83 replies to this topic

[sterling49]

Originally posted by Barry Boor
I'm somewhat hesitant about mentioning this but Duckhams, through one of their guys, whose first name was definitely Fred - (surname, either Place or Game, IIRC) were very helpful in the early days of the Connew effort.

That was Fred Game I believe Barry, a member then of 7Oaks M.C. ans also a scribe for Triple C (IIRC)

[Phil Rainford]

Duckhams also became involved with Thundersports in 1986 with the Lola of Graeme Glew and Andrew Broadley......




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[Barry Boor]

Thanks for that confirmation, Sterling. We never met but he seemed to be a very nice man.

[Mondiale M85S]

Bjorn Langrekken..... I've got a pic somewhere of him upside down at the Hairpin at Mallory, i'll try and dig it out.

[Twin Window]

From the outside-back cover of the first issue of Competition Car, early 1972;

[David McKinney]

Here's another - Edmund Irvine Jr at the 1986 FF Festival

Apologies for the quality - blame the fog

[Fubar]

OK, it's not circuit racing but Scottish Rally champion Drew Gallacher ran this Duckhams backed Chevette in 1980.

[IanG]

Great pic. Great to see a rally car on this thread, after all the title is "Duckhams-sponsored cars".
Another two rally drivers who have had Duckhams sponsorship are John Price and Cyril Bolton.

[RJE]

I don't like to be nit-picking but the Surtees featured in posts 12 and 16 is a TS8 not 9.

Indeed the car did run a prolonged 'test' at Silverstone to prove the integrity of the Duckhams oil. More than the full length of a GP as I recall. The idea was to prove a good multi grade 'road' oil was as good if not better than many of the single grade racing oils of the time, as Elf had proved with Tyrrell previously.

[Andrew Kitson]

Originally posted by RJE
I don't like to be nit-picking but the Surtees featured in posts 12 and 16 is a TS8 not 9.

Indeed the car did run a prolonged 'test' at Silverstone to prove the integrity of the Duckhams oil. More than the full length of a GP as I recall. The idea was to prove a good multi grade 'road' oil was as good if not better than many of the single grade racing oils of the time, as Elf had proved with Tyrrell previously.

So is it a TS8 fitted with a DFV? See post 55.
..and not nit-picking myself but David's post of Irvine in the FFF is 1987, not '86.

[David McKinney]

If you say so, Andrew
I didn't think I was at the '87 Festival...

[Andrew Kitson]

Originally posted by David McKinney
If you say so, Andrew
I didn't think I was at the '87 Festival...

Yes David, '87 was the year Irvine won in that car, Van Diemen no.67, '86 Roland Ratzenberger won it.

[Twin Window]

Originally posted by RJE

I don't like to be nit-picking but the Surtees featured in posts 12 and 16 is a TS8 not 9.

In that case I guess it might be this one...

1971 (Alan Rollinson);




1972 (Alan Brodie);




1973 (Ray Allen);




1974 (Colin Andrews);




1975 (Stephen Cuff);



On second thoughts, probably not. :

[RJE]

Oh dear my mistake its a TS7. I got my numbers jumbled, I think because A. Rollinson drove both types. The car featured was a former team car repainted.

[Stephen W]

Originally posted by RJE
Oh dear my mistake its a TS7. I got my numbers jumbled, I think because A. Rollinson drove both types. The car featured was a former team car repainted.

If you check-out post number 55 in this thread the actual wording of the add claims it is a TS9 not a TS7.

[subh]

Sorry to go off topic slightly. This is the Norton 588 rotary that Ian Simpson raced to win the 1994 British Superbike title (H.E.A.T./British Supercup, TT Superbike class)

[Twin Window]

Originally posted by subh

Sorry to go off topic slightly.

Not at all; a good point in fact, and a great pic!

Thread title changed accordingly.

[Barry Boor]

Oh no! Not more opportunities for people to talk about those noisy, smelly, two-wheeled death traps.

[RJE]

Stephen W.

I agree the ad does say TS9 but the car in the pictures is a TS7. They had different front suspension components. The car used for the Duckhams test was definitely a TS7.

[martyn_mcg]

Hi all, bit of a long shot but does anybody have any pictures of a Van Diemen RF80 in Duckhams sponsorship?

[Barry Boor]

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[Phil Rainford]

Here we have a picture of the Karl Jone's's Prodsaloon Escort from a Uniroyal race at Oulton




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Edited by Phil Rainford, 01 May 2009 - 15:47.

[martyn_mcg]

Subscription post

Hi, whats a subscription post if you dont mind me asking?

[Les Dalton]

Hi, whats a subscription post if you dont mind me asking?

Hi Everyone,
Les Dalton here, just found this fabulous site.
Re Duckhams oil, I have a couple of good photographs which i cant download to site ( I think its an age thing !!!!!)
Can someone give me an idiots guide as to how to put pics on here????
Regards,
Les.

[Fubar]

Hi Everyone,
Les Dalton here, just found this fabulous site.
Re Duckhams oil, I have a couple of good photographs which i cant download to site ( I think its an age thing !!!!!)
Can someone give me an idiots guide as to how to put pics on here????
Regards,
Les.

Les, how I do it is to first upload my photos to a photo hosting site - I use www.photbucket.com - and then you copy/paste the URL of your pics into your post on here. e.g. the photo of mine above of the rally Chevette has the URL http://i5.photobucke...anitecity80.jpg. If I was posting a reply in this forum and wanted to include that pic, I'd look for the row of icons above the text box and click on the one that says "Insert image" and then paste the URL of my photo into the box which appears.

I probably havn't explained that very well but give it a go and see how you get on. Whichever photo hosting site you choose, you will need to sign up with them to open an account but they are all free of charge.

Edit: I only spotted this after posting my reply above - there is a guide to posting photos to the forum here - http://forums.autosp...showtopic=70638

Edited by Fubar, 03 May 2009 - 16:04.

[Les Dalton]

Les, how I do it is to first upload my photos to a photo hosting site - I use www.photbucket.com - and then you copy/paste the URL of your pics into your post on here. e.g. the photo of mine above of the rally Chevette has the URL http://i5.photobucke...anitecity80.jpg. If I was posting a reply in this forum and wanted to include that pic, I'd look for the row of icons above the text box and click on the one that says "Insert image" and then paste the URL of my photo into the box which appears.

I probably havn't explained that very well but give it a go and see how you get on. Whichever photo hosting site you choose, you will need to sign up with them to open an account but they are all free of charge.

Edit: I only spotted this after posting my reply above - there is a guide to posting photos to the forum here - http://forums.autosp...showtopic=70638

Hi Fubar,
Thanks for the info on how to post pictures onthe site, I shall give it a shot later.
Is that a photo of my all time hereo that your using?
Jimmy Clark lived just up the road from me when he farmed Edington Maines, when he was being groomed by Jock McBain from Berwick where we lived, and the Border Reivers, we used to meet up sometimes at Charterhall, when I was riding a BSA B34 500 goldie in full clubmans trim, and later an awsome G45 Matchless 500, and he would be out in his Sunbeam talbot or a 356 B Posrche or something else, last time i spoke to Jimmy, was at the Nubergring at the German Grands Prix.
Do you know Drew Gallagher then?
we used to have some bloody hilarious times at Avimore on the Ski slope on tea trays ( and in canoes!!!!!)my other pals during the 70s (Scottish pals this is) were Murrey Grierson,Donald Heggie,Ivor Clark, Keith S-B Charles and Alec Sampson, Ken Wood, Jimmy MCrae and Johnson Syer, et al.
I think Drew had John Eyeres in the Chevette did he not?
Right, I am going to try and post some pictures of my rally cars when Ron Carnell used to look after me, on the 1982 RAC I rolled the Mini in the forest of Dean and fractured the engine breather pipe, and because it was through the night, my service crew did not spot it, but we ended up using as much oil as petrol, and i must have had about 30 gallons from Ron before we eventually siezed up in Kielder.
No, I cant get my head around it, Iwill try again tomorrow.
Kind regards,
Les.

[sterling49]

Hi Fubar,
Thanks for the info on how to post pictures onthe site, I shall give it a shot later.
Is that a photo of my all time hereo that your using?
Jimmy Clark lived just up the road from me when he farmed Edington Maines, when he was being groomed by Jock McBain from Berwick where we lived, and the Border Reivers, we used to meet up sometimes at Charterhall, when I was riding a BSA B34 500 goldie in full clubmans trim, and later an awsome G45 Matchless 500, and he would be out in his Sunbeam talbot or a 356 B Posrche or something else, last time i spoke to Jimmy, was at the Nubergring at the German Grands Prix.
Do you know Drew Gallagher then?
we used to have some bloody hilarious times at Avimore on the Ski slope on tea trays ( and in canoes!!!!!)my other pals during the 70s (Scottish pals this is) were Murrey Grierson,Donald Heggie,Ivor Clark, Keith S-B Charles and Alec Sampson, Ken Wood, Jimmy MCrae and Johnson Syer, et al.
I think Drew had John Eyeres in the Chevette did he not?
Right, I am going to try and post some pictures of my rally cars when Ron Carnell used to look after me, on the 1982 RAC I rolled the Mini in the forest of Dean and fractured the engine breather pipe, and because it was through the night, my service crew did not spot it, but we ended up using as much oil as petrol, and i must have had about 30 gallons from Ron before we eventually siezed up in Kielder.
No, I cant get my head around it, Iwill try again tomorrow.
Kind regards,
Les.

Les, that is quite a roll call of names in the rallying world! Hurry up and post some photos and it may well be a good idea to start a thread on the stories you have to tell, as another member suggested, we will be a particularly interested audience, wellcome to TNF

[Phil Rainford]

A man I suggest you would always want on your side.....

Dave Coyne in the works Van Diemen FF2000 car

[NanningF1fan]

There have been many good drivers to race the works Duckhams Van Diemen FF1600 cars. A flick through the programmes reveals some of them:
are:
Don MacLeod 1977
Michael Roe 1978
Terry Gray 1979
Raul Boesel 1980
Tommy Byrne 1981
Enrique Mansilla 1981
??? 1982 ?
Mark Peters 1983
Dave Coyne 1984
Ruairi O'Coileain 1985
Jason Elliot 1986
Eddie Irvine 1987
Derek Higgins 1988
Niko Palhares 1989
Giampiero Simoni 1989
Michael Vergers 1990
Mark Goossens 1991
Andrew McAuley 1992
Jan Magnussen 1992
Russell Ingall 1993
Justin Keen 1994
Ralphie Firman 1994
Kevin McGarrity 1995
Jiri de Veirman 1995
Mark Webber 1996
Jacky van der Ende 1997
Marcus Ambrose 1998
Dan Wheldon 1998
David Besnard 1998
Rob Collard 1998
Ricardo van der Ende 1999
James Courtney 2000
Robert Dahlgren 2000
Patrick Long 2001
Richard Goransson 2001
Robin Rudholm 2001
Gary Turkington 2001
Westley Barber 2002
Stuart Hall 2002
Mike Conway 2002
Jan Heylen 2002

From memory I don't think there was a Duckhams sponsored works Van Diemen in FF1600 in 1982. I recall the works driver that year being Bjorn Langreken. I think the spelling is right but I am in China and have no old programmes to check. He was a Norwegian who spent more time visiting the scenery than on the track. I am almost certain his car was bright blue. Why Duckhams didn't sponsor him I don't know.

On another topic several posters have mentioned that Karl Jones did only a part season in the Duckhams escort. The reason I think was that he had several run ins with officialdom. I reported him twice in my marshalling days once at Donington and once at Silverstone. Both incidents went to the stewards and if memory serves me correctly his licence was suspended for a time.

[Gregor Marshall]

On another topic several posters have mentioned that Karl Jones did only a part season in the Duckhams escort. The reason I think was that he had several run ins with officialdom. I reported him twice in my marshalling days once at Donington and once at Silverstone. Both incidents went to the stewards and if memory serves me correctly his licence was suspended for a time.

I'll ask Mr Jones about this, boyo!!
It didn't get reported on in Autosport but Karl drove an E-Type at Silverstone last weekend and qualified a very good 7th - the race didn't go quite so well, 20th I think.

[Phil Rainford]

Struggling to identify this one




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[alansart]

Certainly seat of the pants flying!

[arttidesco]

Struggling to identify this one

PAR

Quite obviously built before the rules changed requiring the front wheel axle line to be well ahead of the drivers feet

[Giraffe]

Seen at the CER round held at the Silverstone 6 hours last weekend piloted by Jacques Nicolet


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By giraffe138 at 2012-08-29

By giraffe138 at 2012-08-29

Edited by Giraffe, 29 August 2012 - 16:04.