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6 Jan 2010, 20:25 (Ref:2609081) | #51 | ||
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This is brilliant guys. I spent much too much of the 70's at Brands watching special saloons. I remember many racing @ Lydden, even in the early 90's. I have some pictures of S/S Imps and a few of the other cars mentioned in this thread. It was a great series that allowed the engineer in you enough design flexibility.
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6 Jan 2010, 22:08 (Ref:2609134) | #52 | |
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hi and how are you,yes i agree id love to see you special saloon pictures,could i perhaps get to see them at some point i am extermly interested in these type of cars and i own a few special racing saloons,id like to be your freind in this forum
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7 Jan 2010, 18:24 (Ref:2609613) | #53 | |
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Does any one have a picture of the chimp as the 1 on the imp club site is said not to be the chimp
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9 Jan 2010, 21:49 (Ref:2610712) | #54 | ||
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10 Jan 2010, 10:35 (Ref:2610893) | #55 | ||
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Hi Chaps, Converted some VHS to Mpeg yesterday. Heres a Wendy Wools Special Saloon car race from Castle Combe. I have loads more to upload Including the Barry Reece Trophy meeting from Lydden.
Thanks to Tony Davis wife for recording these races. Great memories. When cars were rawkus, tracks were dangerous and a set of tires would last a whole meeting then another two meetings after that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMRAlfzmCSo Dan Minton Last edited by DanMinton; 10 Jan 2010 at 10:46. |
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10 Jan 2010, 15:18 (Ref:2611032) | #56 | ||
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Heres the Thruxton Special Saloon race which was on Grandstand 1981
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10 Jan 2010, 17:56 (Ref:2611107) | #57 | |
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Dan your a star fantastic video please keep them coming
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I am interested in the early Maguire mini mentioned,we bought chassis #002 from John Maguire when new in late '77 or early '78 and ran it in 8 port 1300 guise for most of season '78,as we could'nt afford to run it competetively we sold it to a chap called Nick Hamley before the end of the season,have no idea what happened to it after then,anyone got any ideas ? would now like to find it. Chassis #001 was built for a chap called Mike Parkes,his new bare spaceframe was hiding under a sheet in the Maguire workshop one day when we called in to see John,he tried to fight us off for a while but we managed to get the sheet off and were blown away by it and ordered one there and then !! we were running a steel bodied car at the time and were struggling against all the BDA engined cars that had started appearing. Mike ran his car with an Arden 8 port 1000 engine and was very quick. |
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12 Jan 2010, 18:35 (Ref:2612321) | #61 | |
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I may be able to help you sir,i believe that your car may be in ireland it is owned by a man called ivor christie,i have raced my maguire imp against it in the past,i will try to identify it for you what else can you tell me about it,also have you any ols pictures you can post
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Many thanks for your rapid reponse. What can I tell you about the car ? It was electic blue in colour,as were several of our cars around that time (previous Cooper S,1000 Mini Miglia,Metro Challenge). It was fitted with a 1290 Weslake 8 port headed short stoke engine running on 4 Amal carbs,which was taken complete from our previous car and fitted 'as was' to the Maguire car because we could'nt afford to rebuild it ! We bought a bare spaceframe from John with a set of body panels,when fitting the rear quarter panels we 'joggled' them in to the steel skeleton of the body and fixed them with hand peened countersunk ally rivets and blended over flush with a skim of filler. Not much info I know,but I hope it helps to identify it. Regards, Ron Carvell. |
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13 Jan 2010, 14:53 (Ref:2612766) | #63 | |
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Send me a picture to maguireimp@aol.com,theres another maguire mini turned up here in ireland i know of three or four in total,i take it the car had a tin roof,do you know the chassis no at all,i will try to help
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I will try and get a photo to you,when I can work out how to do it !! The chassis was number 002 TS or TS 002, TS meaning Tom Sheperd who was working with John at the time and must have built this frame. The body had a fibreglass roof fitted to the steel skeleton. The fibreglass boot panel had a Maguire fabricated ally spoiler on it. I will pass on anything else as I think of it. Thanks again for your help. Regards, Ron. |
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13 Jan 2010, 17:08 (Ref:2612835) | #65 | ||
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Hi Keith, I havent had a chance to dig through the loft to find pics of the old Doc Enderby cars, may take a while but when I do I'll post them up.
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13 Jan 2010, 18:16 (Ref:2612869) | #66 | |
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Could you perhaps e mail them to me at maguireimp@aol.com,also there is no hurry i know people are busy at this stage in the year,were abouts do you live in the uk,i do believe that maguire chassis is in ireland im 99 per cent sure of it
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13 Jan 2010, 20:26 (Ref:2612940) | #67 | ||
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Keith - as per profile - near Oulton Park... that's oop norht int Cheshire
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13 Jan 2010, 20:50 (Ref:2612953) | #68 | |
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do you race yourself then and if so what do you race
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14 Jan 2010, 08:50 (Ref:2613162) | #69 | ||
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Yep, Classic Clubmans with a Haggispeed Mk10.
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A wondefull trip down memory lane many thanks.
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15 Jan 2010, 18:34 (Ref:2613892) | #72 | |
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Tha late barry reece
Hi this is a wonderful picture of the late barry reece's lovely maguire califorian imp,i have some pictures of the car when it was new he was a very talented driver winning over fifty races i am not sure who else was racing but i would like someone to post and say if anyone knowS
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16 Jan 2010, 13:37 (Ref:2614224) | #73 | |
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the spaceframe mini no 74 in pic no 4 is of me it was taken at the 1st turn into the complex at thuxton barry is behind me
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16 Jan 2010, 19:50 (Ref:2614378) | #74 | |
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Nice to see you looking in here
Hi was wanting to know if you still had the maguire mini,have you any old pictures of imps etc,i am so interested in this wee cars they are fab
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16 Jan 2010, 20:59 (Ref:2614406) | #75 | |
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Keith, if you're in NI and into Maguire kit... have you connected with George Crozier at all ? He had a Maguire Mini and a Maguire Metro as well. I think [but of course stand corrected] that both were built by Tom Shephard when he was working at John Maguire's. Not sure whether he still has either.
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