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I'll post a few pictures on Monday.

In the meantime, please have a look at my ad in the wanted section;

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=875

Thanks,

What a great find..
Looking forward to the build thread.

looks like a lot of fun!

Mark,

I have got rid of a lot of the Speedwell stuff I had, but pretty sure I still have some guages, Weston rev counter, J Fray badges, throttle pedal extension and gear knobs if of use? I'll try to have a look over the weekend.

Mike

Excellent stuff Mark.

I guess you have probably had everything you need for the rebuild over the years & passed it on Great to have the photo record to work from, doesn't get much better.

I have a watch I can send you if you're stuck without one

Mike.

COOPERCO wrote:
I have a watch I can send you if you're stuck without one

Mike.

did you get it from a customer?

Pandora wrote:

COOPERCO wrote:
I have a watch I can send you if you're stuck without one

Mike.

did you get it from a customer?

Yes! just like this

Mark,
Mike and me will be going to Stoneleigh Sunday 24th of this month for the restoration show, can you post some pics of the gauges just in case we find some.

Nice one Mark, couldn't be in better hands, was the clear out of the stable in preparation for this gem?

What a cool car!!

I see in the Motorsport May 66 roadtest Speedwell called it a 1300TC - the TC standing for "Town Car". I see it was fitted with a Supertone 85 exhaust system and a Speedwell stabiliser bar at the rear. Nice gear!

Awesome Mark, well done mate, I can't think of anyone better qualified to look after it!

cheers

Jacob

Great buy Mark, the good car, in the good hands ! Can't wait to see it..

do you have the Motorsprt article yet Mark? I can post a scan later on if you want?

I took some nice pics of the other one (FYL858C), the Graham Hill car, while it was residing in my friend's garage in Japan. I'll try to post them in a day or so if I can remember how to do it.
Nick

was that the green car which was in Miniworld during it's first couple of years? Didn't Gerry Marshal have it before it ended up with Heritage Garage who were the owner at the time of the article?

Good to see that Marks car needed a set of special speedwell horns as the normal one was "inadequate for the speeds of which the car is capable" !

faster than the speed of sound?

was that the green car which was in Miniworld during it's first couple of years? Didn't Gerry Marshal have it before it ended up with Heritage Garage who were the owner at the time of the article?

It was certainly John Adair who sold it to my Japanese friend, and he tells me it wasn't expensive !

I got the same impression about when he sold the peter Sellers car - not as dear as it might have been.

Mark,

It is great to hear you have acquired a new project, this time an origianl example of tuning firms' demo vehicle!
And in one of my favorite color! Grey!
More photos to fill our hunger reestorers pls!
My CCC replica is under way finally! body welding work just completed!

Al

Thanbks for all the encouragement!

I have posted pics of the gauges in question in the wanted thread, & have found an original R/C that I had lent to someone. I also have the exhaust system, all bar the link pipe, the anti roll bar, the badges, most of the engine is original, I have the oil cooler, carbs, and no doubt a few other bits that I can't remember at the moment. I was away from home at the weekend so still haven't had a good chance to have a real good look at the car but I suspect that I will opt top get the stuff that is obviously wrong, right first & then move on the the mods once the car is something like right.

Oh, & we took it round the block and I am somewhat sorry to report that at the moment its the single slowest mini that I have ever owned.

Didn't get a chance to do any pics, but will do soon.

Great write up, I've not seen this before. Whats a Mollybdenum steel crank Mark and will you be going with the H4's. I've got some new S/T ones if you fancy them.