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[Peter Morley]

The Grand Prix Gift Book from the 1960's has some great photos of my 1966 Shannon F1 car being tested at Brands Hatch prior to the British Grand Prix.

Does anyone know who took (or has) the photos, there are no clues in the book and they don't seem to have come from the obvious sources (LAT, Ludvigsen etc).

I would love to get hold of some decent size copies of these pictures - or indeed any others of the Shannon (in colour if poss.........), was anyone quick enough to record its brief moment of glory!

[Barry Boor]

I think the best picture I have ever seen of the Shannon (although sadly black and white) is on page 62 of the December 2002 issue of Motor Sport.

[LittleChris]

Fantastic. This was the first Motor Racing book I ever received and the circuit map of Spa made me determined to visit one day . Took 30 odd years though. I still have a rather ragged copy of the book !

[ghinzani]

Anyone know where it is now? My neighbour back at Uni used to own it at one point.

[Peter Morley]

The Shannon is in my barn here in Belgium - the engine is with an engine builder in the UK and as soon as I've raised enough funds it will be back on track.

Anything you could tell me about your neighbour who used to own it would be appreciated - I have a list of all the owners but know very little about them.
The guy who raced it in F3 (John Wilson) was in Australia, very close to a friend of mine (Jim Berry another slot car dealer)but he has moved and we don't know where to.

[Eric McLoughlin]

I still have that book (Christmas present 1967 when i was 9 years old) - it's not in perfect condition but not too bad. Personally speaking, it was a very influential book for me. I like Graham Hill's "Lap of Brands" article (I hope to finally achieve my ambition of driving on the Brands Hatch circuit in my Caterham next year). The story of "Tom Pilgrim's Progress" was sadly "Non"- prophetic on the future success of turbine engined F1 cars. Finally, the book introduced me to the world of motor sport art through the feature on Dexter Brown.

[ghinzani]

Originally posted by Peter Morley
The Shannon is in my barn here in Belgium - the engine is with an engine builder in the UK and as soon as I've raised enough funds it will be back on track.

Anything you could tell me about your neighbour who used to own it would be appreciated - I have a list of all the owners but know very little about them.
The guy who raced it in F3 (John Wilson) was in Australia, very close to a friend of mine (Jim Berry another slot car dealer)but he has moved and we don't know where to.

Hello Peter

I shall put some details in Terrys xmas card and hopefully he will log onto Atlas and tell you what he knows... just got to remeber his address correctly!!

regards

Ghinzani

[LittleChris]

My favourite bits were 1953 French GP and Fangio, Gonzales & Wharton at Albi in1952 in the BRM

[Eric McLoughlin]

Considering that it was aimed at youngsters, the standard of articles contained in the book is very "adult" and therefore, still eminently readable. There are very few credits listed anywhere in the book. Does anyone know who the contributing authors were?