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Primotipo… is Mark Bisset .
The sight of Kevin Bartlett’s’ Mclaren M10B F5000 bellowing sideways out of Shell corner, Sandown Park, Melbourne, Australia in January ’72 was his first racing sight, remains indelibly etched in his mind, and started a lifelong fascination and passion for motor racing .
He has owned and raced Alfa Romeo, Porsche, Lotus, Venom, Asp, Elfin, Lola, Van Diemen & Ralt cars.
Favourite marques are Lotus, Lola & Alfa…but all racing and sports racing cars float his boat.
He is also an executive in a professional service firm.
The object of this blog is to share memories, observations & opinions on the sports past, present & future…
Peter Brennan
Elfin 400 Chev
Racers Retreat…is Peter Brennan
Melbourne’s Peter Brennan is a passionate racer, restorer and businessman.
Apprenticed as a mechanic, he quickly established a successful business and prepared, raced and restored some of Australia’s significant cars both for his own collection and for his clients.
He started his racing career in the ‘Jinx BSA’, a 500cc racer and after retiring to establish his business and raise 3 children with his wife Elizabeth, he returned to the sport competing in Australian National Formula 1, Formula Holden at the time. He now competes in a variety of cars in Historic Racing.
As a restorer/driver his collection includes the ex-Patrese ’79 F1 Arrows A1B, ex-Matich Elfin 400/Traco Olds sports car, both cars the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
Rodways Repco Recollections…is Rodway Wolfe.
Rod was brought up in Victorias’ East Gippsland, after completing his motor mechanics apprenticeship he was employed by Repco’s retail arm ‘ blagging ‘ his way into a job with the Repco Brabham Engine company and later the F5000 company.
He was part of Repcos’ small elite team all through the World Championship years of 1966/7 to 1973, this is his ‘front row’ account of the company, it’s engineers, customers, drivers and of course the engines themselves.
Rodway was then Holinger Engineering’s first employee after that returning to East Gippsland where he established and owned successful businesses in motor cycle and marine retailing and ships chandlery .
He is now retired and lives at ‘Wildwood’ , his wilderness property in East Gippsland.
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Good Afternoon, I am not really sure how to contact you but I am a student at film school making a documentary about car racing. I am really trying to find photos from Bathurst 1969 as the main talent in the doco has a father that raced at bathurst in 1969. I noticed that you have two on your blog (the brochure photo and a lineup of all the cars) from 1969 and i would really really like to include these in my doco. Can I please do this?
Sure ursula, use whatever you like. What is the drivers name, i may have some shots i can send you which are not on the blog? Best wishes with your project, Mark
Hi Mark] I am interested in getting a copy of the 1968 Sandown AGP starting grid that is on your blog. Is it copyright? I was an official at the race and got quite a few of the drivers to sign my armband. I thought I would (finally) get it framed and it would be great to have a relevant photo.
Regards
Noelene
Noelene,
Go for it, feel free to reproduce what you wish, sounds a great thing to have on the wall. I do not have copyright so acknowledge the photographer if I have been able to identify the person myself.
Regards,
Mark
Hello Mark,
congratulations to your blog, brings back a lot of memories!
Best regards
Patrick
Many thanks Patrick, very interested to buy your book! Mark
Hello Mark,
thanks, you are more than welcome to do so! 🙂
Best regards
Patrick
Hello
Someone passed me a link to your post of October 12, 2014 about Graham Hill and the 1962 German Grand Prix. The last photo is a view of the rear of a Porsche landing after one of the ‘jumps’ at the Nürburgring circuit and you say that you are weren’t sure which of the Porsche drivers was in the car. There were five Porsches in this race, the two works cars of Dan Gurney and Jo Bonnier and three (presumably private entrants) Carel Godin de Beaufort, Heini Walter and Nino Vaccarella. The car in the photo is a Porsche 804 which means that it was a works car as the private entrants all drove the old 718 model. I can’t find a photo of Jo Bonnier in that race, but one of Dan Gurney shows him wearing his usual dark coloured helmet, so the driver in your photo is Jo Bonnier.
Dave Williams, Hyde, Cheshire, England
Many thanks Dave, the power of this medium is the research skills of others! I will change the descriptor accordingly, thanks for making contact. Mark
Hello Mark
I’ve been browsing through your site again and I notice that you’re having a problem attributing a chassis number to the 2 Ferrari 350 CanAm cars at Riverside in 1967. There’s an excellent site which helps you to identify most Ferrari competition cars here: http://www.barchetta.cc/All.Ferraris/ferrari.by.serial.number.summary/index.html
This will tell you that car number 23 at Riverside was 0860 and number 27 was 0858.
I find the site of great help in identifying Ferraris I’d photographed years ago when I want to use those photographs in my Blog.
Dave Williams
Thanks Dave, agree regarding the Barchetta archive it’s very good. There were quite a few conflicting attributions for ‘0858’ from different sources about the race record of the car and not just in the CanAm. In the end i chose to accept David McKays version of CanAm events, on the basis that he bought the car and was probably told the truth by the factory given his position in the ‘Ferrari World’ as a distributor and racing car customer of some standing and repute . I suspect the reality is we will never really know, Internet forums are full of disputes on so many cars! Mark
Amazing job gys. Congratulations.
Thanks Decio, glad you are enjoying it! Mark
Mark–Your story about Spencer Martin contains a photo of he and David McKay captioned “early 2000’s” Photo (unattributed). For the record it was October 27 2004 taken by me at Wakefield Park after I had taken David for a few laps in his original Jaguar Mk1 (“The Grey Pussy”). It was his last time there as he died on the following boxing day.
Chris Haigh
Many thanks Chris, I will update the caption and attribute the photo, it must have been not long before his passing? Amazing life of achievement he lead! M
Invaluable
Hi Mark, We (Dalton Watson Fine Books) are doing a book on Colin Crabbe’s adventures and see you have some great photos of Stan Jones and the 250F. He later sold that car to Colin. Wondered if you can email me and let me know if you have anything we can use in the book. Your site is awesome! Thanks, Jodi
Hi Jodie, now that will be an interesting book! In all cases I am not in a position to assign copyright of any of the photos in my article, you will need to deal with the photographers direct. Best if luck with the book. Mark
Thanks anyway, Mark.
The photo of Diana of Diana Davison driving the Austin 7 at Rob Roy is the Jim Leech car, usually driven by Joan Leech. Probably another case of “why should you have all the fun”. I have photos of the car several years later painted in a darker colour and with a cutout for the carburetor in the bonnet. Sadly the car was destroyed by a later owner but that is another story.
Thanks for the ID of the car Martin, do you know who built it? Neat little special, sad it’s no longer with us! Mark
Hi Mark, LIndsay Ross here. Would you be interested in my Motorsport (UK) magazine collection? Goes from 1977 to present. Can’t seem to get you on the e-mail address I have on my system. Cheers
Mark, thank you for such a wonderfully evocative blog. The photos and stories are without parallel. Cheers Jim
Thanks Jim, really appreciate your feedback, enjoyed the two Sporting Car Club of SA meetings i attended…and one of the best motor racing libraries in the world there in King William Road! Mark
Thank you for a great site.
Clearly a labor of love :-))
I am writing the Shadow Race Team book for Don Nichols.
You have some good content on the site that I would like to use in the book and attribute to this site and the appropriate author and photographer.
What is the best process to accomplish this?
I would welcome authentic in period photos and other content from other sources.
Respectfully
Stephen Page
spage@thevrl.com
Hello, my name is Oz and I am from Brazil. I am 35 years old and I am still a huge fan of F1 history, even after Senna’s tragedy. I was looking some histories about Adrian Newey and I found your post about the Leyton House’s 1990 car and you have a lot of nice pictures I had never seen before. So, I took a look at your blog and I was wondering if you do this as a hobby, for passion, and I want to say congratulations! I know exactly how it is, I have a youtube channel and I do this with the same motivation.
By the way, as a suggestion, it could be nice to see you talking about F1 and general races in a video, discussing between you, and showing some photos and also some videos. It would be very nice! YouTube is a good tool to reach fans and they like to leave comments there.
Well, I hope you never lose that passion! Keep up the good work!
Cheers buddies! =]
Oz Krepski
Thanks Oz, it is an amateur thing albeit it has become a trifle obsessive!
I do attach YouTube footage occasionally but I am not really sophisticated enough to be interviewing subjects!
Maybe one day
Regards,
Mark
Hi Mark, nice to meet you the other night. I do enjoy your website, Regards Shane Bowden
Likewise Shane, one of the bonuses of being back in Melbs after 13 years in Sydney and Adelaide is to be able to attend the VHRR meetings, John Ampt was fascinating as I knew so little about the fella!
At some point it would be great to do an article on your car and the ‘Prad Story’ I know fragments but not a lot, Clive Adams is an interesting topic I reckon?
Mark
Happy to assist. Clive is an interesting chap, on my only meeting with him at home in Taree in 2009 we had a good chat. Both Clive & Jack Pryer were instrumental in racing in NSW in the 50’s & 60’s. Clive purchased the land that the Bathurst pits stand for the ARDC and bot worked the earth moving equipment to build the Oran Park circuit as well as acting as officials. Shane
Hello, I’m researcher and I’m currently working on a French documentary of 120 minutes on the French automotive history to be broadcast for the first time on RMC Découverte in September or October 2016.
The director would talk about “Les charlatans” and photos on your site are great. Do you think we can use without additional fees to be paid?
The film is being assembled for another 2 weeks.
Thanks a lot. Carole
Carole, go for your life but note that I do not have title to any of the images, I attribute when the photographers name is apparent and indicate otherwise if the image was found on the internet, Mark Bisset
Thank you Mark for your answer.
Pictures that interest us on the page https://primotipo.com/tag/the-three-charlatans/ are credited as “unattributed” except one entitled “‘The Three Charlatans’ circa 1912 Paul Zuccarelli, Jules Goux and Georges Boillot (TNF).” I don’t know and can not find information on what “TNF” mean? Thank you for your help, Best. Carole
Carole, TNF is ‘The Nostalgia Forum’ an Autosport Forum, it is the site on which I found the shot, not the individual photographer however, who was probably not recognised by whoever posted the shot on that forum! Few attribute which makes it hard for those of us trying to respect the photographers IP. Best of luck with the show, I will be very interested to see it in due course, Mark
Hello Mark. I came across your blog through a Google search for a picture of the 1961 Kimberley Cooper Indy car. Through my micropublishing company, Earlswood Press I am writing and publishing a book on Ferguson Formula 4WD and I’ve seen a couple of pics P99 on your site, including a one in 1963 in NZ with Graham Hill, attributed to John Ellacott. I’d like to use a copy of this image in the book. Is there any way you could put me in touch with whoever owns the copyright of this please?
Bill, happy to help, send me your email address and I will put you in touch with John. My email is mark@bisset.com.au, Mark
Hello, My name is Mark Riccetti, Jr. and I am the Director of Operations for the Luzerne County Historical Society. We are putting together an exhibit for our Museum on the Giant’s Despair Hillclimb and I am writing to ask your permission to use the photos of Carrol Shelby on your site in our display. All appropriate credit will be given of course.
Mark, It sounds like an interesting display, feel free to use the images but note that I am not the owner or licensee of the copyright. Mine is an amateur online magazine, I attribute where I know the photographer or source but as I say I have no rights to the images, best of luck with it, Mark
I recently wrote some comments to your blog and as of now have not heard back.I was just wondering if you received it as it was the RB.620&740 article that I really enjoyed and took me back to the time I spent at Maidstone. Good work Mark .
Gordon Littleford.
Dallas Texas
.
Thanks Gordon, I did acknowledge your comment but managed to call you Graham, my apologies! Repco is such a fascinating topic, all achieved in my home town which adds a whole layer of interest. The next bit will be the ’67 championship season. What was your role @ Maidstone and years of service? Thanks for getting in touch, happy to include any insights or anecdotes you have into the articles, many of which are updated as people like you add to them, thanks again, Mark
Awesome blog, love the Stan jones stuff! I actually have Stan jones’ 1954 Victorian hill climb championship trophy!
Hi Mark , Paul King here( Lew wade Birrana 374) came across your blog today by accident. Boy did that bring back memories. Some great and some not so good. yes I did “drift away ” from the scene after my momentous crash at Amaroo in 1976. Lew ordered another F3 from the two Brians and bought me Keith Poole’s winning FV to have a play with while we waited until the Cheetah was finished. Unfortunately it turned out to be painfully slow especially at Phillip Island and Lew thought that I had lost my “mojo” so our partnership ended before the Cheetah was finished. Not long after he was killed in his Tiger Moth and that was the end of my motor racing Formula 3’s . After life settled down I began racing motor bikes, mainly Kawasaki 900’s, Suzuki GS 1000, and a 250 production Yamaha LC , as well as a bit of drag racing.
Now here we are 7th of September 2016 and I am still involved , albeit on a track day basis only. Mainly at Phillip Island and Mallala. Unfortunately I had a major high side in 2014 on my Honda CBR 600 at Mallala and it has taken the best part of a year to get back to full health .
So now I ride a Kawasaki ZR 750 but at 71 I think its time to retire, but my competitive nature still pushes me to keep going. My son Garry is a chip off the old block and rides my old Kawasaki ZX6R
but he is much quicker than me at Phillip, Island, even when I was on my Kawasaki ZRX 1200R !!
I remember Peter Brennan very well. He was an excellent mechanic and although very young at the time he was working for us, his amazing potential was visible to those who knew about race car preparation.
I still have the original “034”manufacturing plate of the Birrana 374 and continue to have reoccurring dreams about finding it in a shed and getting it back once again. Funny how those memories are indelibly etched on my mind. I really don’t know what happened to it. Rumours are floating around that it was seen at Phillip Island last year, but I don’t have any confirmation .
My favourite memory of the 374 was at Oran Park in 1975. It was a combined formula 2/3 race and I was on the front row of the grid with Leo Geoghan in his Birrana 274 behind me, One of his mechanics came up to my car at the 3 minute board and said: “Leo said that at the start he might be a little slower off the mark so could you please move over when he comes through.”
I laughed so hard, as I was not about to move over for anyone. It took him 3 laps before he caught me!.
keep up the good work
cheers
Paul King
Paul, great to hear from you and your memories, be good to connect you and Peter when he returns from Europe. Clearly once a racer always a racer!
I have clear memories and a shot or two of your Elfin Vee and that fabulous 374! Go well and thanks for your contribution, Mark
Thanks Mark for your prompt reply. So great to hear from you. Love to keep in touch. if you could send me your email address I have a great photo of the 374 at Winton with the two “Brians” in tow, on the way to a new lap record. You might be able to use it
kind regards
Paul King
Hi Paul, really pleased to hear from you. Thanks for your kind comments. We did have some fun in those days, going to the meetings in Lou’s Pontiac.What a tow car. Would love to see you at one of our historic meetings. Kind regards Peter
Paul, yes please send it, will add to the article; mark@bisset.com.au is the mail address! thanks again ! Mark
Fascinating site, Mark. I’m researching for my book on Ferguson Formula four-wheel drive and I love the pictures of P99 in Australia and of the Lotus 63. The watermarks on some of the images are useful, as it means I can contact the photographers to see about licensing some for the book.
Bill,
Go for it, am glad the article is of use, am pretty careful with my attributions, some of the photographers will be easy to find, some not I suspect! Best of luck with it.
Mark
Mark have loaded links to the great Tim Mayer story on both THe Roaring Season and The Nostalgia Forum.
Hopefully this may elicit some constructive positive comments which may help you
Thanks for your great efforts
Terry S,
You are a legend! Nice to make your acquaintance, very much appreciate your support .
It’s funny which articles hit the spot and which don’t, clearly there is a lot of interest in Tim.
I wanted to treat the car separately but have tweaked the article with some additional material, especially on the two chassis.
Am glad you enjoy it all, it’s a bit of fun for me, if I can share some stuff with fellow enthusiasts and get some good discussion going it’s all good!
Mark
Hi Mark, the article you wrote, or someone wrote, about Frank Pratt, which you have referenced in your page on the 328 from Germany, has disappeared from the net. Do you, by any chance, have a copy of the original article referenced?? I’d be really interested to read it. thanks, jen
A Bumma isn’t it Jen!
The site is the Sporting Motorcycle Club of Geelong, in Victoria, Australia. I’ve tried a couple of ways of getting onto the site but none work, my guess is its being updated or some such. Try it again in a couple of days, I’ll keep an eye on it myself.
The article is a very interesting summary of Pratt’s life, important as their is not much to be found about a man who was a successful car and bike racer as well as a very capable businessman.
Mark
Hello Mark,
Not sure if this email will reach you, the reason I am contacting you is to see if it is possible to discuss via email some of the matters you raised regarding F1 ownership.
These issues concern me greatly as well, as I used to work in the industry initially with Peter Molloy Engines in Sydney and ending up with Barry Sheene in Europe (1975 – 1980).
I now do engine design work.
Thanking you,
Tim Bryant.
Bundaberg, Queensland.
Australia.
Sure Tim,
My email is mark@bisset.com.au
Mark
Hi Mark,
This is the excellent site, you are able to find great details from history. Good luck for your future articles.
Best regards
Petr
Thanks Petr,
Great to hear from you, I appreciate your encouragement. I hope you find much of interest within the site, it’s eclectic if nothing else!
Mark
Nice site – what theme do you use?
Not sure Terry, the one shown to me by my friend who set up the site! I just write the shite, I don’t have any idea about the technical side of it. Mark
Great site. I’m Dean’s Garage (http://deansgarage.com), and I would like to have permission to repost the article from June 2 about the development of the Porsche 917/10. Credit would be given to the source, your site. There are other posts that I’m sure would be of interest to DG readers as well. Dean’s Garage doesn’t sell anything, and no ads. I’ve already placed a link to your site on the links page. Thank you.
Gary,
Thanks for getting in touch and by all means repost as you have described. I’ll check out your site too, this blogging/magazine caper is fun isn’t it!
Mark
Mark,
The post is up.
http://www.deansgarage.com/2017/history-donohues-porsche-91710-turbo/
Thanks.
Gary
Thanks Gary,
Looks good, I hope you get some positive responses from it. Suss my Lola T260, BRM P154 Can Am articles, and the Lola T90 Indycar- they may be of interest to your readership.
Regards,
Mark
Hello, I’m a graphic design student and I’m wanting to use your Bugatti blue print to make a fabric pattern for my Dad. He has a Bugatti Brescia 35 boat tail. How do I contact you to get permission to use this image please? Cat Connolly
Hello Cat,
I’m not sure to which blueprint you refer but feel free to use it and simply attribute the creator as I have done.
Good luck with your project.
Mark
Thoroughly enjoyed the article on John Youl, he was in my estimation the equal of all the big names from the sixties, Davison,Stillwell, Patterson, Matich. I was fortunate to be at Mallala in 1963 but he had shown at Sandown that he could match it with anyone. If my memory serves me correctly, the Cooper was the Jack Brabham car that won the inaugural Sandown International in 1962. It was subsequently sold to Arnold Glass.
Rod,
Great to hear from you.
John Youl is certainly rated as being right up there with the best when you look thru contemporary magazines of the period. The T55 was undoubtedly a very good car but by 1964 it wasn’t in the full flush of youth which reflects so well on John’s driving and Geoff’s engineering and setup of the car.
In the ’62 Internationals Jack won in it at Levin, Lakeside and Sandown, as you say. Geoff has the chassis as ‘F1-11-61’- McLaren’s F1 car for ’61, others as ‘F1-10-61’ with Geoff knowing what chassis plate was affixed at the time. Bruce raced a T53 in the ’62 Internationals.
Geoff’s book will be very popular I expect, it’s a period of Australian motor racing history of great interest to so many of us including people like me who missed the 2.5 Tasman Era- unfortunately!
Mark
Dear Mark Bisset,
I would like to request Your permission to use one of Your photos (https://primotipo.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/jim-clark-lotus-49-ford-dutch-gp-june-1967.jpg) for my starting digital magazine, called ‘Inside Motorsports’. It’s gonna be a 1$ priced monthly magazine.
Thanks in advance, and looking forward to hear from You,
Cobra
Hi Cobra,
Good luck with the new publication, I have no legal title to any of the images I post. I attribute whenever I can but otherwise rely on the forebearance of the photographers- so go ahead but please attribute the ‘snapper.
Mark
I’m in a group on Facebook, ‘forgotten drivers of F1’ and have come across your website several times. It’s a great site plus many of the photos are incredible images of years gone by. It’d be great to post photos on the Facebook group, to let people see how good they are, but I’ve resisted the urge, as know there are copyright issues involved.
Cheers Stephen,
I’ve not come across that FB page- membership request sent!
Thanks for making contact and asking, few do.
I don’t have title to any of the photos I use but I do have photographers support because I respect their creativity by always attributing the shots to them, or using (unattributed) when I don’t know the artist.
So, it’s ok to post all I ask is that you attribute the shot like this (snappers name/primotipo.com)
Feel free to post a link to the articles if you think the groups members may find the item of interest.
Regards,
Mark
Hi Mark,
This is a great blog. Leanne Cutler, the PR manager of Historic Winton. I’d like to put you on the email list for our press releases and press pack. My email address is below. It would be great to hear from you.
Cheers,
Lenne
Sure Leanne,
Have been both competitor and spectator over the years.
Mark
Mark,
Just finished your “If I ruled the world take on a revised F1”. Right on, best summary I’ve seen on what would right the ship. Chasing the interest of millenials with video game gimics does a disservice to them. They understand and appreciate the basics.
Mal,
Am sure they do, whatever the generation of enthusiast we soon discover the ‘golden era’, whatever period that may be individually.
Mark
G,day Mark,
I have only just discovered this site and I have been glued to the computer for three days now. The effort that you and your fellow colleagues have put into this has blown me away.
Cheers. Laurie Shine.
Laurie,
Thanks for the compliments- glad you found us and spread the word. There are well over 600 articles now, so that should keep you going for a while?
Where are you from, what stuff most interests you?
Mark
Mark,
I am from Western Australia and are mostly into the Group C era of Australian motorsport as I have an L34 Torana in the shed. I am also a big fan of the Holden V8, so the articles on the REPCO F5000 days were an absolute treasure to find. Photography is another hobby of mine, so I can appreciate just how well composed some of the photos on your site are.
I am admin on the L34/A9X Road and Racing facebook page, so if you are easy to find in there,(I’m not very computer literate) I will add you to the group if you wish.
Cheers. Laurie Shine.
Thanks Laurie,
Just jumped onto FB and ‘liked’ your L34 group so I will get your feed. I don’t do a lot of touring car stuff altho I have almost finished an article on the Lukey/Baillie Ford Galaxies I’ll put up in the next few weeks. I get over to Perth quite a lot, every couple of months on business or to see my brother- Perth and Gnarabup down South are my regular haunts!
Mark
Any chance of an article on the Brabham BT43? You have posted a couple of photos but the car was so unique that it really deserves its own piece. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabham_BT43.
Cheers Bill Hollingsworth
Hi Bill,
Interesting, compact F5000- pity it wasn’t raced by a good team in the L&M Series when first built albeit we Aussies enjoyed it when raced by KB and Colin Bond. I can’t promise anything in the near term Bill but checkout the saga of the car on The Nostalgia Forum if you have not seen it- all the detail is here;
https://forums.autosport.com/topic/73721-the-strange-tale-of-the-f5000-brabham-bt43/?hl=%20brabham%20%20bt43
Mark
Hi Mark
This is an interesting article about a restoration shop that not only deals with the big guys but are also passionate about collecting the history of the little guys who never won but were as much a part of the scene as everyone else. https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a13930479/the-wisconsin-shop-that-keeps-forgotten-indy-500-history-alive/
Hello,
I would like to have more information about the Ferrari 1512, 1,5 l (1964/65). The V12 engine acts as stress bearing.
I have seen the pictures and there is no tubing.
But I would like to see the underneath to be completly sure. Is it possible to have a look of the car from the bottom ?
Thnk you in advance !
Didier,
Have done some searches and whilst there are plenty of good shots of the 1512 from above I can see none from below. The early racing cars utilising engines as stressed members, are usually cited, in order- Jano’s Lancia D50, then Forghieri and his 1512 and then Chapman with the Lotus 43 BRM, the latter tends to be overlooked in the acclaim heaped on the DFV engined 49.
But as to photos of the 1512 from below decks, I can’t help you, sadly.
Mark
Thank you, Mark ! Mauro Forghieri is not Colin Chapman ! He don’t like the buzz…
If I receive something from the american owner, I will inform you.
I have another question : Since 2001, I own a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus.
I like especially the engine 100 % Lotus. it’s the same engine as in the Esprit, Excel, Eclat. four cylindre, four valves per cylinder. It can be soft or wild, as you want, like doctor Jekill and mister Hyde….
I would like to know if there is something in Primotipo on this lovely car…..
If not, is it possible for you to make a topic ?
Thank you in advance
Didier
Didier,
Nice road car interesting. Not on topic for me though I don’t think I’ve done any articles on road cars- just not what the site is about!
Mark
Mark,
Yes I love my car…so british ! when I am in this car, I am not in France, I am in UK….
I understand your opinion about road or rally car.
And how about Texaco Star, Lotus 74, formula 2…with Emmerson fittipaldi and Ronnie Peterson ?
this car had the Lotus engine….but it was not very successfull….really
Had you made some topics about it ?
Didier
Ha ha! That’s more interesting, it’s all about the photos mind you- I’ll have a fossick!
Mark
thank you, Mark. I have another wish :
Lotus 62 with its Lotus Vauxhall engine (LV 220 and LV 240).
The engine was based on the Lotus Victor…(1967), canted at 45 degrees…
What do you think of this car ?
Didier
On brief too Didier, an Australian connection there as I think Brian Muir did a race or two in a Lotus 62. Mark
Dear Mark, I am the organiser of the South African Historic Grand Prix Festival, taking place in November this year – http://www.sahistoricgp.com
We would like to reference your great article on the Talbot Darracq, because we have the South African Talbot joining us on the event and your historical research provides some incredible context. We are happy to credit you for the info. I look forward to hearing from you. Best wishes, Mark Woolley
Sure Mark,
Best of luck with what will no doubt be a fantastic event. By all means use the article as you have outlined with attribution.
Thanks for the courtesy of asking!, most don’t.
Regards,
Mark
Thanks for the permission Mark. I will try to remember to send you a copy of the article once its finished…
Thanks Mark,
Interested to read it.
M
This is an outstanding site.
Thanks Jennifer,
There are 735 posts so that will keep ya goin for a while!
Mark
I have a car that raced in the 1950’s that has a great social history – The Flying W – built originally in Beaudesert Qld.
Would you be interested in me forwarding to you some of the info etc?
Eric Cossich – 0478 515 310
Eric,
Sure, send the information through- my email address is mark@bisset.com.au
Mark
Can you tell me who is the photographer for the photo of Peter Revson sitting in his McClaren ? It is the first photo under the title “Peter Revson: McLaren M8F Chev 1971…”
P.S. It is not Pete Lyons. I asked him.
https://primotipo.com/2015/03/08/peter-revson-mclaren-m8f-chev-1971/
Hi Chet,
I’ve no idea! It’s 4 years ago, the attribution of the photo was whatever I found online at the time. As to source? Pinterest maybe- tho just checked that and can only ‘find’ the shot I put there?! Sorry I cannot help- it is a beauty of a photograph.
Mark
Thank you Mark. Any ideas of someone would would know? I use Tineye website to “reverse search” images & your sight is the only one!
Hi Mark,
Can you please advise how I might get a copy of the poster for the NSW GP held on Easter Monday April 10 1939.
I have a collection of Australian and Goodwood Revival posters, and this would be a good one to add.
Thanks
Bob
Bob,
The poster I found online via a Google search- i’ve no idea where an original could be purchased. Perhaps your favourite printer can work with the resolution of what is posted- not the real thing I know! Great poster isn’t it!
Mark
Hi Mark,
We were so excited to see that my late father in-law Ross Dalton was in an image on your site. It is the image at Gnoo Blas circuit, Jaguar C Type, Feb 1960. We would love to get this image printed for our home. Are you able to supply us with a high res physical copy of the image? More than happy to compensate for your time.
Thanks,
Annie Dalton
ph: 0410574601
Anne,
It’s a great photo isn’t it? I wrote that one a long time ago- the photographer, John Ellacott will be able to help you- his email is jellacot@bigpond.net.au
Just let him know where you saw it and what it is.
Thanks for your interest.
Mark
Hi Mark,
Leanne from Historic Winton here. Would you like a media release about the event and some media passes?
http://www.historicwinton.org for media releases and other info. It would be great to have you along.
Cheers,
Leanne
Great to hear from you Leanne,
Yes please on both counts, is two passes stretching the friendship?
My email address is mark@bisset.com.au
Thankyou
Mark
Hi Mark,l was wondering if you have an exact Date of when Peter Manton was born please?
l know Peter Passed away in Mexico on January 6th 1978 aged 56 years.
Any help would be very much appreciated thank you.
Regards Scott Mackay.
Hi Scott,
Dunno- 1922 was the closest I could get but have dropped a mate a line to see if he knows, lets see what comes back.
Mark
Mark,
Not knowing where Peter was born, and having searched TROVE for NSW, VIC and TAS, could this be the birth I wonder ? …
As per the appended PDF …
Regards Jim Scammell
27 Fifth Avenue ST PETERS SA 5069 Australia +61 (0) 488 922 632 +61 (8) 8362 1177
Thanks James,
Cannot see a PDF tho- try emailing to me at mark@bisset.com.au
Mark
Hi from New Zealand! Do you know of anyone who would have programmes from the 1968 Tasman Championship to sell? I am a huge Jim Clark fan and am wanting to add to my collection. I also have a few amateur photos of the late Chris Amon and his mechanic with Chris’s Tasman Ferrari at the NZFMR from a few years ago, if you are interested in them for the site. Let me know. Cheers, Heath
Cheers Heath,
I can’t help with the programs but am always interested in good photos- my email is mark@bisset.com.au.
Many thanks and best of luck with your search.
Mark
Hello Mark, Did you receive my email dated 24th August, 2019 with the content of Ing. Mauro Forghieri’s email to me dated 10th May, 2016 where he states the Glickenhaus/Piper P4 is a fake? Kind regards, Steven Robertson.
Steven,
Would you mind sending it thru again, apologies if I have misplaced it.
Mark
Mark,
Thank you for your reply. I’ve just re-sent it to your email address.
Kind regards,
Steven.