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by peter rafter
Thu Aug 24, 2023 10:26 am
Forum: Loose torque
Topic: Morgan Memories.
Replies: 39
Views: 3146

Re: Morgan Memories.

fascinating!
just managed to spot Richard Plant, but who else is hiding or missing?
by peter rafter
Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: Loose torque
Topic: Morgan Memories.
Replies: 39
Views: 3146

Re: Morgan Memories.

most enjoyable Bob. I skip the the helmeted car shots but enjoy greatly the Human people pics. The usual suspects. Who have you not included? Is there a comprehensive people gallery? Can you concoct one? Is there a pic of Jerry Knight who may not be in the best of health. just something for you to d...
by peter rafter
Thu Aug 10, 2023 1:56 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: Bentley Drivers Club - Tickets
Replies: 8
Views: 967

Re: Bentley Drivers Club - Tickets

Greg,many many thanks
I will enjoy following your exploits and the rest of the BHM mafia
best regards
by peter rafter
Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:48 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: Bentley Drivers Club - Tickets
Replies: 8
Views: 967

Re: Bentley Drivers Club - Tickets

Hello to all, if anyone has a spare ticket I would be grateful
regards
ptrafter1947@yahoo.co.uk
by peter rafter
Wed Aug 02, 2023 11:55 am
Forum: 4 cylinder Morgans
Topic: ex Pat Kennett car
Replies: 0
Views: 1138

ex Pat Kennett car

spotted now fitted with TR4 engine but original engine available--1953 interim cowl 4/4 Silverstone auction 25/6 August 2023 fiercely campaigned' by the late motoring journalist, Pat Kennett, and features in many books about Morgan, including the official Morgan 100 Years by Charles Morgan and Grego...
by peter rafter
Wed Aug 02, 2023 11:23 am
Forum: For sale or wanted
Topic: 1954 MORGAN 4/4 "INTERIM COWL" EX-PAT Kennett
Replies: 3
Views: 652

1954 MORGAN 4/4 "INTERIM COWL" EX-PAT Kennett

Silverstone auction 25/6 August fiercely campaigned' by the late motoring journalist, Pat Kennett, and features in many books about Morgan, including the official Morgan 100 Years by Charles Morgan and Gregory Houston Bowden, and is also illustrated in Ken Hill's defining work on the marque. Pat is ...
by peter rafter
Sat Jun 17, 2023 8:09 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: Web site updates
Replies: 28
Views: 2856

Re: Web site updates

for you cycle nuts (Bob, John E, Simon B, Jonathon E, et al) Re racing drivers and their off piste antics/dalliances, (what those boys got up to in those days). This from an earlier era and equally demanding sport, Extracts from a book on the 1923 tour de France. "Bicycles had only two gears, t...
by peter rafter
Thu May 25, 2023 2:47 pm
Forum: On track
Topic: Web site updates
Replies: 28
Views: 2856

Re: Web site updates

what those boys got up to in those days...! "Macklin's social confidence and smooth demeanour made him popular with women, and he would sometimes be more interested in them than racing. Abecassis had been critical of this easy-going attitude: He never cared whether he started in a race or not.....
by peter rafter
Sun Apr 23, 2023 9:20 pm
Forum: Loose torque
Topic: melancholy
Replies: 5
Views: 917

melancholy

a colleague and friend sent this Wheel me gently to the garage since my car and I must part— No more for me the record and the run. That cursèd left-hand cylinder the doctors call my heart Is pinking past redemption—I am done! They’ll never strike a mixture that’ll help me pull my load. My gears are...
by peter rafter
Sat Mar 18, 2023 8:21 pm
Forum: Racing in Europe
Topic: 21 Years Ago
Replies: 6
Views: 1469

Re: 21 Years Ago

jack, my memory is fading ( along with other functions) but I recall parking next you you in a French service station after the Classic and you were towing
--was that XOV ? or was it the second Classic?
regards
ps
Interesting re-reading Johns epistle.
Both he and Chris look so young
by peter rafter
Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: For sale or wanted
Topic: ARV6 sold at auction
Replies: 2
Views: 747

Re: ARV6 sold at auction

unfortunately it didn't sell---apparently this was below the reserve. It was on display at the entrance to the Hall at Stoneleigh Race Retro together with Choc Ices,, both looked pristine. So if anybody still interested follow it up. a 1987 Sierra Cosworth RS500, with just 5,192 miles on the clock, ...
by peter rafter
Fri Feb 24, 2023 3:59 pm
Forum: For sale or wanted
Topic: ARV6 sold at auction
Replies: 2
Views: 747

ARV6 sold at auction

ARV6 Bumble sold at Silverstone/Race retro £39000 plus commission. A snip considering development costs expended.
Many lots didn't reach estimates.. either optimistic valuations or weak market. Is realism creeping back on stage?
regards
by peter rafter
Sat Feb 11, 2023 1:42 pm
Forum: Older Morgans and the MHR
Topic: 1939/1946 sales brochure at auction
Replies: 0
Views: 915

1939/1946 sales brochure at auction

For info Auction22 February Mullocks Morgan 1946 sales brochure - a fold out Brochure of 1939 illustrating and 3 models of their Sports Cars with details, specifications and prices, with attached paper showing post war prices that are nearly double. Printed on card, folds out to size 18 1/2" x ...
by peter rafter
Thu Dec 08, 2022 12:04 pm
Forum: For sale or wanted
Topic: Tillett seats wanted
Replies: 5
Views: 1202

Re: Tillett seats wanted

Nick, I bought a new Tillet either last year or the year before so I will check with Richard what happened to the old one
by peter rafter
Mon Oct 31, 2022 11:55 am
Forum: For sale or wanted
Topic: 1979 Plus 8 class 2 race car
Replies: 1
Views: 826

1979 Plus 8 class 2 race car

If you scratch an itch, the reaction may not be as intended. What might have been? What has been. For some considerable time without doubt the most admired and the best sounding car on the grid has been the pretty red no 47. Fashioned by Master Gateson and campaigned over many seasons by a distingui...