Misc. Motorsport Mini pics.

[Time Bandit]

Some scans of some of the surviving pics I've taken over the years. Quality is pretty grim, both due to my shit scanner and my camera skills! Mind you I've a bit of an excuse, some were taken with one of them 110 cartridge type cameras when I was probably about 11/12 year old!

First 2 were from a Stock car/Hot Rod meeting taken when I was on holiday at Cornwall back in the mid '70's. I think it was at Quintrill Downs (or something like that?).

Image11.jpg

Image12.jpg

Next 3 were taken at Croft, probably late '70's, not sure if they were different meetings or at the same one, it was long ago and the memory ain't that good!!

Image10.jpg

Image8.jpg

Image5.jpg

[Time Bandit]

Some more...Mini Challenge race at Donnington, this would be early '80s, it was a support race at a round of the Motoring News GT Championship, it was a 2 day event, I'm guessing at Sept 1981??

Image1.jpg

Image2.jpg

Image3.jpg

One from the Special Saloon/GT race.

Image6.jpg

[Time Bandit]

Some Rallycross stuff from Croft. Totally random order as regards the meetings and dates.

Image1a.jpg

Image2a.jpg

Image4a.jpg

Image6a.jpg

[Time Bandit]

More Rallycross...

Image8a.jpg

Image9a.jpg

Image10a.jpg

Image11a.jpg

Image12a.jpg

[Time Bandit]

Rallycross...yet again...

Image13a.jpg

Image15a.jpg

Image17a.jpg

Image18a.jpg

Image16a.jpg

[Time Bandit]

More...are ya bored yet...??

Image20a.jpg

Image22a.jpg

Image23a.jpg

Image24a.jpg

Image25a.jpg

[Time Bandit]

Last lot...

Image26a.jpg

Image27a.jpg

Image33a.jpg

Couple of Metro's...

Image28a.jpg

Image29a.jpg

[mk1]

Great Pics!

Takes me back to my youth

[Time Bandit]

Great Pics!

Takes me back to my youth

Yeah me too! Seems a long time ago now! The rallycross pics from Croft will be the most recent ones and even they will be getting on for 30 years since I took them...scary how fast the time flies! I'll have to see what else I've got.

[mab01uk]

Great photos, if you find any more please post them!

Do we know more about this one?

[wantafaster1]

Never tire of this sort of thing, thank you

[Time Bandit]

Great photos, if you find any more please post them!

Do we know more about this one?

Tony Bardy's 16v Twin Cam Mini, think it was an ex Trevor Reeves car/engine, I think it was 1500cc (1460??). I'm sure someone on here could fill in all the details of it? It was bloody quick!!

[Time Bandit]

Found a couple more so far...
Pair of Autotest Mini's.

autotest0001a.jpg

autotest0001b.jpg

Phil Orams Riley Elf at Barbon Hillclimb 1990. Does the Elf still exist? It was pretty quick from what I remember, kinda think it was turbo'd ??

elf0001c.jpg

elf0001b.jpg

elf0001a.jpg

[wantafaster1]

I found an old auto performance magazine with a feature on that very elf, according to social media yes it does still exist

[Time Bandit]

I found an old auto performance magazine with a feature on that very elf, according to social media yes it does still exist

That's good to hear it's still about somewhere.

[IanD1965]

I have heard from a friend that the shell was sold off a couple of years ago. Phil was building something space framed and bike engined. Whatever it is it will be superbly engineered.
Remember seeing elf and his Gtm at Prescott. Latter had 850 cc turbo in it. Definitely wasn’t standard 850 . This was a short stroke big bore.