Uphill Racers: The History of British Speed Hill Climbing

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This car was the 2014 Champion of Mondello and, following a complete rebuild, has competed in the HSA Speed Championahip for the last two seasons. This 55F model dates from 1983 and received a full chassis and engine rebuild four years ago before being put in dry storage. the oldest operational motorsport venue in the world". Shelsley Walsh. 2010-03-03. Archived from the original on 2011-08-07 . Retrieved 2011-08-08. CAB 282 is one of the best-known examples of the marque and is one of two survivors of the four prototypes built by Dellow immediately after WW2. It was first owned for Lewis Tracey who was very active in club motorsport in the early post war years. Unlike the later production Dellows it has an Austin 7 chassis but in common with most Dellows it has an 1172cc Ford engine and a Ford front axle. During the 1940s and 50s the car was used in a wide variety of trials, circuit events and hillclimbs as well as being used on the road. Complete with a current V5, a reproduction instruction book, a sump guard and the original airbox, diff and Nardi steering wheel.

Very strong Vauxhall red-top engine on twin 45 webbers. Caterham dry sump system, non-standard cams, likely QED origin with vernier cam wheels. Stand alone programmable ignition system, two control units (they work great but are quite old) and if I was keeping the car I would update for more flexibility in tuning. Ford rear axle with LSD five link set up by Aryliam motorsport. We built it first for the initial F100 Sports cars series using a BMC 1300 engine racing against the likes of the legendary Tom Pryce in the works Royale. It was also part of the F100 team that competed in the Thruxton 6hr relay along with Mark Cole (Eurosport and Hot Car Editor) Lyndon “Taffy” Thorne and John Calvert. The team came 2 nd overall onlya lap down after 6 hours and 509 miles’ racing, the Aldon shared by Alan and Lyndondoing 350 miles faultlessly!

What is a Hill Climb?

In keeping with the original specifications the car is VW based. 1700cc ‘W’ designated casings 4cyl. Air cooled engine. Close ratio VW gearbox. The modern Romanian hillclimbing event is the Viteză în Coastă or Campionatul Național de Viteză pe Traseu Montan (VTM). [ citation needed] Portugal [ edit ]

On July 27, 1969, a very talented Mexican driver, Moisés Solana, died in the "Hill Climb Valle de Bravo-Bosencheve". [ citation needed]It comes with all FIA kit in place and in date, ROPS certificate, and MSA Passport with no endorsements, a large file of bills, set-up guide and ready to race. Many more spares included such as spare racing numbers, driveshafts, wheel bolts, fluids and oils etc. The 100% Belgian-designed racecar is powered by a 2.0L 4-cylinder TFSI with 380 horsepower and has a sequential 6-speed paddle-shift Quaife gearbox. The carbon fibre chassis allows the car to only weigh 925kg. It is managed by a Bosch Motorsport calculator and has a MoTeC instrument cluster and PDM for full telemetry. Well known & highly competitive car, well maintained and in excellent condition (a few marks on the bodywork). Won the Curborough Championship outright in 2013, many class wins in the Midland Speed Championship. Minilite 5.5J wheels with Avon ZZS 155/55 x 13 tyres - plus 2 spare Avon ZZS tyres. These are really good and are the expensive control tyres for the Caterham racing series.