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Last edited by ERC; 04-26-2020 at 01:01 AM.
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A Messerschmitt was on the cover of Motorsport in 1959.
The caption read:If it were supercharged we could make the pun about blowing bubbles. But it isn't, so we must be content to say it is K. Piper's Messerschmitt which won the National Cat's Eyes Rally.
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[QUOTE=ERC;72811]2016 - This was part of the Goodwood tribute to remembering 50 years since England last won the football (soccer) World Cup, beating Germany in the final. I remember it well...
Ray,
I can remember events from 50 years ago but I can't remember if I have taken my nighttime medication just 50 minutes beforehand !
Is there a cure or just be grateful for what I do remember ?
(Ken H)
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Ray,
The closest I got to Norfolk was driving up to Hethel to be interviewed for a position at Team Lotus by Peter Warr in 1973 and another trip to a meet at Snetterton later that year. Was I close to where you were and the girls you were fond of ?
BTW; At the moment I am doing pre-op preparations to have my complete L. knee replaced next week as elective surgeries are starting up again around here.
My wife is a bit hesitant but I just want to at least be able to walk out to get the paper in the morning once again.
Ken.
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Ken, you must be aware of the saying that Nottingham had a reputation for the prettiest girls? I never lived in Norfolk, but have been around the Lotus factory, twice. Best of luck with the knee. Ancestors seem to have come from not too far from Lotus.
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Ray,
All the best with your medical issues.
Please forgive my input here regarding the Mick Hill / Trojan T 102 VW connection.
https://www.oldracingcars.com/trojan/t102/
Patrick Head photo of Hyndman and the T102
Ken Hyndman photo at Goodwood 1973.
Ken H..
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"A new monster car based on an old shape appeared from the Hill stable for 1976 with the creation of a VW Beetle like no other. Based on a F5000 Trojan T102 and powered by the 530 bhp Smith-Chevrolet V8 from the March, rebuilt by Hill.
Its freakish body and overall statement caused a huge amount of interest. It took Hill back in Super Saloons for the next 2 seasons. It took a while for Hill to make it a race winner but he did, helped by sponsorship from track rival and friend Tony Hazelwood's Templar Tillers company. At the end of 1977 he sold the creature to Doug Niven and the car continued to be a winner with a remarkable 47 wins, before going onto Jeff Wilson."
Mick Hill was very much a local hero, and first came to prominence with a Jaguar powered Anglia that initially he purchased, but then rebuilt.
The list of car's he built and raced was most impressive - and he was a telephone engineer, not an automotive engineer, by profession.
He passed away aged 70 in 2014.
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