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by Nik
04 May 2024 10:22
Forum: A40s in motorsport
Topic: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties
Replies: 6
Views: 125

Re: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties

A friend who was there just sent me 2 photos
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by Nik
29 Apr 2024 15:17
Forum: A40s in motorsport
Topic: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties
Replies: 6
Views: 125

Re: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties

Simon Page, in a Sebring Sprite, just posted this in-car video from the practice on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WptX9PhQDXw

Her are some of the photos on David Stallard's site
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by Nik
29 Apr 2024 12:50
Forum: A40s in motorsport
Topic: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties
Replies: 6
Views: 125

Re: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties

Photos of all the CSCC events can be found here.

https://www.davidstallardphotography.co ... arClubCSCC
by Nik
28 Apr 2024 17:19
Forum: A40s in motorsport
Topic: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties
Replies: 6
Views: 125

Re: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties

No some circuits don't do it, I'm guessing Oulton Park is one of them, but in the next couple of days a few drivers usually post their in car videos. Photos can be found on David Shellard's site, I will add a link when I get back.
by Nik
27 Apr 2024 10:55
Forum: A40s in motorsport
Topic: Oulton Park Swinging Sixties
Replies: 6
Views: 125

Oulton Park Swinging Sixties

I just saw these on Facebook, so it looks like 2 A40s racing, No 3 David ROSE, Austin A40 Farina 1140cc and No 20 Mark CLOUTMAN Austin A40 1380cc. There will also be loads of spridget and the Hammond MGB is back again, with a Hammond listed as one of the drivers, could be Richard or his daughter pro...
by Nik
20 Jan 2024 18:23
Forum: A40 Farina Club
Topic: Interesting video
Replies: 8
Views: 1916

Re: Interesting video

love it. Is it just a coincidence that the driving school appears to be next to the scrap yard?
by Nik
20 Jan 2024 12:30
Forum: A40 Farina Club
Topic: Interesting video
Replies: 8
Views: 1916

Re: Interesting video

Try https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTTWUvpKA98

Look at Life Vol 01 Transport Living with Cars 1964

a few MkI and MkII in it. "2525 PW" for instance.
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by Nik
26 Nov 2023 16:42
Forum: A40 Farina Club
Topic: Interesting video
Replies: 8
Views: 1916

Re: Interesting video

18 mins and 22 sec I saw mine GUX 948D. It must have been way before I owned it and possibly before the previous owner too, it looks pretty sorry for itself. Most of the details were correct as although it had a 1275 engine it was still registered as a 1098 when I saw it and got the owner to change ...
by Nik
18 Oct 2023 17:28
Forum: A40s in motorsport
Topic: Glass fibre panels
Replies: 12
Views: 24205

Re: Glass fibre panels

Depending on the state of the car you might want to do a separate top and bottom, when we hill climbed/sprinted one in the early eighties we found the body flexed and we would have cracked the door if it was one piece. I used fibre glass curtains which made very light and flexible panels, I too am a...
by Nik
14 Jun 2023 16:03
Forum: A40 Farina Club
Topic: Advice Needed
Replies: 32
Views: 19196

Re: Advice Needed

First thing I'd do is roll the car back and forward with the wheels as straight as you can and then measure along the side between the wheel centres obviously both sides should be the same, it they are not don't worry it could be they are not quite straight in which case jack the front, keeping it l...