Seemingly OT but Probably Some Takers

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[email protected]

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• Apr 11, 2006

• #1

After reading this excellent newsgroup for a year or so, I don't feel
too off-topic to invite some of you to return to the "Golden Age",
1955-1975, of British stock-car racing. My website is
www.oldstox.com

If you like ingenuity, skinned knuckles (and not only from slipping
spanners --), a bit of dirt, and lots of spirit and humour, you may
enjoy some of the tall tales and larger than life characters who raced
back then. Well over 200 photographs. A few Land Rovers operated as
tow vehicles, but as far as I know the truly stupendous LR chassis
never appeared under a stock-car ---- why on earth not?

Have a look.

 

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Ian Rawlings

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• Apr 11, 2006

• #2

On 2006-04-11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> After reading this excellent newsgroup for a year or so, I don't feel
> too off-topic to invite some of you to return to the "Golden Age",
> 1955-1975, of British stock-car racing. My website is
> www.oldstox.com

Not sure what's off topic in this group ;-)

My cousin built a T-Bucket back when I were a lad, unusually it had a
straight six in it, still made the cover of a popular mag of the
time. It took him weeks to buff the breast-prints off the brass from
the model they bought in.. I fancy making a T-Bucket with Unimog
axles for off-road trialling, now there's a thought.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

 

B

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• Apr 12, 2006

• #3

There was a Brighton firm owned by Geoff Jago that sold T bucket kits
--- . Geoff himself had an amazing Ford Pop pickup that nobody would
ever recognize as a Pop --- slathered in multicoloured metalflake and
white fake leather -- what you'd call "overdone"!

Me, I love straight-sixes, always have, run forever and sound great.

 

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Karen Gallagher

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• Apr 12, 2006

• #4

Ian Rawlings wrote:
> On 2006-04-11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> After reading this excellent newsgroup for a year or so, I don't feel
>> too off-topic to invite some of you to return to the "Golden Age",
>> 1955-1975, of British stock-car racing. My website is
>> www.oldstox.com
>
> Not sure what's off topic in this group ;-)
>
> My cousin built a T-Bucket back when I were a lad, unusually it had a
> straight six in it, still made the cover of a popular mag of the
> time. It took him weeks to buff the breast-prints off the brass from
> the model they bought in.. I fancy making a T-Bucket with Unimog
> axles for off-road trialling, now there's a thought.

As you say, not a lot is off topic for us.

My dream was always to have a Lotus Super Seven ... I was told it wasn't a
proper car for a young lady to drive. So I went & bought a Series 11a
instead, never been sure if that was a good move or not

Karen

--
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
- Slartibartfast

 

B

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• Apr 12, 2006

• #5

A good move, but since the IIA and the Super Seven have so much in
common, you should go ahead and make the pair, and really upset those
advisers of yours!

 

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EMB

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• Apr 12, 2006

• #6

[email protected] wrote:
> After reading this excellent newsgroup for a year or so, I don't feel
> too off-topic to invite some of you to return to the "Golden Age",
> 1955-1975, of British stock-car racing. My website is
> www.oldstox.com

And it's NZ counterpart
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~dougall/HSCC/hsccindex.html


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EMB

 

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[email protected]

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• Apr 13, 2006

• #7

"EMB": thank you very much for that link. A great site and source.
Looking at those faces (and the ones on my site), I realize they are a
generation that won't occur again: tough-spirited do-it-yourselfers, no
fancy airs, big hearts -- they would lend you all their tackle in the
pits and then happily put you in the fence, and share a beer afterwards!

 

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EMB

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• Apr 13, 2006

• #8

[email protected] wrote:
> "EMB": thank you very much for that link. A great site and source.
> Looking at those faces (and the ones on my site), I realize they are a
> generation that won't occur again: tough-spirited do-it-yourselfers, no
> fancy airs, big hearts -- they would lend you all their tackle in the
> pits and then happily put you in the fence, and share a beer afterwards!
>

Also have a look at http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~dougall/main.htm for
the current goings on in the NZ stockcar world - there will be news of
some of the UK drivers there from their brief visit here a couple of
months ago. The NZ stockcar scene is still very much a 'look after each
other' sport - I haven't raced for a couple of seasons but still crew
for a car when time allows.

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EMB