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Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Archivist - 26-11-2020
but this film is far too good not to share. Lots of MG and Morris ...
https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-the-colmore-car-trial-1934-online?fbclid=IwAR2n7-RxKnoit0RBeC33rXNA8pxIPaJOpzkOSuQNkQIdDdgucd24FKXhu_w
Hugh
RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Mike Costigan - 26-11-2020
Excellent!
RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Malcolm Parker - 26-11-2020
What a super film, shot by someone who obviously found MG's and Singer Le Mans sexier than Austin 7's. Very evocative.
RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Ivor Hawkins - 26-11-2020
What a marvellous film, I’ll take the Frazier Nash!
RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Nick Salmon - 26-11-2020
Lovely stuff. From the days when a gentlemen in passing would doff his hat to the hoi poloi...
RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Nick Turley - 27-11-2020
Superb quality thanks for sharing.
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RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Chris Garner - 27-11-2020
The '34 Colmore saw 163 entrants with 155 starters. Ten of these were Sevens, two of which were supercharged. None featured in the Club Awards but " thirds " were gained by three cars.
RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Mike Costigan - 27-11-2020
One of the supercharged cars was Hugh Conway's Ulster, OG 9262.
RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - geoffharrison - 27-11-2020
(27-11-2020, 10:39 AM)Mike Costigan Wrote: One of the supercharged cars was Hugh Conway's Ulster, OG 9262.
Super piece of film , unfortunately too short !
C.A.N May describes the 1934 Colmore in detail from a competitors viewpoint in his 1945 book ' Wheelspin'
Had the film been of a trial in Derbyshire 20 years later, Mike and I would have probably been the small boys
in school caps.
RE: Sadly, not an Austin 7 in sight.. - Mike Costigan - 27-11-2020
Another short film of the same event, including J G Orford's unsupercharged Ulster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNSk0CmEeuA