Allard 4 sale

Interesting car

 

http://www.findit.co.uk/cars/classic/cars/475151.htm

 

Classical Gas on PDF

The December version is now available here

 

Michael

Journalist would like ride on Lands End

I reieved the following e-mail from Dave Hancock, the Editor of the MSA's "Motorsport Now".

 

Michael
I was given your details by Anne Whellock of the MCC.
Can you help by posting the following on the Classical Gas website?
Help! The MSA publication, Motorsports Now!, is running a feature on Classic Trialling in the Winter 2002 issue. We want to follow this up by competing in the Lands End Trial in Easter 2003. Our Rallying Correspondent, rally driver, Gigi Bettencourt-Gomes, wants to drive or drive and co-drive so that she can write the story. We just need a car and a partner for her. Can anyone help?

 
Thanks

 
Dave Hancock
Editor, Motorsports Now!

 

hancock@dashmedia.demon.co.uk 

Exe Valley 2002

I have put up the pictures that Phil (my passenger) took of the Exe Valley. Mostly of my left ear and the people around us on the trial. Good Day even with the trip home!

 

Mark

BMC 10cwt diff in

While looking at the internals of various diffs in  attempt to find better cwp ratio for the Sierra diff unit fitted to my SS1(so far an unsuccessful so any info appreciated), I discovered that the star wheels and centre pin of Sierra diff appear to be identical in size, and mesh nicely with, to those fitted in the BMC 10cwt diff.

 

This info may be useful to any Marlineers out there!!

 

Regards,

Keith

Mechanics Trial

Need an Escort Axle?

Michael

 

Being a Classic Trial fan and following your web site for some time the following may be of interest to some triallers. Those who run Mk 1 and 2 Escorts and also Escort based kit cars, Duttons and Rickmans etc, may like to know of an alternative back axle for their machines. Being a builder of a Locost I came across the fact that the axle from the Lada ( no, don't laugh) seen in the Fiat 124 based series of models is dimensionally identical to the Mk 2 Escort. The advantage is that any available are likely to be considerably newer and have therefore covered less miles than the Escort unit and would be considerably cheaper. The ratios available are (from the Haines manual) 4.1, 4.3, 4.4 and maybe 3.9 and the prop shaft flange will fit the small Ford flange. The brakes have large finned alloy drums and whilst they are not of Ford pattern can be re-drilled to suite. Unlike the Escort, it is designed for vertical coil springs, telescopics and a Panhard rod but could be easily converted to Escort configuration with the correct brackets.

Hope this may be of use to someone.

 

Myke Pocock.