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GALPOT Weekly #04/13

Welcome to GALPOT Weekly #04/13 a review of the last seven posts at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres". The week started with a look at the 40" tall Elva GT160 with bodywork designed by Trevor Fiore, that came along to late to impact on Elva's fortunes from a new coperate strategy. This MG KN University Motors Speed Model Magnette was the subject of Tuesdays blog, if it looks familiar that is because I originally incorrectly identified the car as an MG Type NA. A visit to the Sinsational Autosport International held at the NEC in Birmingham recently was the subject of Wednesdays blog, above the Sin 01 was one of several new cars to make it's public debut. Featuring 23 detail improvements over the previous model this 1950 Nash Airflyte Ambassador was the subject of Thursday's blog. Ferrari Friday featured an example of the very first road going Ferrari model a Ferrari 166 Inter Coupé with Superleggera bodywork by Touring of Milan built in 1949. Yesterday's I looked at some of the improvement introduced to the Lotus Excel models introduced between 1982 and 1987. Panels gaps were not a big concern in the late 1950's but a top speed of 120 mph made this Daimler Majestic Major a sports saloon and it had new fangled disc brakes to match it's potential for speed. Thanks for joining me on this GALPOT Weekly #04/13 edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you have enjoyed catching up using the links and that you will join me daily during the week ahead. Don't forget to come back now !

GALPOT Weekly #03/13

Welcome to GALPOT Weekly #03/13 a review of the last seven posts at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres". This week started with a look at a look at an Elva Porsche in need of some TLC, Porsche were so impressed with this model they bought one for Herbert Muller to drive as a Porsche works entry in the 1963 European Hillclimb Championship. Jason Plato finished third in last years British Touring Car Championship driving this MG6 GT which I looked at on Tuesday. Wednesdays blog was about my adventures at the beginning of the month as a navigator for Alan Spencer on the Exeter Trial in the unique Parsons seen above. On Thursday I made an appeal for GALPOT readers to vote for Johnny Martinez '29 Ford in the Gold Eagle car of the month pole, please check out the link in the blog and vote DAILY until the end of the month, your votes will be much appreciated in what is turning out to be a neck and neck contest, thank you. This Ferrari 512S, which I looked at on Friday was pretty battered and beaten up when it finished the 1971 Daytona 24 Hours, Ronnie Buchnum and Tony Adamowicz still managed to bring it home in second place behind Pedro Rodriguez and Jackie Oliver in their Porsche 917K. On Saturday I looked at this Lotus Excel which is the prototype distinguished by having an the older Eclat name on the boot lid and many other distinguishing features within. 20/01/13 Correction today's post features this magnificent Daimler Consort with built in jacking. ( Thanks to Ryan for pointing out the error, the Daimler Majestic Major originally shown hear will feature next Sunday.) Thanks for joining me on this "GALPOT Weekly #03/13" edition of "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" I hope you have enjoyed catching up using the links provided and that you will join me daily during the week ahead. Don't for get to come back now !

GALPOT Weekly #01/13

Welcome to GALPOT Weekly #01/13 a review of the last seven posts at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres", I hope the new marginally more rational GALPOT Weekly numbering system does not disturb the peace too much. 2013 is scheduled for a Land Speed Record (LSR) attempt at rainging the current LSR of 760.343 miles per hour to over 1000 mph by the Bristol based Bloodhound SSC team guided by present LSR holders, Richard Noble and 'driver' Wing Commander Andy Green, who set the current record with the ThrustSSC at Black Rock in 1997. As a small token of appreciation for an obscenely modest contribution to Blooddhound SSC project the "psychoontyres" legend on the tailfin of the Bloodhound SSC vehicle when it makes its LSR attempt. Find out how you too can contribute to the Bloodhound SSC Tailfin Program by clicking this link to Mondays Bloodhound SSC post. The first post of the new year featured the first MG model to be sold sold in the United Kingdom since the reappearance of the MG brand now owned by Chinese manufacturer SIAC Motors who supply partial knock down (PKD) MG6 kits, engineered and styled in the United Kingdom for assembly in their facility at Longbridge, Birmingham. I celebrated the first day of the new year with a short drive to the Cotswolds Classic Car Club meeting held in the photogenic grounds of the Frogmill Inn, Andoversford, Gloucestershire seen above and in this linked blog originally posted on Wednesday. Americana Thursday featured this Bullitesque 1968 Highland Green 302 Fastback Mustang complete with all the chrome lettering and urban Torque Thrust Alloy wheels. More film related blogs will be posted at GALPOT in the week ahead. The first Ferrari Friday of 2013 featured this Ferrari 250 GTO that has survived racing accidents and theft to become an extremely collectible multimillion dollar motor vehicle. Yesterdays post featured the controversial and continually protested twin chassis or chassis with large independently moving aerodynamic aid 1981 Lotus Ford 88 which Team Lotus repeatedly entered, occasionally practiced and but were never allowed raced. Today's GALPOT post features this Daimler 32 HP Straight Eight Limousine with thought to have been used by peripatetic exile abdicated King Edward VIII and his wife and is known to have been used in the television adaption of the peripatetic 'Poirot'. Thanking you for your continued support I'd like to take this opportunity to wish all GALPOT Readers a healthy and rewarding 2013. I hope you have enjoyed catching up with the last seven posts at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" using the links in the text. Thanks for joining me on this "GALPOT Weekly #01/13" of getting a little psycho on tyres, I hope you will join me daily in the film week themed ahead. Don't forget to come back now !

GALPOT Weekly #49

Welcome to  GALPOT Weekly #49 a review of the last seven blogs at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres".



Last weeks blogs all came from one of the worlds biggest fancy dress party's known as the  Goodwood Revival.  Monday started with an overview of the event which included the mascot of this Daimler LQ20.



On Tuesday I looked at some of the MG's both on the track and in the car park which appeared at Goodwood. Above is Howard Maguire in his K3 which appears to have once belonged to Otto Stone in Australia.



Wednesdays Continental Curiosities blog again featured stars from the track and car park not least the Tatra T603 seen at St Mary's corner above.



Thursdays post featured some of the cars from the Dan Gurney Presidential Campaign including Dan's 1970 Eagle Offenhauser, his last ride in the Indy 500.



Ferrari Friday's billion dollar blog featured a hand full of the many storied Ferrari's at Goodwood, above Jean Alesi is seen driving Nick Mason's Ferrari 250 GTO, one of eleven GTO's at Goodwood last weekend.



Among the Lotus cars at Goodwood, which I looked at yesterday, was this BRM powered Lotus 24 seen driven by Nigel Williams which carries the bodywork from a Lola Mk4 as it did when Peter Revson drove it in 1964.



Today's post features some of the Silver Arrows dating from 1934 to 1939 from both Mercedes Benz and Auto Union which were demonstrated at Goodwood. Above is a 1936 Auto Union C-type, driven by 5 times Le Mans winner Frank Biela similar to those driven by Bernd Rosemeyer to three race victories and the European Grand Prix Championship.

Thanks for joining me on this " GALPOT Weekly #49" edition I hope you have enjoyed catching up with last weeks posts using the links provided and that you will join me daily at "Gettin' a li'l psycho on tyres" during the week ahead. Don't forget to come back now !

GALPOT Weekly #3

Just noticed I got the dates completely wrong on last weeks GALPOT Weekly so I'll just number them for the time being. This week was highlighted by two Birthday Editions of Galpot.



Monday started with Racer 187's birthday edition looking at a RHD Daimler Sovereign Coupé from Remscheid, Germany that is/was looking for a new home.



On Tuesday I concluded a series on vintage Vauxhalls with a brief look at a Vauxhall Bearcat a 14/40 chassis fitted with a Stutz motor.



A trip to Shakespeare County Raceway on Wednesday revealed a dinky li'l hot rod in the form of a Ford Anglia sibling of the Ford Prefect I looked at a week earlier.



Returning to the mean streets of Bristol for Americana Thursday I had took a look at a 1975 Plymouth Voyager Sport probably as rare a sighting in this country as a Ferrari in the USA.



Continuing with another prancing horse saddled for carrying extra cases of beer, on Ferrari Friday I looked at the stylishly understated 365 GTC/4 2+2.



Yesterday it was off to Silverstone and Oulton Park for a look at a couple of 2 foot tall low riding Lotus 15's.



Today GALPOT rounds out the week as it started this time with the Jeff Fuller Birthday edition featuring some street and competition Lancia Beta Monte Carlo's.

Thanks for joining me on this weeks GALPOT round up if you have not already had a look at the full blogs summarized here I hope you'll find to click on he links down lighted in grey.

Coming up next week I'll be starting with a cute li'l pickup truck designed in Greece, looking at a British interpretation of the 50's American Dream Car concept and looking at the remains of the car that carried the inventor of the Gatso speed camera to victory in the Monte Carlo Rally, in 1953.

All this and more to come in the week ahead at GALPOT, I look forward to you joining me daily. Don't forget to come back now !

Built by Craftsmen - Lanchester LD10 #L63579

Lanchester founded as the Lanchester Engine Company Ltd in 1899 by the Lanchester brothers Frederick, George and Frank who are credited with being the first British builders of a motor car, not a horseless carriage, in 1895 which ran on a public road in 1896. The brothers are also credited with being the original purveyors of disc brakes in 1902. Fredricks uncompromising attitude to mechanical perfection led Lanchester into financial difficulties and an eventual merger with the British Daimler Company in 1931.



The post war Lanchester LD10 was a compact companion to the Daimler range, like it's bigger Bretheren Lanchester's were built by craftsman at a time when most vehicles of this size were already much cheaper to build on assembly lines. Initially this model was available with a steel body by Briggs of Dagenham and later models like the one in these photographs with alloy body work by Barker.



This model is powered by a 4 cylinder 40hp overhead valve engine which transmits power to the rear wheels via a 4 speed preselector gearbox. This combination of engine and geabox was considered both reasonably powerful, with a 69 mph capability and exceptionally smooth for it's time. The engine number of this particular vehicle is #18557.



It is thought 3,030 examples of this model were built between 1946 and 1951. This particular vehicle, chassis L63579, was built in 1951.

With thanks to David Roots who invited me to the Classic and Sports Car Action Day at Castle Combe where these photographs were taken.

Thanks you for dropping in on today's 69 mph edition of "Gettin' a lil' psycho on tyres" I hope you will join me again tomorrow ! Don't forget to come back now !

Classic Expo - Race Retro, Stoneleigh, Coventry 2/2.

Today I am concluding my overview of the Race Retro exhibition I started yesterday.



One of the things I loved about this exhibition was exhibitors enthusiasm to show visitors



what was under the bonnet of their exhibits.



Several exhibitors displayed their handy work and craftsmanship in the form of finished motors for display.



There was far more to see than my six hour visit would allow, I did not get a chance to look in any detail at the many motor cycles on display.



The event is best described as a mini Goodwood Festival of Speed,



slightly more intimate because of the smaller crowds but still like being a kid in a toy shop.

With thanks to Tim Murray and the Bristol Pegasus Motor Club without home this blog would not have been possible.

Hope you have enjoyed my overview of the Race Retro Exhibition and that you'll join me again tomorrow for for a look at the first of a couple of vehicle manufacturers I do not recall hearing of before visiting Race Retro. Don't forget to come back now !

The Rowdy Racer - #187 1960 Daimler SP250

Today it's a great thrill to introduce the famous Rowdy Daimler and its pilot Ryan Smith known as Racer 187.



Ryan was wrenching for father in law John Aibel and his Le Mans Crosley Hotshot Sport at the Pittsburg Vintage Grand Prix in July 1995. In the paddock next to the Crosley was John Putnam who was having trouble with his red Dailmler SP250 a recently restored 'barn find'.



Ryan spent much of the meeting helping out John’s son, John Jr., replacing parts and eventually finding and temporarily fixing a fuel tank sludge problem. At the end of the meeting Ryan asked John Putnam that if he ever wanted to dispose of the Daimler to call him first.

Six years later Ryan got the call and has been running the Daimler ever since. With his wife Chief 187 acting as crew chief Ryan recalls fabulous family days out and having great fun racing in the VSCCA 'Preservation' Class with Dick Rowley in a Porsche 356 for two seasons until they were both kicked out into separate faster race classes.



The Daimler SP250 is based on a heavily modified Triumph TR3 chassis with a fiberglass body and fitted with a 140 hp 2,547 cc / 153 cui hemi head V8 designed by Edward Turner. The vehicles were in production from 1959 - 1964.



The Daimler has touched the lives of many Rowdy acquaintances, from left to right, Racer187, Chief187, MIL187, Kerry, front row Christi, RockinRouschMan, in the Daimler, ScottinCT's daughter and ML187, to the right of the Daimler, left to right, Sadie, Lauren and ScottinCT.



Ever the devoted faithful father and now with three children, left to right Rosie187, GS187 and ML187 to groom into the future generation of NASCAR winners, Ryan has taken some time out of his own racing activities while still maintaining a role within the VSCCA as Event Co-Chairman for VSCCA Vintage Races & Racing School at Pocono.

I look forward to taking up the invitation to joining the #187 crew as team windscreen washer upon Ryan’s return to the track.

I'd like to thank Ryan for kindly taking time out to sending me his photo's and story and the many members of the Daimler and Lanchester Centre Forum who have visited in anticipation of this blog.

Hope you have enjoyed today's #187 edition and will join me again tomorrow at 'Getting a lil' psycho on tyres' for some seriously big stuff in honour of all those who work hard to keep us moving in all weathers when the unexpected happens while we are in transit.