Production Saloons from the 80's

rallycrosscraig · 24 Nov 2006, 22:29 (Ref:1774374)

Anyone on here remember (or involved in?) the Monroe/Uniroyal championships?

Capri's/Starions etc and the Willhire 24 hrs at Snetterton?

I've just bought a load of VHS videos of those old championships and will be putting ithem on dvd at some point if anyone wants a copy for a bit of nostalgia let me know....

terence · 25 Nov 2006, 09:30 (Ref:1774625)

I used to pit crew at the Wiihire for Chris Conoley,I know he would like a copy as and when.Let me know when they are ready please.

gfm · 26 Nov 2006, 18:17 (Ref:1775365)

Yes please. Did 3 Snet 24 hours, Won one (M3), one 3rd (Capri), one DNF (RX7)

Mike Sheraton · 18 Jun 2009, 16:19 (Ref:2485978)

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Originally Posted by gfm

Yes please. Did 3 Snet 24 hours, Won one (M3), one 3rd (Capri), one DNF (RX7)

was it a Fina backed M3 because my dad andrew sheraton was a mechanic at the willhire for 3 years, one of them for a sirroco and the other two for Fina M3s he used to work for steve mchale.

kelvin88 · 26 Nov 2006, 18:29 (Ref:1775370)

my dad raced proddys in the ex Mike Smith cosworth.

kelvin88 · 26 Nov 2006, 18:31 (Ref:1775371)

ps i got loads of the vids but i wouldnt mind having them on dvd if you can do that rallyXcraig!

**chunterer** · 27 Nov 2006, 12:58 (Ref:1775864)

Yes please, I used to love the 80's Uniroyal series!!

Massive grids, great racing etc..

People like Sven Platt (whatever happened to him?), John Cleland, Skid Scarborough and Gerry Marshall sideways around Woodcote hairpin on the old Silverstone club circuit was a fantastic spectacle!

When I finally get round to hooking up a scanner i'll post some old pics of these prodsaloon cars for everyone!

TSA · 23 Dec 2006, 18:08 (Ref:1798410)

Hi, my Rover raced in the '86 prod saloon championships and did the 24 hour race that year as well, if you have any footage from 86 rallycrosscraig I'd appreciate a copy.
Thanks
Tim

rallycrosscraig · 23 Dec 2006, 19:01 (Ref:1798429)

Tim picked up those videos on thursday and watched the first one today - great memories, watched 86 Willhire. Was your car the Istel Rover, white with a blue stripe?

TSA · 24 Dec 2006, 16:51 (Ref:1798799)

Yes, that's my car. There were 2 Istel cars built for the '86 championships, but only mine was used for the 24 hour race. I didn't think it lasted too long in the race though?

**Peter Mallett** · 3 May 2007, 10:14 (Ref:1905687)

Of those above, Skid recovered the Capri and still runs it occasionally in the CTCRC Group 1 championship. According to a conversation I had with him the car was rolled by someone in Ireland(?) then repatriated and restored.

Ron Aubrey owned it in '95/96 (ish) after which Skid bought it.

GBRM · 3 May 2007, 10:35 (Ref:1905698)

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Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Of those above, Skid recovered the Capri and still runs it occasionally in the CTCRC Group 1 championship. According to a conversation I had with him the car was rolled by someone in Ireland(?) then repatriated and restored.

Ron Aubrey owned it in '95/96 (ish) after which Skid bought it.

Skid's Capri is one of the cars that was built but's it's not the actual Autoplan Capri that Skid raced against. That was a 2.8i when all the others we 3.0.

Skid did tell me a month or two ago which one it was, I think it was Eric Cook's car but I could be wrong.

I think I may have twisted his arm into bringing it out in a CTCRC event, if not I'll definitely get him in my car for a race and I think he's also planning to run it in the Spa 1 hour wacky race.

**chunterer** · 4 May 2007, 18:53 (Ref:1906767)

I was once advised, possibly by Gerry, that he sold that car to a guy called Harald Hagan in Ireland who apparently spectacularly rolled it at some point. The it came back over here in Skid's hands.

Anyone remember a rather wild Capri driver in about 1985 called Sven Platt. Gerry would've been in the Monza at the time?

KA · 4 May 2007, 19:59 (Ref:1906804)

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Originally Posted by chunterer

I was once advised, possibly by Gerry, that he sold that car to a guy called Harald Hagan in Ireland who apparently spectacularly rolled it at some point. The it came back over here in Skid's hands.

Anyone remember a rather wild Capri driver in about 1985 called Sven Platt. Gerry would've been in the Monza at the time?

I definitely remember the name, but couldn't say much more than that without digging through old Autosports....

COLIN STUBBS · 20 May 2007, 09:51 (Ref:1917108)

Snetterton in the 80s.........

Nordic · 20 May 2007, 11:33 (Ref:1917181)

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p5271769.html

No idea of the drivers of these two, but the dolly seems to have alot of suspension travel!

VIVA GT · 20 May 2007, 12:42 (Ref:1917213)

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Originally Posted by Nordic

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p5271769.html

No idea of the drivers of these two, but the dolly seems to have alot of suspension travel!

Wasn't Letchworth Roofing Graham (Skid) Scarborough's sponsor? (Nat that I can ever remember him in a Dolomite...)

COLIN STUBBS · 20 May 2007, 15:59 (Ref:1917315)

Yep. Here he is.....
http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...ghatriches.jpg

GBRM · 21 May 2007, 07:28 (Ref:1917682)

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Originally Posted by Nordic

http://rupert8766.fotopic.net/p5271769.html

No idea of the drivers of these two, but the dolly seems to have alot of suspension travel!

The Golf I would say is Andy Mclellan (sp? - who went on to race a Colt Stariion) and the Dolomite is either Graham or Trevor Scarborough. In some ways I'd lean more towards Trevor as I don't think Graham raced it that often and Trevor was still racing in the early '80s.

KA · 21 May 2007, 19:53 (Ref:1918324)

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Originally Posted by GBRM

The Golf I would say is Andy Mclellan (sp? - who went on to race a Colt Stariion) and the Dolomite is either Graham or Trevor Scarborough. In some ways I'd lean more towards Trevor as I don't think Graham raced it that often and Trevor was still racing in the early '80s.

Andy MacLennan? as you said, he went on to race a Starion, still in the black Simmons colours (they made electronic synthesised drums and percussion- my brother's a drummer and he still has some of their kit stashed in his loft that dates back to the early 90's, shortly before Simmons went out of business http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmons...c_drum_company) )

Think they carried on running the Golf as well at occasional races into 1985 or so, but don't remember who drove it

Junior Senior · 21 May 2007, 22:16 (Ref:1918414)

The Letchworth Roofing Dolly is driven by Pete Walters......

snetmarshal · 21 May 2007, 22:31 (Ref:1918420)

Oh the memories! Going as a kid and watching epic battles between Gerry Marshal and Skid Scarborough amongst others along with the classic willhires. Would definately be interested in DVD with these on. I was raised on many an epic battles between Capri 2.8i's !!

Not an actual saloon, but aswell as prod saloons, Uniroyal ran a production sports car championship and Gerry Marshal ran a Lotus Esprit Turbo in that

GBRM · 22 May 2007, 07:21 (Ref:1918512)

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Originally Posted by snetmarshal

Not an actual saloon, but aswell as prod saloons, Uniroyal ran a production sports car championship and Gerry Marshal ran a Lotus Esprit Turbo in that

The Lotus was built by Andy Rouse and Pete Hall (hence whiy it was blue and white, ICS colours) but they couldn't get on with it so Dad bought it from them and raced it himself. It was an ex-Bond car and was bloody quick but very fragile.

Dad sold it and the bloke who bought it painted it black and he then sold it to the Haynes Motor Musuem and that's where it is today.

I have a few pictures of it when Dad raced it but my IT ineptitude stops me from porting them!!

**chunterer** · 24 May 2007, 09:52 (Ref:1920160)

Still OT Didn't Rouse and Hall also run a Porky 928 in ICS colours at one point?

Back on topic I forgot that Graham S had a brother who raced as well, cor that was a long time ago (before my time too)

That Astra rolling in earlier pics might be James Kaye or David Da Costa or someone like that? Are those shot from 1984 or 85?

rallycrosscraig · 27 May 2007, 18:07 (Ref:1922289)

here's one from Willhire 24hr possibley 1985?

635 csi of John Clark/Andrew Jeffrey/Hamish Irvine finished 5th or 6th

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