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delta · 3 Dec 2016, 11:10 (Ref:3693299)

Great idea Mike. Smudge I am having trouble posting the pictures from home. Think Mrs Delta sabotaged computor. I will pop in to work tomorrow and post them.

smudge2031 · 3 Dec 2016, 11:13 (Ref:3693300)

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Great idea Mike. Smudge I am having trouble posting the pictures from home. Think Mrs Delta sabotaged computor. I will pop in to work tomorrow and post them.

Ok no problem...and I will get it ready for that show in July I believe it is...

delta · 4 Dec 2016, 12:38 (Ref:3693547)

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Here is the first picture. Brands Hatch paddock 1977. This out of the five races I did with the GT6 was best result with a Class P3. I was in the same class as Johnathon Palmer with his 3 Liter Marcus. Lucky for me his prop shaft fell off.

delta · 4 Dec 2016, 12:50 (Ref:3693548)

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At speed Brands Hatch 1977

delta · 4 Dec 2016, 12:59 (Ref:3693551)

O bother. try this.

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GORDON STREETER · 4 Dec 2016, 13:00 (Ref:3693553)

Is that better ?

delta · 4 Dec 2016, 13:02 (Ref:3693554)

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Is that better ?

Thanks Gordon, can you spin that last one round as well please. You are clever.

delta · 4 Dec 2016, 13:13 (Ref:3693557)

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delta · 4 Dec 2016, 13:29 (Ref:3693559)

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delta · 4 Dec 2016, 13:31 (Ref:3693560)

A couple of my mates are looking for some more photo's. I will post them later in the week. Lost the will to live now as this has taken me an hour on PC.

gary396 · 4 Dec 2016, 14:30 (Ref:3693574)

Hopefully both right way up:

delta · 4 Dec 2016, 14:55 (Ref:3693583)

Thanks Gary

smudge2031 · 4 Dec 2016, 15:11 (Ref:3693586)

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Hopefully both right way up:

Great pics thanks Iain.....now I have a mission to try and find the same rear spoiler! Cant see any the same anywhere on the Net.....I was going to put a similar ducktail type on......

VIVA GT · 5 Dec 2016, 09:22 (Ref:3693791)

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Who used to drive his race Healey 3000 to and from the circuits. Nice bloke , too.

An ex-works car as well, registration SMO 746 (One of the many unimportant things I remember from my youth, it was pictured on the front page of Hot Car Magazine in the late 60's)

terence · 5 Dec 2016, 12:02 (Ref:3693861)

Yes indeed it was,also other mags did articals on it after I had restored it.Only met Johns wife a couple of times,just to keep her update on the cars progress.There was a deal done at time of purchase that nothing from John would be sold until after she had passed on.A deal that was completely honoured.

terence · 5 Dec 2016, 12:13 (Ref:3693864)

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Im sure you were'nt the first to do that!

I hope it brings back great memories...Im certainly not going to change it much....its good to have a bit of British motorsport history as you will know. To be honest I am not sure what I will do with it..but would love to get it back on the track where it belongs.....From memory can you tell me the spec of the engine...of course it could have changed but from what I have noticed it has a skimmed

TR6 head with flat top pistons...with the flat top pistons its possible it may have the 2.5 crank,rods and pistons..is this correct? head has been ported to a degree also.....

Certainly one of the most tunable engines there is.John Wood-ex Cambridge motorsport,is probably the best there is on these engines

p261brm · 5 Dec 2016, 15:49 (Ref:3693912)

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Certainly one of the most tunable engines there is.John Wood-ex Cambridge motorsport,is probably the best there is on these engines

Reet grand, historic racing as it really was, and as it should be today, not as the FIA insists how it was.

DaveGT6 · 5 Dec 2016, 22:16 (Ref:3693998)

As an ex GT6 racer I'm loving those pics!

terence · 6 Dec 2016, 13:57 (Ref:3694172)

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Reet grand, historic racing as it really was, and as it should be today, not as the FIA insists how it was.

Exactly that!

delta · 8 Dec 2016, 10:42 (Ref:3694742)

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Been sent some 4 more photo's from old school chum. These sure are bringing back happy memories... Don't know if its possible to make photo's bigger. "Gordon "

delta · 8 Dec 2016, 10:57 (Ref:3694755)

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Here is the car finished outside my shed in Sonning. I guess this would of been early 1976. We had our first test at Goodwood later that year.Little did i know that a few years later Robert Plant would be living across the road , also that bloke that bends spoons and George Clooney and his Mrs
At the corner of the yard lived a very prominent lawyer who became a good friend. He ended up being high Sheriff of Berkshire.
After we had started the engine one evening he stormed over to see us but not to tell me off for all the noise, but to say he was in the bath and the water was vibrating.Wonder if he thought of the hot tub idea. Happy days.

delta · 8 Dec 2016, 11:09 (Ref:3694757)

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. Note novice cross. I am ashamed to say that after my first race I thought it a bit namby pamby so the cross came off.

delta · 8 Dec 2016, 11:16 (Ref:3694759)

tach]48692[/attach][at. Last one . Will see what else turns up over Christmas.
We had a few from the first test at Thruxton but they are up in the loft.

smudge2031 · 8 Dec 2016, 11:25 (Ref:3694764)

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Attachment 48691. Note novice cross. I am ashamed to say that after my first race I thought it a bit namby pamby so the cross came off.

great pics thanks...I was wondering what that X was for!

smudge2031 · 8 Dec 2016, 11:50 (Ref:3694773)

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Attachment 48689.
Been sent some 4 more photo's from old school chum. These sure are bringing back happy memories... Don't know if its possible to make photo's bigger. "Gordon "

From that picture...zoomed in...means it still has the original engine....the head had the white paint on it same as in the picture....So how good is your memory regarding engine spec??

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