Dunkield Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 I had an afternoon out a Hillclimb yesterday, and brought back the memories flooding back - luckily, not enough for me to rush out and buy another track car. It was a pretty low key event, but we will look for a bigger one some time over the summer. As always there was great variety of cars, from a fairly knackered MR2 to a couple of ex F1 engined single seaters. Here are some of the pictures, starting with a mint Mk1 Escort in the carpark One for the Essex boys, what's not to like? Mighty Moggy Minor 'The pits' actually a farmyard fro the rest of the time... Slightly more serious car, a Dalara ex curcuit racer The remains of a Hillman Imp, these things fly. They are just spaceframes covered in fibreglass bodies, and for those who don't know (or are too young to remember) the Imp engine screems when fully sorted, very quick motors. A Viper and Cobra coupe 6R4 Some more Escorts And a couple of nice engines Cosworth Escort Cosworth Sierra I have a few 'action' shots but with a fairly ordinary digital camera it is hard to get anything too good. You have to give it 3 yards lead and hope for the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oly Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 I know what you mean Stuart, used to watch the VW's offroad hillclimb - they were excellent, rear engined, rear wheel drive...great fun! Out of the ones shown I would go for the Moggy! Were there any Beetle's present? (bit of an air-cooled-head myself!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr W Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Loving the Escorts, had a couple for my first cars, they were beat up and a bit rusty but I loved them and used to spend Sat mornings down the local car yard gettting bits for them and seeing what extras I could add on. So easy to work on and meant that I was able to learn the basics of car repairs with my dad, happy days. Oh and the 6R4 is sweet, I heard they go like .... off a shovel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 The 6R4 (i think) is the clubmans version, as it didn't have the V6 mid engine that the Group B version had. I have some verry poor video that I took with my still camera I will upload that later, the picture isn't any good but you get the idea of the sound. It is worth pointing out some of the cars there were touching 110mph up/down a track no wider than 10 or 12 feet, it takes a while before you can do that with any confidence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulkyuk Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 That mk1 escort in the first photo is soooo nice, i used to own one of the Ford rally teams Original AVO cars - i have kicked myself constantly since i sold it ( wife and kids got in the way). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Here are the links to some very short video clips, the sound is OK but the pictures, I am afraid, are not. I am still waiting for someone to buy me a better camera A couple of single seaters: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v130/sha...nt=HPIM1889.flv http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v130/sha...nt=HPIM1888.flv The moggy minor getting it all wrong off the line: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v130/sha...nt=HPIM1884.flv Cosworth V8 engined clubmans style racer http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v130/sha...nt=HPIM1880.flv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkBoy Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 Great pictures - especially the Imp and that Moggie is THE original Q car.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 I thought the Moggy wasa V8 at first but it isn't, I never saw under the bonnet, but from the vid you can hear it spins the tyres after it has started rolling (and it was quite sticky there) so it has gone some poke. Here is Nick Mann's V8 nitrous minor It was said to have had (back then) 500bhp He moved the engine/gearbox back so far he pretty well sat in the back, BUT he used to drive it on the road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oly Posted June 18, 2007 Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 A friend of my brothers had a V8 moggy pick-up, and then a friend of mine put a V8 in a triumph Spitfire (only just!!), both were excellent machines, road legal, and great for the tight twisting stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted June 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2007 I have been away from it for *cough* twenty years, the biggest change is the use of big bike engines in the single seaters and some of the Lotus/Caterham 7 copies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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