Start of the 1965 German GP, where Jimmy clinched his second Championship. During Friday practice he did one lap of the Nurburgring that knocked 16.3sec off Surtees' lap record for the previous year's race. Yep! Sixteen point three seconds..!
Your Golden Epoch?
Most motor racing folk look back to their favourite eras from time to time because we have brains that store memories. Like all 'disciplines' motor sport, in all its forms, has gone through highs and lows, but even during troughs, we can often reflect on something that has been stored in our minds with affection.
As usual your views and images will always be of great interest. And thanks.
A few memory joggers below.
As usual your views and images will always be of great interest. And thanks.
A few memory joggers below.
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Dust in Argentina during the 1970 London-to-Mexico Rally proved especially hazardous. Andrew Cowan's 2.5PI Triumph crashed off the side of a mountain and was battered almost beyond recognition.
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Wonderful find Trisha!
I've never seen that pic before. Actually I'm not sure the welding as all that good, we did the cars in a BIG hurry and only had time for an even more rapid torsion test to see if we'd solved the strength problem. We had, but only just.
And that pic of the '65 German GP start is terrific too, a really good source info for any of us building cars of the period.
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'Tish' Ozanne, Tina Kerridge and Bronwyn Burrell pose for cameras with their Austin Maxi ahead of the Mexico Rally which, for these plucky girls, ended in Argentina. Apparently Kit's welding was fine, but, he packed the wrong sandwiches for them (Forest of Dean cheese) and they simply went home...
Only joking old boy.
Only joking old boy.
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I met Bronwyn and her Maxi at the last RaceRetro event, and what a terrific woman she is to chat to.
She HURLED the car round the track there, most impressive. And it sounded like no Maxi I've ever heard, before or since!
I told her about welding up the tailgate on her car, and she said they'd wondered why that was done at the time, but no-one told them back then.
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She HURLED the car round the track there, most impressive. And it sounded like no Maxi I've ever heard, before or since!
I told her about welding up the tailgate on her car, and she said they'd wondered why that was done at the time, but no-one told them back then.
Happy days
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, I'm sitting here watching
Cobra Daytona
Porsche 904
Porsche 911
Aston Martin DP214
E-Type
Assorted Lotus
And lots of other cars, 50 cars racing for 3 hours
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Cobra Daytona
Porsche 904
Porsche 911
Aston Martin DP214
E-Type
Assorted Lotus
And lots of other cars, 50 cars racing for 3 hours
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Not a bad way of enjoying a MinBin.
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Girling Foss with his mechanic, Alf Francis. All a long time ago but, anyone of any age, 'should' read Alf's autobiog, for it gives accurate commentary on the lot of so many during the 1950s.
It's a gem of social and motor racing history, contrasting so very sharply with today's world.
It's a gem of social and motor racing history, contrasting so very sharply with today's world.
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One sport I've never quite understood why the passenger does it.
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Rally without the elfs
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and how to drive a rally car
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and how to drive a rally car
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An early driving simulator developed by GM in California just over 60 years ago.
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