Welcome John!
Phil Gott
65 TR4A
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> On May 23, 2019, at 4:33 AM, JOHN DAVIES via Fot <fot@autox.team.net> wrote:
>
> I am honoured to be nominated to join the Friends of Triumph!
> My thanks to all those who put me forward and supported me.
>
> It may be that my current car, SofS, is more historic than I am - I built my
> previous two race Vitesses, Old Blue from a standard Vitesse, and Silverback
> from a Herald 13/60 Estate. SofS was first registered as a road car in
> 1970, and was modified for racing in about 1980, I don't know who by, but it
> was raced by Mike "Barney Rubble" Barnes in the UK TSSC series. It then
> was owned by Mark Plausin and worked on by John Sadler of "Trioomph", who had
> his own Vitesse and raced together as a team. I raced my first, Old Blue
> Vitesse against them, and I enclose pictures of my car now and then from the
> 90s, when John was driving it. Old Blue went to the Great Garage in the
> Sky in an accident, and I elected to build Silverback as an experiment in
> aerodynamics. Inspired by the Volvo estates then racing in the British
> Touring Car Championship, I went further and built it rear-radiatored, with a
> front spoiler from Old Blue and side skirts, to minimise undercar airflow.
> I can't claim any down force, but I think we had less lift!
>
> Wiped out on the Nürburgring by a Group 2 Porsche, two weeks later I found
> SofS on sale from the back of Mark Plausin's barn. It was meant to be
> mine! But twelve years of storage, some ill-advised suspension and engine
> building had taken their toll, and I transplanted the engine, front and rear
> suspension from Silverback into it, and named it Son of Silverback, SofS, as
> it had so many of it's father's parts. Mark had a GRP coupe roof on it,
> as had Old Blue because of the Regs of one series we ran in, and after the
> glasshouse of the estate I found that cramped and pokey. So I fitted the
> roof from Old Blue and SofS has its grandfather's hat on as well!
>
> Since then, we've competed in the Classic Sports Car Club Swinging 60s (!)
> series, been to Le Mans (to visit the Classic) and Spa (to race). Currently
> working on a new 2.5L engine to complement the Lucas Pi that is fitted.
>
> Some pics enclosed, of SofS today, and long ago next to Old Blue. And for
> completeness, of Silverback in it's pomp.
>
> Best wishes, and looking forward to news of US Triumph racing!
>
> JOhn
> <Nurburgring 2007 019.jpg>
> <Green Vitesse with John Sadler, Pembrey 1994.jpg>
> <Bo'ness 2018.jpg>
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