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[Giraffe]

On 30th March 1968, Phil Silverston gave the ubiqutous Chevron B8 it's first ever race victory, at Silverstone.
Whatever happened to this rapid driver? I seem to recall reading many years ago in the Liverpool Echo that he had done a Whitmore, so as to speak, and was running a holistic clinic of some sort on Merseyside!!!

[275 GTB-4]

Originally posted by Giraffe
On 30th March 1968, Phil Silverston gave the ubiqutous Chevron B8 it's first ever race victory, at Silverstone.
Whatever happened to this rapid driver? I seem to recall reading many years ago in the Liverpool Echo that he had done a Whitmore, so as to speak, and was running a holistic clinic of some sort on Merseyside!!!

Can we move this to the B8 dedicated thread ??

[Giraffe]

As you like, but I was more interested in Phil's whereabouts than the car!

[Giraffe]

...& I can't find the B8 thread!

[Mallory Dan]

I presume this is the same Phil Silverstone who, with his brother Ken, was a regular F3 privateer through the late 70s.

[Giraffe]

I don't think so; it's Silverston without the e, and he was racing from the mid '60's. A Merseysider, often at Aintree on a Tuesday night.

[David McKinney]

Originally posted by 275 GTB-4
Can we move this to the B8 dedicated thread ??

A bit hasty, there, 275
The question has nothing to do with B8s

[Giraffe]

I chose to post this here as pictured is a car I always take time to look at when it appears at HSCC meetings, Ross Maxwell's B8 - DBE-37, the ex-Phil Silverston car.


By giraffe138, shot with EX-M2 at 2010-03-29

But as Michael Schryver pointed out to me as he photographed them, the front corners are not quite standard and require different rims to accommodate
what is essentially a B16 set-up. A scrutineer could not be expected to spot this, but is that permissable?


By giraffe138, shot with EX-M2 at 2010-03-29


By giraffe138, shot with EX-M2 at 2010-03-29

[james]

Giraffe it was me James Schryver who you met at Silverstone,there is nothing wrong at all with the front of Ross Maxwell's B8.The reason i was taking photos of B8 front suspension is i am rebuilding the front suspension of my fathers B8 and i was comparing different cars.
The car of Ross's and most B8's have the Triumph uprights as pictured,my fathers car built in 1969 and one of the last built has the B16 magnesium style upright homologated in 1969,for these uprights to work as intended you need wheels with a different offset .The problem is that the B8 wheels available at the moment are designed for the Triumph upright hence the front track of our car is about one inch too narrow.

[john ruston]

Nowt wrong with Ross's car!

Racing Fabs originally did it and they are one of the best and their apprentice now keeps it going.

As an aside B8's were upgraded in period to run B16 stuff, a fact that led us to have deep and meaniful discussions with certain people when I first had a B8 but ours is now same as rest.

[Giraffe]

Giraffe it was me James Schryver who you met at Silverstone,there is nothing wrong at all with the front of Ross Maxwell's B8.The reason i was taking photos of B8 front suspension is i am rebuilding the front suspension of my fathers B8 and i was comparing different cars.
The car of Ross's and most B8's have the Triumph uprights as pictured,my fathers car built in 1969 and one of the last built has the B16 magnesium style upright homologated in 1969,for these uprights to work as intended you need wheels with a different offset .The problem is that the B8 wheels available at the moment are designed for the Triumph upright hence the front track of our car is about one inch too narrow.

Firstly James, I must apologise for getting my Schryvers mixed up! IIRC there are three of you & I got confused! I should have known better! Also I should have listened a little more closely to what you said!
Am I to understand that the spec on B8 - 37 is early 'standard' so as to speak, a spec that you may well have to return your father's later car to due to the lack of availability of suitable wheels? It certainly seems to run well enough on the incorrect wheels! Secondly, in theory could all B8's run with the later B16 magnesium style upright if they so chose even if the suitable wheels are as yet unavailable to maximise the set-up?

IN spite of my blunder, it's nice to discover that you are active on TNF James, and I look forward to cheering you on in seemingly a variety of machinery this season!

[james]

We run those particular uprights as the car was built with them,although there are probaly more cons than pros in running them . As they are homolagated i assume all B8's can use them.Their are a few people with B19 uprights which are different and better and wrong,the continuation B8's use these.
There are four or us Schryvers racing at the moment!

[Giraffe]

There are four or us Schryvers racing at the moment!

I was about to edit my post as I had forgotten about Will!

Edited by Giraffe, 29 March 2010 - 16:43.