Just A Mix Of Pics - Ray Green Collection

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Hi 928, I may have some, but so far, I have only ever published one on here, and I suspect that I don't have many of a decent quality.

I have posted this before, from 1976 but I'll see what I haven't yet scanned. It was a time when I was actively competing in sprints and hillclimbs, so I didn't go to too many race meetings.

[Kevin Hirst]

Sorry to hear that Oldfart. Be patient.

One of my very best ex-work buddies, lives in Norfolk (ex grade 1 police driver), has been looking after his wheelchair-bound wife, who has MS, and has been doing so for 25 years now.

Bad enough having a restricted life anyway, without family being able to come in to assist, so we are just counting our blessings.

Gave up trying to go to the supermarket or veg shop as the queues were horrendous, but the local butcher (who we don't normally use - normally too expensive) there was just one person being served, so we bought bacon and home made sausages. Two doors away, fresh fish shop and no queue so bought two large fillets of snapper.

Keep smiling chaps.

Meanwhile, any requests for cars, events, locations etc., will be considered for this thread!

Ray, we have an ocean full of large snapper up here & boat full of fuel & bait & lot's of time & no waiting at the boat ramp & calm water & not allowed to go fishing so am going to go to yard with fishing rod & a couple of beer's & sit in boat for a couple of hours, stay safe

[khyndart in CA]

Check these numbers out. I don't remember any attempt to shut the country down. Perhaps they should have !
I do remember we had a different president then who was not getting thrashed by the press !

"The 2009 flu pandemic in the United States was a novel strain of the Influenza A/H1N1 virus, commonly referred to as "swine flu", that began in the spring of 2009. The virus had spread to the US from an outbreak in Mexico.[116]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that from April 12, 2009 to April 10, 2010, there were 60.8 million cases, 274,000 hospitalizations, and 12,469 deaths (0.02% case fatality rate) in the United States due to the virus.


(Ken H)

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2012


2016


2018

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British Sports Racing/GT cars.

1966 Attila


1970 - Chevron


and again


Coldwell GT

[Roger Dowding]

ERC Ray - the first photo Atilla and last fourth - Coldwell GT white race #146 are not showing - but,
If you right click on the image to "Open image in a new tab " - another tab appears - click on that and there is the photo.
I had the issue yesterday when posting - " Submit Post " and when i went of the thread and back on they were there - Wierd ..

[Oldfart]

All showing for me!

[Allan]

None showing for me right now although they were yesterday.

[Roger Dowding]

All OK for me today - ??? all four photos.

[Allan]

All back again for me.

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Phew! If they show for me (they don't always, and I re-post), then I assume they are visible to others.

2012 - Monaco. The mid 1950's sports racing cars are amongst my favourites, as they coincide with my first visits to Mallory Park, at a time when it was either sports cars or single seaters - no saloons.




2016 - Crossle


Cooper

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1970 - Felday. Apologies if any have been posted previously. interesting in the background, if you can be bothered looking past the, er, mechanic, on the right, is a Mini Marcos and Ash Cleave's Morris Special.


1973


2016

[Michael Clark]

Felday was a very interesting 4WD device wasn't it. Maybe even driven by Jim Clark.

Please don't apologise for repeats! #19 - is that a Merlyn?

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I have it as an Elva Michael. You can vaguely see the bonnet badge. I'm afraid that with the advent of the Lotus 23, sports car racing changed forever and the cars all started to look the same.

I think the Felday has been discussed on here before, but as initially, I didn't keep a record of what I had posted, one or two of the earlier postings may reappear. Jim Clark did indeed drive the Felday, but not sure when without consulting Google. (Added: Jim Clark drove the car in 1966 - Guards Trophy Race.)

I noted in my diary for 27/12/1965 - it was the only entry worth transcribing to the old diary spreadsheet I have been building - that it was the first time out and beat the McLaren Elvas at Brands Hatch - televised. Won 1 race and second in another (to a McLaren). According to my diary, an 1880cc engine (probably BRM). Also reverting to my diary, apparently the first day I wore a string vest!!! I'm sure that conjures up an image you'd rather forget.

"Departing from previous Felday spaceframe chassis practice, Westbury built a sheet-steel 'monocoque' backbone structure for his 'Mark 4' with the BRM V8 engine turned about-face at the rear, clutch at the front. A short propeller shaft then ran forward to the Ferguson FF gearbox and control unit, mounted in unit with the front-drive assembly. A jointed prop-shaft then ran back from the control unit under the engine's left-side cylinder bank to a rear-drive differential unit."

The car was built by Peter Westbury (this was Felday 4) and the driving often shared with a Channel Island co-worker, Mac Daghorn, who I think drove the car in that first race.

The above quote was taken from:

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21906/lot/306/

Well worth a read, as there are links to the Ferguson P99, which Westbury drove to great success in the hillclimb championship, and the Techcraft BRM 4WD.

[Michael Clark]

Thank you Ray. Having guessed wrong with the Elva, what about the #34. No badge there so my stab is either a BT5 or BT8 Brabham, if it's not a Lotus 19!.

You are quite right about the Lotus 23 defining the shape of the majority of small bore sports racers from that time - the Crossle 7S was an Irish version on a similar theme

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Chocolate fish Michael. Brabham it is. I have to say that I was rather glad they dropped that class for 2018, as it isn't a class that really interests me too much, certainly not photographically, apart from the much missed local Festivals, where they did add variety to the grids.

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I'm picking these out in alphabetical order in bunches, just in case there is no real logic to the posts, then they sort themselves out in date order.

1956 - Mallory (dad's pic).


1966 Mallory - Lola - either Denny Hulme or Syd Taylor having a bit of an issue with the hairpin.


Lotus 30 - note the colour differences between Ilford film (above) and Kodak. I stuck to Kodak from then on and Ilford for B & W.


1970 - Scraggs Lola special

[Michael Clark]

If it was the 11th of April '66 then it was Sidney Taylor.

Denny was at Goodwood. Both finished second

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Correct Michael. This is a link to the entry list and result - race 1. I suppose I should have checked, especially as I'd scanned it and it is on my own website.

http://www.monza.org.nz/UK_entries/m...%20Mallory.jpg

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1970 - Brian Martin with his Martin.

"The driver/constructor himself had bought his first car – an MG TA – at the age of 18. He used it for sprint events but wanted more power so installed a Ford 105E engine with which he began circuit racing in 1962. His MG-Ford hybrid became known as the Martin BM1. His replacement BM2 was a Lotus 7 modified with independent rear suspension and a Diva body, while the BM3 featured a Martin-designed body on that same chassis. The Martin BM4 was a 1967 GT car, BM5 a 1968 GT Coupé powered by a 1500cc pushrod Ford engine (later a twin-cam), while BM6 was the 1969 GT Coupé with 2-litre BMW engine and Hewland FT200 transaxle, and the BM7 originally its open sports-prototype replacement for 1970."

Nicely turned out. He came from Essex way then moved to Wakefield Yorkshire. Above from a Bonham's blurb on the attractive Martin GT which was up for sale.


1973 Racing Car Show Lola


1978 NSSCC Sprint at Donington. Used to hate the scrutineering queue.


1980 - Lotus 30