Monday, 14 January 2013

HRDC ELIGIBLE CARS FOR SALE

Christmas is behind us and the New Year is well under way. The Autosport International Racing Cars Show has been and gone and now its time to make the decisions for the coming season. Will I race? Should I race? What's out there that I can race? If there was something for sale - can I afford it? Should I buy it? 
All are burning questions that need to be answered pretty soon or you will soon be relagated to being a camp follower and stand the risk of not enjoying a year of the best fun that can be had on four wheels! Now is the time to pay the money and take the choice - here are a few interesting racers that may help you make your mind up - and before you ask - Yes, they are all HRDC eligible!

1960 SAAB 96 Historic Touring Car
Price: £9950 (reduced from £14,950)
HRDC Series: 'Touring Greats'
Verdict: Slow, eccentric (two-stroke) but stylish!
Goodwood eligible: Yes (1950s St. Mary's Trophy)





1949 Morris Minor Lowlight Race Car 

Price: Ebay auction starting at £12,950
HRDC Series: 'Touring Greats'
Verdict: Slow, but could be made much faster. Crowd favourite? The Oldest Racing Morris Minor In The World?
Goodwood Eligible? Yes (1950s St. Mary's Trophy)



 
 

 ASHLEY GT

Price: Ebay classified advert:  £9,950
HRDC Series: 'Allstars'
Verdict: Competitive and cheap to run. A well proven car that punches well above its weight.



1965 LENHAM LE MANS GT

Price: £25,000
HRDC Series: 'Allstars'
Verdict: Truley unique historic racer. 
Goodwood eligible? Twice invited to Goodwood Revival. No doubt will be invited again! (Fordwater Trophy)

 




 

1956 MG Magnette ZA ('Bumble')

Price: £35,000
HRDC Series: 'Touring Greats'
Verdict: Truley unique historic racer. A rare survivor and probably the most famous competition MG Magnette in the world!
Goodwood eligible: Invited to Goodwood Revival 2012. No doubt will be invited again! (1950s St. Mary's Trophy)






MG ASHLEY GT 

Price: Via HRDC  £13,950
HRDC Series: 'Allstars'
Verdict: A front-running Ashley 'Works' supported HRDC racer. Race proven.





 So there you have it - a great selection of HRDC-eligible racers that can get you racing with the best crowd of people in historic racing today - what are you waiting for?

 

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Wednesday, 28 November 2012

STUDEBAKERS - A new challenge in Touring Greats?

The sonorous bellow of a V-8 engine always brings excitement to any historic grid - but this application is scarce in the genre of '50s Touring Cars - until now....................'Touring Greats' has long held a reputation for fielding 'left of centre' choices of car in both marque and model. Gavin Watson's restrained Borgward Isabella is one - Shaun Rainford's Kelvinator-inspired Nash Metropolitan is another. Roger Wills' Gaz Volga has to be one of the more extreme examples - and all the more delightful for it. But none of these cars run engines with that most elusive burble, which can only be projected by a true V-8. If one takes the view (or the HRDC Touring Greats regulations) that the car/model in question must have started out in life before 1960 with a factory fitted V-8 - the field of viable choice narrows by a substantial margin. Add the oddball factor and you could be forgiven for really having to scratch ones head in order to come up with an original answer to the premise.

 So think long and hard on these criteria - rare / oddball / innovative / V-8 powered.

 I think the answer may well be one of these:

























































And it appears that you do not have to travel out of the U.K to get into one; the boys down at CCK Historic have two! A President and a Hawk. Both are destined for HRDC Touring Greats Class 'A' - and both have an eye for an invite to the Goodwood Revival in 2014. Now this truly is a temptation well worth indulging!




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