Production Saloons from the 80's

[Gerard Hodges]

Hi Guys, does anybody out there have the results of the 1984 Uniroyal production series, and or photographs of my car. It is a BMW 635csi and was driven in this series by Barrie " whizzo " williams, I would appreciate any help / info / results / photos of the car.

Gerry Hodges.
New Zealand:

[BILTEL]

Originally Posted by Gerard Hodges

Hi Guys, does anybody out there have the results of the 1984 Uniroyal production series, and or photographs of my car. It is a BMW 635csi and was driven in this series by Barrie " whizzo " williams, I would appreciate any help / info / results / photos of the car.

Gerry Hodges.
New Zealand:

I'd also like to see any BMWs with Barrie driving please.

[rallycrosscraig]

A blue 5GT turbo has come up on ebay anyone recognise it?

Did they use Detection Technique peak boost gauges in any other series than prod saloons?

If not this is probably an ex Production saloon car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1214339286...84.m1423.l2649

[chunterer]

I don't recall the 5 GT Turbo ever competing in UK prodsaloons? It was a one make steed but some owners did the occasional BTCC round as grid fillers.

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by rallycrosscraig

A blue 5GT turbo has come up on ebay anyone recognise it?

Did they use Detection Technique peak boost gauges in any other series than prod saloons?

If not this is probably an ex Production saloon car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1214339286...84.m1423.l2649

This looks like an ex one make 5GT Turbo that was prepared by Mark Fish to run in the Super Coupe series. He prepared quite a few of them.

[VIVA GT]

Originally Posted by rallycrosscraig

A blue 5GT turbo has come up on ebay anyone recognise it?

Did they use Detection Technique peak boost gauges in any other series than prod saloons?

If not this is probably an ex Production saloon car.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1214339286...84.m1423.l2649

The Renault 5 GT Turbo Cup specification allowed certain modifications away from standard, so the cars would not comply with Prod Saloon regulations. This is why they occasionally appeared in Group A races (although completely outclassed...)

[gravin]

Originally Posted by GBRM

I remember when Dad got the Escort Turbo, that was completely stripped and re-built and yeah, the tyres were buffed, that always one of Dad's bugbears with Prod Saloons, you spend a fortune on tyres.

Sorry to bump such an old post - but did the 70s prod cars run on buffed road tyres too. If not, what tyres/size range did they run on?

[Nick Ellis]

Hi Folks,There was a Renault 5GT Turbo in the Uniroyal series for a couple of seasons
IIRC.Drivers were Alex Postan and Mike Gidden,car was mainly Yellow and usually
did the long distance races like `86 `Motor show` race at Donington and of course
The Willhire on a couple of occasions.
I seem to remember this car being entered in the Tourist Trophy ETC round, probably 1985 with one or two other Prod saloons that year.

[chunterer]

I never saw one of these cars entered in the series. They did do odd long distance events and some BSCC, yes.

[markymar93]

hi. does anyone know who drove the itsel rovers? thanks mark

Originally Posted by KA

I'd forgotten Bob Irving's car- wasn't that white? If he didn't run it in 86, then maybe it was the car that went down under.

Apart from the Colin Davids-run Istel cars were there any other Rovers in Prodsaloons in 86? Dave Pinkney had one, but I can't remember whether this was 86 or 87- if the latter, then maybe an ex-Istel car?.

The other name that rings a very vague bell is Norris Miles or something like that- possibly a New Zealander, ran a black Alfa GTV6 in Uniroyal around 1984/5- I've got a very vague feeling that he may have had, or at least occasionally drove, a Rover after that?

[GBRM]

Originally Posted by markymar93

hi. does anyone know who drove the itsel rovers? thanks mark

Tim Harvey in 1986

[A.C.Clegg]

Norris Miles raced a Rover around that time. There was a film of him driving a lap on Silverstone GP Circuit on the Video "Vintage G and T" about Gerry Marshall and Tony Lanfranchi's season.

[GBRM]

Originally Posted by A.C.Clegg

Norris Miles raced a Rover around that time. There was a film of him driving a lap on Silverstone GP Circuit on the Video "Vintage G and T" about Gerry Marshall and Tony Lanfranchi's season.

There's no clip of Norris driving a Rover on Vintage G&T, I have loads of the footage that was filmed for the video and then the final version, so I would love to see if you could post somewhere?
I don't remember Norris being out in '86, must have been a one off appearance.
I still keep in touch with Norris, a bit rare now though, good chap and very quick driver,

[A.C.Clegg]

Sorry made a mistake Gregor. Don't have video any more. Tim Harvey, Tim Goss, Norris Miles and Trevor Lewis were entered in the Uniroyal Tyres Production Saloon car race at the Tourist Trophy Meeting in 1986. Your father was in the Escort turbo and Patrick Watts in the Uno Turbo. Tony was in the Vauxhall Nova with Ivan Dutton in another Nova. I've the programme in front of me.

[markymar93]

hi. that is really helpful. many thanks. i knew tim harvey and tim goss drove that year but not the other two. i know trevor lewis used my car for the superprix in 87 so i assume he purchased one of the istel cars.

Originally Posted by A.C.Clegg

Sorry made a mistake Gregor. Don't have video any more. Tim Harvey, Tim Goss, Norris Miles and Trevor Lewis were entered in the Uniroyal Tyres Production Saloon car race at the Tourist Trophy Meeting in 1986. Your father was in the Escort turbo and Patrick Watts in the Uno Turbo. Tony was in the Vauxhall Nova with Ivan Dutton in another Nova. I've the programme in front of me.

[KA]

Originally Posted by markymar93

hi. that is really helpful. many thanks. i knew tim harvey and tim goss drove that year but not the other two. i know trevor lewis used my car for the superprix in 87 so i assume he purchased one of the istel cars.

Without digging old race programmes and Autosports out of the loft, I remember Harvey and Goss driving the Istel cars, while Miles and Lewis drove their own cars. I've got a vague memory of a third driver being involved- IIRC Harvey and Goss concentrating on the Uniroyal rounds, while the other driver substituted for one of them in the Monroe rounds.

I might well be imagining this, but did historic racer Chris Chiles appear in one at some point?- he certainly had Istel sponsorship (IIRC was he a senior exec at Istel?) and shared Harvey's C2 Tiga on occasion a couple of years later
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-09-11-011.jpg

[markymar93]

many thanks. does anyone know if the cars were new when they had the istel sponsorship or had they raced previously?

Originally Posted by KA

Without digging old race programmes and Autosports out of the loft, I remember Harvey and Goss driving the Istel cars, while Miles and Lewis drove their own cars. I've got a vague memory of a third driver being involved- IIRC Harvey and Goss concentrating on the Uniroyal rounds, while the other driver substituted for one of them in the Monroe rounds.

I might well be imagining this, but did historic racer Chris Chiles appear in one at some point?- he certainly had Istel sponsorship (IIRC was he a senior exec at Istel?) and shared Harvey's C2 Tiga on occasion a couple of years later
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-09-11-011.jpg

[GBRM]

Isn't the Trevor Lewis Rover the one that Ken Clarke has for sale at the moment or has just sold?
https://tentenths.com/forum/showthre...90#post3888890
Threads going in circles!!

[markymar93]

i have bought the car from ken. im just trying to find out as much about the car as possible.

[A.C.Clegg]

From memory the Norris Miles car was red and white.

[A.C.Clegg]

Originally Posted by GBRM

Norris Miles definitely had an outing or two in the 1986 Production Saloons, can't remember if he's in the official footage on Vintage G&T or if he is just in the extra footage I have; will chek when I get back from Silverstone tonight, where incidentally in the Gp1 race yesterday there were ten Capris and only one Rover.

Gregor, found this today.

[KA]

Originally Posted by A.C.Clegg

From memory the Norris Miles car was red and white.

David Pinkney had a red & white prodsaloon Rover about that time ('87 but not sure about '86), and for some reason it's at the back of my mind that might have been the same car, backed by CD Motor Cover.

Did Pinkney take the car over from Miles in '87, or was it one of those shared drives where one driver did the Uniroyal rounds and the other the Monroe?

https://picclick.co.uk/Rover-Vitesse...107283379.html

[A.C.Clegg]

Looks familiar.

[A.C.Clegg]

Might be the same car.

[A.C.Clegg]

Originally Posted by COLIN STUBBS

I posted a pic of Norris way back in this thread and yes theres some footage of his Rover in G and T,very noisy old v8!

Found this also.