What are you racing in 2020 (pics please)
Discussion
Kickstart said:
Finally got license back after health problems so
hopefully get the Marcos finished and do a couple of races and get to play with the Brabham with its new F2 engine
I will be supporting-the gentlemanly end of the grid...
Didn’t the Marcos used to be blue?
Kickstart said:
That’s lovely - forgive my ignorance but can you tell me a bit about the car as not heard of them before
Just looking at your profile and see you have a Grantura.Well, the Gem was Tommy Entwistles idea for the TVR for the 70s.
Tommy was arguably the most successful and prolific TVR Grantura racer of the 60s, he won the Freddie Dixon trophy three times, once going across the finish line at Oulton Park on his Granturas roof!
The Gem is a TVR / Grantura plastics one off prototype built in 67 for Tommy ( who owned Grantura plastics who made all The TVR bodies, he was also director of TVR)
TVR was taken into the 70, by the Lilllies who didn’t take the GEM up so Tommy kept on racing it up in to his eighties.
Here is a picture of my son taking it across the finish line of the 2018 Birkett, courtesy of team “ Grunties” 50 years after Tommy raced it in the Birkett in 1968.
GAjon said:
Just looking at your profile and see you have a Grantura.
Well, the Gem was Tommy Entwistles idea for the TVR for the 70s.
Tommy was arguably the most successful and prolific TVR Grantura racer of the 60s, he won the Freddie Dixon trophy three times, once going across the finish line at Oulton Park on his Granturas roof!
The Gem is a TVR / Grantura plastics one off prototype built in 67 for Tommy ( who owned Grantura plastics who made all The TVR bodies, he was also director of TVR)
TVR was taken into the 70, by the Lilllies who didn’t take the GEM up so Tommy kept on racing it up in to his eighties.
Here is a picture of my son taking it across the finish line of the 2018 Birkett, courtesy of team “ Grunties” 50 years after Tommy raced it in the Birkett in 1968.
Wow! What a car, what a story. Looking forward to seeing out this year.Well, the Gem was Tommy Entwistles idea for the TVR for the 70s.
Tommy was arguably the most successful and prolific TVR Grantura racer of the 60s, he won the Freddie Dixon trophy three times, once going across the finish line at Oulton Park on his Granturas roof!
The Gem is a TVR / Grantura plastics one off prototype built in 67 for Tommy ( who owned Grantura plastics who made all The TVR bodies, he was also director of TVR)
TVR was taken into the 70, by the Lilllies who didn’t take the GEM up so Tommy kept on racing it up in to his eighties.
Here is a picture of my son taking it across the finish line of the 2018 Birkett, courtesy of team “ Grunties” 50 years after Tommy raced it in the Birkett in 1968.
[quote=GAjon]
Just looking at your profile and see you have a Grantura.
Well, the Gem was Tommy Entwistles idea for the TVR for the 70s.
Tommy was arguably the most successful and prolific TVR Grantura racer of the 60s, he won the Freddie Dixon trophy three times, once going across the finish line at Oulton Park on his Granturas roof!
The Gem is a TVR / Grantura plastics one off prototype built in 67 for Tommy ( who owned Grantura plastics who made all The TVR bodies, he was also director of TVR)
TVR was taken into the 70, by the Lilllies who didn’t take the GEM up so Tommy kept on racing it up in to his eighties.
Here is a picture of my son taking it across the finish line of the 2018 Birkett, courtesy of team “ Grunties” 50 years after Tommy raced it in the Birkett in 1968.
Didn’t know anything about that despite reading a couple of TVR books over the years - great history
Enjoy the car
Just looking at your profile and see you have a Grantura.
Well, the Gem was Tommy Entwistles idea for the TVR for the 70s.
Tommy was arguably the most successful and prolific TVR Grantura racer of the 60s, he won the Freddie Dixon trophy three times, once going across the finish line at Oulton Park on his Granturas roof!
The Gem is a TVR / Grantura plastics one off prototype built in 67 for Tommy ( who owned Grantura plastics who made all The TVR bodies, he was also director of TVR)
TVR was taken into the 70, by the Lilllies who didn’t take the GEM up so Tommy kept on racing it up in to his eighties.
Here is a picture of my son taking it across the finish line of the 2018 Birkett, courtesy of team “ Grunties” 50 years after Tommy raced it in the Birkett in 1968.
Didn’t know anything about that despite reading a couple of TVR books over the years - great history
Enjoy the car
t you are than have a go in FF1600...
CanoeSniffer said:
HustleRussell said:
That looks great! Do please keep the pages updated with how you get on, I can’t be the only PHer who wanted to go single seaters but was too much of a wimp!
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