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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22446 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 8:31 am Post subject: Vintage Sports Car Club - Curborough Sprint meeting |
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On Sunday, erindoors and I went to Curborough to watch this VSCC event. Held on a windswept former airfield site, with no funfair rides and radio roadshows to ruin the effect, its perhaps the closest I've been to the atmosphere of an immediately-postwar motor race. Chilly wind, and the smell of Castrol R mixing it with the smell of a bacon sandwich - perfect Static shows are fine, but I do like seeing cars run & drive, if only driven around a parade ring, but being given some proper welly like here is really entertaining!
There were some fantastic cars around the place, both competing and just parked up here and there. The VSCC believe in exercising their elderly motorcars, so no sign of polish, just plenty of oily rags and the occasional handlebar moustache
Must try and get to some more VSCC events, I think there is a hillclimb in June not too far from here, so will pencil that in I think!!!!
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Stuchamp Guest
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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ooooooooooooo WOW!
Would have loved to have been at that meet!
I gotta get back to the Miller Meet in Milwaukee this year.
I need a fix! |
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Rob Guest
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, very nice - can't wait till the VSCC race at Mallory Park (about ten minutes drive from my house) on 12th August, also hoping to make it to the VSCC hill climb at Shelsley Walsh (Worcestershire) on 1st July. Did you get any other photos? Would love to see them |
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Rick Site Admin
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Rob Guest
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: |
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Blimey! Any Frazer Nash's, if there were any would be very nice please |
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Rick Site Admin
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Stuchamp Guest
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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Rick, you have any more shots of the open wheel racers?
That Chrome looking #95 looks interesting as do the others. |
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
I like the look of the light blue no. 32 is it? Have no idea what it is, does anyone know?
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Dave |
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Rob Guest
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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Oddly enough, was flicking through the 2005 programme for the VSCC race at Mallory - there's a photo of 32 (it's down as 32 in the listing, there's also a photo of it, even though it looks like 39 as well). Turns out it's a 1908 Panhard-Levassor Grand Prix with a 12831 cc engine, owned by Tom Walker. Nice! |
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Rick Site Admin
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buzzy bee Guest
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 9:13 am Post subject: |
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Hi
No.67 and 68 are my favourites out of that selection!
Hi Rob, Yeah I wasn't sure what number it was, but sure looks a fine automobile! I like that is is being put to some hard use as well!
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Rob Guest
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 11:52 am Post subject: |
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Wow, very nice - thanks again for the pics. Might also be going to another VSCC race on Sunday 20th May near Louth in Lincolnshire, Cadwell Park I think it is |
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Rick Site Admin
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Stuchamp Guest
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:22 pm Post subject: |
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Great Pics, Thanks! |
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Rob Guest
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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There's some more photos on the Frazer Nash car club site here
http://www.frazernash.co.uk/photoalbums/album.asp?pageID=502
Forgot to mention earlier, I love the headlamp frame filling in as an umbrella holder on the FN Rick photo'd - wonder if it was driven there like that! |
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