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Anybody got an idea of what could be written just below "Henlys" ?

ivor badger wrote:
I think if you check, that is JB's later mid 70s car that he used for a seasons club racing before doing the BTCC the following year.

Pretty sure that article/car is from 1972, the year after he raced the supposed same car in the Osram championship......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY5zdnGvT0c

Most of the photos show the car on Firestone IB19s which would date them 71/72. The photo on the grid at Brands the car looks to have Dunlop slicks which means post mid 72.

He cartainly went back and did a seasons club racing in the mid 70s before returning to the BTCC the following year.

You will notice the doors, boot lid and bonnet were a slightly different colour, the steel set as the pictures were painted a year after, the alloy set were used in the Osram championship, the car also ran perspex windows, after the group 2 year I think it reverted to a club race with a glassfibre front. The alloy doors were used on Reg Wards spaceframe mini in the end. I tried to buy them!

Think there is a few photos of the car in this set, driven by Longman himself it says, rather than Buncombe middle senior. No idea if it was a BSCC round and they got it wrong. No decent close ups though, as Minis were the run of the mill thing then, like trying to photograph a fly,
http://www.mikehaywardcollection.co.uk/ ... temId=6494

the best one, http://www.mikehaywardcollection.co.uk/ ... temId=6576

The winner of BSCC that year, McGovern.



the results,
http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/P ... Class.html

finally!











alex, ive also emailed you the zip file so you can blow them up as big as you need

NIce article Rich,

Any chance you could send me a big copy too?

Finally, the car is ready for the season, with brand new stickers !









The original one..


Couldn't find the original Dunlop sticker on the front wings, anybody know where coud I find one ?

Alex, below Henleys is the name 'Salisbury' this is where Henleys garage was.

David

Very beautiful car Alex!

Well done Alex, that looks superb!

Very nice Alex!

What sort of wheel arches did you use?

Great ! Thanks for that, David.

Thanks for all you nice comments !

sandman wrote:Very nice Alex!

What sort of wheel arches did you use?

They are made of steel, hand made by a panel beater.

Fantastic car, I like it...
well done

Yes, very nice car Alex. Have you seen a funny detail ? The original car wears Dunlop stickers with... Firestone tyres !

That looks great Alex!

that looks great !!

looks perfect Alex