Donington 13th & 14th August 2011

[don.hasi]

Today we were pleased to have Oliver Winterbottom visit the stand, and give his stamp of approval to "M55", Brian's rebuilt Excel prototype.

What a great honor! Great to see him again in the scene


@tanz: what kind of warp coils are these?


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[amarshall]

Renault lotus f1 car - don't get Angus started!

Grrrr...Renault that isn't a Renault or a Lotus with Lotus painted on the back wing at great expense.

nearly as bad as the Dallaras with Lotus painted on them at great expense.

[paolo]

Thought I would put some words to some of the pictures,

Pete Boole's fantastic and slightly modified Excel



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Renault lotus f1 car - don't get Angus started!



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Special alluminium bodied Elan made to a customers requirments




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Brian Swankie (left) and Oliver Winterbottom with the first Excel M55



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The special elan...the headlights remind me of a gordon keeble

[alanmoss]

The badge on the side of "that" racing car says "LADA" so it is obviously an old Fiat.

[paolo]

quick youtube vid of the paddock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7G7aPK4R74

[Emmerg]

Paolo - Gordon Keeble or a Bond Equipe GT4S ?

[paolo]

Good shout, mate.

probably only 10 styles of light available in the 60's and 8 of 'em round!!