R1 Seven Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 My good friend Stefan and his dad are into vintage racing. Over the winter his dad picked up a Series 1 Seven with coventry climax power. We both happend to be at the same track weekend a few weeks back and had a good time documenting on film and video both my Locost and their Series 1. Here are a couple of video clips from that weekend. The first is my friend Stefan, driving the car shot with his helmet cam: Sefan with helmet cam The second is some trackside video that Stefan shot of his dad during one of his sessions: Trackside video And for a little bonus, Stefan and I got the two cars together and he photographed them side by side for comparison. You may want to browse the whole gallery...there are some neat cars in there... Old and New gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHKflyer52 Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 That is very cool. Your friend can and does drive the wheels off that seven. The head cam at first made me feel like he was about to tip it over in the first thirty seconds of the vedio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevet Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Way cool :thumbs: Some very nice machinery there. Are the 250 SWB and 250 LM real or replicas? Apologies if that's a rude question:shocked: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Hi Jeff, Thanks for sharing the cool videos and the pics!! Some nice cars out there. I've seen a lot of the VSCCA races up at Lime Rock, but never saw a RWA Midget run (even with the Sprite grill). I've got a 72 Midget myself and didn't know I had a potential VSCCA race car sitting in the garage... Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1 Seven Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 Way cool :thumbs: Some very nice machinery there. Are the 250 SWB and 250 LM real or replicas? Apologies if that's a rude question:shocked: All of those vintage cars are the real deal. The 250 SWB, the 250 LM, the Dino, and the Birdcage Maserati were all owned by the same person. That person has a massive collection of vintage cars inclucing over 50 Ferraris from what I am told. Bruce - '72 is too new for VSCCA but could run with several vintage groups... The newer cars that you see at this event are special invites of the event organizer to help fill out the grid a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 "Bruce - '72 is too new for VSCCA but could run with several vintage groups... The newer cars that you see at this event are special invites of the event organizer to help fill out the grid a little." Thanks, that makes sense... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locostv8 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Neat pics. I hate to admit it but when I started going to the races at the Pomona fair grounds your friends car and the 11s were new cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevet Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Jeff, One of my oldest friends in the UK has been historic racing for over 30 years - originally in his old Jag 120 and the car below (which he bought in Paris in 1970 for $5K ), now in a 60's Alfa. I used to go with him to trackdays just to drool and beg for passenger rides, of which I got a few). Happy days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevet Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Sorry, for some reason I cannot seem to get the photo to upload :banghead: I'll try again later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1 Seven Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 That gallery will not let you hot link photos if that is where you are trying to get it from. They best you can do is paste in the link to it. Since it is a storefront of sorts, they have protected the content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I'll ask the obvious...can Stefan and that car come to 7-7-7? I'll ask the second most obvious...does Stefan or his dad want to run for Club President or Secretary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1 Seven Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 I'll ask the obvious...can Stefan and that car come to 7-7-7? I'll ask the second most obvious...does Stefan or his dad want to run for Club President or Secretary? Al - I have tried more than once to get them to come to 7-7-7, but they are just too busy with their own schedule, and it is a long trip from Delaware. That car makes a great conversation piece though. I see you are playing the "numbers game" in trying to fill those club positions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al N. Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Jeff-I'd be up for the secretary post. I'm actually having fun setting up/fine tuning a database to make it easy to find folks by marque, engine, etc. I would prefer to vacate the president slot, mostly to appease my wife on the "Al has too many extracurriculars" front. But also to allow someone else to have fun with it. I highly recommend anyone with A) more free time that I have, B) a love for scanning the forums/blogs to keep our cars top of mind.-Al Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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