My latest and a Morris

[davidnutland]

I brought this one home to day, not a barn find but it has spent 5 or 6 years in a car port, started life as a 997 in 1963 and ended up as a 1300 hill-climb/sprint spec car and put away after developing a crank-flywheel problem at Goodwood. A new crank and flywheel and a good balance will sort it out.

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[Fanfaniracing]

Nice looking Car!

[mk1]

That looks ACE!

[Pete]

Love that Dave! Last saw it out at Shelsley in 2013.

[Pandora]

I also like the look of the Sebring sprite lurking in the back.

Al

[davidnutland]

Thanks guys, I have got to decide what I am going to do with it now! In the meanwhile a couple of historic pictures.

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[Simon776]

This picture looks like it was at the end of probably its first rally outing where it was running a 998 motor - 1996 MCR Downs Navigation - grille removed to adjust the slipping fan belt.

[davidnutland]

Yes the Downs I think Simon, you did a few miles in it, I still have the 998 Cooper engine, it was in the Innocenti until very recently and still pull like a train!

[Simon776]

We won the 1996 Downs and the 1997 MCR Road rally championship in it - a quarter of a century ago

Any idea what the event is in the colour picture? Probably an MCR event as Paul Wilson and Alison Lock seem to be competing.

[cookie1071]

Downs again I think Simon, somewhere near Fernhurst maybe NZmember?

[NZmember]

Checked the Downs records and Alison Lock only completed in 1997. So that is the event.

[NZmember]

Here's a some more of 726 YTU

[NZmember]

And some other friends

[cookie1071]

I must get another one of those padded shirts, well smart

[Peter Laidler]

I like the supervisor, 7th photo, with his hands in his pockets. Clearly offering advice on how if he was running the show, he'd do it this way - and it'd be fixed, up and running by now. Don't you just love 'em.....?

[Old English White]

But nowadays, he'd be saying......"Do you know you've got the wrong washers under the screw heads holding the radius arm shrouds on"

[NZmember]

That's John Macintosh supervising.

[cookie1071]

That's John Macintosh supervising.

Well remembered NZmember Mike Mark, Ian of course and?

[NZmember]

Andy Carter

[NZmember]

I hope Ian told David about the big 'off' Simon Wheatcroft and he had in the car on another event....