Ensign F1 article

Ensign F1 article

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MartG

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20,666 posts

204 months

Thursday 30th October 2014
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Very good article about the Ensign F1 team ( anyone else remember them ? )

http://www.motorsportretro.com/2013/11/an-epic-tal...

Eric Mc

121,958 posts

265 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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First F1 car I ever saw for real was the 1978 Ensign - being driven as a demonstration by Derek Daly at that year's Phoenix Park races in Dublin.

groomi

9,317 posts

243 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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That was a great read. smile

threespires

4,289 posts

211 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Ensign cars were built here in Lichfield for a while.
There's an interesting YouTube video of an Ensign car being pushed across the finishing line at Zandvoort, but I'm unable to find it at the moment. Hopefully somebody cleverer than me will be able to find it.
Ensign F1 cars built here, now a Carpet Showroom

threespires

4,289 posts

211 months

RichB

51,528 posts

284 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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threespires said:
No, that's not an Ensign car being pushed across the finishing line at Zandvoort.

old'uns

541 posts

133 months

Friday 31st October 2014
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Blimey...flashback time smile

I was at school with Mo Nunns daughter, I always thought the workshops were in Burntwood not Lichfield but to be honest I don't ever recall there ever being any 'excitment' over a local F1 team at school.
I'm sort of sure I 'recall' Tambay turning up at a school Disco and i am sure that a girl I knew who's parents were Wolves Speedway fans had Hans Nielsen stay with them when first in England turned up at another school Disco.

I lost track of Mo until I was watching an Indy/CART race? and saw him on a Ganassi pit box, brought back above memories about Ensign.

threespires

4,289 posts

211 months

Saturday 1st November 2014
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Aurora pushed across line at Zandvoort, entered by Mario Deliotti & HiLine racing, sponsors of Ensign.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lHc3i5uSfkM

Edited by threespires on Saturday 1st November 10:47


Edited by threespires on Saturday 1st November 12:14

Eric Mc

121,958 posts

265 months

Sunday 2nd November 2014
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I've got some [poor quality slides of Daly doing his demo in Dublin. Your bits may well be off that car.

Redlake27

2,255 posts

244 months

Monday 3rd November 2014
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Good memories smile Living near Lichfield, I remember as an 11year old asking my Dad if we could stop outside and peer through the windows of the race shop. You could see an N180 parked in there. Imagine doing that at the McLaren Technology Centre!

It was a Saturday, and the building was locked up, but then a car pulled up..... It was Mo Nunn, who gave me a Marlboro/Regazzoni sticker which took pride of place on my schoolbag.

Gad-Westy

14,549 posts

213 months

Monday 3rd November 2014
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threespires said:
Aurora pushed across line at Zandvoort, entered by Mario Deliotti & HiLine racing, sponsors of Ensign.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lHc3i5uSfkM

Edited by threespires on Saturday 1st November 10:47


Edited by threespires on Saturday 1st November 12:14
Think you need part 2. Its 5 mins ish into this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smv_Ruuki94