Bell's Banter 2022

[Peter Mallett]

Not familiar with that circuit.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

Not familiar with that circuit.

Ooop North (Spain) ..... Not too far from the French border about 60 klms inland South / South East from Bilbao .

A bit of info https://youtu.be/Tr8-1Er2CH0


https://www.circuitodenavarra.com/

[andy97]

Originally Posted by gary396

MSV expands:

https://news.msv.com/msv-wins-tender...-in-spain.aspx

Didn’t they buy an ex French Air Force base a few years ago in N France, with the intention of turning it in to a “French Bedford”? Not sure what happened to that plan?

[andy97]

Originally Posted by grantp

Had a 2.5 LWB V6 from Ford at Tyrrell. Fitted with overdrive and a sort of mechanical anti-lock system for the rear brakes. Plus the diesel front.

Somewhere around the 15k miles mark one of the senior team guys drove it back from the Spanish GP, towing and well loaded, over night in order to get a full extra prep day before the next race and the DFVs back to Cosworth for their refresh.

Unfortunately to do that had had filled up the tank and some jerry cans with regular, not great quality at the time, petrol in Spain. Then driven it flat out for about 1200 miles. I seem to recall that the things was absolutely covered in a fine red sand as well and the air filter looked dreadful when someone finally got around to looking at it.

It sounded a bit rough for the rest of its life, though as far as I can remember there was never any serious rebuild for the engine. It never seemed quite a peppy after that trip.

Did you work at Tyrrell, Grant?

[GORDON STREETER]

My tow vehicle in the late 60s early 70s was a Ford Anglia Van with a 1650cc engine/heavy rear springs and big bump stops, we used to go all over the UK and continent towing a two wheeled trailer and spares/fuel/ camping gear etc. This was before any train weight towing regs were implemented. Never had any trouble getting in a "tank slapper" as with all the gear we took with us probably weighed more than the trailer and car. I was often on a driving ban for speeding back then and my mate used to drive me to the meetings with his girlfriend sitting on my lap as there wasn't any room in the back.
Anyway, with this gorgeous long blonde haired "bird" sitting on my lap for miles we got to know each other "rather well" and we have been together ever since
This is us now 50 plus years later

[Gerard C]

I see a Morgan SLR competing at Estoril, not a surprise, but the tema's names are different. Has the Emberson's car been sold?

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

I see a Morgan SLR competing at Estoril, not a surprise, but the tema's names are different. Has the Emberson's car been sold?

The red one is competing as its on a livestreamed onboard here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mU9CBElFgU&t=1070s

[356sc]

Originally Posted by Willmaz223

The red one is competing as its on a livestreamed onboard here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mU9CBElFgU&t=1070s

It is the orebi gann slr red one albeit being driven by Billy Bellinger, the emberson silver one is not here this weekend

[Gerard C]

Thanks for info.

Seems not everything's going well in Portugal, right? Engine or gearbox? A mate "just" lost the damper pulley of his D Type. Not the kind of part you can find easily…But yhey can make it with a Giulia in spite of an oil leak coming from the gearbox mainshaft. Not the easiest to reach… You know those days!

[356sc]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Thanks for info.

Seems not everything's going well in Portugal, right? Engine or gearbox? A mate "just" lost the damper pulley of his D Type. Not the kind of part you can find easily…But yhey can make it with a Giulia in spite of an oil leak coming from the gearbox mainshaft. Not the easiest to reach… You know those days!

Yes issue with noisy transmission for us in free practice, so swapped it out for the spare for quali. Car went well in quali though, so the hard work was worth it!

First time we have been to Estoril….we are massively out gunned…..we just cannot compete with the power of the cobra’s and e types in this series anymore, and there are now far fewer smaller capacity cars entering that we can race against. Great shame!

[S griffin]

Estoril has always been a great circuit in a great location. Even with the modifications in the late 90s it still looks a fun circuit

[Gerard C]

Originally Posted by 356sc

Yes issue with noisy transmission for us in free practice, so swapped it out for the spare for quali. Car went well in quali though, so the hard work was worth it! First time we have been to Estoril….we are massively out gunned…..we just cannot compete with the power of the cobra’s and e types in this series anymore, and there are now far fewer smaller capacity cars entering that we can race against. Great shame!

The long straight is faster than Dijon's, whatever the car. Have a look to the max speeds achieved and you'll see that a Mini or even an MG B can be damn fast. Not that I'm suspicious…

Have fun its really a fantastic track!

[Gerard C]

Et pendant ce temps, a Dijon pour la Motor's Cup. Seems that the pair Bob/ Iain has not an easy day so far, lap times are not what they use to make. Hope the race will be better!

[Gerard C]

356, I see that a well known 26R had all its times deleted due to track limits. You know French, when they exaggerate they use a big spoon (plaisanterie typique).

[John Elwin]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

The long straight is faster than Dijon's, whatever the car. Have a look to the max speeds achieved and you'll see that a Mini or even an MG B can be damn fast. Not that I'm suspicious…

Have fun its really a fantastic track!

It is indeed a fantastic track. Only ever went there once, for DTM/ITC in '95 or '96. Vowed I would return one day but not done so yet.

Some great places to eat & drink down on the coast too.

[Gerard C]

Tout a fait d'accord, nous avions nos habitudes dans un restaurant ouvrier sur la place, spécialité de coquelets grillés, frais, bon et pas cher. Avec des tables de dix mètres de long. On the track, our best target was the local escola de conducao drivers. They know the place!

[Peter Mallett]

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I rather like the legalese about privilege etc. Since they and I are not lawyers, privilege doesn't count.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

Et pendant ce temps, a Dijon pour la Motor's Cup. Seems that the pair Bob/ Iain has not an easy day so far, lap times are not what they use to make. Hope the race will be better!

Live timing: https://www.its-live.net/#/live/cmc/2022/dijon

qualy result https://www.its-live.net/#/live/cmc/2022/dijon/28

[Gerard C]

Ha ben voila, c'est un Rosbif vivant aux antipodes qui nous donne les liens pour une épreuve de Dijon! On aura tout vu, ici… A quand la recette du pot au feu, pour aller avec la moutarde achetée par Max?

[Gerard C]

Are you ready, 356? Dad will start the race I guess. Its the first time I notice the average lap time on the timing sheet.

[Gerard C]

Bob and Iain finishers, 22th, Lamberts very fast finsihing 18th. 24 classifieds, I wonder what happened to Iain they had 5 pit stops.

[Gerard C]

All in all a good weekend for the Stephen's team, finishing 26th.

[midgetman]

Is that the Trophees de Bourgogne weekend? We raced there a few times in the FISC MG racing days

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[356sc]

Originally Posted by Gerard C

All in all a good weekend for the Stephen's team, finishing 26th.

Will certainly take that!

[Peter Mallett]

Got this from Iain this morning.

Morning Pete . I've lost my password for tenths . Can you post for me . Thanks .

Elite going well. Me and Dr Bob happy with steady 1 min 48. Lap times. 2 secs off MGB which is where I recon we should be. Dr Bob started and did double stint. All going well then after 45 min came in with puncture. Quick wheel swop and if he went. I took over on the hour mark. Couple of laps then noticed oil pressure fluctuating did another lap just to make sure I was not seeing things but sure enough with the Dijon curves and elevation change I was correct. Pit stop for oil. Checked level and it was fine but another half litre made all the difference. I went out for a few more laps to last pit window and Robert then brought the little car home. Very happy and I had forgot what a superb track Dijon was.

After last weekend at Spa this week was a joy. No issues on track with faster cars and everyone was happy.

Looking forward to getting home after over two weeks away and it's getting jolly cold sleeping in the back of the van.

Silverstone next weekend so nice and local.

Best wishes to all.

Iain