mikec
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... He also knew Colin chapman ,Stirling moss and john cooper so have some great stories and photos.if you've not already seen my other photos look on my other post. Where does your love of cars come from, there are some other interesting photos. In all probability, Colin Chapman was the driver of SAR 5, and maybe the Lotus 6 too. I've been following motor sport ever since I was taken to the 1950 Daily Express meeting at Silverstone, when the BRM V16 broke down on the starting grid; I was three years old, but can still recall the sound of the V16 echoing off the buildings on Hanger Straight - that must have been in practice, no the race! Your latest photos are giving me a bit more to think about - when I've stirred the grey cells I'll report back
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1914 Saxon A; 1931 Austin 7; 1938 Talbot Ten; 1953 Lancia Appia; 1967 Singer Chamois
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... He also knew Colin chapman ,Stirling moss and john cooper so have some great stories and photos.if you've not already seen my other photos look on my other post. Where does your love of cars come from, there are some other interesting photos. In all probability, Colin Chapman was the driver of SAR 5, and maybe the Lotus 6 too. I've been following motor sport ever since I was taken to the 1950 Daily Express meeting at Silverstone, when the BRM V16 broke down on the starting grid; I was three years old, but can still recall the sound of the V16 echoing off the buildings on Hanger Straight - that must have been in practice, no the race! Your latest photos are giving me a bit more to think about - when I've stirred the grey cells I'll report back One of his old friends got in touch with me and told me when he was round Colin chapmans garage being shown his latest car my dad went home and built his own copying Colin's. That's the one you see him working on in the magazine. If you went to the racing back then you must have seen him racing.
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In all probability, Colin Chapman was the driver of SAR 5, and maybe the Lotus 6 too. I've been following motor sport ever since I was taken to the 1950 Daily Express meeting at Silverstone, when the BRM V16 broke down on the starting grid; I was three years old, but can still recall the sound of the V16 echoing off the buildings on Hanger Straight - that must have been in practice, no the race! Your latest photos are giving me a bit more to think about - when I've stirred the grey cells I'll report back One of his old friends got in touch with me and told me when he was round Colin chapmans garage being shown his latest car my dad went home and built his own copying Colin's. That's the one you see him working on in the magazine. If you went to the racing back then you must have seen him racing. You may also be interested in this , his old friend who got in touch with me is a chap called Ian Stronach who built the car in this picture. It was found the other year in Brussels and the new owner found Ian and told him he had found his old car and was rebuilding it and invited him to drive it at good wood when it was done. Ian has also been over to Belgium to drive the car. He's 82 now. Look up Brussels old timers vixen gt. the first picture is of when Ian was building it in 1964, it took him a year to build.
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mikec
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Some more of my dads old photos. He even made a boat as a small river ran at the side of his old house. I'll do my best with these: First photo shows a C-Type Jaguar at Old Hall Corner, Oulton Park ... then it's another shot of the Mercedes W163 ... then a C-type engine The straight engine has got me puzzled: it ought to be an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900, but they had the cam drive in the centre of the engine, with a distinctive bulge in the cam covers, so it's not! No 38 is probably a Cooper Bristol No 11 is the Lotus 6 again, and it could just be a youthful Stirling Moss on the left. No 22 is an Alfa Romeo P3 No 36 is the Tojero Bristol reg LOY 500 ETU 462 is presumably an Austin Seven special,but it's got a very low build - that one's got me intrigued! No 10 - NPO 20 - is gerry Ruddock's Lester MG ... and No 27 is another Cooper Bristol. Then you start to get a bit modern for me
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1914 Saxon A; 1931 Austin 7; 1938 Talbot Ten; 1953 Lancia Appia; 1967 Singer Chamois
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mikec
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One of his old friends got in touch with me and told me when he was round Colin chapmans garage being shown his latest car my dad went home and built his own copying Colin's. That's the one you see him working on in the magazine. If you went to the racing back then you must have seen him racing. L Wickham certainly rings a bell - was it Lou Wickham?
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1914 Saxon A; 1931 Austin 7; 1938 Talbot Ten; 1953 Lancia Appia; 1967 Singer Chamois
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He was born in cheadle but moved to winton near worsley due to his dads buisness in Monton . He would of been 82 last week. There's a picture of him on where does your love of cars come from. He took over his dads business and had 4 of his 7 brothers working for him.
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Yes that's Sir Stirling Moss before the Sir when my dad knew him, my sister has got a picture and article in an old magazine with them together.
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Looks like he's had an operation at the vets and he's got one of them collars on to stop him chewing his stitches.
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Another to go with it.
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I really love discovering new cars through searching for images for this thread, what a beautiful thing, truth be told I was looking up Alpine A110 barn finds, which resulted in me reading about an a210 which was linked to this. "The CD-Panhard Le mans 1964 is a racing prototype, designed by genius Engineer Charles Deutsch. Deutsch's SERA engineering firm also contributed to the development of the Porsche 917 (including the Can-Am 1000 HP version), of the Matra MS 640, and of the Alfa Romeo 33. Only two prototypes were created, especially for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Autodrome owns both examples, preserved in perfect condition. These unique road-legal prototypes offer immense excitement to any driver, either in Historic Races, or on the road: the Panhard-CD Le Mans complies with current FIA regulations, and is also registered for road use (French title)"
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Aaaaand, just because i stumbled across it while i was looking for photos of the Alfa Bat... I thought it was a Lincoln Futura at first, but upon looking at it closer i don't think it is. Anyone got any ideas what we are looking at here? Early Lady Penelopes car perhaps?
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g40jon
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Bicester heritage is the perfect place for it!
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Apr 12, 2017 20:10:45 GMT
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Interesting take on moving new chassis.
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Interesting, why would you move what looks to be new cars in such a manner, surely this would damage them? What are they, Simcas?
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That's pretty much what I was thinking, they're VW type 3's.
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