FANTASTIC Broadspeed Photos

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FANTASTIC Broadspeed Photos

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I was sent these fantastic pictures of Broadspeed cars taken at Crystal Palace in May 1964. They were sent in by Evan Gamblin who has very kindly agreed to me posting them here.

If anyone has any further info on the cars or this meeting I would be very interested in hearing.

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Great Photos.. We all want our cars to be "Original" but most forget that todays Driver also needs to wear a Long Sleeve White Shirt & Tie to complete the image :lol:
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I'm fairly sure that's Ralph Broad.
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Wow, great photos! This was the Small Car Trophy race at Crystal Palace in May '64. Rhodes' car is in the top photo, Ralph' Broad's is car 81 with the winning Broadspeed of Handley behind. The first engine bay is Fitz's CCC car, then Rhodes' CCC engine bay. Nice to see what oily works race car engine bays actually looked like! Non of the bling you find on the 'recreated' ones!

This was the third round of the championship to feature the new 1275 engines but the winning Broadspeed of Handley here was still listed as a 1071! Any chance of copies of these Mark? :)
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Hi Pete,

I knew that you would know chapter & verse.

You will have PM shortly.

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Thanks Mark. :)
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I agree, fantastic photos, thanks for posting! 8-)
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Fantastic pics. I wonder if any of the cars still exist ? Thanks for sharing Mark.
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Very interesting stuff, I love the period shots. I am currently reading John Baggot's Mini 'The Racing Story', where the drivers' above are referenced.
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Strange that car 74 has òne rosepetal on the rear!
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Hi

Would it be possible to resubmit the Broadspeed photos from the opening post please? They don’t appear on my screen.

Thank you in advance

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Fease wrote: Fri Oct 04, 2024 5:01 pm Hi

Would it be possible to resubmit the Broadspeed photos from the opening post please? They don’t appear on my screen.

Thank you in advance

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I no longer have copies, I am sure that Pete or someone will have saved them.
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Yep I’ll find em and post em up.
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Hi Pete

Any luck finding the Broadspeed photos from the OP?

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Yep, here :
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Excellent - thanks Pete. Excellent quality photos which gives plenty of detail.

The shots of the engine bay are from a different day by the looks of it seeing how dirty the front wings and Cooper Car rose petals are compared to the other photo.

Was the 'TEAM BROADSPEED' front wing sticker only on the off side or does #81 not have any applied do you think?

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Seen pics with no Broadspeed team lettering at all so a mixture. The engine bay shots are not Broadspeeds they’re both Cooper team cars.
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