Andrew,
Marvelous story. It reminded me that either 'Classic and Sports Car' or
'Thoroughbred and Classic Cars' has a regular feature on vintage towing
vehicles towing vintage cars, when they can come up with an interesting
combination. Perhaps another gentle lister can remember which it is. I
have mailed my back issues to an out-of-state friend. I would think they
would snap up a photo and publish it. This fascinating combination of LBCs
would be ideal for that feature.
Off to the Texas World Speedway for the CVAR May vintage madness this
weekend.
Jim Brown
Houston
'48 Bentley Special
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-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Pursey <MorrisOxford@s054.aone.net.au>
To: British-Cars (E-mail) <british-cars@autox.team.net>; Morris (E-mail)
<morris@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 7:51 AM
Subject: Would BMC have done this in 1955/56?
>Listers....
>
>Last weekend I succumbed to a severe attack of total lunacy and
demonstrated to
>Australians that an Englishman, with English cars, can be a complete
eccentric.
>
>I was racing my 1955 Morris Oxford at Eastern Creek Raceway in a State
>Championship event - that is eccentric enough, but worse was to follow. I
then
>decided that I needed a different tow vehicle and so my 1956 Morris Isis
was
>pressed into service to tow the race car and trailer - and I have the
photos to
>prove it if anybody is interested. The towing regulations here have just
been
>changed, so the combination is actually legal (but maybe not sensible).
>
>The effect on my fellow road users was quite interesting as I made the 15
mile
>trip from home to track on Saturday - never have I seen so many expressions
of
>sheer incredulity. When I arrived at the race track I became the target
for
>every humorist in existence, fortunately it was all quite friendly. On
Sunday
>after racing I did the decent thing and waited for darkness before heading
home
>- actually, I didn't want the police to spot the cars as I felt that the
>conversation could have been quite time-consuming.
>
>The racing? Well we did have one Morris Oxford and two Morris Majors
running
>together in very very close company for several laps until I pressed a
little
>harder and thus achieved a podium finish to come in second, behind a 1957
Ford
>Zephyr.
>
>I doubt if anybody in BMC back in the 50s would have tried such a towing
>combination, but I am happy to be proven wrong. Anybody out there tried a
>really unusual towing combo - and lived to tell the tale?
>
>...regards...Andrew "Axeman" Pursey....1955 Morris Oxford (racing in Group
Na
>pre'58 Classic Saloons) and 1956 Morris Isis (almost a daily driver and now
a
>classic tow car).
>
>
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