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10 Feb 2004, 11:57 (Ref:869349)
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Fred Saunders/Mermaid racing
 Having been around when formula 5000 startedthere were a number of one off cars around, one being Fred Saunders Mermaid racing car . I can not remember what the car was called, but do recall it had a rover v8 engine. Does this car exist still and did anyone else race it? Can anyone tell me where the Leda f5000 car came from, was it built by anyone else under a different name before or after?  pete |
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10 Feb 2004, 12:28 (Ref:869414)
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Fred Saunders drove the Crosslé 15F. Brian Cocks raced it for a while in HSCC events, and Franz Nowak has it, I think
Check Allen Brown's excellent OldRacingcars.com for full details on this and the Ledas, Pete |
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10 Feb 2004, 13:09 (Ref:869456)
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If you click on this link and scroll through, there may be a photo of Fred.
ATTEN-SHUN! GUARDS F5000 PICS http://tentenths.com/forum/showthrea...threadid=30812 |
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10 Feb 2004, 13:18 (Ref:869464)
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Thanks Jeremy for the link, i had no idea that Leda formed the basis for the Mcrae f5000 cars, which i think are quite pleasing to the eye. I believe the Crossle 15f used by Fred Saunders had quite a vivid colour scheme if memory serves me right. Has anyone pictures of the original mermaid car?.
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10 Feb 2004, 13:20 (Ref:869465)
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Andrew pre-empted my last question.!!!
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10 Feb 2004, 22:31 (Ref:870008)
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Fred Saunders was earlier a Formula Vee racer/champion even?
The Leda was a Len Terry designed F5000 which came out of Malcolm Bridgeland's Malaya Garage driven amongst others by Mac Daghorn. Folk with proper info are hereabouts ... |
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11 Feb 2004, 10:10 (Ref:870425)
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Was his helmet multicoloured then, i remember some thing was unusual about the combo?
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Fred at Thruxton in 1970.
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