The way we were

[Bob Bull]

How some of us used to be.

[peter rafter]

hokay everybody, starter for ten and no conferring, which one is the one and only beboballula?

[TonyLees]

the one to the right of that drummer bloke?

[Chris Acklam]

It's Woody Allen...

[jack bellinger]

Is Woody Allen that short then??

[Bob Bull]

Naturally I was the one the rich and famous wanted to be seen with, but .........WHAT MOMENTOUS OCCASION WAS BEING CELEBRATED?

That is champagne in the glasses (no jokes about spectacles - please!)

[jack bellinger]

Having Hair !!!

[jack bellinger]

Second thoughts.. Was it the Young Ladies Tupperware Party??

[Leigh Sebba]

Silverstone paddock, about 1980, VSCC event or possibly a 6 hour relay if that is one of ‘the drummer’s’ pre war Aston Martins ? I do recall being on the grid with ‘him’ for a 6 hour relay. But it looks like everyone else has gone home !

[TonyLees]

the chap on the far right looks familiar... must be a morgan man cos he's got a wax jacket.

[Andreas Adamou]

Hi Mary,

Have just logged on to Loose torque after a long absence and seen the old photo's, how good are they!

I will try and dig out some of my old photos from the Libra Motive day's.

Best regards

Andreas Adamou
Held in slavery at Libra Motive for 10 years!!

[Mary Lindsay]

To complete the Willhire set here are our teams in 1982, 1983 and 1984, sports cars were excluded in subsequent years.


1982 Willhire 24 Hour Race: Bulldog Morgan team, 10th overall, 1st sports car.
Left to right: John Lindsay, Mary Lindsay, Peter Garland, Jim Deacon, Mike Duncan, Richard Casswell
The car belonged to Jim Deacon and was a single car team entry.


1983 Willhire 24 Hour Race: Bulldog Morgan team, 5th overall.
Left to right: Jim Deacon, John Lindsay, Mary Lindsay, Tim Sisson, Leigh Sebba and Dave Saunter
The car belonged to Jim Deacon and was a single car team entry.


1984 Willhire 24 Hour Race: Bulldog Morgan team, 12th overall, 2nd sports car
Left to right: Mike Duncan, Mary Lindsay, John Lindsay, Bob Cook.
The car was Mary and John Lindsay's Plus 8 JEK 303H and was a single car team entry.

[Andreas Adamou]

Hi Mark,

Chris Cooke did indeed run a very highly modified 4/4 with crossflow ford engine, infact if my memory serves me correctly it was an all steel engine with lots of Cosworth internals and it was canted over in the chassis at about 30 degrees!! with very special cylinder head and pistons.

I also remember the engine was a very difficult starter because of the high compression? but boy did it sound great when it did eventually start.

As one who loves building competition engines when you hear something like that start up, the hairs on the back of your neck stand up because you just know it's going to be very quick.

I don't know what happened to the car and I have not spoken to Chris for many years.

Regards

Andreas Adamou.

[Mary Lindsay]

I seem to remember the commentator at Bentley Drivers Club Silverstone describing that car as looking like a rabbit blancmange....