Like several others on this forum, I'm a bit of a slot car collector & have just noticed that Carrera are due to release a model of the 1957 Ecurie Ecosse Mille Miglia Jaguar D Type.
Now I must admit, I had to look it up because I had no recollection of a D Type in the Mille Miglia but sure enough Ron Flockhart drove it. (In fact it appears to be the same car in which he won Le Mans the year before). The only mention I can find states that he retired with a loose petrol tank.
I would have thought that a D Type would not have been the most obvious choice of car for this race owing to its limitations in the rear suspension department so does anyone have the background story on this ? Even better, does anyone have a picture of the car in Mille Miglia trim ?
Jaguar D Type - 1957 Mille Miglia
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Bumblyari
, Feb 09 2002 16:51
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Roger Clark
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Posted 09 February 2002 - 18:02
this is Flockhart at Ravenna. He got up to 5th at one point but retired around half distance.
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Ray Bell
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Posted 09 February 2002 - 19:36
There was a mention of this in the post I made last week... the excerpt from the Motor Racing 1957 report, its introduction to the race:
Strangely, there is nothing in the race report itself.
Gendebien returned but went off again for another lap, so did Behra. Bordoni acquired the new 4-cylinder 2-litre Maserati and asked to race it at Florence as a tyrout before the Mille Miglia. The Swede Nottrop anxiously waited as his 4.9-litre twin ignition Ferrari was modified by Scagliatti to conform with Appendix C. Ron Flockhart stopped at the Albergo Reale with the Ecurie Ecosse D-type Jaguar with sported a miniature fin on the headrest, Ecurie Ecosse had made their headquarters at Count Maggi's country home near Brescia, Gendebien was back, and off for a third.
Strangely, there is nothing in the race report itself.
Thanks chaps
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Felix Muelas
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Posted 10 February 2002 - 23:34
From Janos Wimpffen´s "Time and Two Seats" :
...There was finally a competitive Jaguar in the Mille Miglia, a D-type from Ecurie Ecosse for Ron Flockhart...[XKD 501]
...(at Ravenna)...Ron Flockhart in the Jaguar was seventh. The D-type continued to do well until near Rome when the bodywork and chassis decided to become irreconcilaby divorced...
On the results, however, the DNF reason given is "fuel system".
Felix
...There was finally a competitive Jaguar in the Mille Miglia, a D-type from Ecurie Ecosse for Ron Flockhart...[XKD 501]
...(at Ravenna)...Ron Flockhart in the Jaguar was seventh. The D-type continued to do well until near Rome when the bodywork and chassis decided to become irreconcilaby divorced...
On the results, however, the DNF reason given is "fuel system".
Felix
