70s Super Saloon Pics - Page 27

dave vass · 27 Dec 2010, 15:34 (Ref:2808799)

Mick Hill's VW Beetle

dave vass · 27 Dec 2010, 15:38 (Ref:2808802)

Gerry Marshall's Baby Bertha

dave vass · 27 Dec 2010, 15:39 (Ref:2808803)

Dave Smith's Ford Capri

dave vass · 27 Dec 2010, 15:42 (Ref:2808804)

Rene Wisell's Chevrolet Camero

dave vass · 27 Dec 2010, 15:45 (Ref:2808806)

John Pope's Vauxhall Viva Aston Martin

dave vass · 27 Dec 2010, 15:48 (Ref:2808807)

Jonathan Buncombe's Super Chimp

dave vass · 27 Dec 2010, 15:50 (Ref:2808808)

Silverstone Grid

davyboy · 27 Dec 2010, 16:04 (Ref:2808812)

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Originally Posted by dave vass

Dave Smith's Ford Capri

Cortina rather than Capri.

Fantastic images though... thanks for sharing them with us.

911thillclimber · 27 Dec 2010, 18:34 (Ref:2808845)

Dave:
I don't suppose you have any pics of Alan Humberstone's Karmann Ghia do you ?
I have his old Lola T 492 car.
Thanks in advance.

Graham.

dave vass · 27 Dec 2010, 18:55 (Ref:2808847)

Quote:

Originally Posted by 911thillclimber

Dave:
I don't suppose you have any pics of Alan Humberstone's Karmann Ghia do you ?
I have his old Lola T 492 car.
Thanks in advance.

Graham.

I have a large collection of slides that I am sorting through, and I think that what I put on here is all the super saloon pictures I took. So; sorry no!

Gerry Taylor · 27 Dec 2010, 23:45 (Ref:2808887)

As you know Dave, I am always trying to encourage photographers and fans to put their pictures on this website, as, otherwise, sadly they are just forgotten. As they say " A picture's worth a thousand words".
So, keep them coming Dave. Thanks.
Besides it reminds me of a lot of the good times we all had back then.

Andy Clegg · 28 Dec 2010, 09:25 (Ref:2808932)

Jim Evans Lotus Esprit Donington Grp 5 Meeting. Nice photos Dave.

dave vass · 29 Dec 2010, 23:43 (Ref:2809323)

Quote:

Originally Posted by 911thillclimber

Dave:
I don't suppose you have any pics of Alan Humberstone's Karmann Ghia do you ?
I have his old Lola T 492 car.
Thanks in advance.

Graham.

I have spotted 'UK Super Saloons' on facebook (about 60 pictures in all), with a couple of Doc Enderby's Karmann Ghia; same car?

911thillclimber · 30 Dec 2010, 08:06 (Ref:2809372)

Sad ly not.
Alan Humberstone raced a Skoda bodied Lola T490 he bought from Tony Dickinson. He crashed that car badly at Lydden Hill in '85 and it was rebuilt on a T 492 tub and lots of the nice bits carried over.
To top it off so to speak, Humberstone persuaded Doc Enderby to allow a body to be taken off his moulds (which he still has) and that shell went on the 'new' Lola in vivid pink with black stripes.

Alan raced the new car very briefly in the late 80's before leaving the sport to Spain.
The car travelled around a lot from garage to garage and I bought the rolling tub less shell (destroyed) and it now has a 3.2litre Porsche 911 engine in it for hillclimbs.

I am trying to find the chassis number of the T 492 and i know it came from a Dennis Humphries who lived in Herne Bay when he sold it to Alan.

Sorry to 'pinch' a bit of time on this thread but trying to find Dennis!

Andy Clegg · 4 Jan 2011, 10:32 (Ref:2810912)

Hi,
Here's a photo from Lonridge May 1976. I think Dave shared the car with Alistair Thompson .

Dan Rear · 4 Jan 2011, 15:25 (Ref:2811050)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Clegg

Hi,
Here's a photo from Lonridge May 1976. I think Dave shared the car with Alistair Thompson .

Quite right Andy, though it was David Taylor, not Dave Smith. David T now owns the Beetle.

tlracing · 5 Jan 2011, 22:21 (Ref:2811668)

First, sorry to anyone who's seen this already (and/or already posted) but just found this splendid footage of Super Saloons from Thruxton:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74444

dave vass · 5 Jan 2011, 22:56 (Ref:2811678)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dan Rear

Quite right Andy, though it was David Taylor, not Dave Smith. David T now owns the Beetle.

I apologize for what was a very senior moment, I even referred to the car as a Capri!

Gerry Taylor · 6 Jan 2011, 00:41 (Ref:2811707)

Quote:

Originally Posted by tlracing

First, sorry to anyone who's seen this already (and/or already posted) but just found this splendid footage of Super Saloons from Thruxton:

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=74444

Always great to see again though.

Andy Clegg · 7 Jan 2011, 09:01 (Ref:2812325)

Two photos from Oulton Park, taken going down the Avenue in I guess 1976. Not sure who driving.
Andy

Gerry Taylor · 7 Jan 2011, 12:19 (Ref:2812441)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy Clegg

Two photos from Oulton Park, taken going down the Avenue in I guess 1976. Not sure who driving.
Andy

Hazard a guess Andy....Mike Becket in the Anglia perhaps?

Dan Rear · 7 Jan 2011, 13:15 (Ref:2812477)

Derek Walker in the Escort I think, with 1800 BDE?

Andy Clegg · 11 Jan 2011, 08:30 (Ref:2814073)

Hi,
Two more from Oulton in 1976. XJ8 in paddock. Thanks for the help with two drivers previously posted. I've not been to any races recently through illness. Is there a series for old Super/ Special saloons nowadays?
Andy

Andy Clegg · 11 Jan 2011, 08:32 (Ref:2814074)

Here they are sorry.
Andy

**chunterer** · 11 Jan 2011, 11:18 (Ref:2814145)

So he sat right next to the engine in that Jag then?!!!

That must have kept his attention?

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