I'm asking would say Stu Smith at his peak driving his 'Super Dodo' car I believe it was called (My Avatar) with all the latest running gear and monster small block engine minus one of them bloody monstrosities on the roof have any chance at all without one of those said Monstrosities on it's roof ?

Call me Prince Charles but those things are bloody horrible sticking 4 feet above the roof on an angle and all the cars look and sound the same anyway so are...

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Bit busy with reunion stuff at the moment, but take a look at this new website from Brian's son with lots of pics of Brian in the 70s Good work Simon... Looking forward to seeing the video

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The topic for discussion today is whether the top boys of our great sport today would hold their own if sent back in a time machine to another era?

If you took back Messers Falding, Wainman Jnr, Smith A, Smith S Jnr, Harrison Jnr  and even John Lund, do you think they would enjoy the same kind of success in the 60's, 70's or even the early 80's when competing against the likes of their fathers and the other top names from the those era's

I...

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Is it just me or are rolling starts getting worse with every meeting i attend, even the world final was a shambles of a start, although i blame the so called "3rd quicker rolling lap" for that one. It seems to me that anyone starts the race except the starter many times you see the reds on the back bumper of blues, the blues on yellows etc etc, i here many people saying do clutch starts but i love the atmosphere of a slow roller with appropriate music i may add!!! In my somewhat jaded...

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As the modern F1s become more homogeneous and less individually styled, I thought about the cars that have really stood out for me over the years. What's your top five? Here's some that spring to mind, in no particular order :-

Harry Smith's Batmobile
John Jebson's Untouchable
Doug Cronshaw's Potent Mix ( in Wynn's colours)
Mick Holt's independantly sprung lightweight.
Jim Potters model T, with headlights, flock roof and tassled...

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