Fibre Glass Repairs was at Shortlands, near Bromley, Kent:
http://www.fgr-sales.../history-of-fgr
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Posted 28 February 2016 - 13:10
Fibre Glass Repairs was at Shortlands, near Bromley, Kent:
http://www.fgr-sales.../history-of-fgr
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Posted 09 April 2016 - 16:56
Simon, I happen to have been the owner of the Lotus which I purchased from Mr. Bertorelli. When I had the car I had tried to trace its previous owners, and if I am not mistaken, there was a popular driver involved, possibly Roy Pierpoint. I do not recall Mr. Dixon. It would be interesting to re-read the communication(s) sent through MACRA. Perhaps we could exchange emails.I am glad to learn that the car is in the hands of your Italian friend.
Posted 15 July 2016 - 15:36
This may shed some light, red #85 with offset stripe, from 1965:
https://revslib.stan...log/th586cj6026
Part view?
https://revslib.stan...log/ww195kg5674
Also see:
http://www.racingspo...965-04-19ae.jpg
Note three Lotus XI GTs in the same event.
Who was A. Gough?
http://www.racingspo..._-Gough-GB.html
Alan Gough:
http://forums.autosp...s/#entry3688517
Dee-Jay Racing was a limited company (wound up in 1978). A company of that name supplied anti-roll bars to the Alexander tuning company for sale in their catalogue. Possible connection to Maidstone, Kent? The car in the picture looks well presented.
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Dee-Jay Racing was run by Derek J Waters, who had a workshop in High Barnet in North London, out of which he ran the Eleven and a number of other cars before that. I had the pleasure of visiting Derek a few months ago to film an interview about his time in racing, which included spells with the Normand Racing F2 team, spannering on Rindt's Brabham F2 in his debut year and being mechanic to Jacques Maglia in F2 in 1965.
Posted 08 February 2018 - 23:17
Posted 09 February 2018 - 08:02
Edited by Simon Hadfield, 09 February 2018 - 08:04.
Posted 10 February 2018 - 13:22
Absolutely sure Michael. I now believe I know the full history of "our" car, the issue is the two others, one of which has the original DVLA registration number (which is has nothing at all to do with the car to which it is attached today) the other is a rebuild of a Lotus Seven type car which was given the chassis number.
If you want to call me I will give you the full rundown, as things stand this is best discussed off thread.
No worries, Simon, will do. I'm beginning to believe that someone got the history of the Lotus Eleven you refer to mixed up with the 15...
Posted 18 February 2018 - 11:27
What I do think has happened is that the two histories have cross fertilised Michael, the George Dixon Lotus Eleven has/had nothing whatever to do with Roy Pierpoint, but I think the fact that both cars appear been sold by the same company at one point in their histories have led people to add details that are not correct.
In fact, thinking about this I wonder if the dates align such that the 11 was taken in part-ex for the 15?
Edited by Simon Hadfield, 18 February 2018 - 12:47.
Posted 21 February 2018 - 20:30
Posted 21 February 2018 - 21:08
Anyone know which one this is?
https://m.ebay.co.uk...h8AAOSwdnZaLnqA
There are two here 5 BPB, RCR 400:
http://library.revsi...earchterm/5 BPB
http://library.revsi...rchterm/RCR 400
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Edited by Rupertlt1, 21 February 2018 - 21:08.
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Posted 22 April 2019 - 11:33
As I'd recently been in touch with Simon Hadfield about this, I thought I'd share a bit more George Dixon/Lotus info:
Whilst sorting through some old family photos a while back I can across three b/w negatives that, when I had them printed up, showed a Lotus 15 having some mods carried out. These were based around fitting a Lotus twincam engine and involved changes to frame members, pedal box, etc. Research turned up that it was a George Dixon car, ex Roy Pierpoint, chassis 622-3.
A better look at the picture confirmed the George Dixon ownership as - on the back of one of the wooded lock-up garage doors - was painted "GSD" initials.
There's a connection through family members to Lincoln and to a repair garage there (although I'm now unable to find out which one) so I can only assume the negatives came about through that.
Posted 05 November 2019 - 05:31
Posted 16 April 2020 - 14:08
In post #42 the registration BVL 99C was mentioned. It is a Lincoln registration from 1965 and here is a link to a low-res picture of George Dixon's Ford engined Fifteen at Edwinstowe sometime in 1966.
https://www.flickr.c...eposted-public/
Posted 16 April 2020 - 15:16
Tremendous photograph, Charles! As I have only some b/w pictures it's great to see it in colour.
Posted 16 April 2020 - 17:17
Some recent Lotus finds:
https://forums.autos...-2#entry9046682
https://forums.autos...-2#entry9050142
https://forums.autos...-2#entry9051580
https://forums.autos...-2#entry9054055
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Posted 15 April 2024 - 06:50
Knocked unconscious
An unhappy start to the
season for Derby driver John
Felix, who had the misfortune
to crash his Lotus XI G.T.
badly at the chicane at Mal-
lory's short circuit last week
while practising for next
Sunday's meeting.
Having only his second drive
in the car, John apparently
clipped the outside edge of the
chicane, spun the car around,
and smashed into the paddock
rail.
He was partly thrown
through the windscreen,
knocked unconscious, and was
taken to Leicester Royal In-
firmary, where he had 17
stitches inserted in a head
wound and treatment for a
leg injury.
The ex-John Dickinson
Lotus, although the Alan
Smith-tuned engine was un-
damaged, had the frame
pushed back and suffered
serious body damage. John left
hospital at the weekend and
is at home recuperating. It is
to be hoped that the damage
to both driver and car will
not stop his racing this year.
Derby Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 22 March 1966, Page 14
https://www.racingsp...n-Felix-GB.html
Silverstone, Nottingham Sports Car Club, Monday 11 April 1966
"Bob Parkinson is in an 1100
Marcos in the 1150 section and
will be up against the Lotus XIs
of John Felix and Peter Carew
as well as the Divas of Peter
Felix and Dick Joseph."
Nottingham Evening Post, Tuesday 5 April 1966, Page 16
Also on its first
outing is the Lotus XI of
Derby's Peter Felix, recently
converted to G.T. specification
by Mark Smith at Paragon
Motors, Spondon.
Derby Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 20 December 1966, Page 17
Mallory Park, 27 Dec 1966, Peter Felix DNS: split petrol tank
https://www.racingsp...r-Felix-GB.html
Mallory Park, 9 October 1966, Peter Felix DNS
Derby Daily Telegraph, Tuesday 11 October 1966, Page 14
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Edited by Rupertlt1, 15 April 2024 - 09:26.
Posted 15 April 2024 - 09:51
Mallory Park Circuit, Clubman's Car Races, Sunday 10 July 1966
https://www.progcove...llory660710.pdf
#162 N. H. Morrison, Lotus XI GT, 1098
#163 G. K. Hadfield, (1st Reserve), Lotus XI GT, 1098
N. H. Morrison, Glasgow, Lotus 11, ran in the Hartley White Championship at Ingliston, 2 Oct 1966
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Edited by Rupertlt1, 15 April 2024 - 10:19.
Posted 15 April 2024 - 10:54
Knocked unconscious
An unhappy start to the season for Derby driver John Felix, who had the misfortune to crash his Lotus XI G.T. badly at the chicane at Mallory's short circuit last week while practising for next Sunday's meeting. Having only his second drive in the car, John apparently clipped the outside edge of the chicane, spun the car around, and smashed into the paddock rail. He was partly thrown through the windscreen, knocked unconscious, and was taken to Leicester Royal Infirmary, where he had 17 stitches inserted in a head wound and treatment for a leg injury.