[Trisha]

A long-defunct facet of car design that might be useful today... It's an opera lamp, for those occasions when, after a performance at Covent Garden, an individual could more easily identify his or her car with a personalised and illuminated opera lamp.

Some folk might benefit from one in a supermarket car park today...

 

[Gripping Pneus]

Some folk might benefit from one in a supermarket car park today...

Include me in that!

 

[beardy56]

Some years ago we were at a large open air proms concert and when I parked the car we walked to the end of the line and I counter the rows so I could find the car when we returned. At one point during the evening I needed to go back to the car and entered the carpark in the middle, counted the rows and no car to be seen. I ended up walking around the carpark clicking the central locking remote and looking for flashing lights till I found the car. Turns out the parking lines weren't parallel and there were more lines at one end than the other.

 

[Trisha]

Anyone remember the Lotus Elan Sprint Estate?

 

[Trisha]

Not quite what Steve McQueen had in mind, perhaps, but we take your point, Mr Broad.

 

[Trisha]

Tony Lanfranchi at Mallory en route to another victory in his Moskvich 412. Unlikely but true.

 

[Trisha]

Happy VSCC days for me, and everyone else interested in old cars. Billy Wilks in his Lotus 16 at Thruxton half a century ago.

 

[Gripping Pneus]

Ah - the "showroom price" class for standard cars. What fun. My motor club friend Roger Turner ran Mountsorrel Garage near Leicester which at the time had a Lada agency so he also saw the opportunity. Watching the drivers wrestle with 16 inch steering wheels and road tyres was entertaining. The cars were successful of course as the 1500 cc Moskvitch and the 1200cc Lada were in the same class as 850 Minis IIRC so as soon as there was a straight they were gone.

 

[Trisha]

A few pics of the RAC Rally in days long ago when having fun wasn't frowned upon by 'Elfs.

 

[matthew77]

That's a great photo of the Alpine and Lancia Fulvia

 

[anddelanyno20]

Trisha just goes to show, you might not be able to polish a turd but you can make it quick,a racing car from a moskovitch who have thought it or bothered for that matter

 

[Trisha]

Proof below of Scalextric authenticity. Carlos Reutemann's Brab on the brink of losing its 'goblin hat' as well.

 

[Trisha]

Lest we forget, this is how the 24-litre W-12 Napier-Bentley looked originally when it was built in the mid 1960s by David Llewellyn. It's pictured below driven by its second owner, Peter Morley.

Today, the car has a very different body but the same terrifying performance.

 

[Trisha]

A Stratos on Safari without its engine lid - again.

 

[Trisha]

Oops, and again.

 

[Trisha]

Opening lap, Brands, 1976.

 

[Gripping Pneus]

That was the illegal extra 1 cm of width on Hunt's McLaren that caused that.

 

[Trisha]

I seem to recall that Hunt put a sticker on the back of his car for the Spanish GP that read: "Wide Load".

 

[tangerinedream]

Saw Tony and his Moscow witch at Oulton Park, remember it being a very pale green, Satra motors, the sponsor may have been the importers.

The touring car championship that year was retail price based for the various classes, it was a mater of the biggest engine for the least cost, hence the Moscow witch ran, think they were 1500 cc.

Must say the most entertaining races I remember from those days were for the Ford Mexico championship, some of the driving makes the current btcc mob look like nuns.

 

[Abarth Mike]

Trisha just goes to show, you might not be able to polish a turd but you can make it quick,a racing car from a moskovitch who have thought it or bothered for that matter

@Aurora scratch built one for a proxy series. Maybe he will be along shortly with pictures?

Moskvitch GM-5 circa 1973