The Roaring Season

Powder wrote:That sounds like Glen Hawkins' crash during the 1999 Pukekohe 6hr race. Dave Moran (Aussie guy, used to race a VL Walkinshaw) was the codriver and he'd just hopped out of the car.

Malcolm.

Yes thats it, I remember those names. Is it possible a more "comprehensive" roll cage might have saved this guys neck? From the reports I heard, the cage that was fitted did very little to protect the occupant.

Conrad

Dave Silcock wrote:I have to thank everyone on here and The State of NZ Motor sport for your support over this matter, as it looks like something good may come of it and not just for me. I have had discussions with Peter Cunliffe of Auto Tech Design, who built the cage and he informs me the quote for the report ,from Opus Engineering, was in the vicinity of $3500!!!!! He has shown a MSNZ chap name of Dave MaCahn the file on my car and others in the same boat as me and he agrees it is a nightmare. Crunch has offered his help so fingers crossed.

Hi Dave;

Sorry to use this format; but can I get your email address and phone number?
Please ring me tonight after 8:30 or tomorrow if suits.

Sorry to everyone else

Cheers

crunch wrote:Hi Dave;

Sorry to use this format; but can I get your email address and phone number?
Please ring me tonight after 8:30 or tomorrow if suits.

Sorry to everyone else

Cheers

A little off topic but I trust that you and Alex are not suffering too much after effects from your extensive roll cage testing efforts last weekend Crunch, it sure did not look pretty when we passed by

Carlo wrote:A little off topic but I trust that you and Alex are not suffering too much after effects from your extensive roll cage testing efforts last weekend Crunch, it sure did not look pretty when we passed by

...my wife tells me I've never looked pretty!
Left road at 176.2kph, 5 or 6 barrel rolls and g-meter registered over 6.
Roll cage did not squash, bend or kink....but I think Alex and I did....

Looks like hes cheating no windscreen!!

jim short wrote:Looks like hes cheating no windscreen!!

Think that was next race Jim.

Rod I try to be ahead what about the wide wheels>>>

Is that Gary Sprague in third spot ?

crunch wrote:Hi Dave;

Sorry to use this format; but can I get your email address and phone number?
Please ring me tonight after 8:30 or tomorrow if suits.

Sorry to everyone else

Cheers

Just an update. I have already spoken to Dave.
Dave's rollcage application was 1 YEAR and 12 days late.
SO what we are trying to source now is a qualified engineer in the Christchurch region who will fill out the roll protection homologation form for a reasonable price. Not the 000's that OPUS quoted.

jim short wrote:Looks like hes cheating no windscreen!!

Found a old (very) scrapbook at mummy's. It has alot of cuttings etc from way back.
Here it is Jimmy Boy. Is Dave smiling or is it the wind.

Sketch of same car later with Millen.

That was an exceptionally cool car!

He took the back screen out after the front one broke.

Yes I believe his long hair was flicking in his eyes plus the top speed picked another five miles an hour!!!

The above article is out of a book "Cat out of the Bag" by Peter D Wilson, a mechanic in the Competitions dept, Jaguar Browns Road from 1961 to 1966.
Dave Silcock loaned me the book.

From the book "cat out of the Bag" by Peter D Wilson Jaguar employee
at Browns Road Competition Dept from 1961 to 1966.
the 6th photo is of the 3 Briggs Cunningham cars for Le Mans 1963.

The list of the 12 official Lightweight E Types Original Owners.

#1 John Coombs,sold to Red Rose Motors 1964.
#2 Briggs Cunningham.
#3 kjell Qvale.Disappeared til the 1990's
#4 CT "Tommy" Atkins.sold to Roger Mac 1964
#5 Peter Lidner.crashed written off, remains held by race
organisers,released 17 years later rebuilt by Lynx on a spare
monocoque.
#6 Peter Lumsden.
#7 Briggs Cunningham, Le Mans 1963
#8 Briggs Cunningham, Le Mans 1963
#9 Peter Sutcliffe.
# 10 Bob Jane ( Brysons Australia), sold to York Museum Western
Australia, after 1966
# 11 Dick Wilkins for a road car.
# 12 Phil Scragg, for hillclimbs and sprints.

#13 Sir Robert Ropner, Steel monocoque,Alloy top, doors, bonnet and
bootlid, cast iron block, road car.
@14 Pierre Bardinon (France) LHD, Steel fixed head coupe, Alloy
bonnet,Alloy block, wet sump.

# 14 was esentually a prototype,steel monocoque, iron block, ran 2nd
in class 1962 Le Mans,4th overall for Briggs Cunningham.

Lynx aquired all the spare Lightweight parts including two Alloy monocoques, 1 used for the # 5 rebuild as already shown, the other was built into a car using the spare parts. There is no history of this car known by me.