Some of you may have seen my thread on the hstorical research forum looking for help tracing my current project, an unidentified front engined Sportscar, probably a F1200 or Clubmans car.
I have owned a couple of these before - Pandora / The Mistron, a 1964 mid engined BMC engined Lotus 23 style car, and The Coldwell Mink, a 1964 Clubmans F3 car with a split beam front axle and a fully independant rear end
Pandora paddock 18 5 64 web by alastairbrownuk, on Flickr
Mink Silverstone grid 2 zoom by alastairbrownuk, on Flickr
This got me thinking, this type of cars must be worth a thread, club level self built & driven racing cars (not modified from others) to celebrate the efforts of the F750 and clubmans races etc who self built cars but never went on to become the next Chapman, Broadley or Bennett. But who called their cars things like 'Overdraft special' etc. (and who never aimed for the levels achieved by the likes of the Connew!)
Of course, we know there are still these guys out there racing today, but many of the classics like Magaloysius, the magnesium bodied monocoque '7' style F1172 really are fading from memory - no one races them at Monaco or practices on a cold wet wednesday at Mallory, so they arent seen, and their values are more Ebay than RM!
Or is it just me that finds this type of car amongst the most interesting? maybe it's 'cause I feel an affinity with the builders - out there in the garage with only my beard and oil stained old jumper to keep me warm on a cold winters night as I wrestle to get decent power cheaply out of an un willing old saloon car drivetrain.........
here is a quick list in no particular order, taken from one of the many web databases: http://historicraceinfo.webs.com/
Dingo 2 (1200) Peter Bush
Mistron (1200) John Sutton
Dison (1200) Angelo Farina
Wells Forest (1172) Richard Hurdwell
J.M.T. (948) R.J. Fenton
LMC BMC (990) P. Lackington
Tavenor GT (1475) Raymond Nash
Intertech GT (1098) Tony Goodwin (Lord Clydesdale)
Concord GT (1098) A. Pearce
Sheldon GT (998) Ray Watson
Mercury GT (1598) Alan Fowler
JCM Mk3 (1200) John Clarke
Jenoby (1200) Peter Loakman
Deb Mk3 (1200) Sheila Kemp
Claydon (1200) Jonathan Rope
Dino (997) Rod Mansfield (EARC Ltd)
Humbug (997) Barry Foley
Wavendon Wombat (? / 1150+) Arthur Cook / Jacquie Bond-Smith
Pole Special (?) E.J.Reaver / Team Pole
Orva Special (998) John Lancaster
FTB Mk1 (1172) Fred Burbury
Clanford S1 (1172) Peter Clansford
Elova BMC (999) Sid Marler
DCM (997) Joe Corfield / J.Gadd
U.F.O. Spyder (1000) Donald Duplas
A.D. Climax (1098) Peter Bargus
Morris Minnow GT (997) Robin Henderson
Pegasus (997) Chas Bayley
Aquila (1172) Bill Cooper
Juno 1A (1172) Hugh Pain
Wescott Pegasus (1498) S.B. Appleton
Dino Ford (1498) Peter Field
Sportive (1098) Peter Barguss
Gloster Gambit (1498) Peter Watts
Orchard (1498) A. Deacon / P. Barber
Pole (997) Ian Halliday
Westover U2 (1498) G. Lewis
WRA (1098) W.G.Eade
Lawrencson GT (1600) Tony Beeson
JCM Mk3 (998) J.E. Clarke
SWH (998) R. Wilson
Squeg U2 (1000) Cyril Lyford
FTB (1172) Fred Burbury
Harman 3 (1172) Roger Romney -Brown
Jenoby (1200) Peter Loakman
Lomas K (1172) R.H.F. Gibson
Relik (600) M.Kirby
Aftermath (600) Noel Stanbury
Ingham 2 (750) Andrew Ingham
Complexity (750) Richard de la Rue
Whico (750) J.L. White
onabacis (598) R.H. Duffield -Harding
I'll add some more in due course, but anyone got any favourites, or did you race or watch F1172/1200/13 or clubmans?
Al