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« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2011, 01:42:14 PM » |
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Maserati 6CM of 1937 running the engine with rear axle on chocks. Its in gear so the wheels are spinning in order to warm up the gear and axle oil. The engine is (I think) a straight six of 1500cc, but supercharged and running exotic fuel, it was very loud and smelt oh so good  The cars in the background are the British ERAs (English Racing Automobiles) |
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2011, 01:43:27 PM » |
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On display only, the Dusenberg from Brooklands Museum bequeathed by Dennis Jenkinson
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There's nowt as light as a hole, so add lightness.
Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2011, 01:44:14 PM » |
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Genuine Ford GT40s in the paddock, prior to be being raced
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2011, 01:46:03 PM » |
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There's a live grass airfiled in the middle of the track, and it was from here that Douglas Bader set of on his last mission before being captured.
Here's part of the gathering of Spitfires
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #19 on: September 19, 2011, 01:47:33 PM » |
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Track action with the Grand Prix and Voiturette cars from the 1903's to 1950
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #20 on: September 19, 2011, 01:49:56 PM » |
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Just part of the displays, an original car transporter with a brace of Anglias.
The only post 1966 car/lorries etc on site are those for the emergency services and breakdowns. Even the race marshalls travel around by coaches from the 40s- 60s, and the 'safety cars' are GT40s, and ice creams etc are sold from pre '66 vans!
The food wagons at one location include three airstreams.
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #21 on: September 19, 2011, 01:50:34 PM » |
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Hots rods get a look in too
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #22 on: September 19, 2011, 01:53:59 PM » |
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and this wonderful wagon belongs to local guy, fello Manky and Surrey Street Rodder Deadly Derek
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #23 on: September 19, 2011, 01:54:44 PM » |
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Seven Spitfires...............
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #24 on: September 19, 2011, 01:56:03 PM » |
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E Types only in this one (and they're all real too). The programme lists 30 of 'em for the race.
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
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« Reply #25 on: September 19, 2011, 02:00:38 PM » |
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Sir Jackie Stewart parading one of the cars in the Juan Manuel Fangio tribute
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
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« Reply #26 on: September 19, 2011, 02:02:17 PM » |
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Parade of 1950s & 1960s scramblers (before the term motorcross/motocross/motoX had been invented)
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
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« Reply #27 on: September 19, 2011, 02:03:50 PM » |
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The motorcycle racers, 350cc & 500cc bikes from '62 to '66
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Our lady of blessed acceleration, don't fail me now! - Elwood Blues
Nitro doesn't add power, it multiplies it! Bob Loux, running 10.07 secs @138mph on a 650 normally aspirated Triumph drag bike in 1965!
"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #28 on: September 19, 2011, 02:06:23 PM » |
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At the end of a long day, Biggles and his chum Tiny, set of into the sky to entertain us on the way back to the car park,
I say, wizard day old boy!!!
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"Incontinence Hotline" - please hold.
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« Reply #29 on: September 19, 2011, 03:20:23 PM » |
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I'm determined to go to this next year. Wouldn't have your encyclopeadic knowledge of vintage machinery Tony, so wouldn't know what I was looking at half the time, but the atmosphere must be fantastic.
As you say, £36 for a full day's entertainment, with vehicles & people you just won't see anywhere else, ain't that bad, (the NSRA Hotrod Drags, also on this weekend, will cost you 20 quid). Wonder if they'll let my 1953 Ford Pop truck in if it's got Q plates on it? See you there next year Sir.
Gorgeous photos, as always, by the way!
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On the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City.
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