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35TH HISTORIC WINTON
28th & 29th May 2011
My first visit to Winton for the annual May weekend of historic races since 1992. Things have changed a little, see some of my earlier visit pages for a comparison. I was lucky enough to meet up with Rob Harcourt and Andrew Wilson so you will see an overly representative number of photographs of them and their cars.
Early morning scrutineering
21 Mac-Healey - Graeme Marks
47 Elfin 630 - Blake Miller
82 Austin 7 - Owen Dickson
47 Elfin 630 - Blake Miller
82 Austin 7 - Owen Dickson
1948 Lago Talbot T26C Grand Prix - Ron Townley
1948 Lago Talbot T26C Grand Prix
1928 Alfa Romeo 6C - Trevor Montgomery
1928 Alfa Romeo 6C
1955 Zephyr Special - Greg Snape
1955 Zephyr Special - Greg Snape
1926 AC Amilcar - Andrew Wilson
1926 AC Amilcar
1926 AC Amilcar
1926 AC Amilcar
1926 AC Amilcar
Andrew Wilson looking very French. Well apart from the shorts, he’s from Queensland!
1927 Lancia Meadows - Rob Harcourt
1927 Lancia Meadows
1927 Lancia Meadows
1927 Lancia Meadows
1927 Lancia Meadows
1927 Lancia Meadows
1927 Lancia Meadows
1927 Lancia Meadows
1927 Lancia Meadows
Lamdba sliding pillar suspension
Lamdba sliding pillar suspension
1934 MG K3 - John Gillett
1934 MG K3
Andrew Cox and the former Mayor of Glen Eira!
25 1948 MG TC special - Richard Townley
44 1948 MG TC special - Ian Mawson
44 1948 MG TC special - Ian Mawson
George Hetrel and his Bugatti Type 35C
1927 Bugatti Type 35C
1927 Bugatti Type 35C
George Hetrel and his Bugatti Type 35C
1949 MG TC s/c - Chris Farrell
1928 Lombard AL3 - Geoff Murdoch
1928 Lombard AL3
Touring Cars.
62 1965 Ford Mustang - Peter Burchell
62 1965 Ford Mustang - Peter Burchell
71 1971 Valiant R/T Charger - Michael Hibbert
48 1971 Ford Falcon - Rod Hotchkin
14 1972 Holden Torana XU1 - Stephen Pillekers
24 1967 Chev Camaro - Tony Hubbard
22 1969 Ford Mustang - Stuart Barnes
97 1964 Ford Mustang - Harry Bargwanna
35 1965 Ford Mustang - Jason Bargwanna driving
25 1969 BMW 2002 Ti - Justin Brown
Touring Cars at turn one
1 1968 Datsun 1600 - Russell Pilven
Group J & K line up ready for qualifying
24 1926 AC Amilcar - Andrew Wilson
Andrew looking very serious!
68 Austin Seven special - Ian Motley
23 1923 12/50 Alvis - Geoff Hood
21 1926/48 Amilcar Willys - Graeme Snape
24 AC Amilcar -Andrew Wilson
87 1927 Lancia Meadows - Rob Harcourt
Rob Harcourt
Rob Harcourt
Rob Harcourt
Rob Harcourt
George Hetrel & Rob Harcourt
29 1934 MG ‘P’ Type - Stuart Steinfort
11 1939 Ford V8 - Jim Russell
77 1936 MG TA s/c - Patrick Ryan
Andrew Wilson
Andrew Wilson
Russell, Raper, Harcourt & Wilson, turn two
Chaos at turn one as The Dodge Special spins & brings out the red flag.
After the restart. Raper, Russell, Harcourt, Wilson & Turnbull, turn two
Rob Harcourt looking very relaxed.
George Hetrel
12 MG TA Tomlinson Spl. - John Lackey
16 1948 Ford Monoskate - Graeme Raper
Harcourt spins on the 2nd last corner, loses 1st in class and 3rd overall, something to do with the sun in his eyes!
10 1923/4 Amilcar CGS - John Rudd
38 1949 MG TC Special - John Gillett
31 - 1948 Lago Talbot T26C - Ron Townley
92 - 1939 Milthorpe Ford - Francis Robinson
74 1951 Morgan Plus 4 - Pete ffrench
77 1936 MG TA s/c - John Noble
97 1928 Alfa Romeo 6C - Trevor Montgomery
26 1926 Vauxhall 30/98 - Michael Hipkins
20 1924 Alvis 12/50 - Mark Burns
20 1924 Alvis 12/50 - Mark Burns
133 1932 Macdonberg Special - Keith Roberts
65 1926/74 Austin Seven Special - Geoff Redin
Fellow Lancia Aprilia owners Wilson & Cox
Some of the cars in the classic car park.
Sunbeam 12 litre V12
Sunbeam 12 litre V12
Sunbeam 12 litre V12
Stutz
Stutz straight eight twin ignition
Vauxhall
Crossley 14hp
Lancia Lambda with a Standard engine
Amilcars here to celebrate their 90th anniversary
More Amilcars
More Amilcars
1927 Salmson GP - Steen Pedersen & friend!
Amilcar ?
Joe & Bev Wilson in their Amilcar
A very strange Bedelia cyclecar
A very strange Bedelia cyclecar
Formula Fords
16 1986 Van Dieman RF86 - Adam Berryman bends the front suspension.
41 Van Dieman RF82 - Steve Willing faces the wrong way!
72 1986 Van Dieman RF86 - Anthony Mann
12 1973 March 73B Formula Atlantic - Andrew Makin
Group J & K line up for race two
Raper leads
1 1930 Amilcar Special - Tony Caldersmith
Rob Harcourt
80 1937 Dodge Special - Alistair Turnbull
3 1939 MG TB Special - ?
36 1939 Dodge Special - David Stewart
9 1930 Riley Special - Tony Osborne
Trouble brewing
Trouble brewing
More blue smoke and is that oil underneath?
The Big Bang - a conrod lets go.
More oil, starting to spin
Even more oil as Tony goes sideways
That’s the end of the day.
The damage.