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[Pedro 917]

Hey Barry, I've found this picture in a French encyclopedia called "Alpha Auto" :


(Copyright Attualfoto)

Connew F1 driven by François Migault / Austrian GP 1972

[Barry Boor]

Luc, this is a very interesting photo because it has appeared in several places at different times.

I first saw it on the back of one part of a British-produced encyclopaedia of motoring called 'On Four Wheels' way back in about 1975.

Several people have alerted me to it since then in various different places.

I suspect the true copyright belongs to someone other than Attualfoto; still it is a very nice view, showing off the aerodynamics of the car quite well. I have always thought that it was probably one of the slipperiest cars racing that year.

Note the little aluminium extension to the radiator air extractor vents - required in Austria because it was SO HOT!

[Paul Taylor]

I first saw that photo 5 years ago, and it was the first photo I'd ever seen of the Connew, and I always thought it was a nice looking car...especially with that colour scheme.

What exactly was 'Capricorn'?

[Barry Boor]

A frozen sea-food company, based, I believe, somewhere in the Abridge area of Essex.

I believe they were eventually absorbed into the Ross group of companies. Personally, I never met anyone connected with the company and the finance they 'injected' into the team was enough to cover the cost of painting their name and logos on the car! Or so the story goes.

[Vitesse2]

Originally posted by David Beard


Down the road from Vitesse2, I believe...

http://www.ukattract...otor-museum.htm

Being in the Sparkford area today, I paid my first-ever visit to the Haynes Museum. That DFV looks awful lonely sitting in the corner. Although it doesn't look as sad as Lola T370/HU4, which is badly in need of some TLC.

[Paul Taylor]

I just came across this:



Never seen that before

It's available to buy for a whopping £2.00 from http://www.simonlewis.com/

Plus this!

CONNEW CHEVROLET F5000 Trimmer at speed 1974 Brands f5000 smoking badly 6x4 col pro £2.00

I feel like buying them £4 for two 6x4 images is pretty good, I'd say.

There's also a picture of the Connew signed by Migault on eBay right now:



http://cgi.ebay.co.u...bayphotohosting

[Ray Bell]

I'd say anyone who's interested should download that pic before it goes off eBay...

But it seems also to show some severe torsional rigidity problems. Or am I wrong?

[Paul Taylor]

I hope someone from Atlas would buy it, really...I know it's £8.00 or so, but I could see it having some kind of value (sentimental value at least)...it may be the only print of that photo available to the public, at least, in the year 2005 anyway...

[Macca]

When I was looking for the article in Motor Sport in 1986 about the Climax 'Godiva', I found another article, in the August 1986 issue, about the Connew......featuring this photo of the car being pushed away at the Nurburgring................(copyright LAT)



but that bloke behind the car doesn't appear to be wearing shorts, so I think he may be an imposter......................


Paul M

[Vitesse2]

He's got hair too ....

[Barry Boor]

IIRC this picture was wrongly captioned. It is Peter in the car and Roger Doran and some other bloke pushing.

[Barry Boor]

I have just come across this.... It is the original photo of the car, taken on the forecourt of a filling station on the High Road, Chadwell Heath the very evening that the car was put on the ground, on wheels for the first time.

The engine is a dummy, as is the gearbox and there are various other artificial bits to connect things together, but it was pushable, so this is where we pushed it in order to find sufficient light to take the 'historic' photo.



I may have posted this on another thread, years ago, but for newcomers, it might be something they haven't seen.

[Vicuna]

Wonderful Barry

This story just gets better all the time

[Ray Bell]

No, I don't think you have Barry...

Are those Diemag wheels?

[Barry Boor]

Ray, I believe they were called MELMAG.

[Bonde]

"MELMAG" wheels are mentioned by Cirrus in this thread: http://forums.atlasf...&threadid=62068

[Barry Boor]

What a fantastic vehicle TNF really is.... last night at the Norther Chapter gathering outside Chester, I met Adam F. for the first time.

Adam handed me a small pile of Connew-related memorabilia to look at.

Amongst the sheets of paper was a letter written on Connew team paper, by me, to Adam (who presumably was a very young man at the time) dated 19th September 1972! What a small world we live in.

Another item in Adam's collection is this picture....


...which has me baffled because I cannot remember it being taken or indeed, ever having seen it before. I have asked Mr. C himself to see if he can place it.

I must say I think the car looked far better without the yellow....

[P 4 Staff]

Originally posted by Barry Boor
What a fantastic vehicle TNF really is.... last night at the Norther Chapter gathering outside Chester, I met Adam F. for the first time.

Adam handed me a small pile of Connew-related memorabilia to look at.

Amongst the sheets of paper was a letter written on Connew team paper, by me, to Adam (who presumably was a very young man at the time) dated 19th September 1972! What a small world we live in.

Another item in Adam's collection is this picture....


...which has me baffled because I cannot remember it being taken or indeed, ever having seen it before. I have asked Mr. C himself to see if he can place it.

I must say I think the car looked far better without the yellow....

Barry...that car looks great... and so clean.

Best: Staffan.

[Ray Bell]

What's more, it looks complete!

[Barry Boor]

It may look complete, Ray, but I have realised that the photo was taken at the same time as the other 'Library Car Park' pictures shown on this page...

http://62.149.36.46/...-bin/connew.htm

BUT, it has no innards in the engine or gearbox, no dampers, no oil tank, no mirrors, no battery, no fire extinguisher..... and if my memory doesn't fail me, no money either!

[P 4 Staff]

Originally posted by Barry Boor
I have seen this before. Somebody sent the whole page to me some years ago, but thanks for taking the trouble to post it.

The drawing is very good. Interestingly, the aluminium rear suspension top cross member shown was a very early one and was replaced by a more conventional system quite early in the car's life.

Here is a view of that early cross member, looking at the the underside of it, with its bottom surface removed.



It was beautifully constructed, mainly by Peter IIRC, but he decided to replace it with steel tubing in the end.

Barry...To me as a draftsman...this is a very complex construction. And if I just knew the dimentions...I´d love to draw it. In both 2D and 3D.
Best: Staffan.

[Twin Window]

Eddie Fitzgerald has provided this pic he took during the 1972 British GP at Brands...



Would that heve been the Friday, Barry?

[Barry Boor]

No, Twinny, it must have been Thursday.

The race was Saturday and we only practised on the first day.

All Friday was spent rebuilding the rear corners where the springs had let us down (literally!) and Friday night too.

What happened on Saturday morning is part of the whole sorry saga!

[Twin Window]

Originally posted by Barry Boor

No, Twinny, it must have been Thursday.

Ah, ok. I still forget when the Brands and Silverstone races were held - except for the fact that one was Saturday, and the other Sunday!

Clearly I got it backwards. Again...

[EDWARD FITZGERALD]

Thank you twinny, I think the first Sunday BGP was Brands in 76.

[antony duprat]

I have these two pics for a 90's French magazine

Copyright AUTO-Passion

[Huw Jadvantich]

If looks could win races, you would have had a world champion on your hands (I refer to the car Barry!)

[Barry Boor]

Thank you Huw, I did think you meant me for a brief moment.

Thanks too, Antony. I think we know the Austria picture but the Purley side view is certainly new to me.

[Twin Window]

Paddock Bend on the Saturday, Barry? Definitely not on raceday, which may as well have been night time...

[bigears]

Just stumbled across an article about a very secretive new team...



Source: Autosport 5th August 1971.

[Terry Walker]

I'm sure the x marks the row of lockups, one of which was the official Connew "works". This is the High Rd in Chadwell Heath. The second pic, gathered a year or so ago, is probably clearer.

[Terry Walker]

Try again...

[macoran]

I'll add this then from a German magazine,picked it up at a clippings service.

Apparantly this gent writes great stuff in English as well

[petefenelon]

I see Autosport ran two pictures of the Connew this week (in the DFV 40th anniversary feature) - well, strictly speaking, one pic, twice, and one of them should have been a pic of the McGuire BM1.

Still, what do you expect from a mag that also had Moss winning at Monaco in '61 in a Cooper?

[Barry Boor]

Cor, fame at last.....

Which picture, Pete?

[Andrew Kitson]

Looks like it's taken from the inside of Druids Barry, no.34 on the car, one I've never seen before. Only a small photo.

[Barry Boor]

Is it this one:



If so, it's one of Ferret Fotographic's pictures. I hope they paid him!

[Andrew Kitson]

Nope, not that one..Castrol banners in background.

[Barry Boor]

Interesting.... I don't got one that fits that description.....

[Andrew Kitson]

The text description also says '...after a non-championship race at Brands, the team didn't have enough money to pay the toll at the Dartford tunnel!'

[Andrew Kitson]

I'd scan it if no-one tells me off!

[Barry Boor]

This is the picture Autosport used.



It's not a new picture. It first appeared in Motoring News in 1972 and I think Francois is just turning into Paddock, not Druids. I guess it comes from their archives, or indeed, whoever now owns them.

We still cannot explain why the airbox is missing.

I cannot think that there can be objections to this picture being shown - it is in thousands of Motoring News gathering dust in attics around Britain.

If anyone objects, I'll scrap it.

[Vicuna]

Originally posted by Barry Boor


I cannot think that there can be objections to this picture being shown - it is in thousands of Motoring News gathering dust in attics around Britain.

And New Zealand...

[Barry Boor]

Picture removed to obviate possible copyright problems.

[antony duprat]

Originally posted by Barry Boor
Picture removed to obviate possible copyright problems.

But there is this one too ;)
http://www.racingspo...2-07-15-034.jpg

[jarama]

I've just found this picture, that I am pretty sure that Barry Boor will like:





Published in the spanish "FORMULA" magazine covering the '72 GP von Deutschland.


Carles.

[Alan Cox]

Is that Mr Boor at the rear left-hand wheel?

[Gary C]

that's a great piccy!

[macoran]

hmmm....I usually only collect pics of the cars themselves, but....I gotta save this one

[Gary C]

actually, I think it's Barry on the right rear.....