Special Saloons

[JasagRacer]

This is brilliant guys. I spent much too much of the 70's at Brands watching special saloons. I remember many racing @ Lydden, even in the early 90's. I have some pictures of S/S Imps and a few of the other cars mentioned in this thread. It was a great series that allowed the engineer in you enough design flexibility.
Tony Sugden's Skoda was awesome.
So was the Chimp.(Jonathan Buncombe's S2000 Imp with a BDG)

[maguire imp chassis no1]

hi and how are you,yes i agree id love to see you special saloon pictures,could i perhaps get to see them at some point i am extermly interested in these type of cars and i own a few special racing saloons,id like to be your freind in this forum

Keith

[col rooney]

Does any one have a picture of the chimp as the 1 on the imp club site is said not to be the chimp

cheers col

[michaels977]

Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

hi and how are you,yes i agree id love to see you special saloon pictures,could i perhaps get to see them at some point i am extermly interested in these type of cars and i own a few special racing saloons,id like to be your freind in this forum

Keith

Iam an ex Special Saloon ....observer and racer..Imp..Escorts ..Skoda //and owned a Broadspeed Anglia ,which we thought wouldnt work.... so,i sold it and it went to Hot Rod racing !!!...ask Pulley...how many pictures do you want.........

[DanMinton]

Hi Chaps, Converted some VHS to Mpeg yesterday. Heres a Wendy Wools Special Saloon car race from Castle Combe. I have loads more to upload Including the Barry Reece Trophy meeting from Lydden.
Thanks to Tony Davis wife for recording these races. Great memories. When cars were rawkus, tracks were dangerous and a set of tires would last a whole meeting then another two meetings after that!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMRAlfzmCSo


Dan Minton

[DanMinton]

Heres the Thruxton Special Saloon race which was on Grandstand 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5a7fXwJ72U

[col rooney]

Dan your a star fantastic video please keep them coming

col

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by col rooney

Does any one have a picture of the chimp as the 1 on the imp club site is said not to be the chimp

cheers col

Col, is this the one you have on the site ? Link here

[col rooney]

No i got 1 hope link works

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by BESSIE

hi Tony parts of the 8port was Davids Marys 8 port is my developement long stroke 1460 its on loan she was runner up in the SEMSEC saloons with it also did you know her space frame mini is one of the very 1st Maguire minis.My Duratec is giving 300 bhp and will be racing this year

Hi,
I am interested in the early Maguire mini mentioned,we bought chassis #002 from John Maguire when new in late '77 or early '78 and ran it in 8 port 1300 guise for most of season '78,as we could'nt afford to run it competetively we sold it to a chap called Nick Hamley before the end of the season,have no idea what happened to it after then,anyone got any ideas ? would now like to find it.
Chassis #001 was built for a chap called Mike Parkes,his new bare spaceframe was hiding under a sheet in the Maguire workshop one day when we called in to see John,he tried to fight us off for a while but we managed to get the sheet off and were blown away by it and ordered one there and then !! we were running a steel bodied car at the time and were struggling against all the BDA engined cars that had started appearing.

Mike ran his car with an Arden 8 port 1000 engine and was very quick.

[maguire imp chassis no1]

I may be able to help you sir,i believe that your car may be in ireland it is owned by a man called ivor christie,i have raced my maguire imp against it in the past,i will try to identify it for you what else can you tell me about it,also have you any ols pictures you can post

Keith scott

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

I may be able to help you sir,i believe that your car may be in ireland it is owned by a man called ivor christie,i have raced my maguire imp against it in the past,i will try to identify it for you what else can you tell me about it,also have you any ols pictures you can post

Keith scott

Hi Keith,
Many thanks for your rapid reponse.
What can I tell you about the car ?
It was electic blue in colour,as were several of our cars around that time (previous Cooper S,1000 Mini Miglia,Metro Challenge).
It was fitted with a 1290 Weslake 8 port headed short stoke engine running on 4 Amal carbs,which was taken complete from our previous car and fitted 'as was' to the Maguire car because we could'nt afford to rebuild it !
We bought a bare spaceframe from John with a set of body panels,when fitting the rear quarter panels we 'joggled' them in to the steel skeleton of the body and fixed them with hand peened countersunk ally rivets and blended over flush with a skim of filler.
Not much info I know,but I hope it helps to identify it.
Regards,
Ron Carvell.

[maguire imp chassis no1]

Send me a picture to maguireimp@aol.com,theres another maguire mini turned up here in ireland i know of three or four in total,i take it the car had a tin roof,do you know the chassis no at all,i will try to help

Keith

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

Send me a picture to maguireimp@aol.com,theres another maguire mini turned up here in ireland i know of three or four in total,i take it the car had a tin roof,do you know the chassis no at all,i will try to help

Keith

Hi Keith,
I will try and get a photo to you,when I can work out how to do it !!
The chassis was number 002 TS or TS 002, TS meaning Tom Sheperd who was working with John at the time and must have built this frame.
The body had a fibreglass roof fitted to the steel skeleton.
The fibreglass boot panel had a Maguire fabricated ally spoiler on it.
I will pass on anything else as I think of it.
Thanks again for your help.
Regards,
Ron.

[haggispeed]

Hi Keith, I havent had a chance to dig through the loft to find pics of the old Doc Enderby cars, may take a while but when I do I'll post them up.

[maguire imp chassis no1]

Could you perhaps e mail them to me at maguireimp@aol.com,also there is no hurry i know people are busy at this stage in the year,were abouts do you live in the uk,i do believe that maguire chassis is in ireland im 99 per cent sure of it


Keith scott

[haggispeed]

Keith - as per profile - near Oulton Park... that's oop norht int Cheshire

[maguire imp chassis no1]

do you race yourself then and if so what do you race

keith

[haggispeed]

Yep, Classic Clubmans with a Haggispeed Mk10.
http://www.clubmans-register.com/

[Grandslammer]

Originally Posted by DanMinton

Heres the Thruxton Special Saloon race which was on Grandstand 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5a7fXwJ72U

A few of my pics from that meet

[Robert Morris]

A wondefull trip down memory lane many thanks.

[maguire imp chassis no1]

Hi this is a wonderful picture of the late barry reece's lovely maguire califorian imp,i have some pictures of the car when it was new he was a very talented driver winning over fifty races i am not sure who else was racing but i would like someone to post and say if anyone knowS


Keith scott

[BESSIE]

the spaceframe mini no 74 in pic no 4 is of me it was taken at the 1st turn into the complex at thuxton barry is behind me

[maguire imp chassis no1]

Hi was wanting to know if you still had the maguire mini,have you any old pictures of imps etc,i am so interested in this wee cars they are fab

Keith scott

[davyboy]

Keith, if you're in NI and into Maguire kit... have you connected with George Crozier at all ? He had a Maguire Mini and a Maguire Metro as well. I think [but of course stand corrected] that both were built by Tom Shephard when he was working at John Maguire's. Not sure whether he still has either.