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Originally Posted by John Turner
Since the above are built on racing chassis, and, with the possible exception of the Skodas don't even have 'saloon' type bodies, how are they special saloons or superloons or whatever? They sound more like a later version of modsports. Separate genre?
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I have a results sheet from Rufforth dated 15.10.66 and described as '10 lap scratch race for Special Saloon cars'. I also remember going to Croft and Rufforth in 1964 and 1965 and the term 'Special Saloons' was used then.
I think that in the late 50s and very early 60s saloon cars were raced in stripped down, modified engine and suspension style but retaining basic chassis and engines and were more 'modified production' than 'special saloon'. When engine transplants such as 1650 pushrods or twincams in Anglias,1800MGB in A40s, then that was when saloon cars became 'special'. This was probably 1962 or so.