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This is silverstone circa 1977 or 78
Yellow Escort is Nick Whitings 3.4 GAA V6 Escort built by John Thomson ( allegedly he built 3 escorts 2 for Uk 1 for italian in LHD)
Beetle is the ex Mick Hill 5 litre Chevy Beetle now with scotsman Doug Niven
the red VD Variant is the ex Colin Hawker DFVW car that Hawker built on the Duckhams Le Mans sports car (that alain de cadanet raced at LM in 72 & 73 designed by Gordon Murray) and had ex Jackie Stewart Tyrrell DFV fitted. The car was sold to Walter Robertson in scotland to race
The DFVW has been converted back to the Duckhams LM car now resides in USA
The Beetle was later sold form Doug Niven to Gary Charlwood to race at Lydden circa 83 and was then sold off dismantled many years ago for its engine gearbox and its F5000 suspension and lay idle for years until Dave Taylor acquired the remains mainly chassis body and re created the car again
The escort was sold to John Kirk in scotland and later disappeared but i have been told that it was later used not far from me many years later as a rallycross car sans GAA