Thanks again Milan. I seem to be one or two programmes short too!
As mentioned earlier, it seems shame we don't see these sorts of cars out on the track now, though the Daimler Club were at the TACCOC Dec 9th meeting at HD.
The first time I met Tony Roberts back in 1983, his entry into the staff car park in a Daimler SP250 before getting his company Toyota, was duly noted. The late Nigel Roskilly's manual Daimler 250 V8 saloon was also a car I always fancied.
Not sure when but probably 1988/89 again judging by the sight of my car in the background! Dick Jones Special and Maserarri. Looks like a trim Gordon Burr in the background!
Goodwood Festival 1996. Love these Offy engined Indy cars...
Connaught again. At least in those days, you could identify each car.
Tribute to upcoming Hulme Festival sponsors - genuine Gulf GT40
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Digital again... For many (me included) one of the most iconic of all car, driver, race number, entrant combinations. Goodwood 2009
My home town produced the Brough Superior motorbikes (and cars) and my first three motorbikes were all Velocettes. However, my LE Velocettes weren't really in this class.
2009 The annual Chelsea Hillclimb - no prizes for naming car or driver
Ditto for 2010...
And in 2012, the Riley Dobbs (I initially labelled this as Ransley Riley, hence the comments below) was another of those one offs or specials I added to my photographic collection. I think I probably have enough pics for a book on specials...!
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Looks as though this undesirable is trying to steal this lovely Mini...
Aerodynamics of a brick
Amazing that people paid a small fortune to upgrade a car effectively produced as a cheap runabout
Some made a good job of making the Mini more durable and attractive for speedsters. I think this is the Dizzy Addicott DART.
...whilst others made it stylish. The Ogle Mini had a fair bit of publicity at the time.
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The car you've labelled Ransley-Riley looks more like the Dobbs Riley to me - or am I missing something?
Re the first Mini photo, he drives it like he stole it!
No David you are not, you are correct, as built by Hector Dobbs.
Roger
Originally Posted by David McKinney
The Biota was probably not the best looking of the Mini kit cars, but this one seems to be very well presented.
Without delving down into my Mini books, I can't remember the name of this one! Apart from the front grille treatment, I rather like this.
The biggest cheer of all was for "Mr Bean" who obliged by doing his Mr Bean wave! I presume that the real driver was lying down inside the car, as it was going at a fair old lick!
So good to see this out on track. Is that that the constructor driving? Twin engined Deep Sanderson I believe, but happy to be corrected...
A Landar (with non period wheels), though it does look pretty good.
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Whoops. Careless of me. Instant recall memory playing tricks again. You are of course correct. It went rather well too. It was as fast as the slower ERA's so I presume the ERA's Riley engine heritage has much to do with that? (Now corrected.)
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Still many people's hero...
Italian red watching out for British Racing Green
Is this the ex Leuch car? Note the Gryphon on the scuttle of the Connaught.
Good to see a couple of Scarabs out there.
The Ferrari is just as good looking as the 250F Maserati really! Seeing cars like this is why historic racing is so attractive compared to modern characterless single seaters.
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No Maserati looked that good...The Pat Hoare car perhaps looks like it,if I listen I can still hear the V12 at Ardmore,1962 in the wet I think he was top Kiwi??Still many people's hero...
Italian red watching out for British Racing Green
Is this the ex Leuch car? Note the Gryphon on the scuttle of the Connaught.
Good to see a couple of Scarabs out there.
The Ferrari is just as good looking at the 250F Maserati really! Seeing cars like this is why historic racing is so attractive compared to modern characterless single seaters.
Leuch's car was a B-Type. This is the C-Type. Rightly or wrongly, it had this bodywork long before Leuch got his car. And wasn't the Leuch open-wheel body destroyed in the fire?Is this the ex Leuch car? Note the Gryphon on the scuttle of the Connaught.
I rest my case...
I think the carbs are the telling point,plastic buble puts ahead.I rest my case...
Not sure I agree on the Maserati/Ferrari beauty contest verdict. Anyway, you are comparing a 1956 Maserati body with a 1959 or 1960 Ferrari. Your Ferrari looks a bit strange to me, it looks too trim around the cockpit and headrest compared all other photos I have seen, from 1958 to 1960.
Italian red watching out for British Racing Green
Is this the ex Leuch car? Note the Gryphon on the scuttle of the Connaught.
The Ferrari is just as good looking at the 250F Maserati really! Seeing cars like this is why historic racing is so attractive compared to modern characterless single seaters.
Not sure on the Connaught, but I think all the Works 1957 cars had the Gryphon symbol on the scuttle. It isn't a faithful reproduction/reconstruction of the "Toothpaste-Tube" body to me.
Cast my vote for the 250F!
Stu
Whenuapai 1986
Goodwood 2004
Goodwood 2004
Goodwood 2009. Shame about the scaffolding... (Not to mention I only had a small Canon compact camera with me and we all know how difficult it is to take moving pics with one of those.)
Goodwood 2009. Ditto
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The Connaught A Type was quite a pretty car for 1952-53, especially if seen from the left without the air-box. Yellow colour presumably Belgian national colour, but maybe too much curry and not enough lemon! Was this car driven in 1953 GP's by Johnny Claes or Andre Pilette, or just owner's wishful thinking.
Goodwood 2009. Ditto
Stu
I'm not sure if the Merit range of 1/24th scale car kits ever made it to NZ but they were pretty good kits given that they were 100% plastic - which also included the tyres. Dad built virtually the full set and photographed some of them - circa 1962 at a guess. I remember well him mixing up his own charcoal grey satin paint, as black gloss always looked totally wrong.
Two were "Super Kits" including the Alfa, with detailed engines.
Most, like The Mercedes, just had the body polished rather than painted as in those days, small spray cans weren't really around.
Not many kit manufacturer's have bothered with the Cooper and other 500cc cars, yet there were many different full size models deserving of reproduction in plastic.
The other "Super Kit". The Talbot Lago. Incidentally, I brought these built up kits back to NZ when dad passed on, so maybe I should now re-photograph them in colour. For the day though, these were extremely accurate kits.
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This is a trip down memory lane. Yes, Merit kits did come to New Zealand. The first one I assembled was the Vanwall, my all time favourite. Others in the series were the D-Type, Aston Martin DB3S, Lancia Ferrari, Simca-Gordini as well as the ones pictured. I bought all that I could locally.I'm not sure if the Merit range of 1/24th scale car kits ever made it to NZ but they were pretty good kits given that they were 100% plastic - which also included the tyres. Dad built virtually the full set and photographed some of them - circa 1962 at a guess. I remember well him mixing up his own charcoal grey satin paint, as black gloss always looked totally wrong.
Two were "Super Kits" including the Alfa, with detailed engines.
Most, like The Mercedes, just had the body polished rather than painted as in those days, small spray cans weren't really around.
Not many kit manufacturer's have bothered with the Cooper and other 500cc cars, yet there were many different full size models deserving of reproduction in plastic.
The other "Super Kit". The Talbot Lago. Incidentally, I brought these built up kits back to NZ when dad passed on, so maybe I should now re-photograph them in colour. For the day though, these were extremely accurate kits.
At the time my Dad was working for NAC loading the DC 3 aircraft and also refuelling them. One of the others there was English and when he and his wife learned of my interest they offered to get the remainder from England for me. That meant saving and buying five shilling English postal notes. So I did assemble both the Alfa Romeo and the Talbot Lago kits as well. Sadly, with frequent moves over the years they became damaged and are long gone. Assembling the Alfa was such fun with its twin magneto set up.
Barrie
The Gerry Marshall Mustang was as usual driven with great verve, but...
as he explains here to the commentator, suitably attired as the BBC's first pit reporter, John Bolster...
..."those standard period steel wheels just aint strong enough to cope with my spirited driving on today's rubber". (Several expletives probably deleted.)
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