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[Tim Murray]

There's info on Mrs Hall-Smith in this earlier thread on Hanson:

http://forums.autosp...son-who-was-he/

[Bjorn Kjer]

Thanks Tim !

[Manfred Cubenoggin]

Greetings, chaps! 

 

I was Binging images of Guy Moll moments ago when I came across this extraordinary pix.  I've got a pretty good idea as to whom the driver is but that car!?!?

 

http://www.bing.com/...lectedIndex=822

 

Can someone fill in the W5 blanks on this one, svp?

 

(I posted a link instead of doing an image copy; rights to the image and all that; hope it's viewable.)

 

 

[group7]

hi manfred, since they are all sleeping on the other side of the pond, I'll chime in. carlos reutemann with a '69 ? huayra- ford, probably interlagos. I thought these specials from brazil were really neat. I subscribed to L'automobile magazine from france from '67-'75, still have them, all boxed up ! they covered these races, and had quite detailed articles on these cars.

did you work at the canadian motor sport hall of fame archives at all ? I volunteered there for a while after I retired in 2002.

 

mike scott, in whitby ontario

Edited by group7, 14 July 2014 - 03:35.

[Manfred Cubenoggin]

Hello, Mike! 

 

Thanks for the input.  I thought that it might be Lole but wasn't 100% sure.

 

The car is quite remarkable.  I scoped it on Wiki and here's a link...

 

http://en.wikipedia....a_Pronello_Ford

 

A serious bit of kit.  I was wondering if the generous head room provided for the cockpit was to pass a specific dimensional requirement?

 

And no, sorry, I've done no work at the CMHF.

[arttidesco]

Thanks for some good infos on the Fords from then. Unfortunately I have still not learned to post Pictures , but Tony Robinson told me it was not a Fordson. So I am mystified , but he has some contact working on it. I'll be back then
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The "Maserati" Fordson with spec. build up , I do not know for sure , but my guess would be Mrs. M.E.Hall-Smith for Robin Hanson.I do not find any other suitable combinations.
 

 

If you search Fordson "BBE" in Google you might find a cab that looks more like the Maserati Fordson than the Fordson 7V, seems to be a lot of confusion on the net about the vehicle with the recessed headlights being called a Fordson Thames BBE which will be most unhelpful in unraveling the type of Maserati transporter you are trying to identify.

 

According to our Driver Vehicle Licencing Authority  website the Fordson registered BTV 734 was manufactured in 1936 not 1933 as suggested in the link.

 

Hope that helps

Edited by arttidesco, 14 July 2014 - 21:11.

[Bjorn Kjer]

Many thanks for that ! I learned a bit on Fordson now.

[giffo]

Not wanting to take anything away from the proper reason for this thread but whats going on here?

Note the drivers name.

 

 

https://imagizer.ima.../633/d23d2e.jpg

 

 

https://imagizer.ima.../537/755a21.jpg

 

 

Edited by giffo, 22 July 2014 - 11:07.

[arttidesco]

 

Not wanting to take anything away from the proper reason for this thread but whats going on here?

Note the drivers name.

 

 

https://imagizer.ima.../633/d23d2e.jpg

 

 

https://imagizer.ima.../537/755a21.jpg

 

 

Any relation to the first Australian in space ?

[Duc-Man]

Any relation to the first Australian in space ?

Comparing the photos...I'd say it is the first Aussie from space.

[arttidesco]

Comparing the photos...I'd say it is the first Aussie from space.

 

So far as I am aware being an alien 'from' space and being an Aussie are still mutually exclusive categories   

[giffo]

So far as I am aware being an alien 'from' space and being an Aussie are still mutually exclusive categories

Bingo, beam me up Scotty
A few weeks ago Paul Scully-Power was up the track giving Proffessor Michael Henderson's RT4 a going over.
How cool is that! Australia's first space explorer is indeed also a speed demon.
I couldn't make it but Hendo tells me this was a first for Scully-Power and maybe not the last.

Edited by giffo, 22 July 2014 - 20:13.

[profhendo]

Yes, Paul made is way from Washington DC to try out an '86 RT4 Ralt.

Not only is he a space explorer, he is a pilot and a man of many talents... who hopefully will join us racing in the historic ranks (more likely in the US). Well done Paul for trying something new!

See http://www.saxton.co...l-scully-power/

[raceannouncer2003]

Yes, Paul made is way from Washington DC to try out an '86 RT4 Ralt.
 

 

So, Michael, that's not the ex-Brian McLoughlin RT4 that you sold ?

 

Vince H.

[Richard Jenkins]

On the BRDC member list I found some names which don’t say anything to me.

Geoffrey Johnson b. 16 April 1935


If you know who these people are and what their role in motor racing is or was, please tell me.
Thank you.

 

Johnson worked at BRM as an engine designer, as well as at British Leyland, Hesketh, Cosworth and Lotus.

[275 GTB-4]

Bingo, beam me up Scotty
A few weeks ago Paul Scully-Power was up the track giving Proffessor Michael Henderson's RT4 a going over.
How cool is that! Australia's first space explorer is indeed also a speed demon.
I couldn't make it but Hendo tells me this was a first for Scully-Power and maybe not the last.

A word of warning, if you are at a party attended by Paul...allow him plenty of room, unexpected, unannounced cart wheels can occur

Edited by 275 GTB-4, 01 December 2014 - 21:37.

[group7]

I hope this is the right spot for this ? can anyone give some information about the Shelby Mustang GT 350 in this photo. it's said to be at brands hatch 1966.  someone the Shelby site out of the United States is seeking information on it.  http://saacforum.com...p?topic=30336.0  hope the link works.

 

Mike..group7 in canada

[Vitesse2]

Well, it's definitely Brands Hatch. But if the date is correct then it's very unlikely to be Chris Craft - in 1966 he was driving Anglias. And I don't recall him ever being associated with a Mustang either.

 

You can find all the BSCC races from 1966 here: http://touringcarrac.../1966 BSCC.html

 

My guess - and I stress it's a guess - would be that it's Jackie Oliver in the Motor Show 200. Crowd doesn't look big enough for either the GP or Guards meetings.

[rbm]

If you search Fordson "BBE" in Google you might find a cab that looks more like the Maserati Fordson than the Fordson 7V, seems to be a lot of confusion on the net about the vehicle with the recessed headlights being called a Fordson Thames BBE which will be most unhelpful in unraveling the type of Maserati transporter you are trying to identify.

 

According to our Driver Vehicle Licencing Authority  website the Fordson registered BTV 734 was manufactured in 1936 not 1933 as suggested in the link.

 

Hope that helps

Slightly O/T

 

we use to own this '47 Fordson 7V (it started life as a big delivery van and was chopped into a flat in 1954)

 

which we had to sell to pay for:

 

[arttidesco]

Slightly O/T

 

we use to own this '47 Fordson 7V (it started life as a big delivery van and was chopped into a flat in 1954)

 

which we had to sell to pay for:

 

 

I don't suppose the Cooper was much use for shifting your hay bails either

[ktrhe]

 

I know it is Hans Stuck in a Auto Union Type A in 1934

It´s a Hill climb

But where?

[Tim Murray]

This photo puzzles me. The car has the Typ A leaf spring rear suspension, but also the stub pipe exhaust system as used from 1935 onward. I can't find any photos showing the stub pipes being used in 1934, but there is a photo showing Varzi driving a Typ A, but with the stub pipe exhausts, at Tunis in early 1935. I think it possible, therefore, that the photo in question might have been taken in early 1935, not 1934.

[Vitesse2]

A German friend tells me that this is the Feldbergrennen on October 6th 1935.

[ktrhe]

Thanks a lot for your help, Tim Murray & Vitesse

[raceannouncer2003]

A German friend tells me that this is the Feldbergrennen on October 6th 1935.

 

...as confirmed about half way down this webpage, including race #341:

 

http://www.kolumbus....snellman/c3.htm

 

...and found another photo:

 

http://newinland.blo...bergrennen.html

 

Vince H.

Edited by raceannouncer2003, 03 June 2015 - 00:00.

[275 GTB-4]

Silverstone 1950s...has anyone heard of the "Cambridge Special"..light-ish blue in colour possible Austin 7 based special?

[Allan Lupton]

Silverstone 1950s...has anyone heard of the "Cambridge Special"..light-ish blue in colour possible Austin 7 based special?

Well Cambridge Engineering of 151 Cambridge Road, Kew Green, Surrey must have been involved with many Austin 7 specials. They offered most of the modified/specialist parts you needed and in 1958 advertised "25 years experience of the Austin 7". Can't remember if they marketed complete specials, but I think I remember a body as well as everything else.

[275 GTB-4]

Thank You Allan, that's probably the origin of the car I have been looking at...clearly marked in 3" block letters in white on each side of the front cowling....screen shots up







[edit: sorry, back-to-front]

Edited by 275 GTB-4, 31 July 2015 - 04:51.

[RogerFrench]

Cambridge Special, Bill Williams, 1950s. Nostalgia indeed.
Doesn't that car, or one very like it, still exist? Not as above, where the pictures are mirror-image, mind you.

[275 GTB-4]

Cambridge Special, Bill Williams, 1950s. Nostalgia indeed.
Doesn't that car, or one very like it, still exist? Not as above, where the pictures are mirror-image, mind you.

Thank You Roger...a name for the car...will look into it a little more. Its an image from an 8mm movie which also includes footage of what looks like a FIAT S74 racing (in red livery). I'm arranging for the video to be reversed and when that is done the images may be a little clearer

Edited by 275 GTB-4, 31 July 2015 - 23:04.

[275 GTB-4]

Terrific information on Leslie Mark (Bill) Williams here:

http://www.martynlnu...e-specials.html

[bradbury west]

I am sure that any images of an S74 FIAT racing would be very welcome in many circles.
Roger Lund

[Allan Lupton]

I'm not good on FIAT "S" numbers, but perhaps it was Anthony Heal's 1910 10 litre FIAT on that film.

[275 GTB-4]

I am sure that any images of an S74 FIAT racing would be very welcome in many circles.
Roger Lund

I'm equally sure you are right, but I am also very conscious of those who inhabit this place purely to gain grist for their mill and (shock horror) to gain commercially from their on-line cherry picking! I will be looking for an appropriate archive to send a copy of the film to.

[275 GTB-4]

I'm not good on FIAT "S" numbers, but perhaps it was Anthony Heal's 1910 10 litre FIAT on that film.

Allan...is this it?

[Allan Lupton]

Allan...is this it?
 

I think so, but Oliver Heal, Anthony's son who posts on here, would be better placed to say.

[group7]

can anyone put a name to this Chaparral clone. this is War Bonnet raceway, in the state of Oklahoma, aprox. 1968. fourth photo down in the link.

 

http://justacarguy.b...om-nov-5th.html

 

 

thanks, mike (group7) in Canada

Edited by group7, 18 February 2016 - 04:01.

[raceannouncer2003]

In the late 60's, USRRC racer Gerry Bruihl of Portland, Oregon sold bodies for Lotus 23s and the like.  Looks like one of those bodies to me.  Check the photo of the #41 car at this link:

 

http://www.oregonscc...ntage/rc067.pdf

 

Vince H.

[Richard Jenkins]

https://scontent-lhr...278&oe=5D198673

Any idea who the man in the Champion jacket is please? Copyright Steve Tappin and this must be around 1967?

Edited by Richard Jenkins, 26 February 2019 - 06:03.

[Richard Jenkins]

Anyone? Maybe he isn't anyone significant after all but he just looks so familiar.

[Rob Ryder]

John Taylor? 1964 Goodwood?

[MCS]

He does look familiar, agreed.  An American I would suggest. He is wearing a Firestone jacket.  Don't know if it's helpful, but isn't that Chris Amon to his left?

[Richard Jenkins]

Yep and Romolo Tavoni to his right so it could well be a Ferrari linked chap.

[Roger Clark]

Tavoni was involved in the management of Monza after ATS so this could be there. I don’t know where - presumably the paddock and is that the banking in the background? I don’t think Stewart drove in the 1,000ks so it must be the Grand Prix, presumably the earliest is 1966 when Firestone entered F1 and the latest 1968 before Stewart’s hair got out of control.

If the above is true, it must be somebody, not very well known, who started the Italian Grand Prix on Firestone in the years 1966-1968. I don’t know what he looked like, but could it be Geki?

[raceannouncer2003]

I found a photo of "Geki".  Doesn't look him.  Hmmm....

 

Vince H.