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[Giraffe]

Tomorrow's (Wednesday's) Media Day for the Silverstone Classic may well divert me from Mallory Park in the morning....

http://www.hscc.org.... Day Groups.pdf

25 E-Types down to run!

[Lola5000]

Tomorrow's (Wednesday's) Media Day for the Silverstone Classic may well divert me from Mallory Park in the morning....

http://www.hscc.org.... Day Groups.pdf

25 E-Types down to run!

photos would be fantastic.

[Giraffe]

photos would be fantastic.

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Edited by Giraffe, 04 May 2011 - 19:04.

[Giraffe]

It wasn't all E-Types....... My thanks go to Cobra owner Leo Voyazides and my driver today Simon Hadfield for a most interesting perspective on the new Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone......


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By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Edited by Giraffe, 04 May 2011 - 19:29.

[RS250]

[quote name='Giraffe' post='4999009' date='May 4 2011, 20:20']It wasn't all E-Types....... My thanks go to Cobra owner Leo Voyazides and my driver today Simon Hadfield for a most interesting perspective on the new Grand Prix circuit at Silverstone......


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Not jealous at all... no not even a little bit, no not at all, honest.....bugger!!

Edited by RS250, 12 July 2011 - 18:42.

[Giraffe]

Italian interloper....


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

...& pedal power


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Edited by Giraffe, 04 May 2011 - 20:39.

[Hse289]

You lucky thing Giraffe, i love Cobras

[MCS]

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Bolster chasing Nye - definitely taken some years ago...

[elansprint72]

I do not recognise that place at all, do they still have the oil-drums marking out the corner where you turn off the runway?

[Giraffe]

A rather special McLaren....


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

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[Giraffe]

You lucky thing Giraffe, i love Cobras

You're not kidding! We soon blew this Chevron away! Simon's dad said on our return that we spent more time off the track than on it!


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

[Bauble]

Cobra, Giraffe? You whimp, a roof over your head, how about a 6.4 litre Farrelac open 2 seater driiven by Nick Wigley, who had never driven the car before or raced on the new GP track?

Great when the back end steps out under hard cornering, and holding on to your hemet to prevent your neck being snapped when the wind catches you down the Wellington Straight.

I assume you enjoyed the day as much as I did, and wasn't it a nice lunch?

The Classic looks like being better than ever this year.

Nice to meet up with artisdeco in the flesh.

Regards,

bauble.

[Giraffe]

Nice to meet up with artisdeco in the flesh.

Regards,

bauble.

Can't believe I missed the opportunity of meeting both you chaps!



By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

[Phil Rainford]

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Now that is something


PAR

[Bauble]

[quote name='Giraffe' date='May 4 2011, 22:06' post='4999157']
Can't believe I missed the opportunity of meeting both you chaps!


Sorry Gif Old Chap, but we saw you coming!

[Giraffe]

I assume you enjoyed the day as much as I did, and wasn't it a nice lunch?

Infact it was so good they let the chef have a drive!



By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

[Giraffe]

Sorry Gif Old Chap, but we saw you coming!

Where either of you two up there with this lot???


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

[Giraffe]

We all have our favourites.... The ex-DART Chevron B16 (CH-DBE-29) of Charlie Remnant


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

[elansprint72]

Where either of you two up there with this lot???


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

There must be more Motor Racing magazines out there than I am aware of.

[retrospeed]

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Very professional presentation, enjoyed every minute. Missed you yet again. Will be at Montlhery this weekend, cant wait to see this historic circuit. Its a wonderful world.

[john aston]

I may be in a minority of one but E Types have never really done it for me- always look a bit crass I think.So thanks for the Chevron , Cobra and Ferrari pictures.I wil be attending all three days of the event and am very much looking forward to it.Just hope access to pit lane and garages remains as good.Is the Classic going to use the old pits or the new Berniedrome down towards Club ?

[David Lawson]

We all have our favourites.... The ex-DART Chevron B16 (CH-DBE-29) of Charlie Remnant


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Looking at this picture with the drivers crash helmet touching the roof of the car made me curious about roll over protection regulations for these cars. We are used to seeing classic Formula Ford, Junior, F3 cars etc with large roll hoop structures several inches above the height of the driver's head but this doesn't seem to apply here. I'm not sure there is any protection afforded here.

David

[Giraffe]

Looking at this picture with the drivers crash helmet touching the roof of the car made me curious about roll over protection regulations for these cars. We are used to seeing classic Formula Ford, Junior, F3 cars etc with large roll hoop structures several inches above the height of the driver's head but this doesn't seem to apply here. I'm not sure there is any protection afforded here.

David

There is a roll bar in this car but Charlie has issues with his height, hence the bubble in the roof / window. He is trying to further modify the car to accommodate his lanky frame more comfortably. Interestingly his wife was partly responsable for him selling B26 "Chocolate Drop" back to TNFer John Ruston because she was not happy about him racing an open car!
Strictly speaking, I suspect Charlie's height should preclude him from racing this car.

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-05

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-05

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-05

Edited by Giraffe, 05 May 2011 - 07:26.

[Bauble]

I may be in a minority of one but E Types have never really done it for me- always look a bit crass I think.So thanks for the Chevron , Cobra and Ferrari pictures.I wil be attending all three days of the event and am very much looking forward to it.Just hope access to pit lane and garages remains as good.Is the Classic going to use the old pits or the new Berniedrome down towards Club ?

Never being one to go against the flow, I agree with you! I have never understood why the E-Type was so popular, while I regard the D-Type as the epitome of a proper sports car of the fifties, the E looks clumsy in my eyes.

We were assured that there would be 'access all areas' as in the past, so no worries there John. Also both pit and paddock areas will be needed to cope with the massive entry lists, so plenty to see in both, and they are running a fleet of Routemaster's between the two, for media and spectators.

Maybe we should start a seperate 'Classic' thread to cover this event?

Over to you Giraffe.

Edited by Bauble, 05 May 2011 - 06:50.

[Bauble]

Where either of you two up there with this lot???


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

I have looked but I cannot see myself!

[Giraffe]

Maybe we should start a seperate 'Classic' thread to cover this event?

Alan started this 'one size fits all' thread with the best of intentions, but I can see a bit of a log jam looming with all of the major historic meetings approaching. I've tried to stick to the rules and posted my 'media day' stuff here, but people are already having to be directed to it or are missing it altogether. What do you think, Alan?

[Tim Murray]

From Alan's opening post (with my highlighting):

Rather than open a new thread for every historic race meeting, I thought it may be useful to have a thread on which to post general information about some lower-profile meetings - no doubt the big festivals will still comand threads of their own.

Go for it.

[Giraffe]

Go for it.

Ok, I've e-mailed Twinny & asked him to open a new thread for the Silverstone Classic 2011 & to graft all the posts from #163 onwards over to it.

[Bauble]

Ok, I've e-mailed Twinny & asked him to open a new thread for the Silverstone Classic 2011 & to graft all the posts from #163 onwards over to it.

Crikey! Have I done something right for a change?

[thebullet]

Brilliant photos, I should have gone.

[Garsted]

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Are the run-offs that wide everywhere now? If so there's no point in going there to watch the racing. Is it on TV?
I think I will spend all my time there in the paddocks.

Steve

[john aston]

The charm of Silverstone Classic is that the circuit is so absolutely rubbish to actually watch racing at that it's possible to spend hours in the pits and paddock without being too worried you are missing much action. Having said that I enjoyed a couple of hours at Abbey Chicane last year and to my surprise the infield view from the complex was ok-ish for watching sliding cars.But it ain't Cadwell...

[Giraffe]

The charm of Silverstone Classic is that the circuit is so absolutely rubbish to actually watch racing at ...

That may be so for the spectator, but after Wednesday I can assure you that it's great fun to race around!


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

Edited by Giraffe, 06 May 2011 - 07:00.

[simon drabble]

That may be so for the spectator, but after Wednesday I can assure you that it's great fun to race around!


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-04

I could not agree more!
Good to see fellow WDK stablemate Charlie Remnant's B16. I hope Masters will run the pre66 twin cam class in the WSM so I get a run.

[john aston]

THe words 'fine thing ' and chance ' spring to mind; I did once drive from Chapel to Woodcote in my Riley 1300 at end of GP practice day but speeds were not high..Stowe was definitey flat!

[SJ Lambert]

There is a roll bar in this car but Charlie has issues with his height, hence the bubble in the roof / window. He is trying to further modify the car to accommodate his lanky frame more comfortably. Interestingly his wife was partly responsable for him selling B26 "Chocolate Drop" back to TNFer John Ruston because she was not happy about him racing an open car!
Strictly speaking, I suspect Charlie's height should preclude him from racing this car.

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-05

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-05

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-05

It's a marvelous looking bit of kit - would love to see it with it's clothes off!

[Giraffe]

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

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By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

IIRC this is the original 'CUT 7' Protheroe E-Type


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

Perm any one from five?!?!


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

[Bauble]

[Perm any one from five?!?!


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

You can perm(anently) the Bridge Circuit.

[Lola5000]

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

IIRC this is the original 'CUT 7' Protheroe E-Type


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

Perm any one from five?!?!


By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

By giraffe138 at 2011-05-06

My favourite E-Type of the 80s racing period John Lewis raced by Roger Mac.

[Ted Walker]

Tony That is NOT the original CUT7 . It is John Lewises re-incarnation of the 2nd version, The original(although unfortunatly "modsports" ) was there now owned by Lord Drayson and run by martin Stretton.

[Giraffe]

Tony That is NOT the original CUT7 . It is John Lewises re-incarnation of the 2nd version, The original(although unfortunatly "modsports" ) was there now owned by Lord Drayson and run by martin Stretton.

You know better than I, Ted. I was only going by the card displayed on the car's windscreen.

[Ted Walker]

John. Lewis should know better.

[Giraffe]

John. Lewis should know better.

"Never knowingly undersold"? I won't be shopping there again!

[Lola5000]

You know better than I, Ted. I was only going by the card displayed on the car's windscreen.

My favourite 80s racing E-type,still watch the video of A.Unser driving it in a Pirelli rally.
You would think its results in historic racing in the 80s driven buy Roger Mac would be a nice bit of history.

[arttidesco]

Bauble showing signs of enjoying himself in The Farrallac Allard.

I looked out for you Tony, I assumed incorrectly as it turns out that you were propping up the Silverstone Club bar.

Hopefully catch you next time

Edited by arttidesco, 07 May 2011 - 11:02.

[Bauble]

Bauble showing signs of enjoying himself in The Farrallac Allard.

I looked out for you Tony, I assumed incorrectly as it turns out that you were propping up the Silverstone Club bar.

Hopefully catch you next time

Art!
Actually I was trying to surrender.

Many thanks for the photo's* and for your very welcome company. I look forward to meeting up at the Classic.

* apostrophe to denote missing letters not possesion. Is this correct Tim?

[Tim Murray]

Is this correct Tim?

No sirree. Here's what I posted on the subject nearly a year ago in the Blood Pressure thread.

As photo is now considered to be an established word in its own right (like phone and cello) it should never be written with an apostrophe, in either the singular or the plural.

Looking forward to making your acquaintance at the Classic.

[Giraffe]

driven buy Roger Mac

A forced purchase by Roger?

[arttidesco]

As photo is now considered to be an established word in its own right (like phone and cello) it should never be written with an apostrophe, in either the singular or the plural.

Is pix considered an established word yet ?

Here are a couple more photos if not :-)



AC Cobra



Bentley



Cooper Maserati



Louise Goodman being taken for a ride on a de Dion Bouton



McLaren M26



Turner

[Peter Darley]

[quote name='arttidesco' date='May 7 2011, 18:54' post='5005224']
As photo is now considered to be an established word in its own right (like phone and cello) it should never be written with an apostrophe, in either the singular or the plural.

Is pix considered an established word yet ?





Louise Goodman being taken for a ride on a de Dion Bouton


The lady in question is called Samantha, and the driver is Julian Gerard, nephew of the late Bob Gerard