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Oct 22, 2019 19:33:44 GMT
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We used to go over every year in our road SIMCAs to the Classic Club Races at Zolder right up to 2005 which I believe was the last one/ I spoke to you at the signing on cabin at one. The 2005 was the last time I saw Frank Breidenstein racing the orange car I now have. I'm still in touch with Frank as I edit the SIMCA Club UK magazine and he runs the German SIMCA Heckmotor (rear engine) club. We always marvelled at how the German 'youngtimer' SIMCAs went at Zolder…. That's why I jumped at the chance of the car when it was over here. Noise was always a problem at Zolder, Frank complained he was picked up for it one year after racing all over Europe during the season without a problem. Christoph Wilde, who raced at the Zolder events has recently won the 1300 Histo Cup series for 2019 at the Final of the Kampf de Zwergw (Battle of the Dwarves) championship at Nürburgring in his SIMCA Rallye 2. below
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Oct 21, 2019 14:48:24 GMT
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Oct 19, 2019 10:51:57 GMT
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Last Edit: Oct 16, 2019 8:57:43 GMT by scmick
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Oct 11, 2019 22:07:45 GMT
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Oct 11, 2019 21:49:48 GMT
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Last Edit: Oct 11, 2019 22:13:50 GMT by scmick
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OK it is my 'modern' but it is the towcar for my racing SIMCA 1000. Arrived back from a night away this morning in my SIMCA pickup. Spotted the Duster had gone from the drive. Then found the house had been broken into and ransacked. They obviously found the keys during that, Luckily all my SIMCA collection was immobilised in some way so are still there.
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Sept 21, 2019 12:53:40 GMT
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Sept 19, 2019 17:10:57 GMT
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They walked Sundew (a 1400ish ton Rapier Walking dragline) 13 miles to a new iron ore quarry near Corby back in the '70s. The Rutland railway museum do a book on the 'great Walk'.. It's a good read. The 'Sundew' name was ironic for such a slow machine... it was the name of the Grand National winner in 1958, the year the dragline was built. I've never worked with these big machines. I'm a retired junior school teacher. It's just a boyhood fascination that's never gone away.
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Sept 18, 2019 22:47:21 GMT
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I try to get to at least one of the Threlkeld open weekends each year and am a member of the 'Vintage Excavator trust'. There's one this Saturday/Sunday 21st/22nd September. Unfortunately I'll not be able to get to this one.
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Sept 18, 2019 9:35:33 GMT
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We'll be with the SIMCA & MATRA club stands in Hall 5. Btother Kev's Bagheera will be on the MATRA stand... see you there.
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Sept 17, 2019 9:13:30 GMT
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Yes they are still built. Some of our volunteers are trying to see if anyone at the top of Caterpillar is interested in promoting what is now part of their heritage. This one is believed to be the only surviving walking dragline of this size in Europe. Newly built ones go to the 'wide open spaces' of huge mines in USA, Australia, South Africa, India etc.
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Sept 16, 2019 22:02:33 GMT
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Second photo above taken from driver's cab. Next year we are hoping to get more old vehicles at the open days.
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Sept 16, 2019 9:23:51 GMT
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A bit more info on 'Odball', our 1150B Walking Dragline.
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Sept 16, 2019 9:02:35 GMT
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Roy, the former driver of the dragline who they inter viewed on the Abandoned Engineering programme arrived on his Minneapolis Moline tractor...
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Sept 15, 2019 22:51:52 GMT
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The dragline is just a static thing now. It was electrically powered from a sub station (We still use the building for a display of photos and a member's working models of the two draglines on the open days),but there is now no power to the site which is now and RSPB reserve/country park. It never would have run again but the huge motors have also fallen victim to copper thieves some years ago despite it living in its own secure compound. When mining finished and the site was backfilled/landscaped 1n 2003/4, the bigger 2000 ton Rapier dragline was cut up for scrap along with 3 or 4 Ruston Bucyrus 195RB shovels all of which were also electrically powered. For more info on the technical details look up 'Oddball' 1150 B walking dragline on the web. 'Don't tread on me..!!' My old racing SIMCA 1000 next to 'foot' of the walking dragline.
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Sept 15, 2019 20:53:50 GMT
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