old banger racing osf's + rods number 1

[lotusless]

as there are lots of them i put some of them on slideshows

i will add the others in a seperate post

get your box of tissues ready as its quite sad to see some of the

lovely mk1 2 door cortina's + escorts getting raced! but this was

years ago when they were two a penny

 

 

******* sorry problem with links************

[BIGKEV]

There are some photos I would like to save but I cant right click and save - have you alink to the images themselves?

[lotusless]

tell me the number of the pics you want + i'll send you them

[banarama]

now every one is thinking why did we do that we wouldnt now

[Guest cortinamad-gonetoo]

i suppose they had fun but i dont see the point in banger racing

[Andy504]

Loving the pics,

 

cortinamad, the point is back then no-one knew these were gonna be classics, and it was a very cheap form of motorsport.

Like anyfin, some people race lawnmowers now cos its a cheap rush.

 

Link to my foto bucket wiv banger pics new n old

 

http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l80/andy753676/stock%20car%20pics/?start=0

 

 

My first taste of motorsport.

 

And just a few of my favourite pics of me dads banger, then hot rod.

 

Banger, piss pot helmet, all action.

 

 

 

And hot rod, non contact, my ole man said he hit this twice coming of the banked bend, and wrote the fing off, helped the lad reshell it as a sorry

 

 

 

 

 

Hope ya like

 

Realise not everyones into banger racing

[corsair66]

As a member of the Cottered Banger Club back at the end of the 60's we would get phone calls offering to pay us to take away taxed and MOTed Mk1 Zephyrs and Zodiacs because thats what we raced no one wanted them. I payed £5 for a taxed MOTed Mk1 Consul that I used for work for a few months with nothing wrong with it! One lad turned up with a mk1 at Braefield and failed scrutineering because his car was non standard, it had triple SU's a Raymond Mays head and a Sunbeam Rapier overdrive box! Paul

[Old Mex]

Nice bit of history there mate !

[alec hafele]

takes me back to Wimbledon and Aldershot stadiums in the '70s raced bangers with the Dodge Boys but preferred Oxfords. Cambridges to Fords, but rememebr buying Z cars, Consuls etc fro couple of quid. I bought a '59 low line MkII Consul for a fiver with 8 months MOT and 3 months tax. I ran the car for 3 years as my daily driver!