Completely O/T Old photo

[Hammy]

And I do come out of the loft occasionally  Do you really want those Anglia mags then.........

yes please...

Have you seen/heard the large Dali floorstanders £30k per pair ?

these are them

[bhouse]

Spent some time scanning my Gran's old postcards, some stunning photography from the 1910s-1950s. Started a blog on it :- http://www.mygrandparentsoldpostcards.co.uk/

Really love seeing the old shots

Your grandparents seem to have moved in (shall we say) interesting circles...

[gee_fin]

While one on one side of the family was touring Germany as a (Scottish) concert pianist the another on the other side was about to get locked up in a concentration camp and write his account of it! (got to scan and add that in the future...)

[Paul Hurdsfield - Joint Manchester AO]

IWould be very interested to see the Clark photo's perhaps you could post them up here or even email to me.

Here you go: I am fairly sure that this is the 2 litre V8 Climax that Clark was using before the BRM H16 was available. In fact I think there was a H16 engine in the back of a transporter on the day with a large hole in the block.

XIII International Gold Cup

17 September 1966 - Oulton Park: 177.749 km (4.444 km x 40 laps)

1  3 Jack Brabham  Repco-Brabham BT19 'F1-1-65'     1h06m14.2, 161.01 kph

2  4 Denny Hulme     Repco-Brabham BT20 'F1-2-66'     1h06m14.2

3  2 Jim Clark      Lotus -Climax 33 'R14'       40 laps

4 15 Innes Ireland     BRM P261 '2615'     40 laps

5 10 Chris Lawrence   Cooper-Ferrari Spl T71 'F1-1-64 38 laps

No other finishers

Fastest Lap: Jack Brabham & Denny Hulme, 1:36.6, 165.60 kph

Did Not Finish

   5 Bob Anderson                   Brabham-Climax BT11             25 laps/Con rod

  11 Mike Spence                   Lotus-BRM 33                   25 laps/Clutch

   7 Graham Hill                   BRM                             25 laps/Engine

   8 Jackie Stewart                 BRM                             13 laps/Overheating

   9 John Campbell-Jones           BRP-Climax                       4 laps/Gearbox

Did Not Start

   2 Peter Arundell                 Lotus-Climax 33 Car driven by Clark

   1 Jim Clark                     Lotus-BRM 43 Blown engine

Starting Grid (3P-2-3):

1 Brabham 2 Hulme 3 Stewart

  1:34.2   1:34.8   1:35.4

              4 Hill 5 Clark

1:35.6   1:37.0

6 Anderson 7 Spence 8 Lawrence

  1:37.0   1:37.2  1:39.0

           9 Ireland 10 Campbell-Jones

  1:39.0  1:45.4

11 Arundell

  no time

Clark recorded a time identical to Stewart's when his Lotus-BRM's engine blew. He then took

over Arundell's car, setting the qualifying time shown.

You old b*ggers    the furthest I can go back at Oulton with photographic evidence is this.

And the entry list

This is David Purley's F2 March, with John Surtees F1 car in the background.

[Lurksalot]

Top man Paul , I believe that that was the very first motor racing event that I ever attended.

My dad worked at Hailwood and was given granstand tickets  ,opposite the pits , It was an incredible event and firmly instilled the petrol in my veins  

[KerryS]

Considering that F5000 was supposed to be the F1 "training ground" none of the entrants made much of a mark on F1 subsequently.

And can anyone identify the Elf branded car in my second photo? It's not a Renault as I have another picture of that at same event and it's different.

[pistonbroke]

Considering that F5000 was supposed to be the F1 "training ground" none of the entrants made much of a mark on F1 subsequently.

Errm you never heard of Peter Gethin then ?

Humbled the whole lot of them at Brands

F5000 cars where big , fast, noisey, hairy and relativley inexpensive  with great drivers like Gethin,  Mike Hailwood , Brian Redmond etc  who all went to F1

They ought to sack F1 as it is now and revive the formula  

[pistonbroke]

Jackie Stewart in the H16 BRM at the same meeting this was the first outing for the H16

Early days David Purley with his F3 Brabham the guy with the briefcase is Mike Earl who became his team manager , Wife Sue on the right .