Special Saloons

[big andy]

will you be out in the cscc series??

[jade stilleto]

hope so if not me i might get a quick driver . im very rusty

[big andy]

Originally Posted by jade stilleto

hope so if not me i might get a quick driver . im very rusty

good man looks like there will be more imps than any other car .what happened to your mini??

[oneofapair]

About time Paul, be good to see it/you out.

John Woods

[jade stilleto]

maguire mini sold to japan i wont feel so old if john woods is racing , il try and get gary streat to have a go he is older than us

[leecostelloracing]

Imps are fantastic little cars what ever happened too the blue calafornian imp in the north west sports saloons in the 80's I always remembered that as a kid

[mig]

I managed to get this onto the computer at long last. Lydden Special GTs from what I remember it was 1990 or there about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgQUJKr0eak

[oneofapair]

MIG, Very enjoyable piece of footage ,any more now you've mastered the modern technology(I'm in awe!)? Thanks

John Woods

[mig]

Originally Posted by jade stilleto

maguire mini sold to japan i wont feel so old if john woods is racing , il try and get gary streat to have a go he is older than us

Do you remember this Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCLBRYsGO8

[Gerry Taylor]

One Lucky Mini Driver. I lost a good mate in a similar shunt many years ago.
Good to see him walk away from it.

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by Gerry Taylor

One Lucky Mini Driver. I lost a good mate in a similar shunt many years ago.
Good to see him walk away from it.

Yes, a very lucky man indeed. That was one helluva shunt and minis aren't the car you want to be in when that happens. Quite a few drivers have lost their lives racing minis down through the years. Very sad.

[big andy]

can some of you older chaps remember the 1st spaceframed mini on the front cover of ccc with a 1300cc bdh in 1974 ?? well that was the car in the video !!

[mig]

The Mini crashing was driven by Adam Lewenski (something like that) it had one of our 8-ports in it and the carbs got pulled of the head in the accident he was a lucky boy.

[big andy]

yes thats the guy who crashed it never ran with the bdh in ,it was used as a mock up for the ccc feature.it was the 1st spaceframed mini

[jade stilleto]

that mini was once owned by gary streat he also had a crash in it. he hit a tree in a hill climb . car was built by bernie bird known as the gomshall mini first space frame mini .

[Gerry Taylor]

GOMSHALL Motor Company. Now that rings a bell from the early days. I recall seeing a mini with that written along its side. I'll try to remember the drivers name.........?

[big andy]

tony charmings built it in 1974 then sold on in 75 to gary streat who raced it for a number of seasons before eventually selling it to adam lesniewski who wrote it of in 1990

[jade stilleto]

tony chammings was the driver .cost of building 10k .1974 pete vickers built engine a sieries 8 port more useles imformation imsad

[big andy]

hate to put right paul but im sader than you the cost of the roller in 1974 was 4k which was a lot of money then

[jade stilleto]

i used to work for ex mini racer terry harmer he told me 10k but i was young and i believed every thing in them days .im shaw your right .we used to beat them all inc. bda s.in those days on a very small budget.

[Gerry Taylor]

Originally Posted by jade stilleto

i used to work for ex mini racer terry harmer he told me 10k but i was young and i believed every thing in them days .im shaw your right .we used to beat them all inc. bda s.in those days on a very small budget.

I raced against Terry Harmer. Remember him well. I don't recall him quite beating us all though. He did have a quick little mini though.

[stuart thompson]

Whatever happened to the Lola m1?

[frazbomb]

Originally Posted by stuart thompson

Whatever happened to the Lola m1?

Is that the same M1 that Jeff Wilson (HWR) had at some point?

[Peter Dixon]

All is revealed here I think:

http://www.oldracingcars.com/lola/t400/

Converted back to an open wheel car by the sounds of things and running round in Oz.

[leecostelloracing]

Oh no that was bloody fantastic that car that there has been a good few converted back