i have a 2 hour video which you cars stars in quite abit if you would like this is my email stuart.short@hotmail.co.nzOriginally Posted by CobraV8
i have a 2 hour video which you cars stars in quite abit if you would like this is my email stuart.short@hotmail.co.nz
Another mix...
Last edited by ERC; 02-23-2016 at 09:42 PM.
Yet another mix. Can anyone identify the car in pic number 1? I may have posted this before and I'm guessing 1936/38 or thereabouts, but so many cars in that era had similar bodies, so it could be anything. Note the price of petrol...
Little brother and BIG brother - but you can see the family likeness...
Last edited by ERC; 03-04-2016 at 03:42 AM.
When single seaters from different makes had an identity.
Just going through and biffing a few duplicates at the moment, but doing it randomly, so diving into different sections of the collection and picking out an occasional pic just to make it less of a waste of time.
Is that the Keift-Godiva in the first of today's photos?
I think it is the Kieft FPE Climax "Godiva" V8 - Construction was commenced in 1953 and the car was completed and first raced, 49 years later, in 2002!
https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20145/lot/149/
Last edited by RogerH; 03-05-2016 at 02:51 AM.
The joy of Goodwood! I hadn't really heard of the car before then, although Kieft was well known - though if I had read about it in passing, I'd certainly forgotten all about it. Impressive that you two recognised it!
Now working on trying to get a paddock pass for this year's event so that I can get some more decent pics and so far, had no luck! Time to do a bit of grovelling... Spending an arm and a leg to get there and to get in for 3 days, then not getting into the paddock, is like going to Anaheim for the first time and not going into Disneyland.
The Godiva was one of motor racing's great 'what might have beens'.
As Roger says, it was developed in 1954 with intended teams being Cooper, HWM, Connaught and Kieft. Then the bhp figures - optimistic as it turns out - out of Italy were divulged and Coventry Climax concluded, incorrectly, that their engine was underpowered...
Some Fiats...
Lotus overseas
ERAs through the ages...
Coopers...
Shelsey 1965 - using 30 year old black and white film in an even older camera. Maybe an Ensign camera? heavily cropped - thank goodness, as the negative was quite tatty around the edges. One of dad's extensive collection of cameras that peaked at 627 when he died, all of them catalogued and assessed, repaired if necessary and sold at Sotheby's - no idea how much for! I held on to the old Leica that he was using on the day, but I never found any pics he took, or the negatives.
Last edited by ERC; 03-24-2016 at 09:54 PM.
What is the orange car no 7 in the third photo?
Formula Junior Alexis. Goodwood of course.
Here is some info. about the Alexis FJ.
Alexis
The name Alexis was derived from the names of Bill Harris & Alex Francis who constructed the first model the Alexis Mk1 for the 1960 season. This car only raced once in the UK at Oulton Park and on that occasion was driven by Alex Francis. Soon after the car was shipped to the USA but eventually returned to the UK and has been owned and raced regularly for over 20 years by Duncan Rabagliati (Chairman FJHRA) this car was and is the only MK1 in existence with a serial No of HF101 reflecting the surnames of the two constructors.
The Mk1 is front engined and powered by a BMC A series engine and BMC gearbox. Chassis is tubular spaceframe with an aluminium body. Independent suspension at the front using Triumph Herald unequel wish bones and coil springs, with rear suspension via a modified live Austin A35 axle with coil springs and rods.
(Ken H )
Thanks for that Ken. It is the offset driving position that intrigues me. There have been a few over the years including our own Katipo.
Allan,
I am not totally sure but I thought that with a front engine and a drive shaft to the rear diff that the offset position would allow the driver to be able to sit lower and also be an advantage for weight distribution.
The later front engine Indy racers certainly used the offset position a lot if all the cornering was to the left.
Note how the engine and drive line are set to the left in this 1961 Chenowth Indy car.
(Ken H )
Last edited by khyndart in CA; 03-23-2016 at 10:14 PM.
Ken, that looks like a small block Chev not an Offy.
Dale.
Corvette rocker covers.......
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