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[HistoryFan]

Who was that guy who ran private Ensign for Geoff Lees 1978?
More details about him?

[llmaurice]

Who was that guy who ran private Ensign for Geoff Lees 1978?
More details about him?

Mario was a smashing fellow who owned (an Alfa dealership -surprise in Sparkhill ,Birmingham).
He was a big friend of Teddy Yipp ,Sid Taylor ,Mo Nunn,Jack Kally and many others includig Geoff Lees .
Alfa Romeo broke him with their stupid 1980s Corporate identity binge just as interest rates were sky high
when they made him spend a fortune on his ex-cinema premises , holding massive overstock of new stuff.
I used to visit him on Alfa service business every month until Fiat took over and tipped out all the Alfa staff
that had a mind of their own.
He suffered a brain tumour ,was cured and went to live in Ireland ,where he died some years later
In his younger days ,he was in the Italian Navy and also had raced motorcycles in Italy.
He actually prepared the Aurora cars in his garage in a beautifully tiled workshop .
He leaves a Son Mario who works in BTCC
R.I.P Mario

[rkl]

Mario was a smashing fellow who owned (an Alfa dealership -surprise in Sparkhill ,Birmingham).
He was a big friend of Teddy Yipp ,Sid Taylor ,Mo Nunn,Jack Kally and many others includig Geoff Lees .
Alfa Romeo broke him with their stupid 1980s Corporate identity binge just as interest rates were sky high
when they made him spend a fortune on his ex-cinema premises , holding massive overstock of new stuff.
I used to visit him on Alfa service business every month until Fiat took over and tipped out all the Alfa staff
that had a mind of their own.
He suffered a brain tumour ,was cured and went to live in Ireland ,where he died some years later
In his younger days ,he was in the Italian Navy and also had raced motorcycles in Italy.
He actually prepared the Aurora cars in his garage in a beautifully tiled workshop .
He leaves a Son Mario who works in BTCC
R.I.P Mario

Mario Deliotti was a charming man with high engineering standards and a delight to be with. In the early 80s
I ran a turbodelta Alfetta in the AROC series,Mario`s willingness to help and technical support is a good memory,
as was the "Mario Deliotti Race weekend at Mallory Park"! He deserved more. rkl

[HistoryFan]

Thank you very much for the reply.

[Giraffe]

Who was that guy who ran private Ensign for Geoff Lees 1978?
More details about him?

Mario pictured with Geoff. It was actually Jack Kallay's Ensign run under Mario's banner.


By giraffe138 at 2012-03-18

Mario & Betty Yip.


By giraffe138 at 2012-03-18

Pics courtesy of Jack Kallay.

[Giraffe]

He actually prepared the Aurora cars in his garage in a beautifully tiled workshop .

The second and final Theodore Indycar, the Graham Humphrys designed T84 in Mario's livery in his showroom in Birmingham.


By giraffe138 at 2012-03-19

[llmaurice]

Mario pictured with Geoff. It was actually Jack Kallay's Ensign run under Mario's banner.


By giraffe138 at 2012-03-18

Mario & Betty Yip.


By giraffe138 at 2012-03-18

Pics courtesy of Jack Kallay.

Many thanks for lovely shots of an old mate .

[Giraffe]

Mario in 1996 with one of his Brummie mates.....

 

[DMB81]

A name mentioned in connection with Mario was Jack Kallay of Hi-line car Stripes, he was a big supporter of British drivers in the late 1970's particularly Geoff Less also Stephen South in 1978, what's he up these days ?

[Giraffe]

 

Jack Kallay is fit and well and living in retirement in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. Pictured here at Sid Taylor's restaurant in Birmingham some 12 months ago, Jack is virtually unrecognisable as he is half the man he used to be back in his racing days due to gastric band surgery some years ago.

 

Edited by Giraffe, 12 October 2014 - 06:24.