[Fot] Nomination

[Phil Gott]

Welcome John!
Phil Gott
65 TR4A

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> On May 23, 2019, at 4:33 AM, JOHN DAVIES via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I am honoured to be nominated to join the Friends of Triumph!
> My thanks to all those who put me forward and supported me.
> 
> It may be that my current car, SofS, is more historic than I am - I built my previous two race Vitesses, Old Blue from a standard Vitesse, and Silverback from a Herald 13/60 Estate.      SofS was first registered as a road car in 1970, and was modified for racing in about 1980, I don't know who by, but it was raced by Mike "Barney Rubble" Barnes in the UK TSSC series.     It then was owned by Mark Plausin and worked on by John Sadler of "Trioomph", who had his own Vitesse and raced together as a team.      I raced my first, Old Blue Vitesse against them, and I enclose pictures of my car now and then from the 90s, when John was driving it.      Old Blue went to the Great Garage in the Sky in an accident, and I elected to build Silverback as an experiment in aerodynamics.  Inspired by the Volvo estates then racing in the British Touring Car Championship, I went further and built it rear-radiatored, with a front spoiler from Old Blue and side skirts, to minimise undercar airflow.     I can't claim any down force, but I think we had less lift!
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> Wiped out on the Nürburgring by a Group 2 Porsche, two weeks later I found SofS on sale from the back of Mark Plausin's barn.    It was meant to be mine!    But twelve years of storage,  some ill-advised suspension and engine building had taken their toll, and I transplanted the engine, front and rear suspension from Silverback into it, and named it Son of Silverback, SofS, as it had so many of it's father's parts.      Mark had a GRP coupe roof on it, as had Old Blue because of the Regs of one series we ran in, and after the glasshouse of the estate I found that cramped and pokey.   So I fitted the roof from Old Blue and SofS has its grandfather's hat on as well!
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> Since then, we've competed in the Classic Sports Car Club Swinging 60s (!) series, been to Le Mans (to visit the Classic) and Spa (to race).   Currently working on a new 2.5L engine to complement the Lucas Pi that is fitted.
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> Some pics enclosed, of SofS today, and long ago next to Old Blue.   And for completeness, of Silverback in it's pomp.
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> Best wishes, and looking forward to news of US Triumph racing!
> 
> JOhn
> <Nurburgring 2007 019.jpg>
> <Green Vitesse with John Sadler, Pembrey 1994.jpg>
> <Bo'ness 2018.jpg>
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