Minis and Imps

[driftwood]

Some info for you following Imp wagons posting
1 George Bevans Imps wont the BTCC 3 years on the trot with Bill McGovern 70 71 72 ( i think without checking!)
2 George built my fathers Imp engines 75-82 and many other local racer engines but he also had some German and Scandanavian customers too
3 John Homewood original used Ian Carter built engines he didnt use Bevan engines till 77/8 season when he was then running the Davrian floor pan Imp which he had specially built for 76 or 77 season
I know John had 2 steel shell Imps the 2nd car i was told was now in Ireland
4 Ginger Marshall used the Mini traveller chassis for the LWB over the Mini
His first car was steel shell with Mini A series circa 75/6
he later had a Space frame traveller mini built and he then fitted the Imp engine to the mini gearbox circa 78/9
This car later went Hillclimbing
His last car was a space frame Reliant Kitten shaped car and he then had his own alloy engine block cast up and Imp head fitted to it
He still retains the car but has recently been racing Clubmans sport racer

George Bevan died around 97 ish
Last year i was racing FFord at Brands and in Parc Ferme a bloke came up and spoke to me- It was Georges son Peter and he and his son had built a replica Gp 2 Imp and it has been running at a couple of demo events

[Imp Wagon]

Some info for you following Imp wagons posting
1 George Bevans Imps wont the BTCC 3 years on the trot with Bill McGovern 70 71 72 ( i think without checking!)
2 George built my fathers Imp engines 75-82 and many other local racer engines but he also had some German and Scandanavian customers too
3 John Homewood original used Ian Carter built engines he didnt use Bevan engines till 77/8 season when he was then running the Davrian floor pan Imp which he had specially built for 76 or 77 season
I know John had 2 steel shell Imps the 2nd car i was told was now in Ireland

Here is Johns second steel bodied Imp with a Rawlson fibreglass front. This car replaced the written-off Kent Messenger Imp


And here is the Davrian based Imp which John nicknamed the "plastic pig"


Here is a link to more information on the Imps forever site: http://www.imps4ever.info/racing/rac...-homewood.html

[Steve Holmes]

Here is Johns second steel bodied Imp with a Rawlson fibreglass front. This car replaced the written-off Kent Messenger Imp


And here is the Davrian based Imp which John nicknamed the "plastic pig"


Here is a link to more information on the Imps forever site: http://www.imps4ever.info/racing/rac...-homewood.html

Beautiful photos. Got any more?

[Imp Wagon]

Beautiful photos. Got any more?

I sure do, here are a few:
Plastic pig with it's transporter

In this shot John is surveying some damage to the side of the Imp. This was inflicted by the Mini obscured behind the Imp. This mini was Peter Baldwins 1300 BDA powered version which had just been beaten by John's 998 Imp. Apparently, he was so annoyed, he punted John on the slowing-down lap!




And here is a 1973 shot of the old and new George Bevan imps, the one on the right is the triple championship winning car which was sold to Les Nash and the twin headlight car on the left is the replacement for it, which never enjoyed the same success. From memory it was destroyed in a crash during the season.

[Steve Holmes]

I sure do, here are a few:
Plastic pig with it's transporter

In this shot John is surveying some damage to the side of the Imp. This was inflicted by the Mini obscured behind the Imp. This mini was Peter Baldwins 1300 BDA powered version which had just been beaten by John's 998 Imp. Apparently, he was so annoyed, he punted John on the slowing-down lap!




And here is a 1973 shot of the old and new George Bevan imps, the one on the right is the triple championship winning car which was sold to Les Nash and the twin headlight car on the left is the replacement for it, which never enjoyed the same success. From memory it was destroyed in a crash during the season.

These are just amazing! Each and every one. This period of British saloon car racing is completely fascinating to me.

The third photo down with the grid line-up, the white and blue Imp next to the Plastic Pig actually looks a little like Homewoods earlier Imp.

[Steve Holmes]

Some info for you following Imp wagons posting
1 George Bevans Imps wont the BTCC 3 years on the trot with Bill McGovern 70 71 72 ( i think without checking!)
2 George built my fathers Imp engines 75-82 and many other local racer engines but he also had some German and Scandanavian customers too
3 John Homewood original used Ian Carter built engines he didnt use Bevan engines till 77/8 season when he was then running the Davrian floor pan Imp which he had specially built for 76 or 77 season
I know John had 2 steel shell Imps the 2nd car i was told was now in Ireland
4 Ginger Marshall used the Mini traveller chassis for the LWB over the Mini
His first car was steel shell with Mini A series circa 75/6
he later had a Space frame traveller mini built and he then fitted the Imp engine to the mini gearbox circa 78/9
This car later went Hillclimbing
His last car was a space frame Reliant Kitten shaped car and he then had his own alloy engine block cast up and Imp head fitted to it
He still retains the car but has recently been racing Clubmans sport racer

George Bevan died around 97 ish
Last year i was racing FFord at Brands and in Parc Ferme a bloke came up and spoke to me- It was Georges son Peter and he and his son had built a replica Gp 2 Imp and it has been running at a couple of demo events

Thanks for that info, now you've explained why the Traveller was used, it makes total sense!

Re the Ginger Marshall Reliant, I think I know the car you're referring to. Good to know its still about.