Plan B!!?

Time for plan B. After numerous weeks cleaning, um..ing and ah…ing, auto jumbles searching for missing parts, a chat with friends at  Redmax Speed Shop has confirmed our suspicions that it will take more time and money than it is realistically possible to muster to have the Pre-unit Triumph with AMC gearbox up and running for the spring. It's still the ultimate aim to get it restored but it seems a plan B is need for next year that still fits the new ACU twin sidecar class regs. Big thanks to Lisa & kenny White, John Smith, Jez Phillips & Bill Carter for the time, ideas and parts. It's back to the drawing board Bill!

My favourite two crews of the late eighties / early nineties

Southern Off-Road Show goodies

Both Sets of leathers for £95, both fit (sort of!) 

1977 Western Winner title taking outfit - Rode by Jez Phillips And Pete Dulake, Put together  by Bill Carter

First things first!

First thing to sort is the Front wheel, it doesn't fit, there is some play there as the spindle is not quite the correct size. Bill Carter (builder of Jez Phillips 1977 Western Winner winning outfit) makes me up some bushes to fit over the spindle and solve the problem. 

couldn't find the right cutting tool in the garage, so Bill just makes one. probably simple to an engineer, quite impressive to me!

New Project

New Project! After displaying Kenny White's old outfit at the 2013 masters, a few chats with 1975 British champ Alan Artus and a little bit of contact with the ACU it seems there may be the possibility of a vintage R/H chairs class starting up running together with a budget class of modern 500cc twin powered right -handers….Over optimistic?….probably, but this is my the beginning of my attempt to join in the fun. A crashed Puma rolling Chassis, Straightened by original Puma man, Pete Davies. Thanks to Allan Davies for sending it my way.

Colour pics from the 60's

Grasstrack Illustration Series

I've decided to start my Series of Grasstrack Illustrations with Family Friends Kenny and John

A Little Run Out

Got a chance to Get Kenny White's outfit running around the track at the interval at the masters. thanks to Wimbourne MCC and Adrian Croft for making it possible.

Peter Collins...Pure Style!

Flying!!!...

Pickering Grass Track / Eboracum Club Trials 1970

Vintage Longtrack (and Speedway) from Norway

Collection of vintage clips from the 1940's through to the 70's, there no sound for a while at the beginning and what commentary there is later on is in norwegian but some great images and even some cars racing on a longtrack circuit.

Grasstrackers never retire, just have time off now and again

Sidecar great Kev Lapham fettling Jeff Measors new outfit...after a lengthy break  Jeff is back out on the grass again! great Rob King Party/ Wimbourne Whoppa meeting... nice one Wimbourne mcc....looking forward to the masters on the 29th Sept.

Vintage German Grasstrack!

Herxheim

Alan Whale

No.92 Richard Piggott & Tony Angelico

Alan Whale is 'the man' when to comes to Grasstrack photography! this has to be one of the best sidecar shots of all time!!

Here's his website  http://www.grasstrackimages.co.uk

It's Alive!!

Phoning the technical support dept for advice on the mystery ignition system...none was forth coming

650 Triumph speed twin, norton gearbox. Mid clean-up

A dream weekend spent getting Kenny Whites hand build outfit up and running again after 40 years. loads of work still to do but hear the engine running was a great start! 

Bubble visors & race faces!

Passenger wanted!

Jeff Measor & Dave Pope 1985

Jeff Measor & Dave Pope 1986
Photo by Alan Whale

Great to hear that Jeff Measor is starting up again for the 2013 season, he's still looking for a passenger at the moment, if anyone thinks they might be the man for the job leave a comment and i can pass on your details.