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Gilbert the Gilbern - The Ongoing Story
As you all know Mary Bell is undertaking her ARDS test tomorrow and will be driving Gilbert, together with MGDavid and Iain. However I am very pleased to be invited to join in at a few events this year so I shall be known as the Mary Bell placeholder.
Iain, David and I took Gilbert to Mallory on Tuesday 20th April and gave him a shake down. We even tried a pit stop driver change which was slow due to my lack of flexibility! But not too slow so improvements will come. David and Iain can tell you about their experience with the car but I was very impressed with its balance and although it suffers from the usual MGB soft brake pedal it stops well. Throughout the season we will post updates because a few posters have expressed an interest and of course we keep Mike's legacy alive. This was David in his first lap: https://youtu.be/IMh04IHpAv8 And of course here is the obligatory team picture: |
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Good luck to Mary tomorrow, and look forward to following this thread and Gilbert's exploits with interest.
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Indeed, good luck to Mary, although I'm sure she will pass fine
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Thankyou. I'm now nervous but was very excited about it yesterday. Motorsport uk have just emailed me the correct video to watch as I received one for rallying!! Having followed Mike's career in that and looking at the pictures of his wrecked 205's (not all the time and fortunately he always emerged unscathed and immaculate)) I will give that a miss.
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Mary passed with flying colours - no stopping her now :-)
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Excellent news. Well done Mary.
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Good for you, Mary.
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Well done Mary, great news
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Unlike many on here I didn't know Mike that well but I did chat with him a couple of times at Brands Hatch, once when he was codriving the SLR and at the Escort anniversary race with his Lairy Canary. I just wanted to say how uplifting it is to hear of this wonderful gesture in keeping the memory alive with Gilbert, well done to all involved and most of all good luck Mary and congratulations with the ARDS test.
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Fabulous, well done Mary!
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Congratulations Mary, I raced with mike over several years at most of the circuits and would always have a good chat about "how good things were back then" I still can't believe that he isn't around anymore !
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After the well deserved congratulations, how is it to drive? Compared to an MG B for instance. Is it entered in the 6 Hours?
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Mary hasn't been let loose in Gilbert just yet! but we were testing last Tuesday at Mallory Park. Engine felt strong, handling well balanced, firmly suspended, brakes could be improved (and will be). Yes the 6 hrs entry is in and accepted.
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