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We all wait with great anticipation news from the new owner as the car goes through it's restoration!! Wonder of Ric Wood will be asked to do some of the prep work? |
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Grahan Wait car
I came across this thread while making a Google search on racing Capris,
and have throughly enjoyed reading it. With regard to post #224 , I've attached a photo of Graham Wait's car, pre-X Pack, taken at Knockhill in September 1991. At that time, it was competing in the Scottish Modified Sports & Saloon events. It also appeared in the Gresham Spartan Sports & Saloon series. There was an ex Graham Goode car competing in Scottish races a couple of years earlier. I've had a quick look, but am unable to find information in my mountain of papers. Will keep searching... |
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Hi Malcolm, that's a good find, keep digging!!
Hard to say from the image, as the car has slightly wider wheels and has been resprayed, but it reminds me of Dave Streather's car from a couple of years prior to that. I've got it in a shot somewhere or other at the Superprix in 1990 but at that time it was beige. It's possible Streather bought his car from Goode as they both live/lived in Leicestershire IIRC. Last edited by chunterer; 19 Nov 2009 at 11:22. |
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The car in Malcolm's image above is white, the one that reminds me of Steather's modsaloon but Gregor earlier in the thread seemed to think that this Wait car could've been Gerry Marshall's old one? |
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Just out of interest the name Terry Nichols has cropped up often in this thread and if its the same one, {from Worthing}, he has raced with us in the JEC xjs championship this year and did the Victor Meldrew at Brands Hatch last weekend.
Very nice chap, told me he'd raced before but not for a few years and I had no idea of his history. He let me pass him at a very wet Silverstone in qualifying and I nearly took him off in the race!. If he's out next year I'll try and point him in the direction of this thread |
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26 Nov 2009, 16:15 (Ref:2589741) | #282 | |
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Mystery pic on Flickr- in a collection of 80's touring car pics, mostly at Silverstone
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1202143...7622659048123/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/1202143...7622659048123/ Location is obviously Silverstone, it's clearly a CC/Esso Capri, but when? The race #40 suggests it's not BTCC, so presumably an ETC round. Looking at race results, my best guess is it's the '79 TT, Woodman & Buncombe on their way to 7th place http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jon...lverstone.html Last edited by KA; 26 Nov 2009 at 16:22. |
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yep 1979 Silverstone TT, this is the same car and I took this then (on an instamatic 110 camera) |
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It could also be the No33 Capri of Jeff Allam/Stuart Patterson, finishing Pos 11 at the 1979 TT. http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jon...lverstone.html Interestingly, in the picture section of the above and OT, but is that Barry Sheene sat on the front of the Richard Lloyd Mk1 Golf (with fag!)? |
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Another nice Woodman Capri pic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gloster...7601336014882/ |
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Think ORP is right, CC didn't build Woodmans cars until circa 1981 is that right? I know we've probably mentioned it back in the thread somewhere!!! Vince may well have ran his own cars prior to that? |
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Thanks- I couldn't remember when CC started running Woodman's cars either...
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1 Dec 2009, 16:31 (Ref:2592372) | #292 | |
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Another pic. Think we've already seen Brian Chatfield's ex-CC/Esso car in 1985
http://www.flickr.com/photos/1678887...7611422894664/ but this pic from the previous season, at Brands might be a new one to the thread- captioned as being Mike Newman's car http://www.flickr.com/photos/3611177...7622382683987/ |
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No one is quite sure what was 'illegal' but seeing as the car hadn't been competitive in Grp A up to that point, it is difficult to see how it could have got on terms with second hand Vitesses, let alone Rouse's Sierra! Rumours of GAV6 engines being acidentally popped into the engine bay perhaps...... Last edited by chunterer; 11 Dec 2009 at 20:16. |
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Almost the swansong- after the two disqualifications, he returned with a 635 (BC was certainly never short of cars...) and appeared several times with that. However IIRC, a Capri came out again for the last round, and then a few appearances in 1986, including another DQ earlier in at Silverstone- (think that one was for the car being underweight...?) and 10th at the GP support
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I seem to remember being told at the time that Chatfield was running a GAA engine, and that was why he was disqualified after the race. (I wondered at the time how on earth could that have got through pre-race scrutineering with all those cams and other obvious differences. If it was 'just' the bottom-end, then it wouldn't have been quite so obvious!)
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Just picked up on your thread re the ex Terry Nichols Capri. This went via Ric Wood to a French chap, Laurent Bayers, from somewhere down near Nice. I raced against him a couple of times during his early ownership of the car. We raced with the French "Trophee Saloon" series. I'm not sure if he still has the car. DT
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