Just A Mix Of Pics - Ray Green Collection

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Had to include one or two Italians...

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Just a couple more from Donington. Was there ever a better name for a car of this era than Lagonda?


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We spent a very pleasant couple of hours in Nottingham's Industrial Museum last week, situated in the wonderful Wollaton Park. Whilst that may not mean much to most of you, Wollaton Hall was used as Wayne Mansion (towers?) in the recent Batman film, but the Industrial Museum is housed in buildings in the grounds. Not a large museum by any means, but some of the exhibits are fascinating.

First pic is of one of the Nottingham manufactured Brough Superior motor bikes on display. Although I knew that Lawrence of Arabia was killed when riding his, I did not know that he had a collection of eight of them.

This car was a real surprise. Believed to be the only one in existence and possibly the only on ever made, again, Nottingham manufactured Celer. Discovered in Exeter but returned to Nottingham. It has completed the London to Brighton run.

Not as rare, but a Brough Superior saloon, partially restored. This unrestored car was originally gifted to the Royal Ordnance Factory for the apprentices to restore, over 30 years ago, but as you can see, it was never completed as the ROF closed some time ago. The Industrial Museum (rather like our MOTAT) is manned by volunteers and they are hoping to raise the money to get it completed. I hope they do, as there were fewer saloons built than convertibles.

I have a family picture of myself, one brother and Mum, in a Brough Superior (convertible), famous in its own right as one featuring in a Brough press release, attended by Freddie Dixon, The Duke of Richmond (of Goodwood fame) and others, and owned by my father's boss - Horace Tempest.

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The origins of the Reliant motor company are also part of Nottingham's history, as the first Reliants were effectively made of parts from the Raleigh 3 wheeler, when the company decided to stick to making bicycles and many components sold off were already stamped with the letter 'R'. Some staff from Raleigh moved to Tamworth.

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Icebreaker - practice. Graham Park before the clutch failed. Looking forward to the Marina though...

Peter Gunter - looking forward to the ex-Crowe Skoda

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Paul Madeley got to grips with his stopgap Porsche and just as he hit the front in the AES scratch race, his clutch went too...

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Sunday's weather was really erratic - a handicapper's total nightmare, as track conditions changed from wet, wet, wet, to damp and greasy, to drying - and back again, without warning. No fun for the drivers either and these pics were taken mid afternoon and it was the first time out for Barry Algie for the whole weekend.

Gordon Burr was lapping the Alfetta in about 1:11, which is quick!

The Morris 8 register/club called in and full marks to them for embracing a couple of modified cars. The beautifully finished metallic blue car is indeed a Morris 8 - sporting a 4.6 litre Rover V8! An owner after my own heart.

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Back to the archives for a few minutes...

"Spotty Smith" at Prescott

Vintage car fans - can you please identify this car for me?

Who could ever forget this meeting and the UK visitors?

Strange quality image - but taken on a video camera - which explains a lot!

Aha! caught him at last...

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The driver of this car used to cover vast distances to race. Based on the UK's south coast, this is Donington 1977, but he was also a regular at Croft, in the North East.

This name rings a bell...

Maybe a TACCOC practice day or a test day. No idea!

[Steve Holmes]

Neat pics as always Ray. Interesting couple of shots in the last post. Who was the driver of the little Japanese car? I see Janspeed signage on it, referring to the company run by Jan Odor who went on to run the factory Nissan team in the BTCC in the 1990s, with his son Keith driving.

Also, the yellow BMW 635, its rare to see a right hand drive version of this model. Most were lhd. Graeme Crosby raced a rhd version in early 1986, which I think was an ex-Charlie O'Brien car. But the car pictured has Eggenberger signage on it.

[Rod Grimwood]

Steve, not sure but think O'Brien car (State Coal) car ended up in NZ, sure he ran also.

[Steve Holmes]

Thanks Rod, yeah I'm sure you're right about the O'Brien car. O'Brien raced it in 1985, painted red, before selling it to Croz late in the year, and he ran it for a short time before buying the Ray Smith owned AC&B VK Commodore, which I think was a Brock built car?

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Thanks Rod, yeah I'm sure you're right about the O'Brien car. O'Brien raced it in 1985, painted red, before selling it to Croz late in the year, and he ran it for a short time before buying the Ray Smith owned AC&B VK Commodore, which I think was a Brock built car?

Was it not a Les Small Roadways built car around the same time as the Chickadee Grice car?

[Rod Grimwood]

Think it was a Roadways, either way you are right 'Steve'

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Was it not a Les Small Roadways built car around the same time as the Chickadee Grice car?

croz drove the roadways car at bathurst 1987 only, which was billington owned and originality the bowkett sleepyhead VK.

croz owned the AC+B car which was a HDT customer car which he used in the ATCC etc

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I believe Croz got the drive at bathurst 87 as this year it was a round of the world champs ( many aussie teams missed out. ) because he was a " name" allowing Billington a start. I think Billington originally had Chris Castle down as co driver

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Interesting couple of shots in the last post. Who was the driver of the little Japanese car?

Hi Steve. The driver of the Datsun Cherry was Martin Pearson. The car was entered by 'Specialist Cars from Highcliffe Garage' in Dorset.

As I said above, he was a regular at most Nottingham Sports Car Club meetings.

The tall chap with the white roll neck sweater is Dave Watson (not related to the ex-Notts County, ex- Manchester City ex England soccer player who I met a few weeks ago!) who was a regular club Steward and was for a time, Manager of the Hertz depot. I worked part time for him on Saturdays collecting and delivering cars.

I learned the art of hand-brake turns along with Dave, in the Hertz garage, driving Ford Fiestas!

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One for Old fart

One for AMCO

One for JAYDEE

[jamie]

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Hi guys love the shot the Austin 7 Ulster the right colour and the big wheels of late model big 7.
Jamie

[Kevin Hirst]

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Hi guys love the shot the Austin 7 Ulster the right colour and the big wheels of late model big 7.
Jamie

Big 7 I thought only had pressed wheels, my one did, a1938 model.

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My favourite Mini based car - the Unipower GT.

One of the few Lotus failures

Probably the most unloved Marcos of all. The four seater Mantis

Overlooked as a possible NZ classic race car? Nottingham City Police used Standards, then later on, had Dolomite Sprints!

[jamie]

Keven.
The Wheel's came of my Mum's 1936 3 main bearing Austin 7 and were 17" by 4 1/2".