1970's & 80's Super Saloons & Special Saloons (merged)

[Alan Raine]

Nothing to add but another photo from the 73 TT



Interesting to note that the door is not totally stripped out and still has somewhere to put the programme!!

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by Alan Raine

Nothing to add but another photo from the 73 TT



Interesting to note that the door is not totally stripped out and still has somewhere to put the programme!!

Maybe the dude on the right hand side needed somewhere to put his wig, tash and shades set when he'd finished prowling around the paddock

[driftwood]

Martin Birrane raced the ex Strawson capri in 76 or 77 shared with Tony Rosen

[GBRM]

Maybe Alan but I don’t think incorrect articles and poorly researched ones at that are worth publishing – I like things to be correct when in black and white.
The only reason the cars are rarely seen is what can they do? Even when they are shown our author can’t even get the names of them right!!

[Alan Brown]

Gregor, I could not agree more about the need for accuracy. One of the problems that I am meeting in trying to build up a season by season account is the variations in the contemporary reports. For instance Bill Cox's Capri is sometimes said to be Chevy-engined and sometimes Chrysler-engined. The two different makes are also used for Martin Kent's Rapier.

Would it not be wonderful if the Silverstone Classic had a display/parade of special saloons (and maybe thundersaloons)?

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by Alan Brown

Would it not be wonderful if the Silverstone Classic had a display/parade of special saloons (and maybe thundersaloons)?

Hey!! Get in the queue man!! There's a big fanclub wanting to see a load of Group A saloons running at the event before these silhouette thingies!!!

[Alan Brown]

Why not both?

[GBRM]

2009 Silverstone Classic Saloon Car race was open to all, they would have accepted both sets of cars (they wanted the older stuff to be competititve against the Super Tourer stuff), so maybe the same this year.

[davyboy]

Here's a couple of interesting vids with an Irish connection. They're from the street races that took place in Dun Laoghaire in the mid 1980s. You'll get a glimpse of the Irish GTs from back then including George Crozier's Maguire Metro and even Col's Imp driven by his dad, Dan. I thought I saw Maurice Mitton's space-framed Imp in there as well.

Dun Laoghaire Street Races Part 1

Dun Laoghaire Street Races Part 2

[maguire imp chassis no1]

Originally Posted by davyboy

Here's a couple of interesting vids with an Irish connection. They're from the street races that took place in Dun Laoghaire in the mid 1980s. You'll get a glimpse of the Irish GTs from back then including George Crozier's Maguire Metro and even Col's Imp driven by his dad, Dan. I thought I saw Maurice Mitton's space-framed Imp in there as well.

Dun Laoghaire Street Races Part 1

Dun Laoghaire Street Races Part 2

Do you know were maurice mittens car went,i would love to know were it went too

Keith

[andy97]

I'm sure that most of you on here know about this already but there maybe some that don't so please have a look here:

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126599

Just trying to catch the interest of as many people as possible!

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by andy97

I'm sure that most of you on here know about this already but there maybe some that don't so please have a look here:

http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126599

Just trying to catch the interest of as many people as possible!

Yep... looking forward to it. I see Marcus Pye's done a nice feature in today's Autosport mag on it.

[nabs]

Originally Posted by Clive Brown

Dale , you could get me into real trouble here . There are some great stories to be told about the Humberstones' aviation career , a number of which must unfortunately remain untold for fear of further enriching those of m'Learned Friends who ply their trade as Libel lawyers .

Thinking of your Anglia , I note the recent posting by young Dan showing the Minelli Racing Anglia rounding Druids at Brands . Now I seem to recall that this car was sometimes driven by one Roberto Giordanello ; would ' Minelli ' have been a contraction of Minton Giordanelli Racing ?

In that same picture , is the Escort running next-but-one on the road Wrecker Madchap's ? This was powered by a David Wood BDG , which met its demise in the back George Bevan's 2 litre Sunbeam Stiletto at Snetterton whilst chasing Mick Whiting's V6 Escort down the Revett straight .

I remember your Escort well ; always immaculately prepared , and tidily driven . Please give my regards to Steve when you next see him .

i know this was written some time ago but i have only just looked at it. just to give you the correct info zekia redjeps bdg sold to george bevan was not a david wood lump! this was built by spike at race engine services. i think you will find that dave had gone bancrupt by this time and gone back to being a univercity lecturer. i am led to believe that he is now the engine designer for mg cars

[Andy Clegg]

Hi,
Sorry but I've just put of photo of Walter Robertson's Escort in Special Saloon register thread.
Andy.

[Gerry Taylor]

Hi all, just found a couple of old grainy 35mm slides taken in the Paddock at Mallory Park in 1967, possibly 68. I was racing my second Anglia at the time, having written of the old Anita Taylor car. The Paddock hasn't changed much over the past 44years really. The small boy in the one picture is now in his forties. Remember the Dunlop Tyre? The other picture is a shot of the Paddock from another angle. Note the old viewing stand, where the modern building is now. What a close up view of the start we had back then. The old Anglia is poking it's nose into the picture too.

[Gerry Taylor]

Just found this. It's a bill I had to pay for work on my MAE 1,000cc unit.
Look at the prices and imagine what this lot would cost today!
£173.87.

Blimey! An arm and a leg back then.

ps in the photographs taken at Mallory above, that should read 1967 NOT 1867.

[davyboy]

Originally Posted by Gerry Taylor

Just found this. It's a bill I had to pay for work on my MAE 1,000cc unit.
Look at the prices and imagine what this lot would cost today!
£173.87.

Blimey! An arm and a leg back then.

ps in the photographs taken at Mallory above, that should read 1967 NOT 1867.

Its around £2,540.00 in today's money. Not sure if you get much in the way of work done on a modern full race engine for that kind of money today though.

[Gerry Taylor]

For all you nostalgia fans and the very old amongst us, I've just put a slide show compilation on You Tube. If your interested, go to YouTube and enter: Gerry Taylor, or Saloon Car Racing in the 1970's.
I had to change the background music, as I hadn't got copyright clearance, so instead of NXS it's .....a Boogie-Woogie piano, which I suppose fits quite nicely.
Enjoy!
Gerry.

[COLIN STUBBS]

Brilliant Gerry they capture the atmosphere so well!
Colin

[m/sport]

Autocavan mod saloon mk1





and how it looks after sitting in a garage for 25 years,and still owned by Geoff Thomas

[andy97]

The Golf looks great.

Just remember that you can see some of these great cars racing again on August Bank Holiday Monday at the CSCC Malory Park race meeting. Many of them will also be testing on the morning of 28 June at Mallory, too, as part of a test/ PR session.

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by andy97

The Golf looks great.

Many of them will also be testing on the morning of 28 June at Mallory, too, as part of a test/ PR session.

Or even Wednesday 29th of June

And yes, Golf looks great.

[andy97]

Thanks for the correction, Mike. Yes, wednesday morning & lunchtime 29 June at Mallory Park for the test/ PR "day" & August Bank Holiday Monday 29 August for the revival race.

[andy97]

And what an awesome morning it really was. Petrolhead heaven. Roll on August Bank Holiday Monday for the actual race.

[Andy Clegg]

Two photos from Donington GT'S. Dudley Wood's Porsche 935. Dudley later raced at Le Mans. Also this Imp was also racing at the same meeting.