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2 Oct 2007, 21:05 (Ref:2029363)
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Good stuff on youtube
Some fantastic old Oulton Park footage here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNvyeEsdxXI But check out the rest of the guys clips..... 
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3 Oct 2007, 06:38 (Ref:2029570)
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The handling of that Mk11 Cortina is simply bizzare, no wonder he ended up in the bushes, I mean too soft on the back or what, did'nt anybody bother to tell him before he stacked it, I have seen rear engined Porches lifting a front wheel like that but never a front engined rear wheel drive car!
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3 Oct 2007, 07:03 (Ref:2029585)
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thats normal for Cortinas, soft ARB's help as well, also I think the MK2's did it more than MK1's as they where heavier.
hmm U toob . . .not a very productive way to start the day! Last edited by zefarelly; 3 Oct 2007 at 07:06. |
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3 Oct 2007, 07:13 (Ref:2029593)
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Great stuff.
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3 Oct 2007, 11:33 (Ref:2029778)
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Brian Watson shot those fantastic films. More on his website:
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3 Oct 2007, 13:29 (Ref:2029888)
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More Oulton stuff on youtube- Al Weyman will love this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5EgZ...elated&search= |
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3 Oct 2007, 14:14 (Ref:2029913)
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It is Jimmy in the other car is it not? Or possibly Jacky Ickx.
Edit: Thinking about it, it is Jacky Ickx in the other Mk2 Cortina. The Mk1s always cornered like that too! Last edited by Andrew Kitson; 3 Oct 2007 at 14:21. |
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3 Oct 2007, 17:09 (Ref:2030025)
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I'm pretty sure #105 is Hill, the #106 is Ickx. Anyone recognize the third Mk 2 Cortina (was that Roger Clark perhaps)? And the red Mk1 car at the end of the movie?
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3 Oct 2007, 18:54 (Ref:2030129)
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No 120 - Ford Falcon Sprint - Red/Gold - Frank Gardner No 109 - Ford Lotus Cortina Mk 1 - White/Blue - Brian Robinson No 105 - Graham Hill - Team Lotus No 106 - Jacky Ickx - Team Lotus No 111 - Porsche 911 - Red - Vic Elford No 107 - Ford Lotus Cortina Mk 1 - Red - Willy Kay There was also ... No 110 - Ford Lotus Cortina - Team Surtees - White/Blue - Roger Clark No 100 - Alfa Romeo GTA - Tommy Clapham entered for Geoff Breakell No 108 - Ford Lotus Cortina Mk 1 - White/Blue - Tony Dean ... who were briefly seen. It is remarkable that Brian Watson was at so many events that I went to .... The Oulton Park Gold Cups, International Trophy 1970 plus the Monaco GP in 1968 and 1972. Fantastic footage which reminds me I should really start scanning in all those old colour slides! 
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Sorry I dont care if God Almighty set up that Cortina Mk 11 its wrong its as simple as that and if it had been set up properly it would have gone even quicker. How on earth can a three wheeling RWD car corner faster than one set up to stay on all 4 wheels. I tell you something I once checked over a suspension set up by none other than Frank Costin and do you know what as an 18 year old whippersnapper I sussed out (and cured in about an hour) why the car had terrible bumpsteer since the day it was built, so I dont care who they are they can still get it wrong and that Mk11 is wrong (IMHO).
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3 Oct 2007, 19:35 (Ref:2030168)
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Dont mess about Al tell em what you mean, go on tell em .
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I will, I will :-) Seriously the rear end squats so low as soon as power is applied and results in lifting a front wheel it almost looks like they had a broken spring on the back. Maybe it was set up soft to get some traction but surely as Zef said they could have upped (or fitted I know some dont like them) the rear anti roll bar rate.
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the last time i saw a car handle like that it was a south african spint car going around ringwood and i dont think it was a suspension problem i think the motor had somewhere in the region of 750 bhp, awsome to see...
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