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PostPosted:Sun Feb 16, 2014 10:41 am 
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Car Details:1968 Camaro Racing Car "Butch"
1968 Camaro Convertible 327"Camilla"
1979 AMC CJ7 Jeep 360V8
1980 BMW E21 Alpina B6 2.8
1991 BMW E30 HartgeH26
1958 as yet unrevealed sportsracer with chevV8
Location:Isle of Man and Inverness
Just got back from SA this week

It was a different sort of experience for a number of reasons- not least because we didn't bring Butch- so no excuses I really was there ostensibly on business

but as usual a spot of racing got in the way of a straight forward business trip!

I have a new whizzy Laptop which I am trying to organise photos etc- bear with me here............

In short Lots of lovely old BMWS around- (photos to follow)
745i before
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and after crump
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In Zwartkops JoBurg/Pretoria racetrack I was given a 65 TVR Vixon to race in the TT Enduro photos to follow - anyway we came 2 in class
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duly loggoed up!
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great fun I had to keep a keen eye on the mirrors with Lolas and GT40s powering by!

We then headed to Capetown
Stayed with Sarel - who has a lovely house in the winelands
helped open a Car museum full of racing Porsches- photos welgelen wine estate

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We also went to the opening of a new classic car dealership- turned up in chums Aston- they waved us through and parked up within the dealership! Photos
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Anyway chums heard I was without a car for Killarney races in Cape Town
so I was given an MGA with peppy 1600 engine!
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I had to fly around the back corners - the GT40s braked at 150 meters I held off until 40 meters! All those years of annoying Porsches slow in and fast out in corners in Butch- I had to drive the other way around!!

Anyway we got a class 2 in the Enduro TT
On the Saturday I managed 4 races in that little car 1 quick 8 lapper then the TT 45 minute and then another 8 lapper sprint race and no differnece to barkes and tyres after all that! Amazing- quite a lot to say for light cars The Piri Piri Rcae team for whom I was driving raced and displayed some amazing cars!
DD brought his Lagonda as pace car for the single seaters painted in same BRG as "my " MGA. As Sarel commented you were upchanging where the GT40s WERE braking!

Met up for lunch on Sunday and Piri Piri brought some of their cars- an amazing old fire engine another Laganda and an MG TD pix to follow
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will edit with photos IDC

PS I really love my Job!!!

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PostPosted:Wed Feb 19, 2014 5:06 pm 
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Car Details:1968 Camaro Racing Car "Butch"
1968 Camaro Convertible 327"Camilla"
1979 AMC CJ7 Jeep 360V8
1980 BMW E21 Alpina B6 2.8
1991 BMW E30 HartgeH26
1958 as yet unrevealed sportsracer with chevV8
Location:Isle of Man and Inverness
some better pictures of my little MGA in action:
In front of a GT40- not for long!
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Email :tboles@strathnoon.co.uk Websites: http://www.classiccamaroclubuk.com and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhLJtR_ZY4


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