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31 Jan 2012, 11:24 (Ref:3019345) | #1 | ||
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BMW 633 Donington Incident Vehicle late 70s
After I retired from active racing, I used to spend my weekends driving this car. Lots of fun. This would have been in the late seventies. The boot contained two huge tubs, lightwater and foam. I had a doctor in the passenger seat, sometimes a marshall would come along. Anyone remember it?
Looks like something out of "Ghostbusters" doesn't it. |
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31 Jan 2012, 16:27 (Ref:3019435) | #2 | ||
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Assuming it wasn't your everyday vehicle (and nothing at all like a modified Anglia!) How did she go compared to your regular transport
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1 Feb 2012, 17:45 (Ref:3019898) | #3 | ||
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How did she go? Well, if I am to be completely honest matey, without all that weight in the boot she would have been very quick, but with all that slopping about behind us, really a handful! I could be up amongst the back row without much trouble ( I never did of course....) and once wound up, it was great fun, but coming into REDGATE!!!!! Ha,ha.
Very happy days indeed though. |
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1 Feb 2012, 19:47 (Ref:3019942) | #4 | |
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I seem to remember the Safety Car/Course Car ending up in the Gravel when the Irish Formula Atlantics were there one year....I don't remember the details though
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2 Feb 2012, 11:28 (Ref:3020233) | #5 | ||
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Yeah, you already know that it was me don't you? Too much into Craner, down the hill, too much weight in back, and round she went....fortunately, I kept the engine running, and we drove through it! Imagine the embarrasement, had we had to be towed out!
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