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[Amigo]

Would rather see these classic 'used' than sat in a garage gathering dust......And when they're finished with get them raced....We have a stockpile of classic inc MK1 granada coupe, MK2 Triumph 2000, XJS, XJ6 Alegro, minors etc and these are all waiting to be raced!!!!
Have just seen a westie that sold for £2000 and has been bought to be banger raced..which is a little bit excessive!!!

I hate banger racing - such a waste of old cars.

Now old cars on a proper track or rallying - that is good

Understood Martin but as relative youngsters we did'nt understand that back then. Anyone whose done it will understand Banger racing is like scrapping with cars. To observe we're not going very fast & ooh he hit him & ooh he span out etc. When your'e in the car everything is magnified & the adreniline rush is unbelievable & addictive. I used to be dissapointed if i did a meet & had'nt rolled, it's the original exteme sport. Try as i might i could never put into words the buzz you get, from days before each meet to days after.
    I'm older & calmer now & the 1966 Cortina est. will never meet such a demise. She'll be polished, shown & pampered.

  PS, most of the cars we raced would've gone to the crusher if we had'nt raced 'em, at least they went out in style, Guy.

[Kevin Wood]

Now there lies the rub, money, money, in a rich man mans world.

For the rest of us how about one for oof members possibly under class e.g 2.5/2.6 and 2.0 and racing against a clock? also makin g it day out with other events around it.

Possibly insurance needs to be considered etc.

Mike Dundee will win the 2.6, and I'll have the fastest auto 2.6

Excellent idea. I have a 2.0 that will hold its' own.

Kevin

[zirax]

Used to know a 1.6 owner, and he was surprised when he was hammering it and I kept up with my Sunbeam .

I do know how the Sunbeam's shift. A friend used to have a horrible old brown thing that was covered in rust and was generally falling apart..... He used to leave modern cars standing! No idea what tweaking he had done.

[Kevin Wood]

Used to know a 1.6 owner, and he was surprised when he was hammering it and I kept up with my Sunbeam .

I do know how the Sunbeam's shift. A friend used to have a horrible old brown thing that was covered in rust and was generally falling apart..... He used to leave modern cars standing! No idea what tweaking he had done.

My mate's one was not so quick - on the days it started at all.  It did have the 928cc engine, though. It was fastest when on tow behind my Ital.

Kevin

[Martin_1962]

Used to know a 1.6 owner, and he was surprised when he was hammering it and I kept up with my Sunbeam .

I do know how the Sunbeam's shift. A friend used to have a horrible old brown thing that was covered in rust and was generally falling apart..... He used to leave modern cars standing! No idea what tweaking he had done.

It was easy to get the 1600 up to about 120mph / bhp or use a Lotus slant 4 at 150 to 200 bhp

The handling though - never driven anything better

[Martin_1962]

Used to know a 1.6 owner, and he was surprised when he was hammering it and I kept up with my Sunbeam .

I do know how the Sunbeam's shift. A friend used to have a horrible old brown thing that was covered in rust and was generally falling apart..... He used to leave modern cars standing! No idea what tweaking he had done.

My mate's one was not so quick - on the days it started at all.  It did have the 928cc engine, though. It was fastest when on tow behind my Ital.

Kevin

I sold one for the same I paid for the 1600.

Firepump engine

The 1600 was the Avenger short stroke lump and was extremely tunable I used to know of two. Avenger at over 200 at rear wheels and Sunbeam at rough 160 at crank drag racer and circuit racer.