Haul of Fame...
Jim & Ann Brown wrote:
> 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
> -----------
> -----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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