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AMC Javelin
Manufactured: 1970
Body: all steel (1422kg)
Engine: AM 6400cc V8
Gearbox: Borg Warner T10
Configuration: front-engine, rear-wheel drive
Suspension: front - double wishbone; rear - torsion bar and watts linkage
Brakes: Can-Am ventilated discs with 4-pot calipers
Wheels: front - Lola 12 inch (30cms); rear - Mirage 15 inch (38cms)
Driver: David Howes
Class: Super and Special Saloons
Date of Description: 1974
Information: October 1974, Car and Car Conversions Magazine
A former Group 2 car, the engine featured 2-4 barrel Holley carbs, Engle roller cam, forged con rods, pistons and crank. David drove a Ford Falcon Sprint earlier.
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Daf 55 Marathon
Engine: Oldmobile 5000cc
Configuration: front engined, rear-wheel drive
Driver: Alan Minshaw
Class: Special Saloons over 2500cc and Super Saloons
Date taken: September 1975 at Chicane, Croft
Daf was a Dutch firm which was taken over by Volvo in 1975. One of the reason for the take over was Daf's Variomatic transmission, an automatic, infinitesimally stepped system using cones and belts instead of gears. This unusual set-up allowed the designer and builder of the car, Ray Kilminster, to mid-mount the engine and gearbox for best weight distribution, and still keep within Special Saloon Regulations. At a mere 700 kg this car was originally raced by Tony Hazelwood in 1973 and was then fitted with a 450bhp Oldsmobile engine. Front and rear suspension was March Formula 2, located on front and rear subframes, and 4-pot caliper disk brakes were used all round. It is seen here being raced by its third owner, Alan Minshaw, the proprietor of the tuning firm, Demon Tweeks, a firm still sponsoring racing cars.
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