Oulton Park and Kyalami.
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A view of the original Kyalami circuit taken from Leuwkop corner. The right hander is the Kink and leads into the pit straight followed by the fast downhill section into Crowthorne. To the right of the loudspeaker pole can be seen Clubhouse corner. The main straight is now a business park, while the lower section of the old circuit is now the upper section of the new circuit. I took this shot in the early 1970's during a Formula Vee race.
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Mini's racing at Old Hall corner, Oulton Park, in 1968 or 9.
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From the 1971 SA saloon car championship - a Class B 3 litre Ford Capri being gobbled up by Bob Olthof's 5 litre Gunston Capri Perana.
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I recently came across these photos of bike racing on the promenade at New Brighton that I took in the 1960's. Although they are outside the scope of this thread, I thought they were worth sharing. No ideas who the riders were of course!
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There's a mixture of periods there. Yes, 60's with the pudding basin helmets - but well into the late 70's with full face helmets too.
The Scott in the bottom pic looks very like a well known British rider and machine who was very successful in vintage racing.
The Scott in the bottom pic looks very like a well known British rider and machine who was very successful in vintage racing.
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Definitely all photos were taken prior to July 1970. The guy with the Scott must have had an early full-face helmet. Interestingly this Scott has a red cylinder which does not denote a high-performance version as might be expected. The red colour actually denoted a standard road going spec. I think green was used to denote high performance versions.
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The red cylinder block on that Scott means nothing. It will be ported to modern specs as most were even then and are now. I suspect if you wanted to re- enamel one using the correct materials, red is readily available from marque specialists.
And yes, you could use any high temp paint - but the genuine finish is a vitreous enamel.
I see Bell introduced the full face helmet in 1968. I never saw one here in NZ until mid 70's. Visiting Americans like Ron Grant still used open face helmets in '72.
And yes, you could use any high temp paint - but the genuine finish is a vitreous enamel.
I see Bell introduced the full face helmet in 1968. I never saw one here in NZ until mid 70's. Visiting Americans like Ron Grant still used open face helmets in '72.