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bazzateer Posted a lot Imping along sans Vogue Posts: 3,653	Imps and Motorsport bazzateer @bazzateer
	Oct 5, 2009 14:12:18 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I was re-reading renmoc's thread about his Commer Imp and thought I'd add some info, as it's not directly related to his car I've put it in a new thread. Hopefully of interest to some of you. This is the photo of Dave (renmoc) accepting his trophy: In case anyone is wondering who the woman is giving Dave his trophy, it's Rosemary Smith, famous Imp Rally driver of the 1960's, IIRC she won the Tulip Rally outright in her Imp in 1965 and still has a replica of her rally Imp to this day. More here: images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.imps4ever.info/racing/rallies/works/tulip_rally1965.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.imps4ever.info/racing/rallies/rosemary.html&usg=___wWEGyJkiF39ZWXvAUn252FhDvY=&h=350&w=450&sz=38&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=dthPbr6Rgv8E2M:&tbnh=99&tbnw=127&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drosemary%2Bsmith%2Btulip%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den Also, the gent with the white hair and beard on the right is none other than Bill McGovern, British Saloon Car Champion 1970,1971 and 1972 (driving an Imp prepared by Geroge Bevan). The same car each year, no re-shells apparently. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! WHAT? OH I SEE, YOU CAN'T! ;D More here: images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.imps4ever.info/nick/mcgov2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.imps4ever.info/racing/races/bevan.html&usg=__HDh57Ccw0LZqTO4uUv5ZCYXMD8A=&h=343&w=462&sz=39&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=pkft_9r_9-hnrM:&tbnh=95&tbnw=128&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbill%2Bmcgovern%2Bimp%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den Hope this is of interest
	Last Edit: Oct 5, 2009 14:46:17 GMT by bazzateer 1968 Singer Chamois Sport 1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport 1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2 1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome 2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily) 2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily) 2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)

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Team Blitz Posted hell of a lot Curator of 1972 Tour de France Grp2 winner! Works RS2600, Weslake 2.9L, Kugelfischer, ZF. Posts: 6,163	Imps and Motorsport Team Blitz @teamblitz
	Oct 5, 2009 16:22:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Capital! I love threads like this. Tying in historical stuff to today. Great stuff. What did Dave do for his cup? And why are he and Rosie about to be arrested?
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Seth South East MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi Posts: 15,513 Member is Online	Imps and Motorsport Seth @seth
	Oct 5, 2009 16:29:18 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Good stuff Baz
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jrevillug Posted a lot Posts: 3,520	Imps and Motorsport jrevillug @jrevillug
	Oct 5, 2009 17:09:31 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Oct 5, 2009 16:22:46 GMT Team Blitz said: Capital! I love threads like this. Tying in historical stuff to today. Great stuff. What did Dave do for his cup? And why are he and Rosie about to be arrested? Dave has an awesome car and came third in the category that he entered (voted for by the other car owners) at the Imp national weekend. Officer Dibble is a leftover from the Saturday night fancy dress.
	Caution: As the buoys marking the shoals are often out of position, mariners are cautioned to be on their guard when navigating these shores 75 Imp 72 Clan - What? An update? Never!

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sunbeammadd Part of things Posts: 141	Imps and Motorsport sunbeammadd @sunbeammadd
	Oct 6, 2009 9:48:47 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	What! Both Rosemary Smith AND Bill McGovern were at Imp 09?? Now I'm doubly miserable at not being able to make the flight over. ;D
	63 Alpine Series III 69 Imp Sport 930 07 Golf V GTI 11 Freelander 2 (hers!) 70 Hunter Royal (scrapped), 78 Chrysler Alpine GLS (given away), 84 505 STi (sold), 01 206 1.6XR (sold)

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v8ian Posted a lot Posts: 3,763 Member is Online	Imps and Motorsport v8ian @v8ian
	Oct 6, 2009 11:17:59 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	I have fond memories of racing imps, about 77/78 we were looking into racing somthing better than karts, I think the first Imp we bought was a semi spaceframe imp, possibly built from an old fraiser imp, we raced it in wendy wools/Kent Messenger special saloons series, it was a very tired little car, my mate Tel, managed to find out George Bevan lived not more than a mile or two from where we lived, up by the gasworks in St marys cray, George had retired, but Tel managed to talk him into building us an engine, george was totally deaf, and his wife [mary?] had to sign for him, he had 3 sheds in his garden connected by covered walkways, one for dissassembly, one for machining and one for building, he had a old boy port his cylinder heads who learnt his trade porting Merlin Spitfire engines, What a nice old boy George was, he even got a Ex works driver to come down to brands to help us set the car up, the result ended up us selling the car and buying a full space frame Maguire car, and for some reason then bought Simon Sables original Davrian based imp, full GRP floorpan, steel imp roof and pillars, and the rest was GRP, that was written off hitting Mabbs Bank at lydden, most of the car came home in 3 bin bags!!!
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bazzateer Posted a lot Imping along sans Vogue Posts: 3,653	Imps and Motorsport bazzateer @bazzateer
	Oct 6, 2009 15:41:10 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Feel free to add any photos you have of Imps in motorsport
	1968 Singer Chamois Sport 1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport 1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2 1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome 2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily) 2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily) 2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)

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mudbitz Guest	Imps and Motorsportmudbitz @GUEST
	Oct 6, 2009 17:45:58 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	i remember Frazer imps at Lydden late 60s early 70 s


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gurnersimps1963 Wales Posts: 1,187	Imps and Motorsport gurnersimps1963 @gurnersimps1963
	Oct 7, 2009 16:31:19 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top
	Cracking thread Baz, keep the photo's coming!!


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