Friday 6 July 2012

Goodwood Festival of Speed,

Sir Stirling Moss

Bentley 4.5ltr + `Blower`, driven by `Bentley Boy` Tim Birkin at Le Mans, 1930

Vincent Grey Flash, 1950, ridden by John Surtees (who was stood next to me when I took the photo)

Mike "The Bike" Hailwood - still sadly missed

The Duke of Kent spots me in the crowd

7 comments:

SCOTTtheBADGER said...

I am rereading Wodehouse this week, and Bertie just lost a fair sum at the Goodwood. As did Bingo Little. The Inimitable Jeeves.

JuliaM said...

It looks like a great day out! Better, as any rate, than the soggy farce that is the British Grand Prix is shaping up to be, anyway....

CI-Roller Dude said...

They really did things odd in the old days...a blower in front of the car?

TonyF said...

My older brother once re built a Riley hill climber with a massive Roots blower and an SU you could put your arm through! The original SU was so corroded, he made a set of wooden patterns and had a new ones cast. Fantastic bit of kit! The torque the thing made was phenomenal. Who needs a computer eh?

Hogdayafternoon said...

Scott: "Simply Spiffing"

JuliaM: I was at Mallory Park (leics) over the weekend. The ride up was akin to being in attacked from 360 degrees by jet washers - for 4 hours.

CI-RD: Odd indeed, but I guess they were pioneers. I also saw Sammy Miller's Moto Guzzi 500cc V8 motorcycle!!! Pistons like thumb thimbles.

TonyF: Brute force personified.

Buck said...

I'm late to this party but had to let ya know I really enjoyed the pics. I wish I could have been there...

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