John Maguire Racing

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Keith,
I know you are on the hunt for Maguire car info generally,so thought you also might be interested in this cutting I found.

It's a Mini this time though !

Is this one of the other cars you own or is it the original Ginger Marshall car you have ?

Ron.

[driftwood]

I thought Ginger kept his Traveller
he does have the Kitten

[maguire imp chassis no1]

I know very well were this car is but the owner wishes to remain anonomus it is still fitted with the imp engine to this day,in fact there are more than one imp engined minis left,marshall and frazer made there own blocks from sand castings,they eventually had a 1200cc full race motor,these cars are so rare,i have been asked to bring some of my cars to taunton haynes motor museum for an open day later this year,it would be lovely to get dr david enerby with the karman ghia,clive brown,rob mason,brian cutting,eddie mc klug and kevan,david hall,fred hendy,john homewood,and anyone else that could be found,there are lots of others,this posting is very interesting i hope i can have input to help anyone any way i can

Keith

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

I know very well were this car is but the owner wishes to remain anonomus it is still fitted with the imp engine to this day,in fact there are more than one imp engined minis left,marshall and frazer made there own blocks from sand castings,they eventually had a 1200cc full race motor,these cars are so rare,i have been asked to bring some of my cars to taunton haynes motor museum for an open day later this year,it would be lovely to get dr david enerby with the karman ghia,clive brown,rob mason,brian cutting,eddie mc klug and kevan,david hall,fred hendy,john homewood,and anyone else that could be found,there are lots of others,this posting is very interesting i hope i can have input to help anyone any way i can

Keith

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Keith,
Very interested in the Museum open day,have you got any more information on that, date, likely entries, etc ?

If enough Maguire owners could be persauded to go,perhaps we could even get the man himself to make an appearance !!

I personally would make every effort to go.

[simon drabble]

Originally Posted by lifeline-fire

James Shead drove a similar car that year, we also ran an Ecosse C2 car for his father Don the following year or was it 88, that car was stunning.
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did you run James when he did C2 and Le Mans (was that the following year?) if so did I meet you at Spa last year as James had several of his old team running him in his Cobra for the 6 Hour with Don acting as Le Patron. Dinner after the race was one of those great Spa memories resulting in us almost getting thrown out of the hotel..

Group C was the end of the Halycon Days of racing sadly

[911thillclimber]

Keith:
I think several people would like to know about a meeting of these great race cars.
I have a connection with my Lola that had the only other Ghia body on it off Dr Enderby's moulds.
Body now long gone but i hope the spirit of the car has been carried on.

Would like to meet Clive and Driftwood as I owe them a gallon of beer each for their help.

Was:





Now:

[maguire imp chassis no1]

That car is real stunning,i told dr david enerby that car was still around and he was very very interested to learn of it i dont know you but i know you are very fussy about the car,indeed a work of art well done to you,there wasnt ever a mould made for the kg just made from plywood and hardboard of original kg dr enerby and clive bought for 450 pounds of a guy that his gf or wife had fallen out with,those are the days,my theme tune for the special saloon get together is dire straits brothers in arms this song fits the bill for me

Keith

[haggispeed]

Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

That car is real stunning,i told dr david enerby that car was still around and he was very very interested to learn of it i dont know you but i know you are very fussy about the car,indeed a work of art well done to you,there wasnt ever a mould made for the kg just made from plywood and hardboard of original kg dr enerby and clive bought for 450 pounds of a guy that his gf or wife had fallen out with,those are the days,my theme tune for the special saloon get together is dire straits brothers in arms this song fits the bill for me

Keith

David still has his car in the garage but it hasn't run in years. There were moulds taken, Clive and David mocked up the body on a real Karmann Ghia then moulds were taken from that. David still has the moulds somewhere.
We must try and persuade him to get the car out if this bash at the museum goes ahead.

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by haggispeed

David still has his car in the garage but it hasn't run in years. There were moulds taken, Clive and David mocked up the body on a real Karmann Ghia then moulds were taken from that. David still has the moulds somewhere.
We must try and persuade him to get the car out if this bash at the museum goes ahead.

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I too would be delighted to see as many special saloons out as possible if the bash happens.

I believe they have a test track at the museum, even better if some could do a few demonstration runs !!

There must be lots of them still around, I have been looking through some late 70's/early 80's entry lists,and i'm staggered by the number of cars that used to run, particularly in the up to 1000cc classes.

Here's another Maguire car cutting that I kept, a bit more info for you Keith.

[driftwood]

Funnily enough i had just reda that article in Autosport 1978 only few weeks ago
it must have been 3rd or 4th car built?

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by driftwood

Funnily enough i had just reda that article in Autosport 1978 only few weeks ago
it must have been 3rd or 4th car built?

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Driftwood,

I think it was one of the early chassis.

I do remember a story that was circulating at the time,that Mike Parkes had 'an off' in this car during a test day at Silverstone, do not know if there was any truth in it though, anyone ?

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by WOCCOWAYCER

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I too would be delighted to see as many special saloons out as possible if the bash happens.

I believe they have a test track at the museum, even better if some could do a few demonstration runs !!

There must be lots of them still around, I have been looking through some late 70's/early 80's entry lists,and i'm staggered by the number of cars that used to run, particularly in the up to 1000cc classes.

Here's another Maguire car cutting that I kept, a bit more info for you Keith.

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Just a few more snippets of information I kept.
The top left clipping was from 1982.

[driftwood]

Im sure later John Flack fitted 1300 bda to the Mini

[maguire imp chassis no1]

I had a bad day till seen that post it is very good and thankyou for posting it

Keith

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

I had a bad day till seen that post it is very good and thankyou for posting it

Keith

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Keith,

Glad to be of service,hope you have a better day today.

Ron.

[maguire imp chassis no1]

Thankyou and i have to say i did have a good day

Keith

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Came across another cutting that ties in with this photograph I took in the Castle Combe paddock circa '80/'81.

Is that Doc Enderby I see lurking in the background ?

Has anyone got any idea how many Mini, Imp, Skoda & Lotus chassis the John Maguire crew built ? I seem to keep finding them everywhere ?

[haggispeed]

"Is that Doc Enderby I see lurking in the background ?"

I don't think it is David, very like him and he did have a beard for a while but pretty sure it's not.

[Malcolm Smith]

Maguire Mini of Richard Matossian, Forrestburn Hill Climb (Central Scotland)in April 2007. I don't know the engine type, but he was competing in the
up to 1400cc class.

[driftwood]

No idea on definatly how many cars where built of minis imps stilletos
guesstiimate
Minis 12
Imps 10
stilletto 10 tops
however not a guesstimate
Skoda 1 1300 bda
Esprit 2 1 1500 bda 1 2 litre hart 420R both march corners

[Angus Theape]

Originally Posted by Malcolm Smith

Maguire Mini of Richard Matossian, Forrestburn Hill Climb (Central Scotland)in April 2007. I don't know the engine type, but he was competing in the
up to 1400cc class.

Would that be the ex Duncan Laing car?

[Malcolm Smith]

No, I think that the Richard Matossian car was previously campaigned by Dave and Sandy Robertson. See car 259 below, picture taken when the Robertsons contested the Doune Hillclimb in June 1994.

Last year, I heard that Duncan Laing still had the Sprintex supercharged A series powered car which he and Donald Laing competed in for many years.I could only find one (poor) photo of it, from Doune in April 1990, number 66.

The third image is of Donnie and Calum MacKillop's Lotus twin cam powered version, number 115, from an August 1993 event at Kames (Muirkirk) . This car was later sold to Japan.

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Malcolm,

Many thanks for those additions to the list.

It would be nice to put together the history for each of those cars,are you in contact with the people listed ? or perhaps they could be persauded to post their own stories ?

Thanks again
Ron.

[maguire imp chassis no1]

Hi it is wonderful to see this take off the way that it is,its nice to see people have still interest in what i believe to be the ultimate special saloon in the building by john maguire and tom sheppard,i want to see them preserved in what ever form,rebuild and used to great effect once more,anything is possible if i can help anyone at all please ask,i will be trying still to find out more info and a massive thankyou to ron,and every one else for your help to date,catch yous all later


Keith

[WOCCOWAYCER]

Found an old programme from Mallory Park.

It lists another Maguire Imp in the hands of Jeff Ward, I didn't realise his was a Maguire car aswell.

Is that the Peter Day Fiat on the front of the programme ? whoever it was he was a brave boy !!