Norton twin probably 650/750cc, with Mikuni carburettors.
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Norton twin probably 650/750cc, with Mikuni carburettors.
Apparently it was actually street legal. Built by Harry Sisson.
This is the car built for (and paid for) by Jon Pertwee as Dr Who. Built by custom car guy Pete Farries whose workshop (no pun intended...) was just down the road from my house in the UK. Just two mouldings when everyone said it would take far more and eventually road registered as an invalid carriage (3 wheels) - capable of 100mph and virtually impossible to turn over.
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Fibreglass again and my jazz hero Chris Barber in his Elite (85 years young and still getting speeding tickets...). I presented Chris with one of my own paintings of him in the Elite, back in 2004, celebrating 50 years of the band.
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Whilst most had 1/32 scale Scalextric sets, we had a 1/52 scale Wrenn set, which meant we had the ability to design and race some terrific circuits on an 8x4 sheet of ply. I got RSI from spending so many hours each night slot racing! Although Dad owned the most cars (53!) I have all 60 complete with track and spares. it ran on 12v AC or DC initially, though later cars were DC only. AC was faster with a ratchet and pawl motor, but the cars got hot quite quickly. Power was on or off so you freewheeled around the corners.
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Yes is Norton, but does anyone know any of the history other than what the advert says? Referring to the "Historic" on post 280
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And we thought the Mini Marcos was ugly!!!
The Coventry-Climax Fire Pump Four...
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nothing remarkable about that, except it's fitted with a set of Webers !
Did this BMC creation ever take off?
lion
early photo of Jamie Aislabie
Ha ha he was a magnet to those lol:)
Jan hasn't changed either, still a sweetie
Just thought I'd resurrect this thread with this great photos.
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Thanks Steve,
Amazing that a lot of those cars are still entertaining us today.
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(Historic Trans Am field, Sonoma Raceway, June 2017.)
(Ken H )
Life in Los Olivos, Ca.
While you Kiwis can get away to the race tracks such as Hampton Downs and Manfeild and assemble fields to go racing in front of the crowds, Hyndman has to get away from the interested folks of Los Olivos and go hide out in the fields. Such is life here in the country.
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( Ken Hyndman, Lost in Los Olivos )
Although it is not a bad place to be lost in.
Check the pics at this site;
https://www.google.com/search?biw=13....0.MtL2ddtq5-0
The "mayor" of Los Olivos at work with his boss serving roasted walnuts at Christmas time. A family tradition.
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That looks like very nice place Ken, I like the sense of community that is evident in those towns.
Bruce.
Ferrari - That's me in the picture - great interview with Louise Collins.
Good movie or DVD coming up to watch!
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...-peter-collins
When I first arrived in England in Oct. 1972 I went to the first race meet I could which was at Oulton Park in Cheshire. As I had been an Escort owner in NZ I was especially interested in the "Broadspeed Team " and wandered into their paddock area to inquire about possible employment but they wisely turned me away which led me next to the F2 McLaren Team lads and they were much more encouraging. I recently saw this photo and it brought back memories.
Grant Sprague, this one is for you.
1972 Escort at Watkins Glen. 2013.
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"This Escort RS1600 MK-1 was built in 1971-1972 in England by ex-Broadspeed mechanic Carl 'Tivy' Shenton while he was managing Spec Fab at Pershors in Worcestershire, England, and includes an Atlas, six-link rear axle, a ZF five-speed, four-wheel disc brakes and Broadspeed fender flares."
More on this car and the Escort history from Conceptcarz.com;
https://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/...scort-MKI.aspx
(Ken Hyndman )
Tivvy Shenton lives locally in southern Virginia, still preps cars in his workshop near Virginia International Raceway.
The Escort was driven by Paul Newman at one stage, now owned and raced by Ross Bremer from Florida.
Ross also runs a Broadspeed Anglia and I competed in the same class as him at the recent annual VIR historic event.
I am looking for any pics of the Millen's Commer Cob/Hillman Husky. Contributions please.
Rhys- I know there is one b/w in my Wide Wheels, give me a bit of time.
Rhys,
I have followed Rod Millen ever since I took this photo of him by chance as he lined up on the grid at Pukekohe in November 1970 as a young 19 year old in a Hillman Husky "Cob" next to my brother John in his Mini Cooper. It was the start of Rod's racing career and the last race of my brother's. Rod would prove to make any vehicle go fast and he finished third in this event.
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Sorry I did not do a better job of photography. Ken H.
A few names on that entry list that I had forgotten Ken!
I always found it interesting that it was called a Cob by many as the badge clearly shows Hillman, and a Cob was a Commer variant with no side windows, and longer wheelbase. Rivet counter! So interesting details though. Lift off bonnet with what are probably Griffiths Speed Equipment pins, is that an attempt at a splitter on the front :)
Here's a photo taken by Kevin Lancaster of Steve Millen driving the Hillman
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Speaking off Hillman Husky's [my first car] saw this when we were down at Whanganui a couple of weekends ago at the Caboodle Festival.They had amongst a variety of events a car show in the main street on saturday,this little car was outstanding,the motor i was told is a Simca V8 !Attachment 50899Attachment 50900Attachment 50901Attachment 50902Attachment 50903
The Citroen is ours !! Sweet aye.602cc and 29hp of pulsating power !!! LOL.
Yes it is a cool Husky and it is the Smica V8 which is a Flattie and a Ford V8 60 from what I have been told.
Love that V8 Husky! A lot of neat detail work by the looks of it.
That car owner is part of the reason we are chasing photos of the Millen car!
Hi Rhys,the Husky owner lives here in Palmy.
On the TRS thread....why where what ...on page 23 is a good photo of the Millen “Cob” with a discription. Fibre doors, bonnet, and rear hatch.
I sent the photo to John but I have no way of putting it up here.
Regards
Bruce
One with Anglia is Club Curcuit Puke. photo from Barry Lee i have tried to tidy as it has crease through middle of it. other is at hillclimb.
Ah, but they missed out on the good one:Quote:
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Speaking off Hillman Huskys [my first car] saw this when we were down at Whanganui a couple of weekends ago at the Caboodle Festival.They had amongst a variety of events a car show in the main street on saturday,this little car was outstanding,the motor i was told is a Simca V8 !Attachment 50899Attachment 50900Attachment 50901Attachment 50902
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With about 140hp instead of 85, that would make it sit up and take notice...
Or break axles.
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Originally posted by Spgeti
.....the Smica V8 which is a Flattie and a Ford V8 60 from what I have been told.
The progression from the V8/60 (US production) was that the design was sent to England for production there, bearing in mind 'rated HP' taxation issues. Some minor changes were made in British production then the design went to Ford France.
There a number of other changes were made and it was increased in size by about 100cc. Ford France then sold out to Simca, who continued with it before Chrysler took over and a few years down the track Chrysler sent the tooling to Brazil for their branch there to work with. More improvements took place.
And into the mid-sixties they bought the rights to the ARDUN heads and made a few models with no inlet or exhaust ports in the block and using the ARDUN designed heads. As pictured above.
When Simca took over Ford France there were existing long-term contracts for the supply of trucks to the French military with the regular-sized Ford side-valve V8. Chrysler continued to honour these contracts, so on one side of the Atlantic Chrysler were still building their own side-valve sixes for military use and the other they were building side-valve Ford V8s for military use - both well into the sixties!
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Diana Dors in her 1949 Saoutchik-bodied Delahaye 175 S,
Bruce McLaren, Stirling Moss, Tony Brooks, Graham Hill, Jo Bonnier, Wolfgang von Trips. and 1996 world champion Damon Hill.