26 replies to this topic

[Kale]

On the side of the monocoque are the Letters " Tricentrol "
Any idea ?

[Gary C]

weren't they a petrol company in the 60's?

[Kale]

Sorry !! The rest from the story :
I have found a monocoque in germany
The last owner meens it is a Alexis MK 19 . But a lot of details from the frame idendified
the car as a Daren MK2.
On the aluminium sidepods are the Letters " Tricentrol "
Any informations over a Daren MK2 or a car with a Daren frame who raced in this series ?

[Stephen W]

Originally posted by Kale
Sorry !! The rest from the story :
I have found a monocoque in germany
The last owner meens it is a Alexis MK 19 . But a lot of details from the frame idendified
the car as a Daren MK2.
On the aluminium sidepods are the Letters " Tricentrol "
Any informations over a Daren MK2 or a car with a Daren frame who raced in this series ?

Kale, any chance of seeing a photo of the car?

Tricentrol sponsored several series as well as several drivers/teams in British motor sport.

[Kale]

Sorry -I have only the bare monocoque ! ( At Time ! )
Now i search for the History of this Car.
I hope - when i found a Daren MK2 ( or Daren Chassis ) who raced in the Tricentrol series i
can bring a little Light in the History of the car !!

[r.atlos]

Kale, unless your monocoque comes from a recent restoration project I doubt that it is either a Daren Mk. II or an Alexis. None of these cars have made it to Germany in "their days" (i.e. 1970s or even early 1980s).

The only Daren that made it to the Continent to my knowledge is the Mk. III that Chuck Graemiger used to run in Switzerland.

[cosworth bdg]

Originally posted by Kale
On the side of the monocoque are the Letters " Tricentrol "
Any idea ?

Tricentrol were a Ford dealership in the UK......

[Alan Lewis]

As Stephen W said, they were also sponsors of several series, but (perhaps) the most important was the British Saloon Car Championship (essentially the modern BTCC) for several years either side of 1980.

Vince Woodman et al in their Capris...marvellous.

APL

[MCS]

Didn't they also sponsor Mick Hill's Special/Super Saloon Capri at some point ?

[sterling49]

aka TriMoCo....blue and white colour scheme?

[r.atlos]

TRIcentrol MOtor COrporation ??

[sterling49]

Originally posted by r.atlos
TRIcentrol MOtor COrporation ??

Company .....IIRC

[r.atlos]

Sorry, my default setting if you work for an American company ....

[sterling49]

Originally posted by r.atlos
Sorry, my default setting if you work for an American company ....

That's cool, same thing!!!!

[Peter Morley]

Originally posted by Kale
Sorry !! The rest from the story :
I have found a monocoque in germany
The last owner meens it is a Alexis MK 19 . But a lot of details from the frame idendified
the car as a Daren MK2.
On the aluminium sidepods are the Letters " Tricentrol "
Any informations over a Daren MK2 or a car with a Daren frame who raced in this series ?

I assume you know this website (Eli found the prototype Daren)

http://www.currypotp...nMk2onwards.htm

There is a photo of the prototype steel Mark 2 monocoque, other Mark 2s apparently had spaceframes.
Does your chassis look like this?
Is it made from steel?
If the answer to both of these is yes then maybe that is what you have - the monocoque was never completed and was sold off.

[Pete Stowe]

Originally posted by Kale
Sorry !! The rest from the story :
I have found a monocoque in germany
The last owner meens it is a Alexis MK 19 . But a lot of details from the frame idendified
the car as a Daren MK2.
On the aluminium sidepods are the Letters " Tricentrol "
Any informations over a Daren MK2 or a car with a Daren frame who raced in this series ?

Tricentrol sponsored a Sports GT championship in 1974 – I think that was the only year.
The entries for the Castle Combe round on 26.8.74 included Michael Andrew in a blue Alexis Mk.19, but no Daren.
Other cars entered in that race included Aldon AL2, Sturdgess SL3, Ardua Mk4, Sirius Mk.1, Dulon GT, Martin BM10, Royale RP6, as well as various Lola, Chevron & Crossle models.

[r.atlos]

Michael Andrews' Alexis was AFAIR not a Mk19 FF100 car but a converted Formula car. I think to recall that there was an article on him and his car in Autosport of 19/12/1974. OK, get me a glass of Whisky, a good cigar and I'll go up to my library later tonight ...

[Kale]

My chassis looks like all other Daren MK 2 Chassis ( I have pictures from 2 other MK 2 Chassis )
But i have two little differents :
I have no Cross member over the pedal section ( over the feets )
All other Daren MK2 have the holder for the rear suspension between the roll over - i have it
on the roll over !
All other details are the same .
The car cames to germany ca. 1975 . The german firm " REX " polish bought the car from a racecar
dealer in U.K
REX fitted the Daren chassis with a REX SP 1 Body ( The real REX SP 1 races in German Interserie races )
and go on promotion tour with it !
Have anyone pictures from the Daren MK 2 or from the Alexis MK19 ?????

best regards Kale

[r.atlos]

Hi Kale,

I do have some material on the REX story but being copyright-protected I may not be allowed to show it here. May I suggest we take that offline; have already contacted you for that purpose. However, I am most willing to share all the non-critical issues here with the entire forum to keep everyone abreast as to how this story continues.

[r.atlos]

Here comes the full story which Kale and I had through the current owner of REX SP-1, Frank Winter. Frank still has regular contacts with Jürgen Stockmar who has been editor-in-chief of "Auto Zeitung" at the time he designed and built REX SP-1 (1974/75); ever since, Jürgen has followed an impressive career with a certain number of automotive players (Audi, Opel, Steyr-Daimler-Puch, Magna International to mention just a few).

As mentioned earlier, REX has been named after a brand of carpolish; one of their sponsorship conditions was to have a fake available for promotion shows etc. For that purpose, Jürgen picked up a junked Daren monocoque in the UK and built it up into a rolling SP-1 look-alike.

Once the REX contract had come to termination and SP-1 had passed on to subsequent owners, Jürgen even paid a hefty sum to the "operators" of those promotional tours for destroying the fake. As it turned out, they must have had a different view and tried to turn it into a running car. However, not having been designed for anything more than just being rolled from one show to another this seems to have been a major failure.

And then, some 20-or-so years later, its monocoque turned up at eBay ....

[Bloggsworth]

Did Alexis ever make a monocoque? Can't ever recall seeing one.

[Allen Brown]

Kale

A Daren Mk 2 did appear in a round of the Tricentrol Sports GT Championship at Croft at the end of 1974. This could be your car.

Have you had any further success identifying your car in the three years since this thread?

Allen

[Kale]

Kale

A Daren Mk 2 did appear in a round of the Tricentrol Sports GT Championship at Croft at the end of 1974. This could be your car.

Have you had any further success identifying your car in the three years since this thread?

Allen

Hello

Thank You
No - The History is not 1oo% clear !
The Daren Guys meen´s . that my car is the EX . Jeremy Richardson Mk2.
( The Wheels , Brakes and the monocoque looks like Jeremys car ! )
Have you any informations or pictures about the car, who runs in the 1974 Tricentrol Sportscar Championship ?

[Allen Brown]

I keep expecting to be told if there's a reply on a thread, I still haven't got used to having to check a box.

The Daren was entered by Bradshaw Plant Hire and driven by John Corfield who later advertised the car towards the end of 1974. The team also had a Martin BM10. The Daren was fitted with a FVA engine. Does that all fit with what you know?

Ted Walker may be able to find photos if you give him the race dates: Silverstone 31 Aug 1974 and Croft 8 Sep 1974.

[petestenning]

From Memory Jeremy Richardson s Daren was Yellow/ Orange color i believe when i saw it at Snetterton in the Tricentrol rounds

[Ted Walker]

Just looked at that web site and most of the action shots are mine (used without permission or credit) Shame as I have a few more that he could have used IF he had asked.

[Kale]

Thank you Guys for your help !

I have only the monocoque , whisbones , Uprights , brakes , Palliser Wheels and steering from the car.
There was a 5o % complete , early FT 200 with the car.
The complete Body,the gazoline and oil tanks and the radiator are missing.
Mr. Walker - have you any picture from Jeremy´s Daren MK 2 ??
That´s help to clear the History of my project.
Any idea - who i became a body ???

regards Karl

PS: r.ratlos - Have you any picture from the "promotion Rex SP 1" ??