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[Alan Cox]

Looks to be a cracking entry list for next weekend's International Trophy meeting
http://www.hscc.org......202010 V1.pdf
It includes 45 entries for the Historic FF2000 round. Well done, Cirrus.

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[Giraffe]

Looks to be a cracking entry list for this weekend's International Trophy meeting
http://www.hscc.org......202010 V1.pdf
It includes 45 entries for the Historic FF2000 round. Well done, Cirrus.

It's not this weekend Alan, it's next. BARC (including the inaugeral Chevron GR8 race) at Silverstone this weekend!

Getting back to the International Trophy on 15/16th May, apart from the Costin Nathan of Mark Woodhouse, Edward Lovett (son of Dick) will be debuting the newly rebuilt ex-John Lepp Chevron B8, a very familiar car to myself and many of us here on TNF I suspect. It will be great to see the 'Lepps the Jewellers' logo once again!

Edited by Giraffe, 06 May 2010 - 13:29.

[Alan Cox]

It's not this weekend Alan, it's next.

Of course it is

[Allan Lupton]

I see Silverstone has learned from the VSCC event and the charge is £10, not £11

[Giraffe]

There will be two Trojan T101s out for the first time in a very long time for Michael Schryver and for Simon Hadfield. One will be the Hexagon car and the other is the recently restored example that Simon is pretty sure is the Bob Evans / Patrick Sumner car. I know from TNFer Patrick that he hacked the car around a bit in order to accommodate his lanky frame and I'm sure he would be able to give a positive identification were he able to come to the meeting...........???

Edited by Giraffe, 07 May 2010 - 07:32.

[Allan Lupton]

There will be two Trojan T101s out for the first time in a very long time for Michael Schryver and for Simon Hadfield. One will be the Hexagon car and the other is the recently restored example that Simon is pretty sure is the Bob Evans / Patrick Sumner car. I know from TNFer Patrick that he hacked the car around a bit in order to accommodate his lanky frame and I'm sure he would be able to give a positive identification were he able to come to the meeting...........???

Not quite sure what the Trojan 101 is.
Something like this perhaps?

[Giraffe]

By giraffe138 at 2010-05-07

Close, but no cigar this time, Allan...........

Edited by Giraffe, 07 May 2010 - 12:58.

[Patrick Sumner]

There will be two Trojan T101s out for the first time in a very long time for Michael Schryver and for Simon Hadfield. One will be the Hexagon car and the other is the recently restored example that Simon is pretty sure is the Bob Evans / Patrick Sumner car. I know from TNFer Patrick that he hacked the car around a bit in order to accommodate his lanky frame and I'm sure he would be able to give a positive identification were he able to come to the meeting...........???

Er, Tony, excusez-moi, we didn't do hacking, we re-engineered!! May well come up if I can save up the petrol money!

[Phil Rainford]

Had a couple of meetings at Speedmasters in Bradford over the past year.

This Trojan seems to be gathering dust ( metaphorically speaking )

http://www.speedmast.......FB&catID=83


PAR

[Gary C]

Is one of these the car that John Narcisi used to run eons ago??

[Simon Hadfield]

Is one of these the car that John Narcisi used to run eons ago??

No, John's car is now in Jody Scheckter's collection.

[Giraffe]

By giraffe138 at 2010-05-08

I wonder if the one Jody's got is the one Sid Taylor ran for him in the States? Or is it as the Speedmasters ad claims?

(Originally posted on the 'Sid Taylor' thread by Jerry Entin. Photo courtesy of Dick Bame).

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[Ted Walker]

Only going on Sunday as it clashes with the spring autojumble.Who else is going ????????

[Giraffe]

If you call the Silverstone ticketline tomorrow, Monday on 0844 3750740, you can get a 2 for one on a £15 two day ticket by quoting 'HSCC2'. Don't think it can be done online and I suspect tomorrow is the last day you can get the deal. Otherwise it's £10 per person per day on the gate.

[Giraffe]

There are 13 Chevron B6/8s entered for the Guards Trophy race!

[Giraffe]

My challenge this weekend is to photo & post as many different FF2000s as I possibly can as I think I have been neglecting Cirrus and his rapidly expanding troupe! Apart from Ted, Alan Cox?, hopefully Patrick Sumner & Cirrus of course, are any other TNFers going to Silverstone on Saturday or Sunday?
These two F5000s should be battling it out on Sunday...........

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Edited by Giraffe, 13 May 2010 - 12:04.

[Giraffe]

My challenge this weekend is to photo & post as many different FF2000s as I possibly can

Images of FF2000 at Silverstone today.........


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Apologies to those who I missed, but there were just so many of you today!

[Giraffe]

Congratulations to Alex Drabble on the completion of his first ever race in the Turner MkII in the Historic Road Sports Championship race today....


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Pictured here being greeted on his return by father & TNFer Simon Drabble.


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Young hotshoes Ben Adams & Alex Drabble.


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The team Drabble - Adams Turners.

[Giraffe]

Two cars that raced for the first time in a long time yesterday were the ex-Rupert Keegan March 743 of Simon Hadfield and the Chevron B8 of Edward Lovett.

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The March last raced in 1976 and finished a fine second in Simon's hands yesterday having lost it's rear brakes.


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And here is the ex-Keegan Chevron B34 of Bruce Bartell for good measure.


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The Chevron B8 in an ex-John Lepp car, one of several IIRC, this particular one being DBE 75.


By giraffe138 at 2010-05-15
I really like the look of this Brabham BT38 of Crispian Besley.

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[Giraffe]

Alonso wasn't the only driver to stuff his Ferrari yesterday............


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[Pullman99]

Alonso wasn't the only driver to stuff his Ferrari yesterday............

Ouch!

Rondel Brabham pics were deeply nostalgic. Any further details?

[Giraffe]

Ouch!

Rondel Brabham pics were deeply nostalgic. Any further details?

It's running today Ian; I'll ask..............

[petestenning]

From my notes of yesterday the Motel Rondel Brabham is a BT38B-15 if my eyesight was up to scratch

[Giraffe]

From my notes of yesterday the Motel Rondel Brabham is a BT38B-15 if my eyesight was up to scratch

No need to revert to Specsavers just yet Pete as it was indeed BT38B - 15. It's owner Crispian Besley told me today that it was a Rondel car primarily driven by Bob Wollek, but also by Carlos Reutemann on one occasion before finding it's way to Wilson Fittipaldi for the Temporada series. It also had a spell with a full body on it for the Can-Am series in the US and was discovered by Crispian painted BRG and in Atlantic spec. He is e-mailing me more history of the car.


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[David McKinney]

Who's Christian?

[Giraffe]

For my money the trip to Silverstone today was worth making just to see this car alone.....


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It's the Lotus 48 - 1 owned by Bob Tabor and driven today by Simon Hadfield.


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It made it to the end of it's race just as a crownwheel & pinion failed.
This car is ex-Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jackie Oliver before being raced by John Watson who famously stuffed it at Thruxton. It's a real piece of history.

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[Giraffe]

Who's Christian?

You are taking the 'p' again David..............

[Andrew Kitson]

The same Lotus that Simon raced at the 1999 Goodwood Revival, in both the Glover Trophy ( the year they allowed cars up to 1969 ) and the handicap race. That Rondel Brabham is nice, but would be far nicer if the colour scheme was correct, not enough red! The original scheme was designed by Barry Foley.
http://forums.atlasf...php/t91910.html

[Giraffe]

The same Lotus that Simon raced at the 1999 Goodwood Revival, in both the Glover Trophy ( the year they allowed cars up to 1969 ) and the handicap race. That Rondel Brabham is nice, but would be far nicer if the colour scheme was correct, not enough red! The original scheme was designed by Barry Foley.
http://forums.atlasf...php/t91910.html

The Lotus has not run since 1999. The owner of the Brabham knows that the colours are not correct, and is going to change them accordingly. He actually got the decals from Neil Trundle who is still to this day with McLaren despite rumours to the contrary.

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[Pullman99]

For my money the trip to Silverstone today was worth making just to see this car alone....It's the Lotus 48 - 1 owned by Bob Tabor and driven today by Simon Hadfield.It made it to the end of it's race just as a crownwheel & pinion failed.This car is ex-Graham Hill, Jim Clark, Jackie Oliver before being raced by John Watson who famously stuffed it at Thruxton. It's a real piece of history.

Totally agree with those sentients regarding the Lotus 48. Sorry not to have been at Silverstone today and sorry to hear about the C&P failure.

Motully brilliant to see the BT38 too! Hopefully the added detail in due course will make it perfect. Sounds like everyone had a great weekend.

[MCS]

So many pictures I feel as though I've actually been there! Thanks Tony.

[David McKinney]

You are taking the 'p' again David..............;)

I presumed you must be too young to remember Crispian St Peter, otherwise you would have more likely got the owner's name right

[Giraffe]

I presumed you must be too young to remember Crispian St Peter, otherwise you would have more likely got the owner's name right

Ah, the Pied Piper! (& it's actually St Peters)

[Paul Taylor]

Thanks for the pics Giraffe.

Did anyone get any snaps of the on-track action?

[Giraffe]

Lincoln Small's Brabham BT8 & Nick Overalls's BT35

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I thought Alan Cox might have been around to capture the on-track action, and I don't know if Pete Stenning had a camera with him? I will have some to post tomorrow, but not of the FF2000 I'm afraid, Paul.

[Giraffe]

The Minshaw's Maserati T61 Birdcage, & a more modern vehicle


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[David McKinney]

I thought Alan Cox might have been around to capture the on-track action

Fairly rare to see him at an HSCC meeting

[Giraffe]

The hour long GT & Sports Car Cup was a Jaguar affair..............


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[Giraffe]

And a bit like Donington of old on a Sunday, there was a car boot sale today...........

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[Giraffe]

Fairly rare to see him at an HSCC meeting

If only because he started this thread!

[David McKinney]

Fairy Nuff - I'd forgotten that bit

[petestenning]

I was there Tony and i had my camera but it decided to pack up and left me feeling very disappointed as i wanted several cars to add to my picture archives.

Namely the Costin Nathan GT, Gillian Goldsmith's Mercedes 190SL, Brabham BT8 which you got, OSCA MT4, and many others .

I did like the look and pace of the ex Rupert Keegan March of TNF er Simon Hadfield.

It makes you feel old and young at the same time when you saw 90% of the cars in period .

[simon drabble]

Thanks for the Team Photo's Tony and great to put some other faces to names! Alex got his first signature and didn't come last so he is delighted, the HRS race was a great race with the three front cars swapping places most laps. The Guards for us was a great learning curve in the red Turner as well and Flav's GTSCC race great and apart from the unfortunate TR$ rolling at Brooklands after a half shaft failed the race was less incident packed than the practice! The 275 long nose which visited the pit wall looked distinctly short nosed when I saw it in park ferme - a bodyshop somewhere has got the summer holidays paid for!!
Great meeting - The Classic without the speccies I heard people say and I agree. HSCC need to make this meeting a permenant GP course meeting...

[Peter Horsman]

The hour long GT & Sports Car Cup was a Jaguar affair..............

They seemed to struggle pulling away from a 1220cc car for a lap or seven..... :-)
To race with them at close quarters (well, not the Minshaw car, which was away), incl 49 FXN, was sheer joy.

[Giraffe]

i wanted several cars to add to my picture archives.

Namely the Costin Nathan GT, Brabham BT8 and many others .

It makes you feel old and young at the same time when you saw 90% of the cars in period .

I know how you feel Pete, (although it was only 85% for me!) Here's the BT8 again, and the Costin Nathan (that features on the Roger Nathan thread).


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