1952 "droop snoot" C type
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No, for the first time in ages I shan't be going sadly. Friends here at the house in France. The meeting at the Phoenix is completely ad hoc but it is getting to be a nightmare to park now unless you arrive pretty early. We arrived last year at 10am and only just got into the car park. I do wish the pub owners would get someone outside and only allow interesting machinery to park in the car park because some of the cars are quite ordinary sometimes. I'm not implying mine here but when I see an Alfa 6C parked on the road I do wonder! It is an eclectic event and well worth going if you feel like it. The Phoenix was where the VSCC was founded in 1934 although they have moved on now because of more modern cars. Have a good time and post some photos!
lowdrag said:
No, for the first time in ages I shan't be going sadly. Friends here at the house in France. The meeting at the Phoenix is completely ad hoc but it is getting to be a nightmare to park now unless you arrive pretty early. We arrived last year at 10am and only just got into the car park.
OK, well I won't see you there then I guess.lowdrag said:
I do wish the pub owners would get someone outside and only allow interesting machinery to park in the car park because some of the cars are quite ordinary sometimes. I'm not implying mine here but when I see an Alfa 6C parked on the road I do wonder!
Well your Lynx would tend to give them a bit of a difficult situation. It's not like it doesn't look like a D, short of getting down on you hands and knees at the back it would be quite hard to tell and it would be somewhat impertinent to ask the owner of a D whether it was an original 
*lowdrag said:
It is an eclectic event and well worth going if you feel like it. The Phoenix was where the VSCC was founded in 1934 although they have moved on now because of more modern cars. Have a good time and post some photos!
I'm planning to go so I'll post some pictures, treated myself to a new camera as an early Christmas present, so any excuse :-)(*) I once read an amusing anecdote where the owner of a C-Type was asked who's kit it was, to which he replied "It's a Jaguar kit"
lowdrag said:
Sadly today I lost an auction on Fleabay for a photo of the car broken down on the Mulsanne but I had taken the trouble of copying the thumbnail just in case. It'll probably look awful but here is a photo of Ian Stewart at the approach Mulsanne after the car overheated for the first time. I've written to the purchaser asking if he'd like to share and explained why but I have an idea that the buyer is associated with the vendor if you know what I mean. As regards the car, it is now under way again now that the wheeling machine no longer makes only corrugated panels.
Edit: note the amazing level of security in those days of yore!
Any Ideas on how your going to cool the 'Brontosaurus' for racing? Didn't both of the works cars retire?Edit: note the amazing level of security in those days of yore!
Edited by lowdrag on Wednesday 15th October 13:22
Here is the Brontosaurus, a design done by Sir William that got as far as being driven by Norman but little else. It was scrapped.
As you'll see, it is nothing like the 1952 Le Mans C type. The answers to the overheating problems were found at the time and Norman Dewis did many hours afterwards at MIRA without overheating. There were actually three cars and #17, Stirling's car, was actually doing quite well until a chain tensioner snapped and blocked the oil way.
As you'll see, it is nothing like the 1952 Le Mans C type. The answers to the overheating problems were found at the time and Norman Dewis did many hours afterwards at MIRA without overheating. There were actually three cars and #17, Stirling's car, was actually doing quite well until a chain tensioner snapped and blocked the oil way.
Edited by lowdrag on Friday 9th January 10:21
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