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[Rupertlt1]

For Debden see:

 

https://forums.autos...n/#entry9444718

 

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[Rupertlt1]

Tony, I can't remember if I gave you this, from the programme of a meeting I went to when very young.

 

May 16th 1964   750MC  Silverstone

 

Event 3  Heat 2  Sports & GT

Reserve  #83  JW Anstice Brown (Driver: Entrant or AB Wyatt)  Rochdale Olympic  997cc

 

Sorry, no idea if the car raced.

 

Event 7  Heat 2  Saloon Cars

#83   details as above

 

Anstice Brown was back at Silverstone on September 5th (SUNBAC), but with a Mk VI Rejo. No sign of the Rochdale.

 

Silverstone, 750 Motor Club, Saturday 16 May 1964

Saloon cars—Heat 1:

1. H. Fawcitt (Ford Anglia) 75.10 m.p.h.

2. T. Padwick (Jaguar)

3. W. A. Runham (Jaguar)

Fastest lap: Fawcitt, 76.98 m.p.h.

Heat 2:

1. E. W. Bunce (Tornado Talisman) 75.49 m.p.h.

2. J. Anstice Brown (Rochdale Olympic)

3. J. R. Hewitt (Ford Anglia)   

Fastest lap: Brown, 77.6 m.p.h.

Final:

1. H. Fawcitt (Ford Anglia) 76.53 m.p.h.

2. W. A. Runham (Jaguar)

3. E. W. Bunce (Tornado Talisman)

Fastest lap: Runham, 77.81 m.p.h.

Birmingham Daily Post, Monday 18 May 1964

 

(Howard Fawcitt, Tom Padwick, Ted Bunce. He is W. A. Runham in the programme - thanks to John Winfield.) 

 

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[Rupertlt1]

ROCHDALE

RED lightweight Olympic, September 1961,

under 1,000 miles, built from new parts, very

special 994 c.c. B.M.C. "A" unit and C/R box,

oil cooler, two axle ratios, competition brakes and

suspension. R5 tyres, laminated screen, dry weight

8½ cwt., three events-two firsts and third in

class. Standing ¼ 16.76, 115 m.p.h. Photo

AUTOSPORT 27th October. Owner unable to com-

pete coming season. £600 or exchange.—48

Thorne Road, Doncaster.

Autosport, 5 January 1962, Page 30

 

Does anybody have Autosport, 27 October 1961? Can anybody identify the car?

 

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[DUFFY]

Hi Rupert, Thank you for the above advert, which is new to me. It is very interesting as it gives me a lot of information about the car.

 

It is the Olympic with the reg no 8500DT which was built and raced by Neville Hodkin. But the Olympic appears to be lost, as not heard of since the advert on January 1962.

 

I do have a record of the 3 events mentioned.

 

1961 Sept 17th. Drag/Sprint. Riccall Airfield. (Selby, North Yorkshire)

Class 5. Car no – 45. (Drv. N L Hodkin) Rochdale Olympic. 1st in class.

 

1961 Sept 30th. Oulton Park.

Event 3. 10 lap Scratch Race for Sports Cars up to 1000cc. (Reserve)

Car no – 84. (Drv. N L Hodkin) Rochdale Olympic. 994cc.

Event 5. 10 lap Scratch Race.

Car no – 84. (Drv. N L Hodkin) Rochdale Olympic. 994cc.

 

1961 Oct 15th. Olivers Mount Hill-Climb.

Car no – 72. (Drv. N L Hodkin) Rochdale Olympic 997cc. Class record 59.14

 

I also have a copy of Autosport 27th October 1961.

Class 5 was for sports cars up to 1066 c.c. and introduced the very pretty (and new to me) Rochdale Olympic

which was quick enough to take first place, timed at 59.14 secs, in the hands of N. L. Hodkin.

 

[Rupertlt1]

ROCHDALE

1963 ROCHDALE OLYMPIC

We have just acquired the race prepared Rochdale

Olympic, as raced by Derek Alderson on the

northern circuits. No expense has been spared

on this car, built in August this year, which is

equipped with special lightweight body, much

modified suspensions, and is powered by a brand

new Cosworth 125 b.h.p. 1,475 c.c. Ford engine,

coupled to a close ratio gearbox, new set of R6

racing tyres, £695. Colour to choice.

Hire Purchase and Part Exchanges.

SURBITON MOTORS LTD.,

1 Central Parade, St. Marks Hill,

Surbiton, Surrey.

Tel.: ELMbridge 8356

Autosport, 25 October 1963, Page 597

 

Surbiton Motors is referred to earlier in this thread:

 

https://forums.autos...dpost&p=6376276

 

Do we have Derek Alderson > Barry Wood > Jerry Jackson?

 

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[Rupertlt1]

ROCHDALE

OLYMPIC G.T. "A" B.M.C. engine and box,

1½ ins. SUs, special lightweight body, 8½ cwt.,

no trim. Built for racing the 1,000 c.c. G.T. class.

£475.—Lido Speed Accessories, Ltd. See "Spares

and Accessories".

 

Lido Speed Accessories, Ltd., 92A North Sherwood Street, Nottingham 42983.

Autosport, 27 July 1962, Pages 140, 143

 

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[RobMk2a]

Tony Stanton 

 

Do you have a record of 

 

Snetterton 

Guards Trophy Meeting 

5th July 1964 

 

Event 3 Grand Touring Car Race 

engine capacity not exceeding 1600 cc 

 

183 AG Florio Rochdale Olympic 1498cc 5th Reserve 

 

Not sure if ran. 

[Rupertlt1]

"Richard Brockley, from Etwall,

who sprinted a Rochdale."

Derby Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 15 February 1966, Page 15

 

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[Rupertlt1]

#198, Rochdale Olympic Phase 1, registration 44 NMK, appeared on the 45th Land's End Trial in 1965.

Middleton Guardian, Thursday 24 June 1993, Pages 50-51

This is Ron Scarfe.

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[Rupertlt1]

BT&RDA Autocross Championship, 1966, 15 rounds

4th O/A Keith Ross, Rochdale Olympic

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[Rupertlt1]

Santa Pod Raceway, Spring Nationals, Sunday 15 June 1969

Modified Sports Production

Class F—1101c.c. to 1500 c.c. (Class Record: B. Harvey, B.M.C., 16.284 secs., 81.43 m.p.h., 5 May 1968*)

F/MSP8—Roger Brett, Rochdale Olympic, B.M.C., 1498c.c.

 

*Is this Brian Harvey in the Unipower?

 

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[Rupertlt1]

Brands Hatch, BRSCC members' meeting, 19th May 1963

Event Eleven: John Davy Trophy Race 'D'

#185 C. P. Dobbs (2nd Reserve) Rochdale Olympic 948 c.c.

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 24 September 2024 - 03:59.

[Rupertlt1]

Player's No6 National Autocross Championship, Kedleston Hall, near Derby, 30 June 1968

Class 6

#101 J. L. Houghton, Rochdale Olympic, 1798 c.c.

https://daveriley.we...ll30jun1968.pdf

Note also #108 J. L. Houghton/R. G. Peacock

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Edited by Rupertlt1, 14 October 2024 - 09:21.

[Rupertlt1]

Brands Hatch, B.A.R.C. Clubman's Car Races, 20 August 1967

Event 6: #122 J. W. Anstice Brown, Rochdale Olympic, 1098, R/Bk

See also: https://forums.autos...4/#entry9033784

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[Rupertlt1]

11th Annual Bodiam Hill Climb, 16 October 1965

#89 R.T. Cox, 1964 Olympic, 1500cc

 

https://www.racingsp...R._-Cox-GB.html

 

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Goodwood sprint meeting, B.A.R.C. (S.E. Centre), Saturday 29th May 1965

A qualifying event for the B.T.R.D.A. Sprint Championship 

#33 R.T. Cox, SSMC, Rochdale Olympic, 1489 c.c.

(Raymond T. Cox, Surrey Sporting Motor Club?)

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