Special Saloon/Super Saloon Register

[Alan Brown]

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)