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Avon Motor Tour of Britain

Started by drivers71 , Sep 01 2008 10:26

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#51 john ruston

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Posted 30 September 2009 - 08:20

Alan-Do you have any photos of Handley Dolomite?
I ran the team ,after a fashion,and have no record.

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#52 alansart

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Posted 30 September 2009 - 08:26

Alan-Do you have any photos of Handley Dolomite?
I ran the team ,after a fashion,and have no record.

Sorry John, I'm afraid I haven't.

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#53 elansprint72

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Posted 30 September 2009 - 08:29

Exit, stage left! Young Mr Brookes, I believe.
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When Gerry was interviewed at Oulton, after the most entertaining race I have ever seen with RAC, he said "I've never seen anyone drive so badly and get away with it"! The two Escorts were hardly ever more than a few feet apart and always at wildly different angles to each other, yet they changed places I don't know how many times.

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#54 Alan Cox

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Posted 30 September 2009 - 12:58

Alan-Do you have any photos of Handley Dolomite?

Sorry, John. This is the only other shot I have of the Dolly, once again obscured
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#55 john ruston

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Posted 01 October 2009 - 06:14

Must have done well as he is between the Two superstars.Think the dolly finished third or fourth ,just in front of Mr Dron.

Thanks Alan's for checking.

Seem to remember Tony Lanfrachi getting stopped by police for doing 100+(in a BMW?) on M6 around Keele area on hard shoulder when held up in a jam and getting away with it.

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#56 Chris Witty

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Posted 29 December 2009 - 14:40

Does anyone have any photos of the Alfas in action? I am interested in the Stan Clark version as I was the co-driver!

1973 Team Award: Alfa Romeo

3rd John Handley/John Clegg
6th Stan Clark/Chris Witty
11th Peter Hilliard/Nicholas Price

All in 2000 GTVs

(Source AR advert, The Times, July 14th 1973)

1974 Triumph Dolomite Sprints 1st and 2nd in class, 4th and 5th overall. Drivers not quoted.

(Source BL advert The Times, October 22nd 1974)

Dates for 1975 August 1-3. Clark's winning car from 1974 was an Escort RS.

(Source The Times Dec 6th 1974)

1975 result:

1 Tony Pond (Ford Escort RS2000) 9376 penalty secs
2 Brian Culcheth (Triumph Dolomite Sprint) 9423
3 Bernard Unett (Hillman Avenger GT) 9641

(Source The Times Aug 4th 1975)

There are two pics in the LAT Archive. One shows an unidentified BMW, the other James Hunt in the Vauxhall he shared with Noel Edmonds (yes - really!), both in 1976.

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#57 alansart

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Posted 29 December 2009 - 15:04

Does anyone have any photos of the Alfas in action? I am interested in the Stan Clark version as I was the co-driver!

Is this it?

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#58 arttidesco

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Posted 05 September 2011 - 23:21

41 secs into this clip from Llandow in 1973 you can see two Rover P6's #25 & #28 the former almost certainly a V8 does anyone know who the drivers might have been ?

Looking through the whole clip seems manufacturers were still along way from understanding how to make cars handle properly, I guess driver skills were at a real premium back then.

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#59 Tim Murray

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Posted 06 September 2011 - 00:09

41 secs into this clip from Llandow in 1973 you can see two Rover P6's #25 & #28 the former almost certainly a V8 does anyone know who the drivers might have been ?

#25 was entered and driven by Mike Howells with Kenneth Taylor as co-driver. #28 was entered and driven by Brian Field with William Jones as co-driver. Both cars are listed as Rover 3500S models.

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#60 arttidesco

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Posted 06 September 2011 - 00:12

#25 was entered and driven by Mike Howells with Kenneth Taylor as co-driver. #28 was entered and driven by Brian Field with William Jones as co-driver. Both cars are listed as Rover 3500S models.

Thanks Tim :up:

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#61 Sharman

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Posted 06 September 2011 - 13:45

Not related to the Tour but just a snippet of information. George Brown of "Nero" fame was a development engineer at Avon Rubber Co. According to my informant who was the son of a one time chairman of Avon. George would occasionally use Nero to get too and from work, my friend had a cottage on the route between the works and George's home and I am told pictures used to fall off the walls as the Vincent passed by.