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Originally Posted by driftwood
why was richard long known as rupert?
he raced the anglia then had space frame imp ( i cant recall if he was the 1st to do so or jeff ward had that honour) its just about the time i was allowed to go racing nearly before my time !!
Homewood had the 1st Davrian floor pan Imp and raced what was the last Frazer imp in kent messenger series ( according to AS article i read)
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Jeff was first, he had Richard Wallinger from Burbage build him one, (which I later bought) Richard then got him to build him one , Dick Wallinger (now living in Portugal) was very creative and decided that the imp for Richard would handle better with a longer wheelbase ! After several events the Buzz had it it that Richards imp was to be protested at Silverstone, sure enough it was, but after an all night "cut and shut" it was declared legal, at which point Richards crew donned t shirts stating we are legal, what a brilliant bunch of characters, Cliff Watts