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Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:20 am
by UHR850
Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY
Kees.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:24 am
by UHR850
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:30 am
by UHR850
SALOON CAR RACING FROM REAR, MID-CHESHIRE C C, OULTON PARK 19-9-67.
Kees.
Photos above where found on fleebee
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:48 am
by UHR850
Ridgway Sports Conversion
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 1:14 pm
by VKA305H
GRX310D at Silverstone (John Rhodes) and is it Gordon Spice in the Britax-Cooper-Downton car or Steve Neal? Great shot! Thanks for these brilliant posts. Cheers. Brian
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:01 pm
by Pete
Its Steve Neal. The days when the (very damp) spectators (and photographers) could get close to the track.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 4:24 pm
by foxy52
UHR850 wrote:Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY
Kees.
..Great pic..Rhodes,Spice,Neal et al.. the late 60,s with the fastest S types built battling against the Mk 1 Escorts..the racing was incredible..especially the Crystal Palace events..my Dad had an F and G plate white Mk 1 Escorts..we were still outpaced by late MK2 and 3 S types on fast roads....memories !!!...foxy52
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 5:00 pm
by Pete
Bee Gees circa 1967 I reckon.. Mini looks interesting!
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 6:23 pm
by Costafortune
foxy52 wrote:UHR850 wrote:Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY
Kees.
..Great pic..Rhodes,Spice,Neal et al.. the late 60,s with the fastest S types built battling against the Mk 1 Escorts..the racing was incredible..especially the Crystal Palace events..my Dad had an F and G plate white Mk 1 Escorts..we were still outpaced by late MK2 and 3 S types on fast roads....memories !!!...foxy52
I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:08 pm
by WMU 211G
Pete wrote:Bee Gees circa 1967 I reckon.. Mini looks interesting!
Morris Cooper / Cooper S in factory black with tinted windows...? Looks like it has the longer door handles with bosses.... '66 / '67 build...?
Nice find Pete not seen that one before!
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:35 pm
by surfblue63
Costafortune wrote:foxy52 wrote:UHR850 wrote:Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY
Kees.
..Great pic..Rhodes,Spice,Neal et al.. the late 60,s with the fastest S types built battling against the Mk 1 Escorts..the racing was incredible..especially the Crystal Palace events..my Dad had an F and G plate white Mk 1 Escorts..we were still outpaced by late MK2 and 3 S types on fast roads....memories !!!...foxy52
I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.
They look like an Alan Mann Escort TC's to me.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 7:50 pm
by surfblue63
Pete wrote:Bee Gees circa 1967 I reckon.. Mini looks interesting!
Must have been shot the same day as this cover shot, which was their third release in 1967
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:52 pm
by Peter Laidler
I was working in Australia then, for getting on to 3 years between '67 and late 69 and frommy memory, the Bee Gees hadn't made any impact on the music scene in Oz. The Easy Beats, yes, Brian Foley the mini racer, yes but the Bee Gees...., nope!
Pete the Pom!
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 8:55 pm
by Pete
WMU 211G wrote:Pete wrote:Bee Gees circa 1967 I reckon.. Mini looks interesting!
Morris Cooper / Cooper S in factory black with tinted windows...? Looks like it has the longer door handles with bosses.... '66 / '67 build...?
Nice find Pete not seen that one before!
Looks like it's wearing Cibie headlamps aswell.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 9:34 pm
by surfblue63
Look like regular Lucas 700 lights to me
bee gees mini 2a.jpg
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2019 10:35 pm
by davidnutland
I believe all the xoo Escorts started life as 1300gt cars possibly the press fleet, the Broadspeed cars stayed 1300 and the Alan Mann became twinks, CCC had one as a project car at one time.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 9:50 am
by billycooper
UHR850 wrote:Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY
Kees.
Think this is the event, might answer a few questions !
http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1969% ... stone.html
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 10:13 am
by Costafortune
XOO344F was/is a TC, the ones in the photos are 1300GT's - these ran close on 150 bhp. They ran front bubble arches but generally not rears which were flared slightly. The TC's were doing over 200 bhp, some having Cosworth FVA engines in 1968, some being supercharged.
The Escort GT and Cooper S were quite well matched, the TC was much faster. 19709 onwards RS1600's with the BDA were faster again.
The old A Series with three bearing crank did a fantastic job though.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:07 am
by surfblue63
I guess it's John Fitzpatrick in the Broadspeed Escort GT following the two Minis of Neal and Rhodes. Telling Gold/Red from Silver maroon in black and white is a bit tricky. The Alan Mann cars always had number plates on.
John Fitzpatrick.png
DM Silverstone.JPG
More shots from that race can be found by click the link below
https://mikehaywardcollection.com/motor ... =15/page=1
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:26 am
by UHR850
Sandie Shaw & Jeff Banks with Bentley & Mini Cooper cars in 1969
Kees.