John Maguire Racing - Page 7

Old Boy Racer · 13 Sep 2014, 06:52 (Ref:3452828)

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Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

Hello does any of the forum users know were to find sue davies this lady ran a early maaguire imp saloon in the wendy wools series,the car was looked after by denis ault in the early days then sold to devon cira 1983,please help as im looking to complete history on the different cars,she may be the only lady ever to race a maguire chassis so important that she is included,if you dont want to post reply please e mail me asap thankyou

Keith scott

I have stumbled on this thread when reminiscing about my childhood and to my amazement Keith was asking about Sue Davies' Maguire imp. And then to see the article from Motoring News and the photo I took!! I went to most of her races as junior mechanic. Unfortunately Sue is no longer with us I last saw her at my wedding twelve years ago when she was suffering from the torment of Alzheimer's. I last saw the car at Prescott but am not sure who owned it then. Please let me know if I can be of assistance, not sure if I still have any photos.

Cheers Julian

col rooney · 13 Sep 2014, 20:40 (Ref:3453000)

Hi julian

Sorry to hear that sue is no longer with us , i now own the chassis of her old car which im going to copy to bring it up to spec

col

maguire imp chassis no1 · 14 Sep 2014, 12:37 (Ref:3453219)

Thankyou for reply

WOCCOWAYCER · 18 Sep 2014, 18:51 (Ref:3454747)

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Originally Posted by oneofapair

Donington Park "Special GT's would in period ,plus it could be argued it is the same layout as a 6R4

I'm not sure but would the 6R4 have been around in the late 70's early 80's ?

Hi Steve65,
Barry did mention you, no doubt we will catch up at some time as I am going to keep in close touch with Barry for the duration !

andy97 · 18 Sep 2014, 20:07 (Ref:3454773)

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Originally Posted by WOCCOWAYCER

I'm not sure but would the 6R4 have been around in the late 70's early 80's ?

6R4 was introduced in 1985 I think. The current CSCC regs are for cars up to 1993 age.

Neil Duke · 30 Sep 2014, 11:36 (Ref:3458862)

Can anybody PM me John Maguire's contact details?
&/or George Croziers contacts?

maguire imp chassis no1 · 30 Sep 2014, 18:30 (Ref:3458961)

I've tried to upload this

Neil Duke · 1 Oct 2014, 08:40 (Ref:3459112)

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Originally Posted by maguire imp chassis no1

I've tried to upload this

What is it?
I have found George Crozier Motorsport,but he is a Rally guy,& doesn't even know the other George.

Neil Duke · 1 Oct 2014, 11:51 (Ref:3459150)

I have now spoken to George,thanks to davyboy,& found a few more bits of information.
George had the car built by John Maguire in 1986,he ran it with a 1600 crossflow,& last raced it in 1994.

Neil Duke · 3 Dec 2014, 19:50 (Ref:3481579)

Over the last few weeks,one of my guys has been replacing all the aluminium panels on the spaceframe.The main body is now off for the last of the repairs,will post some pictures shortly,sure is looking good.

Graz · 3 Dec 2014, 21:01 (Ref:3481611)

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Originally Posted by Neil Duke

Over the last few weeks,one of my guys has been replacing all the aluminium panels on the spaceframe.The main body is now off for the last of the repairs,will post some pictures shortly,sure is looking good.

I loved that car back in the days here in Ireland. George had a fantastic red Maguire Mini before it. The Irish GT's were great back in the 80's, the grids were relatively small but of real quality. There were 4 or 5 mainstay guys in the big class (up to 1600) and they were all pretty evenly matched so some great ding dong battled ensued. The cars were bloody quick too, often guys from the UK would come over in far more powerful cars and get a spanking.

I was sad to see George's mini go at the time when he replaced it with the Metro but it grew on me such that I ended up really loving it. It was fairly basic when he first got it but gradually modified it. I think he may even have lengthened it later in its life but I can't be certain - it just looked longer in later years. It was a bit of a twitchy bugger at the front so lengthening it would have made it more stable. I could be totally wrong!!

Neil Duke · 4 Dec 2014, 09:39 (Ref:3481763)

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Originally Posted by Graz

I loved that car back in the days here in Ireland. George had a fantastic red Maguire Mini before it. The Irish GT's were great back in the 80's, the grids were relatively small but of real quality. There were 4 or 5 mainstay guys in the big class (up to 1600) and they were all pretty evenly matched so some great ding dong battled ensued. The cars were bloody quick too, often guys from the UK would come over in far more powerful cars and get a spanking.

I was sad to see George's mini go at the time when he replaced it with the Metro but it grew on me such that I ended up really loving it. It was fairly basic when he first got it but gradually modified it. I think he may even have lengthened it later in its life but I can't be certain - it just looked longer in later years. It was a bit of a twitchy bugger at the front so lengthening it would have made it more stable. I could be totally wrong!!

You are not mistaken.The car has been lengthened by about 6",by putting a spacer between the engine & gearbox,& lengthening the trailing links.

Neil Duke · 4 Dec 2014, 15:52 (Ref:3481876)

Couple of pictures of the Metro,awaiting repaired body.

wiho · 7 Feb 2015, 21:41 (Ref:3502519)

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Originally Posted by driftwood

1 Jeff Ward had a space frame Imp I do not think this is a Maguire Imp maybe tended by JMR
2 the 2 850 Minis of Ward & Bernstein i think are Maguire built Minis
3 yes peter day in the 850 cc Fiat 500 it was half a BDA engine in the car YES 2 cylinders

Maybe I have the 850 mini of Bernstein! i bought it about 20 years ago from John Simpson and he told me that it was raced by Bernstein! at that time it was raced with a short stroke 8port 850cc engine!
I got these 3 b&w pics with the car, I don't know which year ! but I m sure that it is in Silverstone !
May be you can help me ! John Simpson said also that the car had a Maguire rear axle, the complete back panel is alloy, bonded and riveted and the roof is fiberglass , also the door skins are alloy , a really lightweight body shell full of holes ,also in the inner sills !
with reg

WOCCOWAYCER · 3 Mar 2015, 22:08 (Ref:3511364)

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Originally Posted by wiho

Maybe I have the 850 mini of Bernstein! i bought it about 20 years ago from John Simpson and he told me that it was raced by Bernstein! at that time it was raced with a short stroke 8port 850cc engine!
I got these 3 b&w pics with the car, I don't know which year ! but I m sure that it is in Silverstone !
May be you can help me ! John Simpson said also that the car had a Maguire rear axle, the complete back panel is alloy, bonded and riveted and the roof is fiberglass , also the door skins are alloy , a really lightweight body shell full of holes ,also in the inner sills !
with reg

Hi,
The car you have is not a Maguire car, it certainly looks ex Bernstein but is likely to be the car he used prior to running the spaceframe Maguire car, (see post #59 in this thread).
His cars were always immaculate and very well engineered, he was also a very capable pilot.

steve65 · 3 Jun 2015, 19:49 (Ref:3544671)

Charles is retired now i believe, but is still building Mini engines for racing.
Steve.
Ron, any news on Barry Longs Mini project?

WOCCOWAYCER · 4 Jun 2015, 19:33 (Ref:3544984)

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Originally Posted by steve65

Ron, any news on Barry Longs Mini project?

Hi Steve,
I haven't heard from Barry for a few months, the last photo's he sent me were of the chassis being panelled with ally.

I will email him and see if he has a progress report for me.

Regards,
Ron.

aramsay · 23 Oct 2015, 17:37 (Ref:3585026)

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Originally Posted by driftwood

1 Jeff Ward had a space frame Imp I do not think this is a Maguire Imp maybe tended by JMR
2 the 2 850 Minis of Ward & Bernstein i think are Maguire built Minis
3 yes peter day in the 850 cc Fiat 500 it was half a BDA engine in the car YES 2 cylinders
4 I cannot recall the 1 litre Chrade Imp of Adrian Gamble i do recall the 850 Chris Roberts car
5 Nick Birch is in a Mason Stilleto ricky gauld possibly too or a davrian Imp I would need to see photos of the cars
6 Mike Luck built is own spaceframe Imp

Driftwood.....can you please PM me.

I have the Roberts 850 Chrade spaceframe. I would like to know what you remember about Gamble & Roberts. (sounds like a toothpaste make....)

As far as I can work out, they were racing partners. Initially with a steel shell Imp, which probably ran a 998, and then when they got the spaceframe running an 850. Chris drove the spaceframe.

I reckon Chrade = CHRis / ADE-rian

bigears · 7 Feb 2021, 23:08 (Ref:4033904)

Is John Maguire still around? As I am looking to contact him about him running his cars for Godfrey Hall and James Shead in 1988 for the BTCC series.

Thank you..

E.B · 9 Feb 2021, 22:00 (Ref:4034362)

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Originally Posted by bigears

Is John Maguire still around? As I am looking to contact him about him running his cars for Godfrey Hall and James Shead in 1988 for the BTCC series.

Thank you..

I know there is a Maguire Racing Facebook page. Im sure they will be able to help.

https://www.facebook.com/Maguire-rac...4841014537720/

Paul Blackman · 28 Nov 2022, 13:14 (Ref:4135169)

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144830974...Bk9SR8ys2OSXYQ

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