Remember watching this race, i do believe you got your nose ahead a couple of times, great racing. I love it.
There are still a few dollys running in classic touring cars and they are great fun to watch.
I think Nigel was champion in the Camero and a Rover SD1 so you must have done a fair job preparing it but i would like to see him back out giving it large in the Dolly for a season.
I used to follow the series all over the country
Watching Ken Clark ,Tim clark,Peter brown ,Les nash in the cortina
Sometimes i think they had the Thunder saloons on the same day Tony sugden in the skoda, Fantastic car,
I used to look forward to it as it was great spectating
Propppper full grids when i started watching many years ago,
Any way here a couple of mine if you havnt allready seen them
Ref HKU 291N,(see page 1) I purchased the car in Oct 2007 from Derek Booth,with help from Ken Clarke(where the car had been stored for the last 4 years)
I did 5 laps at Silverstone last June and 2 piston rings broke!
Since then with the help of my friend Dan Ward we have rebuilt the engine(incl new pistons etc),had the gearbox overhauled and completed a full strip and rebuild of the car
The car will undertake some racing this year,after the engine has been run in etc
Hi Andy I own the sister car to yours. I also bought mine thru Ken but
from Peter Brown it was in Prod Saloon spec although the paintwork
was rough it was a very solid shell.
From the paperwork supplied , the engine was built in 1985 at around
7400 miles. It was then used as a road car for a couple of years [I have
MOTsfor '85, 7399 miles, '86, 9981 miles ] I bought it with 10433 miles.
I have a rolling road invoice from 1986 showing 158 BHP at wheels with STR
091 cam and twin 48 dellorto's.
ken has built me a new Full Race engine and after 2 years of development
I shall be competing in The Classic Touring Car Club series this year.
I am also doing a track day this Sunday at Snetterton.
I hope we can catch up with each other sometime to compare notes!
Bob Kett.
This is the group 2 Sprint that was rebuilt by Ken Clarke and was the car that when driven by Andy Rouse st a Silverstone 2 litre lap record of 99.9 mph.
This picture was taken by me at Goowood Festival of Speed 2008.
milesinfront wrote:Oh and attaching oil lines from the engine to the cooler with make the cooler MUCH more effective....
This actual car appeared in Retro magazine in 2004....................the oil cooler was not connected then but it has one in the usual place alongside the rad ???
I thought I was the only anorak
