1966 Janspeed Unipower GT

[surfblue63]

That answers a lot of questions.

A great find Pete, can't wait to get some action shots in May.

[JC T ONE]

Viva lights will go back on

Hi Pete,





anything in this pic you could use ?


Jens Christian

[fred1380]

This car Was sold to Roland petit by my ex employer on Late 80's, my dad´s who work also for him and Was also à mini enthusiast can have it for the équivalent of 1000€, at this moment the car Was Brown and without any engine/gbox but my dat´s didnot buy the car because it Was just buying à house....

Then Roland buy it and Restor it, painted on yellow

[fricsman]

What a car, nice find Pete. Looking forward to seeing it at Blyton!

[dbo]

Nice purchase Pete. Really nice to see cars like this going to a good home. Can't wait to see it transformed to its former glory.

Cheers
Dennis

[Pete]

This car Was sold to Roland petit by my ex employer on Late 80's, my dad´s who work also for him and Was also à mini enthusiast can have it for the équivalent of 1000€, at this moment the car Was Brown and without any engine/gbox but my dat´s didnot buy the car because it Was just buying à house....

Then Roland buy it and Restor it, painted on yellow

Thanks for the comments chaps.

Fred I do recall the car was said to have been a "copper colour" by the previous owner in Scotland so that does stack up. I'd love to have paid 1000 Euros for it though !

[Pete]

In this shot ...



..you can just see a little opening in the body behind the front wheel arch , part of the aero development and still on the car. Not something I've ever seen on any other racing Unipower. However the rear grille apeture has been partially filled in (though is still there inside) so needs to be reinstated at some point.

Nice little piece on Unipower here : http://www.miniexperience.com.au/filead ... ipower.pdf

Some reading here from Jeroen :
http://maximummini.blogspot.co.uk/searc ... power%20GT

[bill773mini]

Glad you see you had a successful journey and have finally come out.

[almondgreen]

very nice car and story

[Flygirl]

Pete,

Great find, what a rare car. We are looking forward to following the history updates and restoration progress.

Cheers,
Rachel

[rich@minispares.com]

Pete,

Great find, what a rare car. We are looking forward to following the history updates and restoration progress.

Cheers,
Rachel

Rachel

I think you and pete have definitely cornered the market in 'wow factor' period race cars on this forum!!!!

[davidnutland]

You could use it in the DEWSC speed championship, we always need competitors in the Midlands and North, this year we have events at Harewood, Loton Park and Llandow (well its the North to me, thinking about it every where is North to the south coast) the class has a couple of GTM's at the moment and the Unipower should be very competitive, so what stopping you get your fireproof baby grow out!!

all the best David

[Pete]

You could use it in the DEWSC speed championship

I'll certainly bare that in mind David, haven't been to Loton in many years. We (MCR Speed Challenge) used to bring a dozen or so cars to Loton, great venue. My Unipower has done a bit of sprinting, here at Woburn with Brian Harvey in 1968 :

[Pete]

Pete,

Great find, what a rare car. We are looking forward to following the history updates and restoration progress.

Cheers,
Rachel

Thanks Rachel, makes a nice change to be researching my own car for a change ! By the way saw Shifty today who's looking forward to racing your car !

[Pete]

Having spotted my car (bottom left) in his fuzzy little shot from Snetterton (July ?) 1968 I've just been promised some colour transparencies of it in action, will post up when I get them.

[JC T ONE]

Mailed you a better paddock picture.



Jens Christian

[Pete]

Thanks Jens, I've blown that up as I'm sure you did and whilst checking out the script on the side I also noticed it doesn't appear to have it's original solid flat three spoke steering wheel on it (still hasn't). Anyone able to identify the section of wheel visible ? Maybe the steering wheel was Mabb's choice ?

[Pete]

Looking forward to seeing it at Blyton!

Not forgetting the Le Mans Unipower which will also be there , here in action at Brands :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8o9YgFDCf0

[1071kev]

Cracking find Pete, looking forward to seeing it in the flesh so to speak.
Kev

[JC T ONE]

Looking forward to seeing it at Blyton!

Not forgetting the Le Mans Unipower which will also be there , here in action at Brands :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8o9YgFDCf0

Any particular reason the speedoes NEVER work / are disconnected ?

Seem to be a normal thing to do.

Does it have something to do with focus / concentration ?

if not connected, why not remove it .