Special Saloon/Super Saloon Register - Page 16

nabs · 4 Feb 2011, 21:46 (Ref:2825931)

just incase anybody is interested 77 year old zekia redjep (zaki) is living in north cyprus, where he has built the ZET INTERNATIONAL go kart circuit. he also has engineering shops in nicosia and famagusta. his eldist son erdinc was easykart champion for 9 years and now his grandsons are also champions.

Gerry Taylor · 5 Feb 2011, 22:52 (Ref:2826332)

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Originally Posted by nabs

just incase anybody is interested 77 year old zekia redjep (zaki) is living in north cyprus, where he has built the ZET INTERNATIONAL go kart circuit. he also has engineering shops in nicosia and famagusta. his eldist son erdinc was easykart champion for 9 years and now his grandsons are also champions.

Cheers Nabs. As you know I raced against him, usually at Brands. He is a bit older than me, and was one of the pioneers of Special Saloons. If you ever talk to him, please would you pass on my regards, and tell him I'm still breathing, Ha,ha.
Thanks,
Gerry.

nabs · 6 Feb 2011, 15:20 (Ref:2826650)

thanks for your reply Gerry. Yes i should be speaking to him this week, i will mention you asked after him. in fact you were one of the drivers he mentioned when i was out in cyprus with his family in september and october last year. many of the others he asked about was tony lanfranchie who had died only months after going to cyprus to see him. and he did not know he had died of cancer.....was totaly devestated when i told him. micky chittenden who lives up the road from me. Ginger Payne...Rod Birley..ken dawes...ken costello (was zaks niebour in sidcup)..gerry amatto...George whitehead..John homewood...Martin Birrane..Rob Mason he bought our BDG engine for his imp...Mike Crabtree he bought our ex broadspeed 1594 twin cam to race in south america...and finally his bigest friend Roger Taylor who he is desperate to know if he is still alive..Sorry about getting carried away with the nostalgia. by the way if you go on the internet zaks track is shown on there. zet international cyprus....

nabs · 7 Feb 2011, 18:11 (Ref:2827356)

just a add on could not speak to him tonight due to terrible phone connections will ring him at work tomorrow. appologies for not mentioning Jonathan Buncombe and Pat Mannion. Another two drivers that zak remembers with great fondness...

Gerry Taylor · 8 Feb 2011, 18:17 (Ref:2827921)

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Originally Posted by nabs

just a add on could not speak to him tonight due to terrible phone connections will ring him at work tomorrow. appologies for not mentioning Jonathan Buncombe and Pat Mannion. Another two drivers that zak remembers with great fondness...

Nabs, blimey all those names! George Whitehead was friend, he did some work for me at his workshop in Harrow. I raced against all of those drivers, and had such great fun. Pat Mannion who made those wheels for Terry McNally's Anglia ( I think he carried some of Pat's sponsorship on his car?) Jonathan Buncombe, and all the others. Give them all my regards matey; those that are still with us.
Thanks Nabs,
Gerry.

col rooney · 8 Feb 2011, 19:00 (Ref:2827952)

Gerry you will be glad to know Pat Mannion is still with us and im hopeing to get him to a track day at brands to have a go in my imp

col

nabs · 9 Feb 2011, 17:51 (Ref:2828597)

nice to here pats still about (is he still revolution wheels). will let zak know.Spoke to him this morning. Said Rod Birley had emailed him. Still eager to know if Roger is still with us. Also rogers mechanic BERT IVOR. we rated him very highly, gave us alot of good info in the early days.

allenbrown · 17 Feb 2011, 15:56 (Ref:2832783)

Does anyone here remember Colin James, who had an Escort in 1975 with a Martin V8 engine.

It appears that he also installed a Martin V8 in a Gropa-Chevron sports car and I'm keen to learn more about it.

nabs · 18 Feb 2011, 17:47 (Ref:2833391)

belated birthday wishes to mike crabtree another saloon car driver still with us and was also 77 years young on february 6th...

John D Wood · 10 Mar 2011, 14:30 (Ref:2843411)

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Originally Posted by driftwood

well that was the question i was asking wasnt it??!!
Dave wilson hmm need to see foto of the car to jog my " i was there " memory im sure ive seen it at Brands in 81 where did Dave come from?
Simon Purcell doesnt ring any bells

Dave came from Harrow where he had an engine reconditioning business, about 79ish he moved to Norfolk

fordfanatic · 17 Apr 2011, 15:56 (Ref:2865115)

Hi Guys My name is Lyndon I'm from Trinidad West Indies and I'm trying to get in contact with Mr.Mike Crabtree as I've seen Mr.Crabtree raced in Guyana back in the early seventies I was about five years old then but never the less I have a photographic memory of that race. He sold a car to Trinidad and I beleive I have a DVD with this car racing in Trinidad in the late seventies early eighties.
If anyone can assist I would much appreciate,
Regards,
LyndonG.

Trinidad, West Indies.

Flat Out Farr · 18 Apr 2011, 17:02 (Ref:2865852)

Hi Guys,

Loving this thread as I loved watching special saloons and even competed for a while in a Clubman's Based MG Metro.

A rave from the grave came into my bar the other day; a guy called Mike Waring, who raced Cooper S special saloons between the late 60's and 1974.
What a nice bloke !!

nabs · 30 Apr 2011, 12:30 (Ref:2872040)

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Originally Posted by fordfanatic

Hi Guys My name is Lyndon I'm from Trinidad West Indies and I'm trying to get in contact with Mr.Mike Crabtree as I've seen Mr.Crabtree raced in Guyana back in the early seventies I was about five years old then but never the less I have a photographic memory of that race. He sold a car to Trinidad and I beleive I have a DVD with this car racing in Trinidad in the late seventies early eighties.
If anyone can assist I would much appreciate,
Regards,
LyndonG.

Trinidad, West Indies.

i think you will find that the escort mike raced and sold over there was zekia redjeps ex dave mathews escort. was originally 1300cc but we put a 1558cc david wood twin cam in it. mikes email address is mike@crabtree.co.uk. ps if that escorts still over there id love to buy it back.....

nabs · 3 May 2011, 18:36 (Ref:2873639)

on your list the zekia redjep bdg was a boreham escort the twin cam was the ex melton broadspeed 1300 of dave mathews. we bought it as a rolling shell and put a chris steele 1558 twin cam in it...broadspeed would not sell it with there 1300 engine............i wonder why????????
sorry this is regarding alan browns post on various saloons

Andy Clegg · 18 May 2011, 08:02 (Ref:2881997)

Hi,
Just found this. Could be Walter Robertson Aintree 1976/77?
Andy

Ewan_jon · 29 May 2011, 19:38 (Ref:2887710)

Hello, I'm new to this site and came across it whilst searching for info on my father. I noticed that he is listed at the start of this thread. His name is Rob Farquhar.

I have been attempting to track down photos of him racing but so far have not been very successful. I was wondering if anyone on here might have any that you might be able to pass on to me?

I remember a photographer called Eric Yewell (not sure on the spelling of the surname) who was active at the time but haven't been able to track down any records of him either.

Any help or info would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Ewan

Andy Clegg · 30 May 2011, 08:10 (Ref:2887996)

Hi Ewan,
I think/hope this might be your father. I took it at Lodge Corner, Oulton Park in about 1976/1977. All I have.
Peter Macfadyen was I think, the Autosport photographer for the North of England at about this time. Last time I saw him he was racing an Elan in HSCC Races. Try Charlie Wooding.

Ewan_jon · 31 May 2011, 09:41 (Ref:2888608)

Hi Andy,

That does indeed look remarkably like one of his later cars. Thanks!
Thanks for the info too.

If I PM you my Email, please could you Email me a copy of the photo? WOuld that be OK?

Thanks,

Ewan

Andy Clegg · 31 May 2011, 15:41 (Ref:2888811)

Yes, of course. I'll re-scan and send after cleaning up etc.

Ewan_jon · 31 May 2011, 19:49 (Ref:2888977)

That's great, many thanks indeed.

Ewan

big andy · 18 Jun 2011, 07:50 (Ref:2901265)

29th june theres a test day /press day for the special saloon/modsport race in august .theres over 30 cars going to be there including lots of cars mentioned in this thread ,

Andy Clegg · 10 Jul 2011, 08:04 (Ref:2924429)

Found a couple of photos from Donington GT'S. Dudley Wood's Porsche 935. He went on to race at Le Mans. Also an Imp from the same race meeting. Will put on Motorsport History.

Graham Phillips · 21 Jul 2011, 19:14 (Ref:2929532)

Hi everyone, my first post here after finding this thread when I searched for my brother, Steve Phillips' name on google.
Steve started racing his Cortina Mk1 road car with a 1600 cross flow engine, then progressed to a purpose built 1594 Lotus Twin Cam Anglia, which he towed to races behind the Cortina. He later bought a 3l Capri for towing and production class racing.
After crashing the Anglia at Mallory, he changed to an Escort with the same engine.
Steve died in 1978 at the age of 26, I was 15. He was part way through building a 2000 BDA at the time as the 1594 Lotus put him at a bit of a disadvantage in the 2500 class.

I remember being taken to races at Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Mallory Park as pit crew.
It's all over 30 years ago now, but some of my best memories are Bill Cox and his Capri, with a 454ci Chevrolet engine, I think.
There was also a Volkswagen Beetle with a 3l F1 engine and a VW Variant with a 5l F5000 engine.
Ford Falcons and Mustangs, which seemed to just fly past everything on the long straights at Silverstone.
I always felt a bit of a traitor as my own personal favourites, as a typical teenage boy, were the V12 E types racing in Modified Sports.

Dan Rear · 25 Jul 2011, 10:28 (Ref:2930822)

Graham, I recall your brother's Escort very well. It was beautifully turned out, white if I remember, though as you say, a little outpaced by the likes of Whiting, Sugden, Big Gerry etc etc.

Tragic loss at such a young age.

Gerry Taylor · 8 Aug 2011, 11:02 (Ref:2937127)

Hi Graham, here's a page from a programme dated: Saturday June 3rd 1972, which features your brothers name.
Regards, Gerry.

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