GRX 311D

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by worksminis » 07 Apr 2017, 13:18

Acropolis May 66. Hopkirk/Crellin. Gp2. 3rd (after penalties dropped from 1st).

German Jul 66. Hopkirk/Nash. Retd – engine.

Coupe des Alpes 66 Sep 66. Gp2. Retd – transmission.

Shenstone Nov 66 (MN Championship round, Clerk of the Course Ron Crellin). Hopkirk/Harper. 1st.
Described as “Hopkirks Alpine car” borrowed for the event. 1st prize was a “Paddy Hopkirk” rally jacket...

RAC Nov 67 (cancelled). Makinen/Easter. New Gp6 8port fuel injection car.
Used on the “rallysprint”, run for TV on what was to have been the first stage.

Scottish Jun 67. Ytterbring/Persson. 2nd.
Both Browning and Price list this car/crew/result on the 67 Scottish but Robson has a photo of Ytterbring in his own Swedish registered car, No.10, captioned as second in 66 to R.Clark's Lotus Cortina. Clark won from Ytterbring in 67 (turning the new Mk2 Cortina Lotus into a banana in the process). Fall won in 66 in DJB93B. Price does not list a registration number for Fall on the 67 Scottish (Retd) but Browning shows it as GRX5D in his event lists but not in his car lists.
Was Fall in GRX311D on the 67 Scottish - with Ytterbring in his own car (but under the BMC service umbrella)?

Coupe des Alpes Sep 67. Makinen/Easter. Gp6. Retd – engine. (Was actually LRX829E).

Recce use?

Circuit of Ireland Apr 69. Hopkirk/Nash. Gp6. 2nd. (the new ultra lightweight de-seamed car, on splits).

Sold to W. Cresdee (who is described variously as “Bill” or “Denis”).

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by worksminis » 29 May 2017, 16:19

Welsh Int May 70. Mike Bennett/Eddie Bamford. GP6 - the deseamed CofI car.

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Unread postby davidscothorn » 29 May 2017, 16:16

DVLA MORRIS 1966 1275 DOR 2/66 NOT TAXED FOR ROAD USE MOT NO DETAILS

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by davidscothorn » 24 May 2017, 12:18

Sept 1967 Alpine Rally T Makinen/ P Easter #103 Retired-idler gear bearings. Number plate swap onto LRX 829E?

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by worksminis » 20 May 2017, 15:00

GRX311D covered in frost on the morning of what would have been the start of the 67 RAC (frost wiped from a circle of the driver's side window by "worksninis" to see inside).
Photo - worksminis.

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Timo Makinen discusses plugs with Champion's John Glover (based the other side of Heathrow) in the car park of the Excelsior Hotel before some of the entrants in the cancelled 67RAC left for the TV stage.
Photo by Lars Helmer (co-driver for Bjorn Waldegard).

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66 Acropolis

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1970 Welsh Mike Bennett

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Thruxton testing 1969




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1969 Circuit of Ireland

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1967 Coupes des Alpes

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1867 Coupe des Alpes

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[Nevsmini]

Some fantastic and exciting news re the de seamed GRX311D. It has recently changed ownership and is in good hands which a forum member, she is being restored back to its former glory in the COI guise. I’m happy to say it’s one of the good cars, as it’s still in it original shell from the COI.

[Pete]

Would be great to see the restoration progress, it’s been around a while!

[Ronnie]

I thought that it was in good condition

[spoon.450]

Would be nice to get 309, 310 and 311D together sometime

[Nevsmini]

Which 309D though? there is 3 off them.