Oulton Park, pictures from the past- Got any?

[lazyitus]

Fabulous idea, crossle.

Nicking your idea here but if anyones got any old Oulton images, lets have a nosey.

[crossle]

lazyitus said:

Fabulous idea, crossle.

Nicking your idea here but if anyones got any old Oulton images, lets have a nosey.

Oi!

[anonymous-user]

my old man has loads on slide, i'll get round to putting them onto the computer one day. lived in lancashire till he was about 35 so spent a fair bit of time there. somewhere he has a picture of ronnie peterson in a lotus 72 from a gold cup race there....

[lazyitus]

crossle said:

lazyitus said:

Fabulous idea, crossle.

Nicking your idea here but if anyones got any old Oulton images, lets have a nosey.

Oi!

Sorry, mate.

Anyway, here's a clip from youtube of Jim Clarke in his heyday. Although I'd prefer old pictures on here, this youtube clip is so interesting, particularly if you're familiar with Oulton..

Jim Clarke

A bit earlier than the 70's, obviously. So I guess the thread is open to pictures from all decades!

Edited by lazyitus on Thursday 13th November 20:29

[lazyitus]

pablo said:

my old man has loads on slide, i'll get round to putting them onto the computer one day. lived in lancashire till he was about 35 so spent a fair bit of time there. somewhere he has a picture of ronnie peterson in a lotus 72 from a gold cup race there....

Please, pablo. That would be brilliant if you could spend some time putting the images on here.

[timbob]

lazyitus said:

Anyway, here's a clip from youtube of Jim Clarke in his heyday. Although I'd prefer old pictures on here, this youtube clip is so interesting, particularly if you're familiar with Oulton..

Jim Clarke

Awesome! Not seen that clip before - cheers for the link

[Chassis 33]

Ah the original Oulton circuit.
Regards
Iain

[anonymous-user]

lazyitus said:

pablo said:

my old man has loads on slide, i'll get round to putting them onto the computer one day. lived in lancashire till he was about 35 so spent a fair bit of time there. somewhere he has a picture of ronnie peterson in a lotus 72 from a gold cup race there....

Please, pablo. That would be brilliant if you could spend some time putting the images on here.

in hindsight it must be fittipaldi not peterson. anyway, i will get a digital slide thing soon and sort it all out. there are loads from the seventies at various circuts and back when paddock access was easy to obtain so there might even be enough for a book or something, not that there is a shortage of books with pictures of racing cars in the seventies but....one more wouldnt hurt surely??!..

[Chassis 33]

Found this one
from this album http://www.flickr.com/photos/davel59/2107829669/

Regards
Iain

[lazyitus]

Nice find, Iain.

Looks like an off at Avenue.

[lord summerisle]

[FourWheelDrift]

1926 fire, shame.

[Chassis 33]

That's quite a nice looking gaff. Is it yours?

Anyway back on topic scouting through various places, this gent has a few http://www.flickr.com/photos/8851994@N05/sets/7215...










If I find any more I'll let you know.
Regards
Iain

[Chassis 33]

From http://www.flickr.com/photos/16788879@N02/





Regards
Iain

[lord summerisle]

Chassis 33 said:

That's quite a nice looking gaff. Is it yours?

if it wasnt for that drunken lout of a Great Uncle... and a candle... maybe!

[Chassis 33]

Slow afternoon at work so heres a few



Shamelessly stolen from http://forums.autosport.com/showthread.php?threadi...
Another pic of the house

And back to cars



























SOD IT there's loads of Oulton photos on that thread, I'm bored of cut & pasting, go look for yourself!
Regards
Iain

[crossle]

Hey! That's my car!!!

Or it was after Gerry had finished thrashing it, and I bought it off his accountant in 1984 and ran it in the Road Saloons championship for a few years!

[lazyitus]

Crikey Iain, put a bit more effort into the thread, will you ?

[Chassis 33]

Sorry Jon, 8 "working" days before I'm out of a job so even if there were much on, which there isn't, my heart wouldn't be in it. That Autosport forum was like shooting fish in a barrel though, so best you just look there, I've some photos I could scan in of my dads this weekend. Would that show a bit more effort and willingness?
Regards
Iain

[Chassis 33]

Said I wasn't going to post any more from that thread...but Can-Am Mclarens




And some video http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=u8YRr-eMFRo FYI my driving style is mostly modelled on that TR6
Regards
Iain

Edited by Chassis 33 on Wednesday 19th November 08:45