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Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:04 am
by Pete
This one popped on Facebook (Pablo Raybold) really rare photo from Abingdon in 1969. Fantastic collection of rally plaques with the three works racers LRX 827E, RBL 450F and RJB 327F amongst others.

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:10 am
by mk1
Thanks for sharing on here Pete.

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:15 am
by Pete
Was LRX or RJB sold to Peter Baldwin? RBL was sold to Jim Whitehouse and raced by Gordon Spice in 1970

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 11:41 am
by Pete
RJB at Oulton in 69, still with night lights on from Spa..

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 12:10 pm
by spoon.450
Great pics !!

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:40 pm
by surfblue63
Could that be Brian Culcheth checking out the prep of the Mk1 Triumph 2.5 pis used on that years RAC?

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Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:19 pm
by Peter Laidler
My friend had and was still using one of those over-top-dead-centre lifting frames in his garage for many years after Abingdon closed. Mind you, he was using a lot of other stuff too......... Great times to own a mini Cooper and/or a Dolly Sprint when ST were here - or an MBG GT V8. Which, by pure coincidence and good luck, I did! while wifey had the Sprint!!!! Happy days

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:57 pm
by Pete
surfblue63 wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:40 pm Could that be Brian Culcheth checking out the prep of the Mk1 Triumph 2.5 pis used on that years RAC?
Johnston Syer (Andrew Cowan’s co-driver) !

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:41 pm
by surfblue63
Pete wrote: Thu Aug 05, 2021 4:57 pm

Johnston Syer (Andrew Cowan’s co-driver) !
...and Brian Culcheths before that.

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 12:17 pm
by Mark 1 S
A few of those rally plates on the wall @ Abingdon are now on my wall ;)

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2021 1:43 pm
by Old English White
I have some of the parts bins - which were probably secondhand MOD bins before that :lol:
You can see the Works service/support barge VDP Princess R in the picture of RJB at Oulton Park. A few years old by then.

Re: Rare Abingdon photo

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 8:33 pm
by surfblue63
If you think the epic is rare then watch the film I posted here

http://mk1-forum.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=32749