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Old 5 Mar 2010, 14:00 (Ref:2645542)   #351
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1974 additions and amendments

Jeff Allam (Allam Motor Services) – Viva GT 2.3 – for sale £1295 (A/S 30-1-75), £995 (A/S 20-3-75)
Bernard Bird (Gomshall Motor Co) – new Mini built (“price tag quoted by sponsor: £10 000”) – spaceframe (“main strength is centred around two steel tubes running from the rear suspension mounting points to an alloy bulkhead mounted directly behind the engine”) – Pete Vickers 8-port 1293 BL engine (130 bhp), but a 170 bhp BDA was expected to replace it. (MN 1-8-74) – to be driven by Tony Chammings (A/S 1-8-74) – for sale (A/S 6-2-75)
Dave Brodie (Shellsport) – Capri II – built by Chas Beattie – spaceframe and roll cage – completely detachable bodywork allowing accessibility to the mechanical components – Ford Cologne V6 2990 (or 3.1)with Kugelfischer injection giving 330 bhp at 7300 rpm – rear wheels uprights, hubs etc from Frank Williams Iso Marlboro F1 car (MN 8-8-74) – intended to install a 3.4 Cosworth Essex V6 – was fitted according to A/S 8-8-74
Ralph Bryans – Escort BDA 1.3
John Burphy – Cortina 5.0
Geoff Byman – Mini 1.3 BDA

John Calvert – Escort 2.0/1.9/1.8 BDA – for sale as a rolling chassis, £1500 ono (A/S 10-4-74)
Brian Cox – Mini Clubman 1.3 BDA

Brian Cutting – Escort Martin V8 3.0 – for sale £2700 (A/S 5-9-74), £1995 (MN 17-10-74), £1950 A/S 30-1-75
Tony Dickinson – Mini-Ford 1.0
Tony Dickinson – Mini 1.3 BDA
Bill Dryden (SMT) – Firenza 2.3 Lotus (255 bhp) – the Lotus engine was replaced by a twin cam Firenza unit built by SMT (MN 22-8-74) – for sale (A/S 17-10-74)
Graham Goode (Autocare) – Anglia 1.0 – black – for sale, best offer over £1000 A/S 24-10-74
Joe Gregory – Escort 1850 BDA – died after a crash at Llandow
Frank Gunn – Escort 1970 BDA – ex-Gp 2
Tony Hazlewood (Corbeau Car Seats) DAF Oldsmobile (Rover) 5.0 – also driven by Colin Folwell – for sale “about six grand”, updated with latest March 742 suspension, (A/S 17-10-74)
Mick Hill (Tricentrol Racing) – Capri V8 6.0 (530 bhp) and later a Boss Mustang 5.0 Faulkner & Dunn (470 bhp) – standard Jaguar 4-speed gearbox – Tony Strawson had a guest drive – for sale, £8000 (A/S 17-10-74)
David Howes – A M C Javelin 6.4 – for sale, 545 bhp engine, plus 500 bhp spare (A/S 16-1-75)
Colin James – Escort Martin V8 3.0

Martin Kent – Sunbeam Rapier 5.7 Chevy (500 bhp) – for sale (A/S 12-12-74), £2500 (A/S 13-3-75), £1900 ono (A/S 19-6-75)
John MacDonald – Escort 2.0 – to A W Monkey Brown for Damien Magee
Damien Magee – Escort 2.0 – ex-John MacDonald (exchanged with A W Monkey Brown – for sale £6995 A/S 3-10-74)
Doug Niven (Border Reivers) – Boss Escort 5.7 (500 bhp) - “results of wind tunnel tests were apparent in unfamiliar aerofoils, one being virtually an inverted aeroplane wing mounted under the back of the car” (MN 18-4-74) – March F1 front suspension, March 707 rear suspension and driveshafts, Jaguar V12 gearbox and diff. – big shunt at Croft so rebuilt from scratch (A/S 16-1-75)
Dennis Nott – Capri-Chevy 5.7 (Capri less engine and radiator for sale, £2500, A/S 17-10-74)
Alec Poole and Roger Enever (Robert Ryan Racing) – Escort Broadspeed BDA 2.0/1.9 or FVC – for sale, offers around £4400 (A/S 24-10-74)
Zakia Redjep – Escort BDG 2.0 or BDA 1.8 – ex Yvette Fontaine (Broadspeed?)
Zekia Redjep – Escort twin cam for sale £1500 (A/S 25-7-74), £1350 (A/S 10-10-74)
Phil Rees – Mini 1.6 twin cam

John Robinson – Escort 1298 BDA – sold to Jamaica
Chris Sims – Viva GT 2.2/2.3

Paul Storr – Escort 1.7 pushrod
Tony Sugden (Brook Hire) – Escort 1840 BDE – for sale A/S 31-10-74
Tony Strawson – Boss Capri 4.7 and later 4.7 (or 5.0) Gurney-Weslake (380 bhp) out of the ex-David Howes Falcon – little more than the bodyshell is the same as when Hill raced it – won Esso Uniflo championship (A/S 5-12-74)
Andrew Talbot – Triumph Herald (modsports Spitfire with Herald body) – crashed at Brands Hatch

John Turner – Skoda 110R Coupe, 5-litre Alan Smith Chevy V8 (425 or 470 bhp) From a Leda F5000, Hewland DG300, 14 cwt (MN 17-1-74) – tested by Denny Hulme (A/S 19-12-74 – for sale (A/S 23-1-75)
Stuart Turner – ex-Alan Mann Escort – for sale as a rolling chassis or with 2.0 FVC (A/S 20-2-75)

Wayne & Basil Wainwright – Capri-Rover 3.5 V8 s/c – hill climbs
Graeme Walker – Viva 2.2
Denis Welch – Anglia 1.6 twin cam – for sale, less engine £500 or with a 1300 pushrod £750 (A/S 5-12-74)
Tony Whibley – Firenza 2.3 and/or Viva GT 2.3 – the latter for sale, £1625, A/S 12-12-74
Roy Yates – Zodiac Mk 3-Chevy 5.0

For sale
Ford Pop E93A based on Elan +2 chassis, 90% finished (needs engine), £400, 01-574 (A/S 8-8-74)
• Ex-Dennis Nott Escort rolling chassis, completely stripped, and Ford 289 V8, £900 ono, New Mills (A/S 29-8-74)
• Ex-Bill Shaw/Roy Pierpoint and Alec Poole Rover 3500 back from Barbados, Gerry Marshall trying to sell (A/S 23-1-75)



Ireland

Arthur Collier – Escort ex-Meek – 1930 Alan Smith FVC – for sale (A/S 6-2-75)
Derek McMahon – Escort FVA

Mattie McNamara – Escort 2.0 FVC
Jay O’Malley – Viva 2.2
Rosemary Smith – Escort 1.8 FVC – for sale £3250 (A/S 3-10-74), £2650 (A/S 19-6-75)

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Old 2 Apr 2010, 01:17 (Ref:2665191)   #352
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Phil de Banks

Phil de Banks raced as Aylesbury racing out of a cow shippen near the village of Hardwick. In 1965/66 he ran a yellow (with matt black painted interior) Anglia with 1650 Twin Cam and what I used to think of as enormous sized tyres - mainly in club races at Silverstone - quite successfully. He rented used race tyres by the weekend from an outfit in London. In 1966 he also raced my Group 2 Anglia with 1200 engine at events like the Martini Trophy at Silverstone and the Grand Prix meeting at Brands. I lost touch with him after that.

He previously worked at Alexander Engineering porting heads. He told me that on one occasion some royalty figure was visiting and when he came to Phil said "Ah - so this is where the work is done". I believe he later raced Minis quite successfully - as mentioned on other threads.

I'd love to get in touch with him again. Anyone know where he is now - he'd be well into his 70s - even I am. I heard some years ago that he was running a Guest House or small hotel in a south coast town. The guy who told me this just happened to stay there and was intrigued by the various trophies and a polished crank in the display cabinet - but couldn't remember the name or address. Derek.
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Old 2 Apr 2010, 22:42 (Ref:2665625)   #353
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driftwood has a lot of promise if they can keep it on the circuit!
trust u to pop up outta nowhere!
have you tried googling his name and guest houses etc?
pleased to hear your in your 70`s and still driving the cars!
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Old 2 Apr 2010, 23:55 (Ref:2665651)   #354
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Was that his real name - always assumed it was a suda ... pseodo ........ false name.

I remember him well from that period but didn't know him, alas. A very rapid and precise driver if I remember correctly.
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Old 3 Apr 2010, 00:39 (Ref:2665659)   #355
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trust u to pop up outta nowhere!
I luv u 2, Kev

Yes - that really was his name - and yes I did try googling several years ago. Tried again last night - even paid for some searches! Someone called Phillip S De Banks, which has to be him, bought a house near Liskeard, Cornwall in 2004 - which might explain my lack of success searching for Guest Houses etc earlier, but it sold again earlier this year and no other link came up. No tel number either. Anyone live near Liskeard who might volunteer to scout around? Of course it could be his estate that sold it this year. Apparently he was born in 1937 (even older then I am!).
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Old 3 Apr 2010, 17:28 (Ref:2666031)   #356
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Derek only person i know older than you was the queen mother!
who ever sold the house try contacting the estate agent for more info or the solicitors?
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Old 4 Apr 2010, 03:43 (Ref:2666235)   #357
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Spoke to his brother today - Phil died last September (2009) -RIP.

There is a chance we might be able to access his scrapbooks and maybe post some of the information and pics - who is the best person to evaluate how worthwhile this is and/or where to post it?

Following pic shows Phil leading and winning at Ingleston in April 1966. I don't think that Anglia was ever at his workshop near Aylesbury at that time - maybe he drove for someone else or rented a ride - he had a knack for making things happen.
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Old 9 Apr 2010, 14:03 (Ref:2669500)   #358
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The April issue of Retro Cars has an article on the rebuild/recreation of Tony Hazlewood's DAF and Mick Hill's Beetle.
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Old 9 Apr 2010, 14:49 (Ref:2669521)   #359
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1975

On show at the Speedshow (Olympia) in January was a “highly ingenious” twin cylinder, twin cam Allen BDA 850, alloy block, single Weber twin choke carb, 11.5:1 CR, over 100 bhp (MN 9-1-75) – raced in 1976 by Peter Day in a Mini

The 1975 Tricentrol Supersaloon championship was won by Gerry Marshall, second Alec Poole and third, Tony Strawson. Race results:
Ingliston – Marshall Silverstone – Richardson
Brands Hatch – Poole Mondello Park – Marshall
Oulton Park – Poole Silverstone – Marshall
Silverstone (British GP) – Marshall Thruxton – Marshall
Mallory Park – Marshall Oulton Park – Marshall

MN announced (28-8-75 and A/S 28-8-75) that Supersaloons were to be axed; circuit owners said that the category was not competitive enough to justify races on prime dates and also had affected the grids for lesser special saloon events; a possible reprieve was suggested (A/S 25-9-75); a championship was announced for 1976 (MN 15-1-76).


Dick Adams – Blydenstein Viva 2.3 – ex-Allam Motor Services
Clive Baker – ex-Brian Muir/Martin Thomas/Ali Hussein Camaro 5.7 - acquired from Gerry Marshall
Peter Baldwin (Marshalls) – Mini Clubman (Baby B4) 1298 Allen BDA (reputed 175 bhp), Clubman front needed to accommodate the bigger engine unit (A/S 17-4-75) – and also 1.0 Holbay Ford
B Barnes – Escort 1.6
Mike Beckett – Anglia 1000
Richard Belcher (Mercantile) – Anglia 1000 ex-Goode
Martin Birrane (Adlards) – Boss Capri V8 5.0 – ex Mick Hill (second Capri) – also raced by Mick Hill at Mallory Park in August – to Chris Meek
Keith Bowmaker – Escort V8 4.7
Pat Bradley and Fred Henderson – Minor-Jaguar (sprints)
Len Brammer – Fiat 850-BLMC 1.3
Dave Bray – Escort V8 3.5
Dave Brodie (ShellSport) – Capri V6 3.4
Ralph Bryans - Escort
Philip Cartlidge – A40-Holbay Ford 1.0
Tony Castle-Miller – Fiat 600 Abarth-Lotus
Hugh Chalmers (James Ross and Sons) – Avenger-Norvic Lotus 16 valve 2.3 – built by Sandy Cormack (of James Ross and Sons) – F1 Surtees-suspended (parts bought at a Surtees sale) (MN 14-8-75 and 28-8-75) – also raced by Bernard Unett
Nigel Clarke – Mini-Ford 1.3
Phil Clarke (Kingsway) – Magnum Coupe (ex-Firenza) 2.3 sohc fi (200 bhp) – crashed at Snetterton (rebuilt with droop snoot front as a Firenza) – also raced by Tim Stock – for sale, £2700 (A/S 4-12-75)
Arthur Collier (Dealer Team Skoda) – Skoda S110R 5.0 – ex John Turner
Graham Connolly – Cortina V8 3.5
Georgie Constantine – Mini-Ford 1.0
Bill Coull – Viva 2.3 – ex Graeme Walker
Bill Cox (Red Rovers) – WRC Capri 7.0/Chevy 7.6
Brian Cutting (and Terry Van Der Zee) – Escort-Oldsmobile 3.5s/c
Brian Davison – Viva GT 2.3
Tony Dickinson – Imp-Ford BDA 1298 (190 bhp on fi), Hewland transaxle and 5-speed box (A/S 17-4-75) – and Mini-Ford 1.0 – the latter for sale with a spare damaged shell (MN 23-10-75)
Bill Dryden (SMT – sponsor James Car Deliveries) – Firenza – planned for 1975, 2.3 16-valve engine, expected to give 280 bhp+ (Blydenstein) – plans were “to keep a strong body section but using Chevron corners and front end with the engine moved 14 inches back in the frame” (MN 30-1-75) – “the front of the Chevron sports car is only 6 inches narrower than the Firenza and the plans are to mate this front end onto the bulkhead of the Vauxhall centre section, an FT200 transaxle is most likely to find a home in the back of the car along with Chevron F5000 rear suspension … all up weight of under 11 cwt” (A/S 6-2-75) – still being worked on (A/S 29-1-76) – borrowed back his 1974 car from Graeme Walker for the Ingliston Super Saloon round and other races – also raced Firenza 2.3 and 2.5 (ex-Gerry Marshall’s Old Nail)
David Edge – Mini-Holbay Ford 1.0
Jim Evans – Escort Turbo RS2000 2.14 turbo – rebuilt from 1974 with engine moved back to improve front/rear weight distribution (48:52%), E-type box and 3.0 Capri lsd (A/S 20-3-75) – also raced by Chris Ray – for sale (A/S 8-5-75)
Ian Forrest – Imp 1.0 – spaceframe – ex Brian Coyle
Divina Galica (ShellSport and Southern Organs) – Escort 1850 BDA (carbs) – built by Nick Whiting – ex-Lawrie Hickman Group 2 car which Nick Whiting had as a spare car – to carry the racing number 13 because she was born on August 13 1946 – crashed at Brands Hatch in the first race (A/S 13-2-75) – new Escort II FVC 1850 –for sale, £3500 (A/S 20-11-75)
Geoff Gilkes – Mini-Imp 850 – built by Brian Lawrence, special Allen crank, Bevan head and cam (A/S 22-5-75)
Graham Goode (Autocare) – Escort 1.3 BDA
Frank Gunn – Escort 2.0 – ex-Gerry Edmunds Racing Group 2, built by Specfab C and S – for sale, £3500, A/S 23-10-75
Fred Hall – Escort 2.1 BDA (BDG?)
Ron Hand – Anglia 1.8 BDA (hill climbs)
Colin Hawker (The Toleman Group) – VW 412/1600 Variant fastback-DFV (‘DFVW’) – all-aluminium monocoque (Gordon Murray – De Cadenet Le Mans) using the engine as a stressed member – Hewland DG3000 transaxle (MN 22-5-75, A/S 22-5-75) – also raced by Chris Craft at Oulton Park in September
Tony Hazlewood – Jaguar XJ8L-Chevy V8 6990 fuel-injected (620 bhp) (two all alloy engines bought from John Surtees who had had them built up by Weslake for Can-Am), Hewland gearbox (A/S 20-3-75, MN 24-7-75) – fibreglass front and rear sections grafted onto a XJ6 centre section – with Lola suspension (ex-Frank Gardner F5000) – project reputed to have cost over £10 000 (MN 28-8-75) – also raced by Gordon Mayers – tested by S Moss at Silverstone in October (A/S 30-10-75)
Norman Hodgson – Escort FVC (carbs) 1.8/2.0 – ex Whiting (minus engine and box)
Escort special saloon rolling shell, ex-Alan Mann for sale, £550, Norman Hodgson (A/S 27-11-75)
David Holmes – 3.8 Janglia
Oliver Holmes – 3.8 Janglia – relations?
David Howes (Howes Motors) – AMC Javelin 6.4
Martin Kent – Sunbeam Rapier 5.7 Chevy – for sale (A/S 12-12-74), £2500 (A/S 13-3-75), £1900 ono (A/S 19-6-75)
Stuart Lewis – Capri-Chevy (hill climbs)
Richard (Rupert) Long – Anglia, full spaceframed and rose jointed, 1.0 BDA, fi (145 bhp) – for sale A/S 2-10-75
Jeff Mann and Tony Mann (brothers) – Anglia 1300 Robinson BDA (replaced 1700)
Gerry Marshall (DTV) – Firenza (Old Nail) 2.3, 2.5, 2.6
Gerry Marshall (DTV) – Baby Bertha – Firenza – purpose-built chassis with lightweight detachable body panels – Repco Holden V8 (475 bhp) – Borg-Warner 4-speed gearbox (MN 29-5-75) – mechanical design by Frank Costin, build and detail work by Gerry Johnstone and others at Shepreth, much of the body work by Geoff Neale and Barry Sheppard who produced the final moulds and panels (Bill Blydenstein in MN 5-6-75) – described as “grotesque” (MN 3-7-75)
Ginger Marshall – Mini Countryman/Traveller 1.0 – part monocoque chassis – building started in 1971 but only finished in 1975 (A/S 16-10-75)
Roger Matthews – Mini-Ford 1.0 (Longman engine) – for sale, £1 500 (MN 9-10-75)
Chris Meek – Capri 5.0 ex-Birrane (and previously Mick Hill)
Dave Millington (Brook Hire) – Firenza 2.3 (16 valve 250+ bhp) – for sale A/S 11-9-75
Alan Minshaw (Manchester Liners Racing/Demon Tweeks) – DAF 55-Oldsmobile/Buick 4.8 – ex Hazlewood
John Myerscough (Westune) – Escort 1298
Mike Newman – Viva GT 2.3s/c
Doug Niven – Boss Escort 5.7 – crashed at Ingliston in April (throttle jammed) – remains for sale (A/S 1-5-75) – replaced by ex-Hawker Capri shell into which was inserted the 5.7 Boss Mustang engine (approx 475 bhp), Jaguar gearbox – for sale A/S 6-11-75
Stuart Oliver – Escort BDA 1.6
John Peachey-Austing – Mini-Imp 1.0
Alec Poole (Derek McMahon Racing/Dealer Team Skoda) – Skoda S110R Swindon BDG 2.0 – ex-Chris Meek – designed by Ray Jessop (an open monocoque tub with a 2.0 Cosworth BDG and Hewland FT200 - the monocoque carries the label ‘Auto Race Design Chassis No RJ03’) – built by Maurice Gomm – the drive shafts, the magnesium uprights and wishbone/coil suspension (front and rear) appear to be Rondel F2. (MN 28-8-75) – according to A/S 21-1-75 the car was bought by Hexagon from Tony (Monkey) Brown, then sold back to Monkey Brown who sold it to Derek MacMahon – for sale through Gerry Marshall (A/S 11-9-75) – for sale by Nick Whiting (A/S 5-2-76)
John Pope – Vauxhall Magnum-Aston Martin twin turbo (WNK 127M) – also raced by John Homewood and Nick Whiting in one-off appearances
Zekia Redjep – Escort 2.0 BDG (284 bhp) – for sale, £6000 ovno (A/S 18-12-75)
Phil Rees – Mini-Ford 1598 twin cam
Paul Rhodes – Escort 1930 FVC and Escort Hart 1.8 twin cam – both for sale (A/S 29-1-76)
Bernard Richards – Mini Clubman 1.3 Ford twin cam
Ian Richardson (Anglian Nuts & Bolts) – Corvair 8.1 Chevy – for sale by Gerry Marshall (“only to a slow uncompetitive wealthy driver as he doesn’t want to be beaten”), £7500 (A/S 5-2-76)
Walter Robertson – Escort 2.0 FVD or 1.8 or 1.9
John Robinson – newly-built Escort 1300 BDA, ZF gearbox – may also have been 2.0
Joe Baillie Russell (Geoff Nicklen) – Camaro 6.0 – ex-Brian Muir/Wiggins Teape – for sale £2200 (A/S 24-7-75) – also raced by Peter Williams
Simon Sabel – MG Gnat – rebuilt after crashed by Wally Hall (in 1973?) (A/S 21-8-75)
Mike Scott – Anglia 1000
Peter Shelton – Cortina V8 5.0
Chris Simms (Sims) – Viva GT 2.2/2.3 – written off at Llandow in June – new Blydenstein Magnum single cam
Alex Slater – Escort – ex-Alan Mann/Frank Gardner – rolling shell for sale (A/S 31-7-75)
Eric Smith – Mini 1275GT 1.3 BDA
Martin Staplehurst – Escort Rover V8 3.5
Paul Storr – Escort 1.7 pushrod or 1.6 FVA
Tony Strawson – Capri 4.7/5.0 – later Chevy (Ian Richardson) 7.2
Tony Sugden (Brook Hire) – Escort BDE 1840
P Thomalla – Trianglia 2.3 (Anglia-Triumph)
Jim Thomson (Guyson) – Firenza 2.5 (hill climbs)
Brian Thackray – Escort AVJ 1850 BDA – ex-Woodman Group 2
Neil (and Paul) Totman – Mini-Allen BDA 1.0 (105 bhp), new lightweight car (A/S 17-4-75) (also said to be ex-Sedric Bell)
Tony Wadsworth – Chevron-based Imp 2.0 sprint (Weston-super-Mare) – race debut later at Thruxton by his brother-in-law, Jonathan Buncombe (scrutineering problems included the seating position, the rear wing and the lack of a roll bar round the inside of the Imp shell – retained the conventional Chevron roll over bar) – based on an ex-Ian Harrower B19/FVD 2.0 – built up by Wadsworth, Buncombe and Dave Lawrence – immediately nicknamed the ‘Chimp’ (A/S 30-10-75)
Derek Walker (Flowflex) – Fiat 850 Coupe-Holbay/Ford 1.0 (on an old Merlyn chassis A/S 5-2-76)
Graeme Walker – Firenza 2.3 – ex-Bill Dryden/SMT – crashed at Croft and rebuilt with a new lighter shell and the mechanicals of the old car – 250+ bhp, ZF 5-speed gearbox – for sale A/S 25-9-75 and still advertised A/S 1-4-76
Wayne and Basil Wainwright – Capri-Rover V8 3.5s/c (hill climbs)
Jeff Ward – new ultra-low spaceframe built by Richard Wallinger Greetham Imp 1.0 (A/S 1-5-75)
Tony Whibley (Drake & Fletcher) – Viva GT 2.3 – or was it a Firenza 2.3?
Brian Whiting – Escort BDG 2.0 or BDE 1.8/1.9 or BDA (1840)
Nick Whiting – new Escort, ultra light space frame chassis clothed with a lightweight bodyshell, using the engine and box out of his old car which was sold to Norman Hodgson (1970 FVC Geoff Richardson – 275 bhp), (A/S 13-2-75 and 6-3-75) – wrecked at Brands Hatch in November (A/S 27-11-75) – completely rebuilt with new space frame and body exactly as raced to 24 outright wins and for sale £3500; could be based on an ex-John Robinson shell (A/S 25-3-76)
Geoff Wood – new ultra-light Escort, all glassfibre body produced by TBA Industrial Products (Rochdale), 1850 Hart BDA (260 bhp), F1-type suspension, total weight 10 cwt (MN 23-1-75) (A/S 30-1-75) or BDG
Chris Wray – Escort 1.8 – body for sale, £200, plus 1709 BDA (needing parts) A/S 2-10-75
Peter Wray – Escort 1790 (same car?)
Roy Yates – Zodiac-Chevy 5.0


For sale
• Special saloon Viva HC 1972 rolling shell, 2.3 engine and 2.0 engine, £650 ono, Lyndon Frazer, Rainham, Kent (MN 9-1-75)
• Super saloon Ford Falcon, 5.7 Boss Cleveland, £1 500 ono, 01-888 (MN 23-1-75)
• Anglia, special; saloon, Holbay 1000, Trevor Clapton, Great Milton (MN 23-1-75)
• Full race Escort rolling chassis, HD shell, 5-speed ZF, gold and brown, £700 ovno, Bob Torrie, Luton (MN 30-1-75)
• Project – Escort rolling shell, twin turbo Buick 3.5, Jaguar V12 gearbox, 90% completed, offers around £1500, Mike Jordy, Basingstoke (A/S 30-1-75)
• Capri super saloon, 5.7 Chevy, offers, Melton Mowbray (A/S 20-3-75)
• “The unique Ford Berpop”, fuel injected Oldsmobile alloy V8, F2 suspension, Mike Berman, Leicester (MN 3-4-75, A/S 9-10-75)
• Escort special saloon, rolling chassis, complete less engine and gearbox, £650, All Car Equipe (MN 24-4-75) Is this the car built for Divina Galica and crashed by her at Brands Hatch?
• V8 Escort, ex-works shell, full race engine, Heathfield (A/S 8-5-75, A/S 31-7-75)
• 1293 Escort, lightened body, d/d screamer on carbs, 5-speed ZF, £1800, Paul Everett (A/S 5-6-75)
• David Vizard/Triple C project car, Anglia, d/d Holbay F3 1000, £1250 (MN 26-6-75)
• Racing Viva 2.3, Blydenstein, fuel injected, 01-542 (A/S 3-7-75), £1450 (A/S 22-1-76)
• Racing Escort rolling shell, ex-Alan Mann, Frank Gardner car, £750 ono, Carlisle, also 2.0 alloy BDA, £750 ono (MN 24-7-75)
• Escort, ex-Alan Mann, 1.8 FVC, 5-speed ZF, Cheshire Sports Cars Ltd (Bob Howlings) (MN 21-8-75)
• Anglia, ex-Broadspeed, Vegantune 1600 twin cam, £525 ono, Trevor Cook, Nottingham (A/S 11-9-75)
• Escort rolling shell, Norman Abbott suspension, £650 ono, Carlisle (MN 9-10-75)
• Escort special saloon, professionally built, spaceframe front end with 3.8 E-Type engine and running gear, £1200, Finmere (A/S 25-9-75), £975 (MN 30-10-75)
• Escort V8, Jaguar gearbox, £400, Bolney (Sussex) (A/S 20-11-75)
• Mini-Ford, new Broadspeed/Cosworth screamer, £1295, Nottingham (A/S 20-11-75)
• Escort special saloon, ex-Alan Mann/Frank Gardner, £1300, 01-205 (A/S 27-11-75)


Ireland

David Hall – Imp 1300 Carter
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Old 9 Apr 2010, 20:36 (Ref:2669704)   #360
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The April issue of Retro Cars has an article on the rebuild/recreation of Tony Hazlewood's DAF.
Is that before or after Cadwell Park early 73?
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Old 13 Apr 2010, 13:58 (Ref:2672009)   #361
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Is that before or after Cadwell Park early 73?
The very recent rebuild/recreation.
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Old 13 Apr 2010, 15:19 (Ref:2672062)   #362
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Fabulous post on 1975 Alan. Many thanks for putting all this information together.
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Yes Alan a lot of typing
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however im a lazy toad way too many alan mann escorts mentioned / for sale can you formulate a date line list on them with std code/town locations
can shed light on something later willPM u my comments

The Tony dickinson stilleto 1300 car became the george bevan rob mason 2 litre car of 77 season
The alec poole skoda went thru many racers hands to Tony Dickenson-who had it after him?

Hawkers DFV Capri to Niven ended up with Gary Charlwood and Jag engine at Lydden circa 82 ish?
Tony Hazelwoods Daf was owned raced by many folk
1 Colin Folwell ( corbeau seats)
2 Alan Minshaw
3 Tony Sugden
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The alec poole skoda went thru many racers hands to Tony Dickenson-who had it after him?
Dave Wilson by 1981 then Simon Purcell 1982 but where is it today?
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Old 13 Apr 2010, 21:44 (Ref:2672328)   #365
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well that was the question i was asking wasnt it??!!
Dave wilson hmm need to see foto of the car to jog my " i was there " memory im sure ive seen it at Brands in 81 where did Dave come from?
Simon Purcell doesnt ring any bells
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[QUOTE=driftwood;2672192]Yes Alan a lot of typing
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however im a lazy toad way too many alan mann escorts mentioned / for sale can you formulate a date line list on them with std code/town locations
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My brother and I (Chris and Peter Wray) purchased XOO 346F (or it could possibly have been XOO 348F) from Chris Meek/Tate of Leeds in early/mid 1973. The car was in Doug Niven's Border Reivers colours and I believe Meek had taken it from Niven in a part-ex deal.
We only wanted the car for it's 1790cc BDA engine which we put in another Escort and sold the Mann car (probably mid to late 1973 and sold from the Sheffield area) to Stuart Turner who lived in the Manchester/Cheshire area. This car was later sold to Alaister Lyall but it may have gone through dealers between Turner and Lyall. I then lost track of the car.
Of course in those days an ex-Alan Mann car had no more value than any other racing saloon car - if only we knew then!!!
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1974



Clarifications to Alec Poole's cars (source: whole page article in MN 28-8-75).

1970-71 Turbo Mini (190 bhp) – sold to the Caribbean

1972 – ex Bill Shaw/Roy Pierpoint Rover 3500 fitted with a stroker kit to increase the capacity to 4.5 – also sold to the Caribbean

[1973 – some races in a slightly modified Group 2 Datsun Sunny 1.3]

1974 – drove the Bob Ryan Broadspeed Escort (ex-Rafael Barrios) and acquired the Gillian Fortescue-Thomas Escort 2.0 from Ford at Boreham, this also ended up in the Caribbean
I live in Barbados (and organise the Barbados Rally Carnival) and own the Escort brought here by Alec Poole in 1974. Alec's notes from the period describe the car as an ex-AMR car that he changed the rear suspension to the Broadspeed setup. The car raced here with an 1800BDA, ZF, Atlas. The AMR front suspension is still on the car.

I found this post while searching for info to restore the car, can anyone help with some history or references? It is definately a type-48 bodyshell with square headlights so would indicate a 1968 birth.
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Barrios' Escort

I would be delighted to hear of any history of the Barrios car, if that is the one you have. Did both of the Escorts used by Alec Poole in 1974 go to the Caribbean? Or just the Fortescue-Thomas car as implied in the MN article?

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I would be delighted to hear of any history of the Barrios car, if that is the one you have. Did both of the Escorts used by Alec Poole in 1974 go to the Caribbean? Or just the Fortescue-Thomas car as implied in the MN article?
I've been told by some ex_ford people the car that Poole bought and shipped here was XOO347F as raced by Jackie Oliver in 68. I know nothing else other than the sale to Poole in 73, shipment to Barbados in 74 and subsequent race history.
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Old 18 May 2010, 13:01 (Ref:2693299)   #370
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Just spoke to Gillian Goldsmith (Fortesque-Thomas). She says she drove two Works Escorts after the Mexicos; one was a old car sat in a shed at Boreham that was 'dusted off' and used as a test mule for the new aluminium block 2ltr BDA (BDG) and was only used in club races in Shell colours. The other was a 1300BDA that was used in the 1973 Grand Prix support race in blue/white. The Shell car was run by Don Moore and had very wide front wheels to stop the understeer, that is the car she is sure went to Ireland (she remembers getting a call from Ireland inquiring as to how a woman could drive a car with such heavy steering). The Poole notes from 74 state that it is an 'Alan Mann/Ford Boreham/Don Moore' car.
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tony sugden never owned the daff just had it on loan for a year 1977 used the bde out of the escort to win the rivett super saloon upto 2500cc class
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Mattie's Escorts

Hello there, I lurk here and on Octane, making the odd comment and asking the odd question. Can you tell me where the Robinson version Escort II is now, and who has it? I wonder if it will ever appear on the tracks here again (which I think it should!)? Also - do you have any colour reference photo's of the MK1 cars, particularly the 'SuperSize' version, as I am attempting to build a 1/24th scale model replica? If there are any copyright issues related to the photo's, I could have them sent to my email address. In this case, they are genuinely for research purposes! I posted a rather poor quality rear - three quarter photo of the MKII while it was in the ownership of Fintan Newport on Octane.ie, and can post it here if anyone is interested.

Matties Escorts .
The first escort, the red Amoco car was bought from John Young of Superspeed , it was a fully trimmed shell , fitted with an mae , which Mattie did not use , fitting instead a BDA supplied by Holbay, as I said earlier it was sold to rally driver Noel Smith, the second MK1, ran in white Amoco and then Churchman green red and white colours was built to order for Mattie by Jeff Goodliffe , still using an all steel shell, an FVA was fitted , latyer upgraded by Alan Smith to FVC spec .Mttie recalls the car was fitted with cast aluminium front struts and ,tca's, the rear suspenson (shocks) were monted on the bottom of the axle tube , on the top to the floor pan , and it worked very well .
The space frame MK2 was commisioned from John Robinson ,on a visit to his premises , not a cancelled order as suggested , the MK1 was traded in against it , MK2 sold to Fintan Newport at the end of 78, Fintan racecd it for a few years , before selling it to the manwho still has it today,[/QUOTE]
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Fintan Newport
Pat Speers Co Armagh
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Adrian Kirkland Co Tyrone current owner
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Colin James – Escort Martin V8 3.0
As if this didn't sound odd enough, I've just spotted Colin James racing a Chevron - Martin V8 in the Zolder Interserie race in 1976!

http://www.racingsportscars.com/cove...976-06-13e.jpg

Did your reading give you any clues about James having a Chevron?
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Thats a lot of B31s!
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