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More photos from Silverstone April 1981

Brands Hatch paddock April 1981

Brilliant Photos!

Thank you so much for sharing them. Almost makes me feel young again.

theres some cracking photos on this thread!

Great pics, some stories behind those cars and you know what era it is when your car's sponsored by Revolution and Status Quo!

Great pics!
I'm suprised to see someone had raced a Renault 5 in UK ( Brands Hatch, 2nd pic )

what's the carb setup on the 1275GT Challenge car ? weber ?

Cheers
Luis

LuisM wrote:Great pics!
I'm suprised to see someone had raced a Renault 5 in UK ( Brands Hatch, 2nd pic )

what's the carb setup on the 1275GT Challenge car ? weber ?

Cheers
Luis

Thanks all for the kind comments. I will dig out and scan some more old pics to share over the coming weeks!

Luis, their was a Renault 5 one-make championship running in the UK around the same time as the 1275GT Challenge. I remember they used to lean through the corners almost as much as the 2CV's! I seem to remember they once ran together with the Mini's in a combined race due to low entries for the grid but off course the Renault 5 lap times were considerably slower than the Mini's.
The 1275GT Challenge cars were allowed to use either twin SU's or a 45 Weber and inclined valve cylinder heads. I have a copy of the official 1275GT race build regs somewhere.

Luis, their was a Renault 5 one-make championship running in the UK around the same time as the 1275GT Challenge. I remember they used to lean through the corners almost as much as the 2CV's! I seem to remember they once ran together with the Mini's in a combined race due to low entries for the grid but off course the Renault 5 lap times were considerably slower than the Mini's.
The 1275GT Challenge cars were allowed to use either twin SU's or a 45 Weber and inclined valve cylinder heads. I have a copy of the official 1275GT race build regs somewhere.

Thanks, looking forward to see more period pics!

I have one of those monkey bikes!

Keep em coming mab !, love these old pics, reminds me of my youth !

billycooper wrote:Keep em coming mab !, love these old pics, reminds me of my youth !

...lol..yes keep em coming ?..reminds me of my early 30,s ??!!!!... foxy52

Not quite 1980's but close......Steve Soper - 1275GT Challenge Champion 1977 & 79

Some more of my photos of the late Chris Tyrrell - Mini Seven Champion 1974, 1986 and 1987.

great thread. Keep them coming - there must be thousands of old photos in drawers everywhere that we were all perhaps a bit embarrassed about a short while later, but have now have turned into gems of posterity!

Flat Out National Mini Challenge.
This brochure is in my collection.

Hi everyone,
I have been guided to your forum by mab01UK on the Mini Forum, after I posted some photos from the early eighties, he suggested I should post them here too.
I have got a lot of photos from that era and will post them here if they might be of interest to anyone.

They are fab, keep em coming !

Maguire Mini wrote:Hi everyone,
I have been guided to your forum by mab01UK on the Mini Forum, after I posted some photos from the early eighties, he suggested I should post them here too.
I have got a lot of photos from that era and will post them here if they might be of interest to anyone.

Excellent photos.....please post more whenever you can!

mab01uk wrote:

Maguire Mini wrote:Hi everyone,
I have been guided to your forum by mab01UK on the Mini Forum, after I posted some photos from the early eighties, he suggested I should post them here too.
I have got a lot of photos from that era and will post them here if they might be of interest to anyone.

Excellent photos.....please post more whenever you can!

OK, here's a few more.