?
(Ken Hyndman )
Ross,
Once again thanks for the wonderful photos that make me feel that I was almost standing there with you.
Plus the real bonus is having two photos showing Mr. Rod Grimwood !
p.s. who stole the wheels off Brett's Lola 330 ?
(Ken Hyndman )
[Once again thanks for the wonderful photos that make me feel that I was almost standing there with you.
Plus the real bonus is having two photos showing Mr. Rod Grimwood !
p.s. who stole the wheels off Brett's Lola 330 ?]
You're welcome Ken. I am always amused at seeing powerful cars with their "trailer wheels" bolted on and often wonder how long the tyres would last if used in anger or how long before the car swapped ends!
Also great to catch up with Rod - always very knowlegeable and friendly.
Ross,
I think the Brett Willis Lola looked much prettier when I photographed it at Laguna Seca in August 2015.
Would you not agree ?
KJH
(Ken Hyndman photo )
Last edited by khyndart in CA; 01-23-2016 at 05:52 AM.
Took 5 minutes to find a Lola...
I knew that something looked familiar about the Brett Willis Lola 330 and now I realize I had seen this car at the January 1973 Racing Car Show in London.
Bill Wagenblatt photo
I read the history of it at the "oldracingcars.com" site and as it was the only T330 built in this colour and the invoice dates match confirmed my belief.
I had also seen the car in action at Brands Hatch, Oct 1973.
http://www.oldracingcars.com/results...hp?RaceID=E73R
History of Lola 330 HU 6.
" Invoice date 29 Jan 1973 (sold to 'Haas/Hyams', colour 'Orange'). Colin Hyams (Australia, but raced in UK) 1973 - Trevor Twaites June 1973: UK 1973, UK 1974 and UK 1975: raced also by Brendan McInerny UK 1973 and UK 1974 ... John Jordan (UK): raced by Tom Belso in 1977; raced by Jordan in libre in 1978. Entered by Jordan for Dave Williams in libre racing 1983 (e.g. won his first race in the car at BRSCC Castle Combe 30 May 1983, retired at BRSCC Mallory Park 19 Jul 1983); for Tony Trimmer in the BRSCC Libre Championship from 1984 to 1989, winning the championship in 1986 and finishing second in 1987 and in 1988. Raced in occasional libre races through 1990's until engine failure at Snetterton in 1997. At some point between 1985 and August 1988, the T330 was dismantled and parts used by Dave Finnigan (Biggleswade, UK) to construct T332 "HU42" for Jordan team. Original HU6 chassis remained with Finnigan until early 2000 when sold to Richard Lines (UK). To Kevan McLurg (UK) for customer Dec 2005. NB. Meanwhile "HU42" was raced in FORCE Historic F5000 series in 2000 and 2001 by expatriate Irishman Frank Lyons (Felsted, UK).
The rebuild of HU6 was completed by McLurg by 2009 and a complete car restored by Motorsport Solutions NZ Ltd by July 2009 at which time it was owned by Wilco Racing (Rotorua, NZ). Raced by Brett Willis (Rotorua, NZ) in the 2009/10 Tasman Cup Revival series and again in the 2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13 series. Raced by Brett Willis (Rotorua, NZ) at Hampton Downs (NZ) in January 2013. Raced at the Monterey Pre-Reunion in August 2015."
(oldracingcars.com information )
I think that is a neat memory, at least it was for me.
(Ken Hyndman )
Last edited by khyndart in CA; 01-23-2016 at 09:18 PM. Reason: ***
10 minutes, it was hard work.Originally Posted by ERC
Great photos Nigel.
You,Ray and Ross have done a wonderful display of photos for those of us who could not be there.
Very much appreciated. Thank you,
Ken Hyndman
( I goofed the first time and left out Ray's name. Sorry Ray )
Last edited by khyndart in CA; 01-25-2016 at 01:54 AM.
You have a great eye for a picture, as opposed to just a snapshot, Nigel.
Cheers Ken,
I love taking photographs so it's a labour of love for me.
Thanks Ray,
I've been practising for 50+ years now & am slowly getting the hang of it.
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