Gorden Spice what happened?

monkeynuts · 5 Jun 2005, 18:39 (Ref:1320696)

Does anyone know what happened to Gorden spice last raced in C2 late 80's.possibly moved to Jamaica?

**Peter Mallett** · 5 Jun 2005, 18:44 (Ref:1320701)

Want to try this in the Historic forum?

BTW. He's a bit of a hero of mine.

monkeynuts · 5 Jun 2005, 18:46 (Ref:1320703)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Want to try this in the Historic forum?

BTW. He's a bit of a hero of mine.

Sorry Pete I suppose it is historic how time fly's I used to work for him in the early 80's

djinvicta · 5 Jun 2005, 18:47 (Ref:1320704)

Pete moved to Westmarsh, Id ive not seen im since....

**Peter Mallett** · 5 Jun 2005, 18:51 (Ref:1320709)

Quote:

Originally Posted by monkeynuts

Sorry Pete I suppose it is historic how time fly's I used to work for him in the early 80's

Yep.

The time when we were all having fun.

monkeynuts · 5 Jun 2005, 18:55 (Ref:1320717)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Yep.

The time when we were all having fun.

yea got loads of pics of the red capri's before they where shipped to hong kong maybe I can scan them in and post them,also some of the C2 Tiga he raced with Neil Crang and Ray Bellum

**Peter Mallett** · 5 Jun 2005, 19:02 (Ref:1320720)

You'll probably have to post a bit more to get the rights to post pics.

I do know that Dave Thomas has an ex Spice shell. Its got Group 2 (X pack) bodywork now.

Mine is painted as a tribute to the '78 Spa 24hrs winning car. (Hasn't got that "special" diff though).

gfm · 5 Jun 2005, 19:48 (Ref:1320760)

Gordon Spice - an irregular visitor to the BRDC. Seems in fine fettle a few weeks back. Well, actually up to his old mischief - bit of a drink, bit of a wind up etc ...

Chris Y · 6 Jun 2005, 09:11 (Ref:1321160)

Moved to Historic forum

Speedy norm · 6 Jun 2005, 10:13 (Ref:1321190)

Motorsport did an article on him about a year ago. Always admire a self made man. Set up quite a business empire from nothing. Not only that he could peddle a car as quick as anyone.- Untill Andy Rouse drove round the outside of him at Old hall Good Friday '80 in what is now a much missed Easter meeting!
Had the honesty to call it a day when he stated that the times just wern't there any more.
Peter - That Belga colour scheme for me goes down as one of the all time greats

**GTRMagic** · 6 Jun 2005, 10:23 (Ref:1321198)

And was part of a group of racers who were talking to the local state government to take over the running of the Eastern Creek Raceway here in Oz.... the plan was to get a sports car manufacturing operation up....

Mr Spice was also a Bathurst starter, in a Toyota Celica many years ago as well.. so he has been around..

monkeynuts · 6 Jun 2005, 16:35 (Ref:1321511)

But does anybody know what he's up to now?

lifeline-fire · 6 Jun 2005, 21:41 (Ref:1321823)

I undertand that Mr Spice is involved in a bit of property development. IIRC he lives near the Thames river and owns quite a bit of land which he has been developing. It could even be an island on the Thames
As well as a race car constructor, he also ran Gordon Spice Racewear with a gentleman called Keith Cundell. Gordon sold his share of the business to Keith which then changes its name to International Spares specialising in export sales of motorsport parts. International Spares is now part of Raceparts in Wallingford.
I have enjoyed many an hour in his company, usually involving quantities of Rum and Coke. His party tricks are hillarious, usually involving some poor unsuspecting waitress stacking up glasses on to a table only for Gordon to bet her that he can pull the table cloth out without disturbing them.......as you can imagine the carnage that follows is hilarious

monkeynuts · 7 Jun 2005, 14:01 (Ref:1322378)

so he has'nt changed his drinking habits then....rum&coke,must be over 70 years old now?

allenbrown · 7 Jun 2005, 17:01 (Ref:1322488)

If anyone speaks to him, can they do me a big favour and ask him what happened to the F5000 Lola T332 he drove in 1975? It was crashed, rebuilt and driven late in the season by Bill Gubelman. It was advertised by Reed Racing (contact Gordon Spice) in Autosport 18 Dec 1976 and then vanishes. Lola T332s hardly ever "vanish" so I'm perplexed by this one.

Thanks

Allen

cirrus · 7 Jun 2005, 21:19 (Ref:1322722)

I last saw Gordon Spice a couple of years ago at a BRDC event at Silverstone. I used to work for him back in the mid seventies at his warehouse in Staines, and we had a bit of a chat about those days. I can't offer anything very concrete about the Lola, but I remember it being dismantled and crated up for shipping to it's new owner in the back of the warehouse. I think it went to the States. From memory, though, I would have said that this took place somewhat earlier in 1976 than December.

allenbrown · 7 Jun 2005, 21:26 (Ref:1322728)

Hi cirrus

Thanks for that. I suspect my notes are mistranscribed and that I meant that it was advertised 18 Dec 1975, not 1976. It makes sense that it left the country as I've heard nothing of it since. And the US is the most likely destination.

Allen

cirrus · 7 Jun 2005, 21:30 (Ref:1322730)

Yes, Allen, I reckon it was probably shipped around March/April '76. For the record, the tub showed obvious signs of its front end repair, and "Gordy" had a very pronounced "Lola Limp".

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