Having read the comments thus far I thought I would chime in.
Vince, yes Allen Grant was there. I have photos of him and his wife with the CS guys when they met on Thursday afternoon.
Regarding the commentators, they see on their monitors what you see on the screen. They also have a separate screen which gives positions and times of the cars in table form. An occasional error is inevitable as they are in a very live situation. They are talking about one thing and looking at others ready to talk about those. Their slips are very few and far between. OK I know some of you will have counted them.... but just try it. Gets off soap box.
From the consensus of those whom I heard and those with whom I spoke, the view was that the racing was among the best we have seen at the Revival. I thought so, and have been to every day of every Revival, The big egos seem to have either stayed away or been left in the Assembly areas. But it is a top race meeting, not a procession. I think the lap times showed the comparative pace of the leading cars against other years. With some, the display of driving skills was utterly masterful, as shown by the body language of the cars. It is significant that the new generation of younger drivers seem to have taken to the cars very well.
I was pleased to see that the dress code/sense seems to have improved a lot, although still lots of uniforms, although how many of those are GRRC driven I know not. The ladies put on a wonderful display, generally in keeping, and I felt the cold weather did them no service. It was so cold it reminded me of a summer's day at Croft, but some of the features which I recall of Croft were fortunately absent.
The gassers and motor bikes were a pleasure to look at and gave a broad church view of other classes. A close look at the F3 500 cars was interesting, the engineering and restoration standard of the Bond being remarkable, plus the 12 stud detachable rimmed wheels, ( I think we have had a shot of the suspension in period on a REVS Inst link before), the chain and cog linkage for the rear dampers on the Martin Norton being quite fascinating, as I had forgotten? that some of these cars used lever arm dampers low slung at the rear, especially the Erskine Staride. Did the Bond have torsion bar rear suspension to go with the friction dampers or was it just the coil spring?
The Trenberth Vincent looked brand new, with its rubber bands locating the rear axle, and the Arnott with its side pannier fuel tanks.
Could there be an uglier car than the Healey Duncan Drone? It was good to see another Arnott sports car racing, along with the 2 NOJ Healeys with OON, plus the 3 Talbot 105s and an Otto Vu. John Ruston's 105 was so steady under heavy braking into Woodcote.
Seeing the McLaren M2A and Lycoming was a pure bonus.
The Alan Mann Ford Thunderbolt was sublime in its raw power combined with the body language of the car under absolute control, and whilst he did not feature strongly in it, the replacement 105E Anglia used by Tony Jardine brought back memories of the brilliant Boley Pittard in the identical period Willment car, albeit that with a 1650cc engine.
There was a beautifully restored Guy Wolf pantechnicon, for those who know about such things, along with an immaculate Leyland Beaver transporter used by, or livered as, Rover for Land Rovers.
The star discovery for me was the vintage 9 cylinder radial engined Peugeot motor cycle on balloon tyres in the inner paddock late on Saturday afternoon. Quite how original/genuine it might be I know not, nor care. It looked the part and worked....I was told
It was remarkable to see how very few of the TT cars or others were having major work done that evening
During the weekend, inter alia, I found myself in the company of Roger Clark, and David Beard and his wife, plus the redoubtable Adam Ferrington and Michael Oliver. It was also a delight to meet John Campbell Jones again and his son, along with David Holland. At 85 JCJ is always on fine form.
That's all folks. As ever, I thought the Revival was brilliant and did what it set out to do. I am sure we can all criticise any event, but IMHO it has all been said before, perhaps for, and by, some to the point of tedium.
Roger Lund
Footnote; the tableau of girls in their mini skirts was seemingly very well portrayed and accurate, and very easy on the eye.
Footnote2. I spent a moment in the memorial garden by DMcK's seat. I cannot post pictures here now, but if anyone wants to do it, I have a nice shot of the whole memorial garden which those who cannot get to Goodwood might welcome seeing.
Roger Lund
Edited by bradbury west, 16 September 2015 - 15:17.