Before there was a MotoEuro
Garage there were 3+ decades of fooling around with cars. Lots of them.
Mainly race cars and Porsches. Here’s a few old pictures from the
archives. |
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1960 Bugeye Sprite.
Introduced me to motorsports. Did everything |
1959 Morris Mini Minor. Originally an Alexander modified 850, I later converted it to 1100 Cooper S spec. Seen here at the Springtown (PA) hillclimb. |
1959
Porsche 1600S coupe. Mild looking coupe housed a hotted up motor built by Hans Zereis and a close ratio gearbox. This was the last streetable car I raced. |
1958 Porsche
Speedster. Swapped the drivetrain from the coupe into a lighter Speedster body. Was virtually unbeatable, won EP hillclimb championship as well as a bunch of other races. |
Formcar Formula
Vee. Partnered with Kay Smith on this FV used to obtain our SCCA race licenses. The large roll bar and white painted lumpy nose came after Kay rolled it at a Marlboro (MD) regional race. |
T56
Cooper Formula Jr. here at a National at the famous Lime Rock (CT) "diving turn". 725 lbs, 100 HP dry sumped BMC motor, with a 6 speed gearbox to keep it in the very narrow powerband. |
1963 Sprite Mk.II.
Priced out of formula racing and returning to my roots. Built this Sprite with an 1100 engine to race in GP. This is Reading Airport (PA) leading the race in (I think) 1970. |
Quit
racing in the mid-70's and got involved with Porsches and the local NNJR region of PCA. Seen through the snow flakes are the 1973 914 and 1959 RSK Spyder 718-032, ex-Porsche Salzburg racer. |
I got
a super deal on this 924 from the local dealer. He got his money's worth: It won overall at the 1977 Porscherama and in 1978 won both the autocross and concours at the annual PCA Porsche Parade. |
1955
Porsche 1500 Super. After helping Glenn Herman restore his award winning 356B Roadster, I brought this coupe home from GA. A lengthy restoration, it won Best in Show at the PCA Zone 1 concours. |
1959
Series 1 Lotus Seven. Burned out on Porsche club politics I decided to try some low key vintage racing. The Lotus was pretty handy running a 1300cc BMC motor. Here on the grid for the first Pittsburgh (PA) GP in 1984.
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The
last ever race car, my beloved 1959 Mk 1 Turner. Using the drivetrain from the Lotus, I ran this car for 5 years. Other than 2 DNFs it was always a top 3 car. As sweet handling a car as I ever drove. Sold it too quickly and still miss it. |