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Old 25 Jul 2002, 21:49 (Ref:469899)   #51
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As Yimkin has been mentioned I thought I would post a picture of my Austin Seven that was modified by Yimkin in 1961 Polished head and valves Sprite cam and Distributer no damper in SU and lighter carb spring, The firm was called Gordon and Glynn, in Codagan Plce London. There was a Yimkin club car and I think a FJ. I did a few hillclimbs and autocross with my Mini
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Old 25 Jul 2002, 21:53 (Ref:469900)   #52
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This was taken at Snett in Oct 67 Willie Green Ginettas
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Old 26 Jul 2002, 13:12 (Ref:469841)   #53
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As Yimkin has been mentioned I thought I would post a picture of my Austin Seven that was modified by Yimkin in 1961 Polished head and valves Sprite cam and Distributer no damper in SU and lighter carb spring, The firm was called Gordon and Glynn, in Codagan Plce London. There was a Yimkin club car and I think a FJ. I did a few hillclimbs and autocross with my Mini
Yes Fred, there was an FJ - they built two of the same model - a variation of the club car. In fact, we had one and my dad finished 2nd in the 1984 FJ championship in it (front engined). I am fairly certain that the Yimkin car was separate to the firm who did your mini. It was built by Don Sim, (also responsible for the Diva) who we met at Brands last month - an extremely nice guy. 'Our' Yimkin spent some time in the museum at Monza after we sold it, before being raced in the FIA championship. Its now for sale and we want to buy it back! It was a truly great car with viceless handling, and, as our results show, very competitive. I'll post some pics of it someday!
BTW the name 'Yimkin' is arabic, and roughly translates as maybe.

As an aside my uncle had for many years an FJ U2 as shown in your other pic - he was *extremely* successful in that!
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Old 26 Jul 2002, 14:16 (Ref:469849)   #54
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zefarelly has a real shot at the podium!zefarelly has a real shot at the podium!zefarelly has a real shot at the podium!zefarelly has a real shot at the podium!
this must be the best thread ever!

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Old 26 Jul 2002, 14:34 (Ref:469866)   #55
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Yep... great isn't it!
Good to share some fantastic memories.
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Old 26 Jul 2002, 21:38 (Ref:469901)   #56
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Yimkin,
Gordon & Glynn had the club car in their showroom in 61 and the workshop was next door in a mews garage, I am trying to find the bill I had from them, I came across it some time ago and now can't find it, but as far as I can rember it came to about £45 for taking the engine out replacing the gearbox internals and the work on the head etc
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Old 27 Jul 2002, 18:37 (Ref:469867)   #57
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One of the Britax Mini's raced by Gordon Spice & Steve Neal ( Matt's father) in 1969.
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Old 28 Jul 2002, 01:54 (Ref:469839)   #58
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Keep the pics coming this is a great forum.
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 09:44 (Ref:469868)   #59
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Porsche 911 ( Vic Elford?) jumping the Cadwell mountain in 1969.
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 11:09 (Ref:469889)   #60
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1963 It's Sear's Galaxie leading the chasing Jags.
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 11:32 (Ref:469844)   #61
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 11:52 (Ref:469869)   #62
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Jack still has the Galaxie! He is a very good friend of mine and I have often visited his farm in Norfolk where he keeps the car and many others. In his 60s racing days, Jimmy Clark, Graham Hill and Jackie Stewart often used to stay at his house when racing at Snetterton. He is a good customer of my work which has led to our friendship.
A pity he will not allow the car to be raced though - it has been shown in a few demonstration parades and Lord March tried to persuade him to let it race at the first Goodwood revival St.Mary's Trophy Saloon race, but Jack allowed it to do demo laps only. Lord March wanted a Galaxie so had to have one built and copied the livery of Jack's Willment version shown in this photo. It is still a very quick car and is road registered.
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 19:23 (Ref:469890)   #63
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Here's another Jag.
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 19:41 (Ref:469870)   #64
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Any ideas whose Jag that is racing fxgt?
Here is Paul Vestey's Chevron-BMW B8 at Thruxton in '69.
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 23:12 (Ref:469902)   #65
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Alan Mann Cortina at Snett April 68
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 23:15 (Ref:469903)   #66
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Also an Alfa from the same meeting
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 23:16 (Ref:469904)   #67
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Old 29 Jul 2002, 23:44 (Ref:469871)   #68
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Fred, great shots again! The Alan Mann Cortina was driven by Frank Gardner in the race shown, the 500kms European Touring Car International, Good Friday 1968 at Snett. The works BMW 2002 you posted was driven by Hubert Hahne in the same event. This race and many other events from the 1968 British Saloon Car Chamopionship can be seen on the video 'Classic Saloon Car Racing '60s Style' - Available from all good stockists of racing tapes or from PP Video Ltd in Hereford.
I love it - some terrific nostalgic action.
Here is another great club racer from the 60s, Roger Nathan's Astra GT car.
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Old 30 Jul 2002, 08:22 (Ref:469891)   #69
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Sorry Andrew no info on the Jag.
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Old 30 Jul 2002, 08:42 (Ref:469892)   #70
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How about this one TVR Griffith- The Vandervell
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Old 30 Jul 2002, 11:48 (Ref:469893)   #71
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1969-John Britten.
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Any pics of Robert Grant in the Works TVR Grantura at Le Mans in 63 - apparently it did one lap and retired with a serious water leak!
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Racing this stuff

There are a bunch of people interested in racing these 60s sports racing cars next year. G12s, B8s, Milmor Gt, Dulon. Costin Nathan etc. Steve Lydon mm.racing@btopenworld.com seems to be one of the driving forces behind it.
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Referring back to Bill Needham and Coldwell engineering, I collected a Coldwell GT from him a few weeks back and that twin cam mini engine is still sitting in a very special mini in a dusty corner of his barn. Naturally I have a few pictures but they are still in the camera.
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The gentleman that owns the Costin-Nathan that you show, also owns A Serinissma sports racer from 1965. It looks 1 nice race car.
Also how many Coldwell's were made.
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