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Happy Birthday Allen Brown!

Started by Giraffe , Jun 28 2011 05:56

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#1 Giraffe

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 05:56

Allen Brown, founder and proprietor of the wonderfully helpful OldRacingCars.com site is celebrating a landmark birthday today! Many Happy Returns Allen and thanks for all your help with my project. :wave:

#2 Stefan Schmidt

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 06:42

Happy Birthday Allen :wave:

#3 Simon Hadfield

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 07:09

Ah, but it this still the original Allen Brown? Is there an unbroken ownership trail, is he still to original specification (I had heard whispers of an ankle update - was this done and if so was it to current FIA guidelines), are there period documents with Allen Brown information? Does Ted have period photographs? I think we should be told!
Happy birthday Allen!

#4 E1pix

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 07:20

What is a "landmark birthday," like 30? 40? 45?

Happy Birthday, Allen! :wave:

#5 Michael Ferner

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 07:31

I think he's finally able to buy alcohol legally!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Allen!!!

#6 Giraffe

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 07:31

What is a "landmark birthday," like 30? 40? 45?

Edging closer to what's on Allen's HTP.......

#7 Vitesse2

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 07:31

None of those ;)

Happy birthday Allen!

Edited by Vitesse2, 28 June 2011 - 07:32.

#8 Tim Murray

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 07:32

What is a "landmark birthday," like 30? 40? 45?

Can't be any more than 30, surely?

Many Happy Returns, Allen. :clap:

#9 Allen Brown

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 08:13

You are all most kind, notably E1pix for not guessing the real - and more scary - number.

I can confirm that I am largely to original specification and entirely unrestored but not necessarily roadworthy. Please don't suggest crack testing.

#10 delta44

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 08:30

Have a great day Allen.

#11 Alan Cox

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 08:33

I can confirm that I am largely to original specification and entirely unrestored but not necessarily roadworthy. Please don't suggest crack testing.

Many happy returns, Allen, and keep up the good work. If you and your fearless team of researchers hadn't done it, who on earth would have made such comprehemsive and invaluable information freely available on a public website?

#12 Red Socks

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 09:10

May I add my congratulations to the worthies above.
Looking forward to the centenary Allen.

#13 Duncan Fox

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 09:44

Best wishes Allen. Put your feet up and enjoy your day

Edited by Duncan Fox, 28 June 2011 - 09:44.

#14 RAP

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 09:49

Happy birthday - but no slacking on the good work !
Richard

#15 Andrew Fellowes

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 09:53

Happy Birthday Allen,

Thank you for ORC, it's changed the landscape for ever.
Andrew

#16 Richard Jenkins

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 10:01

Happy birthday Allen. I must say you are looking very well for 70 years of age.

Seriously, thanks for all you do, WATN would still be but a pipedream if it wasn't for your help and enthusiasm, which never seems to wane.

Have a good day, a good few days at Brands and see you on Saturday where adequate refreshment can be bought to celebrate your milestone.

#17 David McKinney

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 10:30

I'll drink to that :up:

All the best, old chap

#18 arttidesco

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 11:32

Happy Birthday Allen ! :wave:

#19 Ted Walker

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 11:47

What is the original date of manufacture ????????????????????????????????

#20 Nanni Dietrich

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 12:17

No country for old men...
:lol:

Have a good day, Allen!

#21 Rob Ryder

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 15:37

All the best Allen... and many more to come :up:

Rob

#22 Macca

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 15:50

Happy birthday Allen.

Now, as long as nobody has a small discarded piece from which to create a replica AB and then claim that's the original............

Paul M

#23 layabout

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 16:08

Genetic engineering makes confirmation of who is the real AB & who is a clone problematic. We will need to fact check every single minute, hour, day & year of AB's life to confirm originality. This will mean documenting all the wrinkles & foibles of somebody who is greatly advanced in years---& a lot of people don't want to own up to their age....

Happy Birthday!

#24 Option1

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 16:17

Happy Birthday, Allen!

Neil

#25 Allen Brown

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 16:47

What is the original date of manufacture ????????????????????????????????

I'm Period F Ted

#26 Allan Lupton

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 16:55

I'm Period F Ted

That seems to be quite modern to us PVTs.
Happy birthday anyway, Allen

#27 Doug Nye

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 18:08

Many happy returns Allen - rest easy, I'm confident you haven't yet peaked... :drunk:

DCN

#28 E1pix

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 18:13

What is the original date of manufacture ????????????????????????????????

Should we launch www.YoungRacingAllens.com to find out?

#29 MCS

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 18:49

Happy Birthday to you, Allen. :wave:

Delighted to see that the results are back on your excellent website by the way! :up:

#30 alansart

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 18:54

Delighted to see that the results are back on your excellent website by the way!

Agreed.

Have a good one Allen

#31 sramoa

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 19:02

Happy Birthday Allen!

Boldog Születésnapot kívánok!

#32 RA Historian

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 19:03

Happy Birthday Allen!

Boldog Születésnapot kívánok!

I'll second that...I think...

Tom

#33 Henk A. Hazelaar

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 21:00

Happy Birthday Allen

Regards and greetings from The Netherlands,

Henk A. Hazelaar

#34 Phil Mackley

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Posted 28 June 2011 - 21:59

Happy Birthday Allen.

And to repeat what's been said before, keep up the great work. :clap:

#35 William Hunt

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 05:49

For a moment I thought this thread was about former F1 driver Alan Brown, but he died in 2004. It always had found it strange that he only race in 9 F1 GPs since he was clearly very talented, this guy finished 5th in the Swiss (his debut) and 6th in the Belgian GP in 1952 in a Ecurie Richmond (the team he had founded with Eric Brandon) entered Cooper!

I realize now this is a thread about Allen Brown and not Alan Brown but can anyone explain me why Alan Brown never drove more F1 races and how he did in other competitions?

btw: happy B-day Allen.

Edited by William Hunt, 29 June 2011 - 05:50.

#36 arttidesco

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 07:35

For a moment I thought this thread was about former F1 driver Alan Brown, but he died in 2004. It always had found it strange that he only race in 9 F1 GPs since he was clearly very talented, this guy finished 5th in the Swiss (his debut) and 6th in the Belgian GP in 1952 in a Ecurie Richmond (the team he had founded with Eric Brandon) entered Cooper!

I realize now this is a thread about Allen Brown and not Alan Brown but can anyone explain me why Alan Brown never drove more F1 races and how he did in other competitions?

btw: happy B-day Allen.

A few of Alan Brown's achievements listed here am I correct in thinking Alan was not related to Allen ?

#37 David McKinney

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 09:37

I think Alan Brown had about as many GP drives as he deserved. Those 1952 results depended on an amount of attrition among the faster competitors. Brown wasn't in the Hawthorn class. And I think he retired to concentrate on his business interests at a time when he might otherwise have been pursuing a career at a higher level

#38 Red Socks

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 10:22

For a moment I thought this thread was about former F1 driver Alan Brown, but he died in 2004. It always had found it strange that he only race in 9 F1 GPs since he was clearly very talented, this guy finished 5th in the Swiss (his debut) and 6th in the Belgian GP in 1952 in a Ecurie Richmond (the team he had founded with Eric Brandon) entered Cooper!

I realize now this is a thread about Allen Brown and not Alan Brown but can anyone explain me why Alan Brown never drove more F1 races and how he did in other competitions?

btw: happy B-day Allen.

I don't think Alan Brown was ever an F1 driver only a Grand Prix driver. He only ever drove F2 cars surely. I am sure that Allen would be the first to point out that F1 and Grand Prix were by no means always the same thing but perhaps on his birthday thread in response to a well wisher it would not be appropriate.

#39 RTH

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 10:33

Kind regards Allen.

#40 eldougo

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 12:21

Old Racing Cars. com ,by a Older Allen Brown ..........HAPPY BIRTHDAY. :wave:

#41 Tim Murray

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Posted 29 June 2011 - 13:05

I don't think Alan Brown was ever an F1 driver only a Grand Prix driver. He only ever drove F2 cars surely. I am sure that Allen would be the first to point out that F1 and Grand Prix were by no means always the same thing but perhaps on his birthday thread in response to a well wisher it would not be appropriate.

To be fair, he drove in several F1 races in 1954-55, giving the Vanwall its debut in the 1954 International Trophy. He was almost an F1 GP driver, having qualified for, but then being a DNS in, the 1954 British GP.

#42 rdmotorsport

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Posted 30 June 2011 - 09:38

Allen Brown, founder and proprietor of the wonderfully helpful OldRacingCars.com site is celebrating a landmark birthday today! Many Happy Returns Allen and thanks for all your help with my project.

happy birthday Allen