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Thanks Gary,
The article in the Horn wasn't that well researched to be fair and Dad's in his seventies now so his memory's not what it was but on the whole it's not that far from fact.
It's forty years this September sinse his accident and the car's total destruction. Graham's mooted a far more in depth article to come in C W sometime soon and with my help it should be far more factual, so looking forward to that.
There's not much to post picture wise on my car right now ( or nothing that i'd wanna show just yet) as it's all in a 1000 bit's on the workshop floor, i want to get it as near identicle to dad's car and that's why it's taking so long, it has to be all period stuff for this build, nothing billet or modern, that's why i have to have everything made or fabricated, making something newly fabricated look old is an art you know....
Should be quite something when finished.
If i knew how i'd post some pictures of Dad and AHP 295B
Paul....
The article in the Horn wasn't that well researched to be fair and Dad's in his seventies now so his memory's not what it was but on the whole it's not that far from fact.
It's forty years this September sinse his accident and the car's total destruction. Graham's mooted a far more in depth article to come in C W sometime soon and with my help it should be far more factual, so looking forward to that.
There's not much to post picture wise on my car right now ( or nothing that i'd wanna show just yet) as it's all in a 1000 bit's on the workshop floor, i want to get it as near identicle to dad's car and that's why it's taking so long, it has to be all period stuff for this build, nothing billet or modern, that's why i have to have everything made or fabricated, making something newly fabricated look old is an art you know....
Should be quite something when finished.
If i knew how i'd post some pictures of Dad and AHP 295B
Paul....
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Paul,Red Race Tiger wrote:If i knew how i'd post some pictures of Dad and AHP 295B Paul....
I was going to ask if the car was AHP 295B, last year some time i found some footage of that car in a mod sports race on the internet, cant remember if i posted it here or to the list, if you hadnt seen it i can try and find my old posting and can post it up here. Doug Nye also wrote a short one page article on the car a few years back in "motorsport"?
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Found the video, posted to the list in august 2010:
From Mallory park 08/08/1971.. almost 40 years to the day!
If you go to 6:40 there is the footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo3LrY42x3Q
EDIT, paul.. just looked at the YouTube comment.. looks like its your video?
From Mallory park 08/08/1971.. almost 40 years to the day!
If you go to 6:40 there is the footage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo3LrY42x3Q
EDIT, paul.. just looked at the YouTube comment.. looks like its your video?
Another point of intrest about this video is that further down the field in No's 126, Austin Healey 3000 is Chief Inspector for Northants Constabulary, Jonh Gott.
The same John Gott that "Borrowed" 295B from Rootes to win the 1965 Police International Rally outright.
I wonder what his thought's may have been back then to race against that same car in Modsports and see it at the shape end of the grid ?
Intesting stuff this Tiger lark
The same John Gott that "Borrowed" 295B from Rootes to win the 1965 Police International Rally outright.
I wonder what his thought's may have been back then to race against that same car in Modsports and see it at the shape end of the grid ?
Intesting stuff this Tiger lark
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Something for your scrap book 'red race tiger'.
Received this great anecdote recently about John Gott. Supplied by Frank Faulkner a retired official Police photographer.
“My late Motor Racing Chief Constable (interests in that order) John Gott drove a Sunbeam Tiger (AHP 295B) to win the International Police Rally in 1965. There is a photograph in his biography “John Gott – a life in the fast lane” p.84. (which I took, being then a Police Photographer)
He was always happiest chattering about his driving days and when I put it to him at the time I was taking the photograph “Did you have a Tiger in your Tank?” he replied, “No, but they had a Tiger up their arse!”
They don’t make ‘em like that anymore”
Nice that!!
More on retired Police Tigers in upcoming 'Cats Whiskers' 86
Graham
STOC Editor
Received this great anecdote recently about John Gott. Supplied by Frank Faulkner a retired official Police photographer.
“My late Motor Racing Chief Constable (interests in that order) John Gott drove a Sunbeam Tiger (AHP 295B) to win the International Police Rally in 1965. There is a photograph in his biography “John Gott – a life in the fast lane” p.84. (which I took, being then a Police Photographer)
He was always happiest chattering about his driving days and when I put it to him at the time I was taking the photograph “Did you have a Tiger in your Tank?” he replied, “No, but they had a Tiger up their arse!”
They don’t make ‘em like that anymore”
Nice that!!
More on retired Police Tigers in upcoming 'Cats Whiskers' 86
Graham
STOC Editor
Yes she was a mean looking Tiger and very quick too.....
If anyone following this thread may want to read further then suggest trying the "Autosport Nostalgia Forum" under Peter Hawtin/Malcolm Sears Oulton Park 18/09/71, From page two onwards.
That may help give an insight into the car and driver.
All the best
If anyone following this thread may want to read further then suggest trying the "Autosport Nostalgia Forum" under Peter Hawtin/Malcolm Sears Oulton Park 18/09/71, From page two onwards.
That may help give an insight into the car and driver.
All the best