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The site keeps crashing on me...
My plans for the April trip now include the Petersen museum - including the vault (LA); National Motor Museum; Goodwood members meeting; Gaydon; Coventry Transport Museum; Great Northern Classics (Derby); Cadwell Park race meeting - Equipe.
Some are repeats, some new, but I'll be adding to my library.
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Two cars with a kiwi connection.
Ex John Surtees
HWM Jaguar owned by Paddins Dowling driving 'Remus' in post #4863, driven here by his son.
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A skip through time to yesterday's TACCOC meeting at Hampton Downs. (Site keeps crashing from Microsoft Edge when I try to insert pics.) Fourth attempt.
Keith Jones Austin A40 - with an A series engine. These days, not a cheap engine to rebuild. We need more of these on track. The handicap format means that smaller engined cars still have a chance.
Grant Kern's Austin A40. Not an A or even a B series engine, but a bog standard engine from an unlikely source, but still British. He bought the donor car for $1500, removed the engine and sold the remains of the car for - $1500. Lapping at about 1:23. Great to see - but no chance of a CoD... Who cares?
Good to see the return of Tim's Lotus Elan and Glen's MGB. At a time when the number of British cars had been shrinking, apart from Capri's and Escorts, cheered me up no end.
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Probably one of my favourite pics, as the recently restored ERA GP2 (with lowered driver's seat!) didn't make the starting line for the race.
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Batch 2 for today - local!
Commentator JT was short of a 7mm socket to sort out his BMW, so had to resort to the Classic Trial instead.
Batch 2 - local
Hard to believe that ERA only built 17 cars from 1933 and only 1 was totally destroyed, but Tony Merrick built a 'replacement' (AJM 1) yet many of them are still being raced - and raced hard. Dad was passionate about 'British made' hence his support for ERA and BRM. I guess I inherited that gene.
R3A - currently the most successful; R4A; R4D - previously the fastest car and raced successfully by Raymond Mays; R5B 'Remus', historically the most successful ERA.
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