Author Topic: SAC#1544 : MGA-Twin Cams of Paul Fletcher in the Fitzwilliam Racing Team in 1959  (Read 1729 times)

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #25 on: May 17, 2021, 04:18:41 PM »
Not Lester MG !

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #26 on: May 18, 2021, 08:52:38 AM »
Crashed during testing?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #27 on: May 19, 2021, 02:03:37 AM »
I don't know !

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #28 on: May 19, 2021, 11:58:53 AM »
Is it some sort of Elva Courier? - they used an MGA engine.
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #29 on: May 19, 2021, 03:38:18 PM »
GN7 registration number a clue?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #30 on: May 21, 2021, 04:59:09 AM »
Yes !  MGA engine

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #31 on: May 21, 2021, 05:03:09 AM »
Photo from British race !

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #32 on: May 21, 2021, 09:05:19 AM »
Costin body?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #33 on: May 21, 2021, 02:45:27 PM »
Is there an Elva Courier connection?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #34 on: May 22, 2021, 04:24:19 AM »
Not Costin body !

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #35 on: May 22, 2021, 05:28:31 PM »
Photo from Silverstone race?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #36 on: May 23, 2021, 08:09:46 AM »
Yes !

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #37 on: May 23, 2021, 10:42:04 AM »
1960s?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #38 on: May 25, 2021, 01:51:07 AM »
late 59s !

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #39 on: May 25, 2021, 01:59:28 PM »
 Does the car have a proprietary fibreglass body?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #40 on: May 25, 2021, 04:46:42 PM »
Tornado front end?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #41 on: May 27, 2021, 04:56:27 PM »
Not fibreglass body and not Tornado front end !

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« Reply #42 on: May 28, 2021, 01:26:34 PM »
It's a little team with 3 cars !
       3 cars the same?
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #43 on: May 29, 2021, 02:28:26 PM »
No, this car is a one-off !

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #44 on: June 09, 2021, 04:36:34 PM »
Pros !

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #45 on: June 10, 2021, 04:18:30 AM »
Well I can't remember much about it, but Team 21 in the 1959 750MC Six Hour Relay was the Octagon Stable MGA-Twin Cams.
Car C was P.G. Fletcher's and he spun and rolled his car at Copse, according to the Motor Sport report, and the damage looks appropriate.
I found a statement that he had the body modified by Peel engineering and the engine by Barwell so it didn't look like the MGA it really was.
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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #46 on: June 10, 2021, 04:39:34 AM »
AARGG! Too late. Paul Fletcher was a friend of Bob Carnegie and raced for the Fitzwilliam Racing Team.


Chassis number YD2 669.
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I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: SAC#1544 :
« Reply #47 on: June 10, 2021, 09:50:01 AM »
Yes ! MGA-Twin Cams of Paul Fletcher in the Fitzwilliam Racing Team in 1959
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