MALCOLM RICKETTS' OPEN DAY 19TH AUGUST 2017

PostPost by: billwill » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:14 pm

wotsisname wrote:I bumped into Malcolm on Sunday and he was pretty pleased with the turnout, raising just over ?1K for his charity. First time the field ( car park - which is a show itself) has been completely full.



Were you there yourself?

Next time maybe we should wear forum name badges.

I did my best to recruit two lost souls :) , who are starting Elan renovations, but did not know of our forum here.
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PostPost by: billwill » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:20 pm

trw99 wrote:Alan, apparently one of the very earliest ones. I recall Bill telling me it was unit no 04. No doubt he will be along soon with additional info.

It did look interesting as a barn find. It had a hillclimb or speed trial medal on the dash too.

Tim


All hearsay I regret, not proof. One of the visitors said that he thought that the Sevens started with serial number 400 and that this one was number 404. Alas I never found such a 404 number on the car itself.

{interestingly on the Internet, error 404 means "Not Found" :mrgreen: }
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PostPost by: billwill » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:36 pm

This is the plate on the old Seven, mentioned by Tim.

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Photos from Malcolm Rickett's open day.
Trophy Plate on Early Lotus Seven.


It Says:

National Benzole Trophy
1963
Winner
D.Price


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The plate on the passengers side all corroded and curly was actually an 'insurance' warning plate a sort of: "Abandon Hope all ye who ride in this passenger seat" :D
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PostPost by: billwill » Mon Aug 21, 2017 12:59 pm

Photos from Malcolm Rickett's open day., continued.
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PostPost by: billwill » Mon Aug 21, 2017 1:07 pm

Photos from Malcolm Rickett's open day., continued.

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PostPost by: wotsisname » Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:34 pm

Bill, yes I was there, spotted you but didn't get a chance to introduce myself. Was there with a friend and his uncle. Turns out the Uncle (Pete ???) Bought a lotus 20 from Peter Warr back in the Day and did a fair bit of single seat racing... And claims to have beaten one J Hunt in formula ford a few times....
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