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Apr 29, 2021 12:48:40 GMT
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Still not got all of our content out from Speedweek last year!! Finally got to finish the edit on Mark Walker's Darracq, an awesome bit of kit.
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duncanmartin
Club Retro Rides Member
Out of retro ownership
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Club RR Member Number: 70
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Apr 29, 2021 12:53:43 GMT
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That car was so awesome to watch (on YouTube) at Speedweek. The 2 gears thing makes loads of sense - it would be going as fast as the others and then he would change up and leave them for dead (until a corner arrived, and the others would make everything up on brakes).
The story behind the car is pretty incredible too - if you have 15 minutes to spare you should totally watch this!
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Seth
South East
MorrisOxford TriumphMirald HillmanMinx BorgwardIsabellaCombi
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Apr 29, 2021 21:15:01 GMT
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Yeah! This car is just amazing to watch in action. I remember reading somewhere, and now always bear in mind, that in age terms it is only about 6 months too young to take part in the London to Brighton run, where you just expect to see ancient vehicles chugging along. Can you imagine how quickly Mark would get to Brighton?!
I wonder if my spanner would fit anything on it?
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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stealthstylz
Club Retro Rides Member
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Club RR Member Number: 174
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Apr 29, 2021 21:37:52 GMT
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Engineering before anybody knew what the "proper" way was is always brilliant. It kinda gets me hoping about alternative energy vehicles as nobody really seems to know quite what they're doing yet, so there's room for interesting stuff to happen
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Normally I have little interest in vintage car, but wow, this is something else. Can you imagine driving that thing at over 100mph?
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kabman
Part of things
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Apr 30, 2021 10:40:44 GMT
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Normally I have little interest in vintage car, I felt the same about pre-war cars until I saw this at Shelsley Walsh. It wasn't a vintage event so it came as a bit of a surprise when this drifted round the corner. That made me go to some VSCC hill climbs to see more of this sort of lunacy. |
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It would take balls of steel to drive that thing fast.
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