Darren Turner’s Turner mk1 has had a new camshaft and associated components and has gone back on the dyno this morning to get it all tuned up ahead of the GRRC 72nd Members Meeting. Next week we will be out testing. Can’t wait to see how the little car goes in the hands of such a capable driver.
We have teamed up with leading classic mini specialist MiniSport and acclaimed motoring author and journalist Jeremy Walton to write a book on the build and preparation of an FIA App. K Mini Cooper S racing car. We will be restoring an old Mk1 shell that we have had here for many years now and from it will build an FIA Appendix K racer. Jeremy Walton will be documenting the whole process with pen and paper and the book will be published by Crowood Press. MiniSport have kindly agreed to support the project and will be recognized a partner in the build of this car. The panel work for the restoration has come from M-Machine. This little mini looks very sad indeed but will come through the other end in “as new” condition.
Richard Sugar brought his Lotus Elan Sprint to us to remedy a few issues. We’ve tuned the twincam engine on the rolling road, fitted an electronic ignition to the distributor, replaced the fuel lines and changed the plugs. Its now ready to enjoy this spring time sunshine.
The 29th and 30th of March 2014 will see a brand new event at Goodwood. 71 Members Meeting were held at Goodwood during the 50’s and 60’s with this new event continuing where they left off. There will be 2 full days of the quality historic racing we expect to see at Goodwood. Here at CCK we have been busy in preparation with 5 cars on the invite list. The Turner Mk1 of Aston Martin driving ace Darren Turner will be taking part in the Tony Gaze Trophy for pre-1960 Sports and GT cars. We have completed a general race prep with the fitment of a Tillett racing seat and FIA rain light, rebuilt the straight cut gearbox and fitted a hotter camshaft to the 998cc engine. The ex-NART Sunbeam Alpine Harrington of Guy Harman will be competing in the Moss Trophy Race for GT cars that raced between 1958 and ’62. The restoration of the Harrington was recently completed here at CCK and included a new full race 1600cc engine. Guy will be sharing the drive with ex-F1 driver Rupert Keegan. The final race we will be taking part in will be the Sears Trophy for Saloon cars that raced between 1958 and ’63. Guy Harman’s second drive for the weekend is his unique Abarth Fiat 1500 with our all new race engine. The final 2 entries are both CCK owned cars. The first is our trusted MG 1100 which will be piloted by our own Shaun Rainford and the second car is our recently completed Volvo 122S which will be driven by our good friend Gavin Watson. If you are coming down please do stop by and say hello.
CKL brought down a lovely E-type low drag today for a setup on the rolling road. It is now running perfectly and ready for the racing season.
