F1 from yesteryear - when F1 wasn't just about money Bernie!
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I recently found some photos of some Stanley BRM from when my grandfather worked as a mechanic.
Follow this link for more photos - enjoy!
https://picasaweb.google.com/110852896113400222020...
Follow this link for more photos - enjoy!
https://picasaweb.google.com/110852896113400222020...
Looked at the photo's again.
Pure automotive porn. Dont the cars look fabulous in green without a single sponsors logo in sight?
Reminds me of the time i saw a JPS Lotus 79 painted in pure black without a single JPS logo or gold (yellow for the pedants out there!!!) pinstripe in sight.
It was jaw-droppingly beautiful.
Dont get me wrong - the JPS liveried Lotus 79 is the most beautiful F1 car ever built - however in sparkling black paint it looked utterly sublime.
Pure automotive porn. Dont the cars look fabulous in green without a single sponsors logo in sight?
Reminds me of the time i saw a JPS Lotus 79 painted in pure black without a single JPS logo or gold (yellow for the pedants out there!!!) pinstripe in sight.
It was jaw-droppingly beautiful.
Dont get me wrong - the JPS liveried Lotus 79 is the most beautiful F1 car ever built - however in sparkling black paint it looked utterly sublime.
It's a P153 I think and I don't believee it ever raced in green (possibly in the South African GP?) but I'm waiting for Doug Nye's Vol 3/4 for confirmation....
I actually believe this was an 'old' car when these photos were taken. It's a 1970 car but the Escort parked behind is a 74 car so this would seem to be 74 or later. I am speculating but I believe these photos were taken on Folkingham airfield (scene of BRM testing and now the site of Hall and Hall's operation)
You can also see the pioneering Grand Prix medical centre in one of the pics of which Louis Stanley was patron.
I actually believe this was an 'old' car when these photos were taken. It's a 1970 car but the Escort parked behind is a 74 car so this would seem to be 74 or later. I am speculating but I believe these photos were taken on Folkingham airfield (scene of BRM testing and now the site of Hall and Hall's operation)
You can also see the pioneering Grand Prix medical centre in one of the pics of which Louis Stanley was patron.
Not only the cars but the surroundings and workshops too.
Milions of miles away from todays "laboratories"
Brings people down to earth about how some of these machines were created back then and the conditions the mechanics and engineers worked in.
Remember seeing a photo of the Ferrari pit garage at an event when they were working on a car - looked like an explosion in a Snap-On factory !
Milions of miles away from todays "laboratories"
Brings people down to earth about how some of these machines were created back then and the conditions the mechanics and engineers worked in.
Remember seeing a photo of the Ferrari pit garage at an event when they were working on a car - looked like an explosion in a Snap-On factory !
jonnylayze said:
It's a P153 I think and I don't believee it ever raced in green (possibly in the South African GP?) but I'm waiting for Doug Nye's Vol 3/4 for confirmation....
I actually believe this was an 'old' car when these photos were taken. It's a 1970 car but the Escort parked behind is a 74 car so this would seem to be 74 or later. I am speculating but I believe these photos were taken on Folkingham airfield (scene of BRM testing and now the site of Hall and Hall's operation)
You can also see the pioneering Grand Prix medical centre in one of the pics of which Louis Stanley was patron.
I think you are correct - my grandfather used to live in Lincolnshire; so would fitI actually believe this was an 'old' car when these photos were taken. It's a 1970 car but the Escort parked behind is a 74 car so this would seem to be 74 or later. I am speculating but I believe these photos were taken on Folkingham airfield (scene of BRM testing and now the site of Hall and Hall's operation)
You can also see the pioneering Grand Prix medical centre in one of the pics of which Louis Stanley was patron.
Ipelm said:
Just a further thought, do you have any diaries or notes from your grandad that you could maybe include some interesting anecdotes or stories from the golden age of F1?
I haven't found anything else yet; but my parents are just about to move house so may uncover something else......When my grandfather was alive he di d tell me why the engines were a little unreliable. He figured out that the con rods were a touch too long, which when the engine was hot would expand pushing the piston head into the valves.
On another note - I inherited a wheel; which my grandfather used as a plant pot!
jonnylayze said:
.... I am speculating but I believe these photos were taken on Folkingham airfield (scene of BRM testing and now the site of Hall and Hall's operation)
You can also see the pioneering Grand Prix medical centre in one of the pics of which Louis Stanley was patron.
I think they were taken at BRM's Bourne base.You can also see the pioneering Grand Prix medical centre in one of the pics of which Louis Stanley was patron.
I, also, spotted the medical truck - I remember seeing it at the first GP I went to!
OP thanks for posting
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