As memory serves, Clive Trickey used to tow his Mini7 racer, (on a trailer)
with an 850 Mini Traveller. He stopped when the whole lot spun 360 degrees
at low speed when tooting along in a rain storm.
Story was told in "Building and Racing an 850 Mini", a classic book on car
preparation in the later 60's.
I used to tow my 1967 Cooper S, in a converted 1972 house-trailer (which was
still a pretty complete house trailer that had a big door in back that the
car slid up thru) with a 1971 Mercedes 280SEL(big long 4 door sedan with
fuel injected 6 cylinder engine). I think the trailer outweighed the car by
double, and it wouldn't go over 55 mph without starting a terminal shimmy!
Brian
At 01:15 PM 4/27/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Andrew,
>
>Marvelous story. It reminded me that either 'Classic and Sports Car' or
>'Thoroughbred and Classic Cars' has a regular feature on vintage towing
>vehicles towing vintage cars, when they can come up with an interesting
>combination. Perhaps another gentle lister can remember which it is. I
>have mailed my back issues to an out-of-state friend. I would think they
>would snap up a photo and publish it. This fascinating combination of LBCs
>would be ideal for that feature.
>
>Off to the Texas World Speedway for the CVAR May vintage madness this
>weekend.
>
>Jim Brown
>Houston
>'48 Bentley Special
>-----------
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Andrew Pursey <MorrisOxford@s054.aone.net.au>
>To: British-Cars (E-mail) <british-cars@autox.team.net>; Morris (E-mail)
><morris@autox.team.net>
>Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 7:51 AM
>Subject: Would BMC have done this in 1955/56?
>
>
>>Listers....
>>
>>Last weekend I succumbed to a severe attack of total lunacy and
>demonstrated to
>>Australians that an Englishman, with English cars, can be a complete
>eccentric.
>>
>>I was racing my 1955 Morris Oxford at Eastern Creek Raceway in a State
>>Championship event - that is eccentric enough, but worse was to follow. I
>then
>>decided that I needed a different tow vehicle and so my 1956 Morris Isis
>was
>>pressed into service to tow the race car and trailer - and I have the
>photos to
>>prove it if anybody is interested. The towing regulations here have just
>been
>>changed, so the combination is actually legal (but maybe not sensible).
>>
>>The effect on my fellow road users was quite interesting as I made the 15
>mile
>>trip from home to track on Saturday - never have I seen so many expressions
>of
>>sheer incredulity. When I arrived at the race track I became the target
>for
>>every humorist in existence, fortunately it was all quite friendly. On
>Sunday
>>after racing I did the decent thing and waited for darkness before heading
>home
>>- actually, I didn't want the police to spot the cars as I felt that the
>>conversation could have been quite time-consuming.
>>
>>The racing? Well we did have one Morris Oxford and two Morris Majors
>running
>>together in very very close company for several laps until I pressed a
>little
>>harder and thus achieved a podium finish to come in second, behind a 1957
>Ford
>>Zephyr.
>>
>>I doubt if anybody in BMC back in the 50s would have tried such a towing
>>combination, but I am happy to be proven wrong. Anybody out there tried a
>>really unusual towing combo - and lived to tell the tale?
>>
>>...regards...Andrew "Axeman" Pursey....1955 Morris Oxford (racing in Group
>Na
>>pre'58 Classic Saloons) and 1956 Morris Isis (almost a daily driver and now
>a
>>classic tow car).
>>
>>
>
>
>
Brian Evans
Director, Global Sales
UUNET, An MCI WorldCom Company
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