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PostPosted:Tue Mar 11, 2014 9:48 am 
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Car Details:I run my brother's (Martin Savill at Rare Performance Motors) website for him and he looks after a number of classic muscle cars for a well known collector in the UK. He also looks after a number of classic Camaros for his customers.
Location:Farnham, Surrey
Going through our old VHS tapes the other day we found a video of the Birkett Trophy at Snetterton in which Martin Savill was competing in Rare Performance Motor's Super Bee - Tim Boles (AKA "Topcat" on here, the Classic Camaro Club secretary, who funds & runs this place for us) was also competing as part of the HARA team, but he was having one of those days! This clip we posted on YouTube http://youtu.be/GFVwhozTftc shows Tim having what he called "a little excitement" in the pits. No-one was hurt fortunately but my brother found his visibility rather limited by fire extinguisher foam when he was hurriedly rushed out for his session on the track.


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Topcat at Snetterton 1994

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PostPosted:Tue Mar 11, 2014 10:28 am 
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Car Details:1969 SS, originally a 396, now a 350. Never having raced an American V8 before, I am not the world's expert on Camaros ! But I read Road & Track and HotRod Magazine from the early Sixties (yes, it's the only thing I can rememberabout the 60s) and always wanted one.

Also race a 1965 Alfa GTA, and drive a 1938 Lancia Aprilia and a 1922 Talbot 8.
Mozz,
Great footage ! I'd never seen/heard the Superbee on the move before, looks & sounds wonderful.

More ! more !
Nick S


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PostPosted:Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:21 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
Yes I remember having one of those days then! Certainly brings it all back!

Butch's gearbox had given up - and John Harrison (guy in stetson) lent me his Cougar in the enduro

They discovered dirt in the carb - blocking the jets and since it had no air cleaner it caught fire on the headers as car was still warm!

I learnt a number of things that day:
1 never run without an air cleaner
2 there is a good reason for fireproof racekit!

certainly brings back the memories- have imbedded!
see:

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TopCat
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Classic Camaro Club
Member of The Association of American Car Clubs UK
Email :tboles@strathnoon.co.uk Websites: http://www.classiccamaroclubuk.com and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhLJtR_ZY4


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PostPosted:Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:36 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
I should add that that Martin fixed up my Camaros to be the wonderwagons they remain today

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TopCat
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Classic Camaro Club
Member of The Association of American Car Clubs UK
Email :tboles@strathnoon.co.uk Websites: http://www.classiccamaroclubuk.com and:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdhLJtR_ZY4


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