VSCC Brooklands

[cortinaman]

Popped along to Brooklands for the VSCC Winter Trials, great weather and loads of pre war cars being thrashed around.

[stealthstylz]

This is not helping my want for something vintage to thrash about in.

[mylittletony]

I'd love to know a bit more about this...:

Jan 28, 2024 19:48:16 GMT cortinaman said:

Is it a supercharger?? Is that the inlet looking a bit like an exhaust manifold?

And this is just lovely

Jan 28, 2024 19:48:16 GMT cortinaman said:

[ducklooker]

That looks like a serious sort of supercharger!

[cortinaman]

Jan 29, 2024 8:22:44 GMT mylittletony said:

I'd love to know a bit more about this...:

Jan 28, 2024 19:48:16 GMT cortinaman said:

Is it a supercharger?? Is that the inlet looking a bit like an exhaust manifold?

And this is just lovely

Jan 28, 2024 19:48:16 GMT cortinaman said:

I zoomed in on my photo and it would seem to be a Centric Supercharger which can apparently be bought new from these chaps www.cozetteengineering.co.uk/centric apart from that, I know as much as you!

The woody is a bit of a mystery - looks a bit like an American 37 Ford, but not quite - I wonder if its based on a French Matford (Ford/Mathis Colaboration - dvole.free.fr/matford/catalo36.htm I am sure someone on here will know!

[pedalcarjoe]

Jan 28, 2024 21:45:21 GMT stealthstylz said:

This is not helping my want for something vintage to thrash about in.

do it life is too short

sorry I know that is not much help either

[akku]

Not to be a pedant, I think that this was the "New Years Driving Test". Not enough mud for trials!

These events are brilliant. I was at Curborough Sprint last year, in the weeing-down rain they were still out there thrashing, and the tannoy announces that is Wing Commander Fortisque Smythe taking to the track in the Napier Special he has been campaigning for 60 years, he's now 84 years old himself and the car is 100. utter madness and thats the way to grow old.

I've been watching this for too long also...

[cortinaman]

akku you are not wrong - my bad!

stealthstylz - here's something else to not help you.

[cortinaman]

For a bit of contrast Alfa 6C vs Austin 7 Saloon

[Seth]

Ha, I was stood about 12 feet to your left when you were videoing those!

[Seth]

A few shots from my shutter.

[Enbloc]

Jan 29, 2024 17:04:39 GMT cortinaman said:

The woody is a bit of a mystery - looks a bit like an American 37 Ford, but not quite - I wonder if its based on a French Matford (Ford/Mathis Colaboration - dvole.free.fr/matford/catalo36.htm I am sure someone on here will know!

Its a Model 62, a European market oddity.

I think they came with the half size V8-60 rather than the full size Flathead V8 and are closer to a Ford Pilot than their American cousins.

[cortinaman]

Enbloc I knew someone would know!

Seth love the photos - if I knew what you looked like I would have said hello!

[ettore]

It is indeed a Model 62 Woodie and, whilst the woodie bit came from the US, the rest was built in Dagenham.

Whilst it originally had a smaller 2.2 flathead V8 (because of the peculiar taxation system used at the time), this one has been corrected with a bored out 4 litre flathead in period hotrod spec' with Edelbrock headers, Offenhauser manifold etc.

It keeps up merrily with modern traffic...

[ettore]

....and the Austin 7 with the big blower is actually a famous racing car from South Africa. The engine is an original works Austin engine from a factory single-seater and it also appears to go like stink!

[HoTWire]

Feb 2, 2024 22:52:29 GMT Enbloc said:

Its a Model 62, a European market oddity.

I think they came with the half size V8-60 rather than the full size Flathead V8 and are closer to a Ford Pilot than their American cousins.

I'm sure you've seen the brown one that floats around the custom car scene, puzzled over it at Wheels Day last year. I was pretty sure that is a Matford, I always tag it as such and no one has yelled at me yet, has a different headlight/wing arrangement than this black one though.

[Enbloc]

Feb 15, 2024 17:02:50 GMT HoTWire said:

Feb 2, 2024 22:52:29 GMT Enbloc said:

Its a Model 62, a European market oddity.

I think they came with the half size V8-60 rather than the full size Flathead V8 and are closer to a Ford Pilot than their American cousins.

I'm sure you've seen the brown one that floats around the custom car scene, puzzled over it at Wheels Day last year. I was pretty sure that is a Matford, I always tag it as such and no one has yelled at me yet, has a different headlight/wing arrangement than this black one though.

Ah.. You're going down the rabbit hole now...

I know the brown Matford well as my dad did all the woodwork on it!

The black one is a Model 62. Its RHD and has full wood sides. The Matford is French market. I think Matford took over making and selling Fords when Ford shut down Ford France, but don't quote me on that.
The Matford is LHD and has steel front doors, which is a commercial coach building style of the time.

[ettore]

The ‘woodie’ bit of the black car is as per the US woodies, unlike the Matford. The wood actually came from Fords own forest in upper Michigan before being shipped to the UK.

UK woodies had all sorts of interesting original owners including the King and Malcolm Campbell amongst others!

[HoTWire]

Feb 16, 2024 11:38:04 GMT ettore said:

The ‘woodie’ bit of the black car is as per the US woodies, unlike the Matford. The wood actually came from Fords own forest in upper Michigan before being shipped to the UK.

This is exactly the sort of detail we live for

[ettore]

Haha, it’s actually my car, so I should know!