Davrians - Page 2

col rooney · 29 Jan 2010, 22:11 (Ref:2622006)

I know mondello was not the centre of all racing but haven been brought up in ireland i only know about irish racing from when i was a kid ,there is 3 davrian imps in the south of ireland that i know of ,1 in kent,1 in holland,and these are all proper davrian floor pan cars ,the problem with these cars is that some were made with no chassis numbers ,but as i said earlier the register knows of 12 with chassis numbers .The spaceframe car 1 of which david hall had which was burnt in a garage fire ,well there could have been loads of them who knows

col

maguire imp chassis no1 · 29 Jan 2010, 23:03 (Ref:2622026)

There are five genuine davrian imps in ireland,4 racing fibreglass shells,one solo stiletto(ex charles barter)ex bobby frier,ex angus roberston in forfar angus scotland,the other four are terry lindsay,leo nulty,maurice cullen(ex tony bridge car),ex lesley black lisburn plus the ex john homewood imp is here (one of them )i saw it this evening

Keith

driftwood · 30 Jan 2010, 01:19 (Ref:2622080)

get facts straight
John Homewood Imp will be the rawlson panelled car he raced 75 76 sold to Malcolm Johnstone for sale 78
i heard in 1990 the car was in ireland
the homewood davrian im sure was writen of at lydden 1979 tery mitchel

the davrian imps in ireland who had them in 77 78 79?
davd hall jim Mcgaughy are the only other owners of cars i can recall
Brian leonard at brand slydden had car with davrian body cant recall if it was tube or davrian floor pan ( possibly the brian davies car?) we had 2 or 3 tube cars with davrian bodywork fitted

p261brm · 30 Jan 2010, 12:21 (Ref:2622221)

I know nothing of Davrian history since the heady days of 1967/69. Adrian had a partner [Business] David ? here memory fails, the Dav part of the company, he also had a 'partner', a girl of oriental extraction, whom I heard he later married. A good friend of mine a stone mason by trade Eddie Jukes worked for the company laying up glass fibre producing body parts for Davrians and replacement panels for Jaguar E's and Mk11 saloons, the reason much remembered Albert Betts had MK11 front wings on his MK1 saloon, as did yours truly. Alberts car was in the hands of Don Law, have to check if he still has the car. Is David still amongst the quick ?

maguire imp chassis no1 · 30 Jan 2010, 18:14 (Ref:2622352)

The guy in question was called David clarke i think he build boats and was experienced in glassfibre production,they were also freinds and worked together for many years,hope this helps

Keith scott

col rooney · 1 Feb 2010, 16:00 (Ref:2623751)

Well i have made contact with Martyn Morgan Jones and he tells me that to date there are 12 known cars ,and Tim Duffee thinks there was as many as 17 cars made so at least now we know all that needed now is to work out how many survive

col

driftwood · 1 Feb 2010, 18:06 (Ref:2623862)

suggest you ask them for list of first owners that will be a start
If Martyn knows of 12 cars which are they?

col rooney · 1 Feb 2010, 19:30 (Ref:2623929)

I take it its the same 12 that the davrian register told me about ,as im not a member of the davrian club i dont think they will tell me who has which car but i will ask john anyway just to see

col

p261brm · 3 Feb 2010, 12:17 (Ref:2625647)

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Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

The guy in question was called David clarke i think he build boats and was experienced in glassfibre production,they were also freinds and worked together for many years,hope this helps

Keith scott

Thank you, yes he did have an interest in things nautical, and the last I heard he was domiciled in the West Country, Cornwall? a long tome ago though. 65 North St no longer exists so Mark Konig informed me, block of flats no sense of history these planners.

Al Weyman · 3 Feb 2010, 12:51 (Ref:2625656)

When I had my garage business in Barnet in the 70's there was a guy who had a workshop around the corner that had one with an Imp engine that he had turbocharged and this was the early days of turbocharging so had spent a fortune developing it only for it to promptly banned from ModSports(?), I remember him being very angry about it, can't remember his name for the life of me, he had a partner in the business called Tom??

driftwood · 10 Feb 2010, 22:32 (Ref:2631014)

autosport july 13 1978
2 more davrian imps race at silverstone
1 car for Richard "Rupert" Long replacing his Wallinger space frame car and another for fred hendy in same livery as Homewoods car.
This car is space frame NOT davrian floor pan car
cannot recall Longs car
this is why the davrian listing i think has 13 cars built
13 bodies supplied but think only 3 or 4 floor pan cars built
Homewood was the first customer

driftwood · 11 Feb 2010, 00:09 (Ref:2631062)

AS aug 10 p43 photo 2nd outing of Jim McGaughays Imp looks like davrian body but entered as Greetham Imp
off top of my head i recall at lydden circa 79 80 81 ish
Brain Davies with Davrian bodied Imp 1300 bda
Steve Holland tube frame 850 imp ( poss fred hendy car)
Not sure if this car then went to the Williams Brothers Glynn & Trevor
Brian Leonard 1220cc Imp motor enetred as Raylen Imp

John Homewoods 77 built car was later raced by Rob Mason 79? then Simon Sabel 80 then Terry Mitchell who crashed it at Lydden

col rooney · 11 Feb 2010, 20:51 (Ref:2631693)

Jim McGaughays car was a davrian floor he probably ran a greetham engine ,and yes fred hendys imp was a spacefram ,if you go on the imp club site there is 15 pages on special saloons in motorsport section ,No the davrians that the club know of all have glass floors and chassis numbers ,it is possible driftwood that you may well know a lot about special saloons and all manner of 70s/80s racing and you only remember the cars that you seen race and so you belive there was only 4 proper davrian imps made but im more incline to go with the davrian register on this one

col

driftwood · 11 Feb 2010, 22:05 (Ref:2631743)

seen the site so many imps raced hard to recall all after 30 years!
i have many pics of cars 79-84 ish don GT wendy wools

will still argue that the davrian list is NOT glass floor cars
only ever saw 2 cars in the flesh so did 10 live in garages or hillclimb?
saw more maguire Imps racing than glass floor davrians
await the davrian list being published with first owners then i will go to the kitchen and bake that humble pie and you can gloat and bring me the ingredients!

Motormouth · 13 Feb 2010, 10:56 (Ref:2632619)

Great thread guys. Love hearing this info....
I would think Col's figure is closer to the amount produced. I have two 'glass floored and bodied Davrian Saloons here in Ireland, Maurice Cullen has one, there is another one (at least) in Northern Ireland, Heniz Pffefier (sp?) has one in Belgium, I think Rob Knox has one (Col?)
Thats is 6, plus Homewoods car which was written off would be 7....

Interestingly enough, I was speaking to David Hall recently and he says that both he and Homewood comissioned the first two cars together and were involved in designing the shape. I am not sure which car ran first but I am almost sure Hall's 1220 car ran towards the end of '76.....

Also, Hall apparently travelled to Brands in either '77 or '78 and broke the up to 1300cc lap record. Anyone got any info on this?

driftwood · 13 Feb 2010, 13:36 (Ref:2632672)

1 you might be right with more cars than 4 but i can only find period race evidence of 4 besides Cols frothing at the mouth and worth the watch!

2 which cars do you guys have over there ie the first owners? I know you said that yours is the David Hall /Candy Capt usa car 1220cc motor

3 yes i do recall David coming to brands to race it was the GP track i think

col rooney · 13 Feb 2010, 21:01 (Ref:2632832)

1 you might be right with more cars than 4 but i can only find period race evidence of 4 besides Cols frothing at the mouth and worth the watch!

No Driftwood im not frothing at the mouth ,i just know my imps

Dont know much about any other cars well if it has an imp engine in the rear then im in heaven

col

911thillclimber · 14 Feb 2010, 08:04 (Ref:2633130)

Sorry to butt-in, but a few days ago looking at these threads I clicked on a site all about spaceframe Imps. I cannot find it again!

Can anyone point me in the right direction please?

Found it! www.theimpclub.co.uk

driftwood · 14 Feb 2010, 14:01 (Ref:2633223)

the many photos posted do not list who the car owners are and i do not recognise many of the cars/struggle to recall the names of car owners who where not "winners" i need to dig out my race photos ( mostly 1979 onto 85 ish) to scan and give to the Imp club for hosting

Motormouth · 14 Feb 2010, 16:51 (Ref:2633277)

If you could, that would be great. Myself or Col will post them, or you can do so yourself? You seem to have loads of Imp information!

driftwood · 14 Feb 2010, 23:02 (Ref:2633501)

we where racing wendy wools brands and KM series mid 70-early 80 also lydden then Don GT series for 4 years

had new back from Davrian registar
he said 10 cars are listed
before i post the data i want his consent PLUS double check a couple of points noted on the list for possible corection

in your car is there a chassis plate?
If so does it read DIS/7/016 and maurice would have 047

2 cars where built with BDA 1 for Brian davies other for Barrogil Angus
anyone heard of a transverse engine car possibly mini powered?

davyboy · 23 Feb 2010, 21:40 (Ref:2639340)

Just to add some spice to this discussion... this Davrian Stiletto has gone up for sale on eBay.ie. It looks in fantastic condition.

Check it out here.

SAMD · 27 Feb 2010, 17:57 (Ref:2641604)

Quote:

Originally Posted by davyboy

Just to add some spice to this discussion... this Davrian Stiletto has gone up for sale on eBay.ie. It looks in fantastic condition.

Check it out here.

Gorgeous, but it looks like about 5kg of paint added.

Malcolm Smith · 12 May 2010, 16:46 (Ref:2689276)

Saw Harry Simpson racing a Davrian again, last weekend at Knockhill.
He was competing in the in road-legal Classic Sports and Saloon Championship.

goatbutcher · 1 Mar 2014, 22:56 (Ref:3373803)

Davrians enjoy a new life in Italy. In 2014 two MK VII will be racing the trofeo Peroni "velocit�* auto storiche".
Another MK V racer will join in May/June.
There are other 4 cars being rebuilt at this moment!

Last race of the 2013 season in Imola Marco Malaguti started first in grid (up to 1999cc) and he was going strong when he was hit in the back at the Acque Minerali and he was obliged to retire