Darryl Davis left us with his new toy. For those who haven’t seen one before it is a Standard Pennant. The little brother to the Vanguard. At some point in the future Darryl plans to line it up on the grid for the HRDC “Touring Greats”. In the meantime its been down to us to fabricate a custom roll cage.
Ian Gray’s mini pick-up is in the paint shop this week. We’ve stripped the old paint from the engine bay, tidied it up and given it a fresh coat of Tweed Grey. It is no ready for fitting up and for it’s new front subframe and Shorrock supercharged 998cc small bore engine.
Over the last few weeks we’ve blasted, zinc coated, 2 pack blacked and built up a set of front and rear subframes for Ian Gray’s Mini Pick-up. Adjustable camber brackets, poly bushes, heavy duty tie bars, adjustable dampers, HiLos and Cooper S disc brakes have all been fitted. Next step is to repaint the engine bay and install the new Shorrock Supercharged 998cc engine with Speedwell head and Colotti 5 speed gearbox.
Malcolm Sanger brought his lovely 1947 Riley RM in for a thorough health check and service. The car is in lovely condition but needs a few small jobs to make it right.
Last week we had the pleasure of a visit from former Fraser Imp mechanic Norman Winn. Norman worked as mechanic to many well known drivers during the 1960’s including Ray Calcutt and Bill McGovern. Norman played a pivotal role in developing racing Hillman Imps during his time at Alan Fraser’s Garage. As a mechanic he supported both circuit racing cars in the British Saloon Car Championship as well as rally cars and even took part in multiple Monte Carlo Rallies during the 1960. For years Norman has been an avid ball room dancer which is where we met him. Our director Shaun Rainford’s twin boys are regular competitors and often see Norman at events.
