The Roaring Season

By 1973, many of the older buses were being phased out in favour of one man operated bland boxes!

Back to displays...

Hamilton - and this museum is also well worth a visit. As mentioned on here before, Gaydon has a separate building full of 'reserves' and many prototypes - plus a whole floor of Jaguars, many of which are also prototypes. Bear in mind that this collection started off at Syon park, as a BMC/BL museum collection, and therefore features many of their prototypes and concepts.

Classics Museum in Hamilton is still my favourite (one obvious reason to those who know me) Tom's thought was to always have a changing display. As more of his own collection is ready the "borrowed" cars have moved out.
Yes Coventry is well worth a visit, and if you have an aviation interest there's an amazing collection at the nearby Coventry Airport. Also the Tram Museum was great, although that may have gone now.

Just for you Rhys

Hamilton 2015 2016 Leadfoot cancelled this year. Such a shame.

Thanks Ray, 2020 I was due to come to NZ for leadfoot... then I thought of 2021... At last Air NZ has refunded the fares we paid (10 months), still some accommodation to get money back from. You know I love the RA, for the very short time I was in the position to play with it I had immense pleasure. I will be forever grateful to Terry Roycroft for putting it all in place initially, and Tom at the museum for letting me play with his toy.

There ya go Rhys----------Yer names on it !!

Hey chaindrive. How about putting your considerable talents to creating a miniature Oldfart as a driver for the model!!!!

ERC wrote:Hey chaindrive. How about putting your considerable talents to creating a miniature Oldfart as a driver for the model!!!!

There's a couple of photos to work from in a previous post !!

Another dip into a sundries pile.

During the 2012 Monaco historic's, they were also filming 'Rush', so this device was circulating now and again. The covered lump on the front is a camera! As one who likes to wander around a circuit, at Monaco, despite the stands usually only being less than a quarter full, access was totally restricted to the stand that lined up with your ticket. Overly officious stewards, who insisted you couldn't pop into another stand for a while, rather ruined the event for me and I would never return.
The pic above was taken on the Friday before they clamped down on pit/paddock access.

So watching on the big screen was as near as we got to most areas of the track. Not a forest fire. Just the aftermath of a drifter at Leadfoot. (I think Leadfoot have now banned large umbrellas. Shame.) Hampton Downs October 2018

Repost in tribute to #3772

A sample from yesterday's huge turnout at Smales Farm.

I had to Carjam this one! Schroeder Acorn, Kiwi built with Alfa engine. A stunning Allard Always someone to chat to! Regulars Todd Mexted, Karl Sentch, Murray Mexted and some guy called Mathers, from down the line somewhere.

Caffeine & Classics. First pic is December and the others from January. Fords

M,M,M,M or mmm(m)...
WoF done last Friday, so all road legal again - and a restart on the bonnet for the last two afternoons. Still work in progress.

What did you do about the "illegal" roll cage in the end Ray?

Well, after sulking for a while, even contemplating setting fire to it, I applied some lateral thinking. If you look at a Triumph Stag for example, plus any number of cabriolets, the roll over protection is part of the design. I spent some time with an MSNZ scrutineer and posed the question "If the roll cage forward of the centre hoop was hidden, did it actually exist?"

He agreed with me that if it was hidden, it could not exist, therefore I embarked on a mission to hide it.

It was at that point that lying awkwardly across the race seats, drilling for attaching a headlining, that I put my back out, requiring a(nother) spinal fusion, but by the time ACC had approved the op, the nerve down to my left hand was stuffed and never regrew.

I then decided to take the angle grinder to it (the cage, not the left arm) and remove it, but a day before I was going to attack, the LVVTA sent word via the Certifier that as the car was a) old and b) repowered, that they wanted the cage left in.

So I have a LVVTA plate accepting the cage (which was built to the MSNZ design rules, pre 40mm tube) but not MSNZ legal, despite any number of cars with at least 200bhp more than mine, running legally with similar cages.

As I hung up my helmet early 2016, although I have a logbook for the car, I never have had the chance to compete, but I haven't totally ruled out a MGCC track day at some stage.

Sunny day. Top down. Not for me as skin cancer's are bad enough as it is!
This was interesting - first time seen (I think). But it seems that someone at LVVTA was a bit careless by the time they got to the brakes.

ERC, thanks for the C and C photos, lots of ragtops too !!.

The Big Healey, a BJ8 - last of the 3000's Am unsure whose it is ??
Do you have another shot with the Rego as it looks a bit like " LM3000 ".
That car was BRG all over originally and later when Les Meggett got it [ hence the LM prefix ] but under Les ownership became BRG over Ivory.
The photo the car appears to be Black over Silver.

New comment ; Not the " LM3000 " - formerly " GM171 " plated car

Think the car is this one " CSQ300 " Black over an unusual shade of silver - photo by Nigel Watts at the 2019 Brit - Euro Show. Black and White but a late model BJ8 and no front bumper
PS have " borrowed " the photo.

Cheers Ray

Looking at both photos - those side mirrors are the same - rectangular ones off the 'screen pillars - didn't notice that before.
Roger