Can anyone tell me anything about the DMF Special? Don Harris competed at Great Auclum in 1966 in 1598cc DMF.
Edited by Auclum, 16 February 2021 - 20:10.
Posted 16 February 2021 - 16:46
Can anyone tell me anything about the DMF Special? Don Harris competed at Great Auclum in 1966 in 1598cc DMF.
Edited by Auclum, 16 February 2021 - 20:10.
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Posted 16 February 2021 - 21:12
Since my earlier post I have discovered that the DMF Special was built by Don Harris of Cambridge.
Posted 06 April 2021 - 08:33
There is a photograph in Autosport of Don Harris in the D.M.F. Mk3, FTD at Valence.
"The over 1200 cc class was won by Don Harris in his record-breaking time of 30.44 secs."
Autosport, July 29, 1966, report by Peter Burn.
The rear-engined car featured a Ford-Lotus twin-cam motor, and looks Cooper influenced, if not derived.
The car achieved success elsewhere: FTD at Firle, 24.02 sec, 19 June 1966;
FTD at Bodiam, DMF 1,500 c.c. #41, 29.46 sec, 19 Oct 1968 - is this a later car?
The earlier D.M.F. Mk 2 "as seen in driving tests" started showing up on the hills and lead to a switch of disciplines. "Harris intends to take-up hill-climbing seriously, and is believed to be constructing a new car specially for this branch of the sport." (Source: Autosport, Firle report, Oct 1964.)
This begs the question, what was the D.M.F. Mk1? Could it have been a trials car? Harris was a member of the B.T.R.D.A.
Ditcham Hill Climb: D H Harris (DMF 5) 34.92 FTD, 31 May 1970:
Autosport: "At Ditcham, Don Harris won overall in his DMF-Climax,..." "Reports next week."
Were there five D.M.F. cars (or variants)?
(Auclum: PM me with email address - I have lots more re Great Auclum - I will try to post in general thread.)
RGDS RLT
Edited by Rupertlt1, 06 April 2021 - 12:04.
Posted 06 April 2021 - 16:04
Edited by Rupertlt1, 06 April 2021 - 16:31.