26r identities and other info

[ardee_selby]

From t'other (Rally) thread, but cross-referenced here since it was also a 26R :

download/file.php?id=17255

Richard

[elj221c]

I presume the headlights let into the bumper area was an IWR rally mod as well then

Probably! The car was like that while Ian and David had the car. Not sure it was a rally mod per se. There were/are a number of cars treated this way.

When was the car rebodied? and do you know what happened to the old body ?

I guess Malcolm rebodied it but I am not sure when he bought the car. '80 or '81 at a guess. Our repairs weren't exactly to Miles Wilkins spec!

Here it is in '87, still with Malcolm, pictured in an article in the now defunct Sports Car Monthly.

[twincamman]

I agree Rohan -- --ed

[twincamman]

I saved my car from being parted and or destroyed at the wreckers and thats all I really care about ., but all the attacks on the history of the car really are just to protect some of the 'Business interests' of other persons involved --and thats all I need here -ed --------btw it should show as------ 26/ 33 Cambridge Motors Montreal ----or the list is not reliable

[1ela]

Richard
7599VC was Paul Howcroft's old car, not a 26r I think.
He started a clothing company, but was killed in a motorcycle accident in the Lake District
Michael

[ardee_selby]

Richard 7599VC was Paul Howcroft's old car, not a 26r I think

Oh dear, maybe I should have said "quoted as being a 26R"

He started a clothing company, but was killed in a motorcycle accident in the Lake District

Richard

[bigvalvehead]

I have a full article on 7599VC and will scan and post it when I return to the UK

The car was not a 26R but highly modified specifically for rallying.

Dave

[trw99]

Howcroft started the Rohan clothing company, specialising in the then new lightweight technical fabrics. As an early mail order customer in the 1980s I recall his brochures sometimes featuring him in his ?lan.

Tim

[Old English White]

Hi there,
Should I say that I am quite disappointed ...
No comments after my last message on that topic...
I proposed you some real period colored stuffs , without any other goal, but...
You 're keeping making the buzz around a sole chassis number.
F...k the #26-R-33 and every of its replicas, lookalikes, from its chassis tag to every single bit !
Sorry, but I had to say it.
Christian.

[elj221c]

Howcroft started the Rohan clothing company, specialising in the then new lightweight technical fabrics. As an early mail order customer in the 1980s I recall his brochures sometimes featuring him in his ?lan.

Tim

You mentioned lightweight, Tim. It just reminded me that in the '70s we referred to the cars more often as lightweights, not 26Rs.

Just an aside........

[elanfan1]

Hi there,
Should I say that I am quite disappointed ...
No comments after my last message on that topic...
I proposed you some real period colored stuffs , without any other goal, but...
You 're keeping making the buzz around a sole chassis number.
F...k the #26-R-33 and every of its replicas, lookalikes, from its chassis tag to every single bit !
Sorry, but I had to say it.
Christian.

and breathe.....

Christian - I for one very much enjoyed the video thank you for sharing it.
Steve

[elj221c]

Hi there,

F...k the #26-R-33 and every of its replicas, lookalikes, from its chassis tag to every single bit !
Sorry, but I had to say it.
Christian.

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[ardee_selby]

Today, I'll surely made a few of you happy, this even if it's not about 26-S2-33
Please, enjoy that jewel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvyFJS5C ... 6wpOVQELv6
Christian.

Wow! Great video. Chic, chic, chic, chicane!

Cheers - Richard

(Was interested to see Henri Pescarolo. We were at Le Mans in 1980 when Jean Rondeau won and Henri was in a sister car. Also...Jacky Ickx drove over the end of my toes in a Ferrari 400 but that may have been '82 )

[1ela]

MORE GRIEF
Wasn't JEAN RONDEAU mort when he went down the outside on a railway crossing ??

[elanfan1]

You appear to right - trains tend not to swerve:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Rondeau