Later Astons - Jaydee will be drooling...
Later Astons - Jaydee will be drooling...
Earlier Astons...
My pic of the day -
...and a few of the other 300+ pics taken.
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Hey Nzeder, did you spot the Samuri 240Z in the red room. See Haynes are accepting of us as well as Ray.
nice to see an acceptable noise limit 108 Db post#360. A DFV on song on a dyno is 112 Db. Take note msnz, this is what is needed. 928
Haynes museum covers much more than those shown - so a few more! Remember that those Haynes car manuals are written from practical experience so they have a very comprehensive workshop area and can even do a WoF/MOT if you require it. Obviously they then held on to some of the more interesting cars and bought the others, though some are on loan.Originally Posted by Limezed
Jaguar based Kougar kit car
Jag V12 Hot Rod
Americana
Replica D Type Jag (There is also a Westfield/Lotus 11, so they aren't against kit cars and replicas either.)
Memories! A slightly newer model of my first motorised transport...
Timely - a Rolls Royce armoured car which pre-dated tanks.
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A few more from Donington
This Bentley Boy was most impressive - wet or dry.
This is the normal trackside view - safety comes before the spectators' viewing experience.
Sorry, but Atoms don't belong at this sort of meeting... Would have preferred a saloon car grid.
Award for the dark glasses and white stick for missing the chequered flag for the end of practice - but it looks as though he had his eyes shut anyway!
Showing a real patina of age - Cooper Monaco.
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This is the normal trackside view - safety comes before the spectators' viewing experience.
They've struck again ! That'll be a result of Donington's disastrous decision to try and crack it for the British GP, having done all the ludicrous mods required they then got the elbow in the face and took ages to get back into operative action again. The V8 Supercars clowns have done the same thing to Wanneroo/Barbagallo, now I see Pukekohe is little more than a concrete canyon as well.
Idiots...
Agree. Everything done to cater for the elite classes and leave the ruins for 51 weeks of the year for the locals. Probably the best thing HD have done so far is to not kow-tow to the Aussie V8s.
Cost me $30 to get in (plus $6 for a programme) for what was planned as an 8 qualifying sessions and 9 races. (Two races for the Atoms...).
One race planned as a 45 minute race (2 driver option); 5 x 20 minutes, 1 x 15 minutes; 2 x 30 minutes.
When I left, just as practice was finishing, there would have been a max of 150 spectators.
It makes a visit to Goodwood so much more enjoyable because it is as it was. No catch fences and brilliant viewing.
Great pics Ray. Keep them coming. And yes Karl I did spot that in the first pic of the red room.
Mike L
Great photos Ray, keep them coming.
Had to include one or two Italians...
Just a couple more from Donington. Was there ever a better name for a car of this era than Lagonda?
We spent a very pleasant couple of hours in Nottingham's Industrial Museum last week, situated in the wonderful Wollaton Park. Whilst that may not mean much to most of you, Wollaton Hall was used as Wayne Mansion (towers?) in the recent Batman film, but the Industrial Museum is housed in buildings in the grounds. Not a large museum by any means, but some of the exhibits are fascinating.
First pic is of one of the Nottingham manufactured Brough Superior motor bikes on display. Although I knew that Lawrence of Arabia was killed when riding his, I did not know that he had a collection of eight of them.
This car was a real surprise. Believed to be the only one in existence and possibly the only on ever made, again, Nottingham manufactured Celer. Discovered in Exeter but returned to Nottingham. It has completed the London to Brighton run.
Not as rare, but a Brough Superior saloon, partially restored. This unrestored car was originally gifted to the Royal Ordnance Factory for the apprentices to restore, over 30 years ago, but as you can see, it was never completed as the ROF closed some time ago. The Industrial Museum (rather like our MOTAT) is manned by volunteers and they are hoping to raise the money to get it completed. I hope they do, as there were fewer saloons built than convertibles.
I have a family picture of myself, one brother and Mum, in a Brough Superior (convertible), famous in its own right as one featuring in a Brough press release, attended by Freddie Dixon, The Duke of Richmond (of Goodwood fame) and others, and owned by my father's boss - Horace Tempest.
The origins of the Reliant motor company are also part of Nottingham's history, as the first Reliants were effectively made of parts from the Raleigh 3 wheeler, when the company decided to stick to making bicycles and many components sold off were already stamped with the letter 'R'. Some staff from Raleigh moved to Tamworth.
Icebreaker - practice. Graham Park before the clutch failed. Looking forward to the Marina though...
Peter Gunter - looking forward to the ex-Crowe Skoda
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Paul Madeley got to grips with his stopgap Porsche and just as he hit the front in the AES scratch race, his clutch went too...
Sunday's weather was really erratic - a handicapper's total nightmare, as track conditions changed from wet, wet, wet, to damp and greasy, to drying - and back again, without warning. No fun for the drivers either and these pics were taken mid afternoon and it was the first time out for Barry Algie for the whole weekend.
Gordon Burr was lapping the Alfetta in about 1:11, which is quick!
The Morris 8 register/club called in and full marks to them for embracing a couple of modified cars. The beautifully finished metallic blue car is indeed a Morris 8 - sporting a 4.6 litre Rover V8! An owner after my own heart.
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Back to the archives for a few minutes...
"Spotty Smith" at Prescott
Vintage car fans - can you please identify this car for me?
Who could ever forget this meeting and the UK visitors?
Strange quality image - but taken on a video camera - which explains a lot!
Aha! caught him at last...
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The driver of this car used to cover vast distances to race. Based on the UK's south coast, this is Donington 1977, but he was also a regular at Croft, in the North East.
This name rings a bell...
Maybe a TACCOC practice day or a test day. No idea!
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Neat pics as always Ray. Interesting couple of shots in the last post. Who was the driver of the little Japanese car? I see Janspeed signage on it, referring to the company run by Jan Odor who went on to run the factory Nissan team in the BTCC in the 1990s, with his son Keith driving.
Also, the yellow BMW 635, its rare to see a right hand drive version of this model. Most were lhd. Graeme Crosby raced a rhd version in early 1986, which I think was an ex-Charlie O'Brien car. But the car pictured has Eggenberger signage on it.
Steve, not sure but think O'Brien car (State Coal) car ended up in NZ, sure he ran also.
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