Whangarei street races January 2000.
Alan Lacey who also raced a TVR at Pukekohe/Whenuapai and a Sierra in Targa.
Gary Kirkand-Smith - obviously before his altercation with the concrete.
No driver comment required... but taken before the clutch master cylinder failed and so the car didn't run Monday. PS NOT me behind the wheel...
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I did title it a MIX of Pics...
Taken with a fold out Ensign camera on 30 year old film, which wasn't the best... Dad had hogged the Leica - but I haven't ever seen the pics he took, other than one of me! Shelsey Walsh 1965 before drivers needed overalls...
The annual January Racing Car show was a must for me and this was the first pubic sighting of the Cooper Maserati.
1979 Oulton Park Sprint at a guess.
Donington Paddock was always a nice place to wander. The later 'bulging' Cobra.
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Minis - again...
ERC love those Minis, and the one with the stack exhausts thru the bonnet - magic..Originally Posted by ERC
Minis - again...
More really slow scanning... Richard Seaman Memorial Trophies Meeting Oulton Park 1975.
Oh how I wished I'd had a modern camera back then. Even a telephoto lens would have been great. No rangefinder either - or exposure meter! At least Kodak film was pretty reliable but Photoshop has had to be used to tidy up the colour and eliminate or reduce dust and scratches.
My favourite car (Remus) lapping a Lagonda. The Hon Pat Lindsay at the helm. It was reputed that this car was at one stage, the most raced car of all time - and it still sounds fantastic.
Neil Corner with trademark helmet.
Not Neil Corner...
But this is...
Some say that the Rover 'Viking' was based on Frank Lockhart, the owner/driver of this very famous Rover Special, that was in fact built by the Rover works as an experiment.
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a few more...
Gerry Walton (I think another Nottingham local, but not sure on that).
Guy Smith a real Fraser Nash stalwart
Bob Fowler was a Nottingham gentleman who also sprinted a lovely Aston Martin DB4 GT.
Not a very good pic and looks like a Maserati and probably is! If the number is 30 then R Felton at the wheel and a 1938/40 1496cc supercharged.
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From the archives - for the Jag fans. (I only scan in the day time.)
ERC, great photo's love the C-type versus Leaf and friends..
A narrow French flavour from the archives. Even a cheap digital camera seems to cope very well these days compared to an expensive camera of a decade or three ago.
Wow, I will pass these onto my son who is a French fanatic. Great photos as usual. Cheers
My pleasure! Any requests? (Other than stop posting on other threads of course...) Make, model, circuit, body type, age, era etc.
Still so many to scan and a fair pile I doubt I'll ever get around to. I have recently been scanning from old negatives, but for a change, may have a go at a few slides (I get bored easily), but dating them is a total nightmare, other than when I took slides and negs on the same day. The other problem is that many slides are in glass mounts and really need removing and the glasses cleaning, as after up to 50 years or so, they tend to get a bit misty.
Overseas for a few days shortly, so it may go a bit quiet on this thread. I'll miss the TACCOC meeting.
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Back to the 1970's.... Still from negatives and in order of date taken. File name is always by year, month, day where known. Anything that is '00' is a not known, so a blind guess.
Mallory Park - of course. My favourite viewing spot as it was the only place where you could get a half decent pic without a telephoto lens. A great viewing spot anyway so once there, I rarely moved as the crowd was usually 3 or 4 deep.
Malcolm West, Camaro, having a bit of a moment.
John Pope finished 3rd or started from 3rd on the grid!
The 7 litre Mustang driven (not owned) by Tony Rosen laps the Minis on this 1.35 mile track. Sadly, the Mike Berman 'Berpop' was a non-starter. Fastest was Alec Poole or Rhoddy Harvey-Bailey in the Broadspeed modified Escort. My pic of that is too fuzzy to print. Sorry.
From the 'if only I'd kept it' section. I bought this1955 RMA Riley for a song but with clapped out big ends. Beyond my ability to restore so sold on for a handsome profit (then). The number-plate alone would now fetch at least $10,000 in the UK. SLH 85 - and I also just happen to have 55 CEW on my old Greeves which needs to go back to the UK to capitalise on the plate value. Co-incidence with a two digit number.
Neil Corner again at Oulton Park. I wonder what they were soldering? I still have an identical blowlamp and I even had the same brand of solder!
First and only one of these I think I have ever seen.
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When you look at the construction of cars built for racing in this era, you realise just how inefficient the use of space, but, they have a character that makes them memorable.
Not the best of pics, but a nice car anyway... Taken at Wollaton Park 1975 during a Festival. Wollaton Hall was in the latest Batman film as Wayne Towers I believe. Same venue as the pics I posted last year of the Nottingham Industrial Museum which has a great display of Brough Superior bikes and one car under restoration.
Chris Milner was not just a very competent driver, but he also spent a lot of time and effort getting his Capri to handle and steer. I could be wrong, but he may even have worked for Ford. picture taken at Curborough Sprint course, where I seemed to spend most Sundays for a year or two.
Arthur Nash - who built my Mini engine that may yet see service in Mike Lucas' car... Also at Curborough. When last contacted, Arthur believes he may have been related to Walter Nash, better known in NZ!
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Thanks for the photo of my car "Alpene" Ray, now owned by Peter Benbrook.
Loton Park Hillclimb August 1973. One of the UK's longest climbs and very tricky to learn with so few runs.
Alan Payne's Smiley Riley, still with an 1800cc engine, before he shoehorned the Rover V8 in. Judging by the width of the tyres, I'd guess that the V8 wasn't so far away.
Castrol/BARC Hillclimb contender Nigel Pow's E Type Jag
Di McMasters Clan Crusader. Amazing how many of these were used in competition.
Open necked long sleeved shirt, elbow on the door. Yup, even another BARC contender looked casual - but he is wearing gloves...
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Roger's thread elsewhere alerted me to the considerable number of 'specials' in my collection. So, in date/alphabetical order, here goes, starting with Roger Herrick's A40 special at Chelsea. By the way, when is it this year - I missed it last year?
Some of these really are superb and a real credit to their builders.
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Probably one of my least favourite specials...
Ray the Magnette wasn't cheap but its being enjoyed by its new owner (geebeenz) who may yet put it around Hampton Downs.
Graeme
Good news Graeme! I have a fair few bits removed from my own, (no engine or gearbox bits) so give us a call if you are stuck!
Any date yet for the Chelsea climb?
Its a shame that so many afterthought roll hoops are so ugly.
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Probably one of my least favourite specials...
Might be a bit visually jarring, but it has a long and successful race history dating back to 1952.
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