Gettin' a lil' psycho on tyres !

Art Tidesco blogs on all things motoring.

Sunday, 18 September 2011

Jig Free - Lea Francis 30/230

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In August 1895 Richard Lea and Graham Francis entered into a partnership to manufacture bicycles, like the another cycle turned motor manufa...
Saturday, 17 September 2011

Perfect Car For A Wedding #6 - Rolls Royce Corniche

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I am off to a wedding today, the first one I have attended where my friends children are the ones getting married, so it seems appropriate t...
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Friday, 16 September 2011

Two Time World Champ - Ferrari 500 #005

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In 1951 there was a close fought contest for the World Drivers Championship between the Alfa Romeo drivers in old pre war 1.5 litre / 91.5 c...
Thursday, 15 September 2011

The Hot One's Even Hotter - 1956 Chevrolet Nomad

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At the travelling 1954 General Motors Motorama motor show, attended by 1.9 million visitors, Chevrolet displayed a Corvette based concept ve...
Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Born In A Barn - Volvo 760 Turbo Intercooler

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While I was a Salesman and later Quality Controller at a Volvo dealership in South London, I took these photographs of a fully loaded top of...
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Tuesday, 13 September 2011

1977 ECotY - Rover Vitesse

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There were not many four door executive vehicles that would look comfortable parked along side a Ferrari or Maserati in the 1970's but t...
Monday, 12 September 2011

Rare Breeds - Haynes International Motor Museum

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Last Sunday I made a 'little' detour to the Rare Breeds Car Show at the Haynes International Motor Museum on the way to the airport ...
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The first race I attended was at Ndola in Zambia where Mum's boss raced a Mini. I was taken to The Race of Champions '73 - '75, and in ‘76 to the last GP on the Nordschliefe. A succession of cheap cars allowed me to head for the Silverstone 6 hour races '78 - '92, Le Mans and the British/European GPs '79 - '83. In ‘85 a buddy Sven phoned up and asked me to crew for his #44 Ray's Toys Capri in the Willhire 24 hours, I spent the weekend lugging jerry cans and holding a fire extinguisher during pit stops. By ‘87 Sven was clocking up wins in the Alfa Sud series 1st in a 33, destroyed at Castle Combe, and later in a Sud . In 1990 I went racing in a 2CV 'LYLLYK' highlighted by the Mondello Park 24 hours. From ‘92 to ‘03 I lost track of racing until blogs on yahoo sports by Jerry Bonkowski, awakened a passion for NASCAR. Thanks to Rowdy.com I went to the April ’09 Arron's 499 making a 7000 mile round trip, quite a contrast from the BTCC at Brands Hatch .
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