Photo (poor quality) from 1979 (?)

[Sporting Bear]

These are scanned from 110 film (remember that) photos that have deteriated in colour sorry they're so poor

Which model Vanishing Point is this please ? Is it from 1979 ?

Don't know if this was the event where Sammy totalled it ?

I love the stone for a wheel chock



I think this is from 1979 too ?



I know you people with have the answers

Edited by Sporting Bear on Thursday 15th March 20:17

[flying toilet]

Second car is Graham Hawes Black Magic which i think is still serving duty as Dave Wards Rampage in Super Pro. I know its been discussed before. Is this the car the Andrews raced in the Wild Bunch and found with the orginal paint on it?

[Jon C]

The top one is Vanishing Point 1, the original Vega with the legendary paint scheme. The car was crashed at the fireworks meeting 1979, so the pic you have there is either 1979 or late 1978.

As already stated, the second car is Graham Hawes 'Black Magic' BB/FC. Again, could well be 1979 or early '80s. Could that be a very young JB standing at the back of the Black Magic car?

Edited by Jon C on Thursday 15th March 12:59

[NitroWars]

[quote=Jon C] Could that be a very young JB standing at the back of the Black Magic car?

Not me Jon... I was never that good looking!

It looks like the Control Tower was "Work in Progress" and/or "Under Construction"

Edited by NitroWars on Thursday 15th March 13:58

[Sporting Bear]

Jon C said:

The top one is Vanishing Point 1, the original Vega with the legendary paint scheme. The car was crashed at the fireworks meeting 1979, so the pic you have there is either 1979 or late 1978.

I took the photos but my wife has kept them and we have no dates or personal points of reference in them

I was definitely at a meeting where Sammy either crashed or had a lot of trouble at the top end because I remember the ambulance stopping about quarter track and Sammy getting out to walk wobberly (I wrongly thought initially that it was for comic effect) to the xmas tree for an interview, didn't think it was a firework meet but I don't know

I definitely saw that car run at a few meetings, Vanishing Point runs even I can't forget, they were truly spectacular, I think I saw a 306 mph/ 4.0 sec (all approx) pass, amazing (sorry I know we've been over this before)

I've got just another couple more of equally poor quality photos from that time if anyone is interested I'll post them

[Sporting Bear]

NitroWars said:

It looks like the Control Tower was "Work in Progress" and/or "Under Construction"

Didn't some of the boards get blow off when the jet cars ran (or is that my faulty memory again) I rembember in the gantry they had to hold the windows in !

[Jon C]

Sporting Bear said:

I've got just another couple more of equally poor quality photos from that time if anyone is interested I'll post them

Post away, post away...

[Sporting Bear]

Above is from the shed of course


Above shows a sparse crowd, I never went on practice days but did go to Qualify days


Above small camera with built-in flash against the dark - well known car

Edited by Sporting Bear on Thursday 15th March 16:36

[flying toilet]

Is that Sue Coles in the far lane against Al O Connor?

[Sporting Bear]

flying toilet said:

Is that Sue Coles in the far lane against Al O Connor?

I remember the name of Sue Coles but no idea of her cars

Cars like Al's Gasser and Oxford Builder (and II) are easy to remember

[Miss Corrado]

Sue Coles' car was Helzapoppin. Looks quite similar but as its such a poor quality photo we will never be certain.

[Sporting Bear]

Miss Corrado said:

Sue Coles' car was Helzapoppin. Looks quite similar but as its such a poor quality photo we will never be certain.

Yes I remember that car now

Bit of a mystery why the photo's so dark yet the strip lights don't look like they're on, you can see the (built-in) flash bounce

Sorry about photo quality as I've said the photos are from cheap cameras (possible all 110 size film if you are old enough to know what that is) with nearly 30 years of dissintergration and scanners don't cope well with matt finish photos

[Miss Corrado]

Hey, no worries on the quality, you have some memories in print which is a rarity in itself. I just have my rusty memory to rely on or my mothers set of ageing albums!

If you have any more to jog memories it would be a bonus.

[Sporting Bear]

Miss Corrado said:

Hey, no worries on the quality, you have some memories in print which is a rarity in itself. I just have my rusty memory to rely on or my mothers set of ageing albums!

If you have any more to jog memories it would be a bonus.

I'm the same as you I've only got my near non-existance memory and only these poor photos which my wife kept and no more - I throw all my photos away years ago, now I regret it

I didn't think you were critising only stating the true fact