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The 'original' BRG first appeared on Napier racing cars sometime around the turn of the century (1901 ish) as a factory colour which was subsequently adopted as the national colour for Great Britain. I found this list of other nationalities colours ....... http://www.rasf1m.net/misc.html#Q2 Regards David "David Jacobs" 29668... MORE
I read somewhere that officially there has never been a British Racing Green colour. I think I'm right in saying that the first proper use of the colour was back in the 1920s when the Bentley Boys went over and wupped the Johny Foreigners @sses. The colour (or similar to) was used by mainly GP British race teams up to the early sixties when advertising came in. Colin Chapman was the first to do this (remember the John Player specials?), but his Lotus's were painted a version of BRG in the 50's as were the ERAs . Coventry climax... MORE
I believe the "real" British Racing Green is the shade that was adopted by the "Bentley Boys" team when they raced at Le Mans. That's where it got its name. As others have commented, there have followed all sorts of shades interpreting this colour. Apparently, the human eye can detect more distinct shades of green than of any other colour in the spectrum. Something to do with our ancestors living in verdant forests. Not a lot of people know that (said in a Michael Cain accent for authenticity) Guy "Guy Weller" 29628... MORE
Alex Bugeye's never came with British Racing Green as a colour option. The closest 'original' colour you'll find to BRG that is 'original' to the BE is Dark Green or Leaf Green for your year of car (Dark Green to Jan 59, Leaf Green thereonwards) The paint code for that is GN15. If you really must have BRG, try GN29 which was used on the Sprite MKII and III. This site's really handy for checking colour paint codes and what they look like on cars - http://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/ Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 29606... MORE
After four years of repairs, I'm finally getting around to painting my 61 bugeye. Problem is there are dozens of "british racing green" colors. Every paint remotely green claims to be BRG. Anyonw with suggestions, or perhaps the paint code #, for a close-to-authentic version of this? Thanks in advance. Alex 61 bugeye (under construction) "Alex del Russo" 29604... MORE
Nigel, I am very afraid to post any pix you could see. The car is in three colors of paint plus the original Brookland green. (Seeing what looked best, ya know). I have lowered the front with 1275 springs but not the rear just yet. I'm running American Racing Mags 5.5 inches with 165 x 70 tires. I've cut off the front bumper supports and sold off the rubber bumpers. The interior is new and pretty well sorted out. McGee runs and drives well except for my often mentioned clutch problem. I will be pulling the engine this spring... MORE
Wes, I switched to 5.5 American Racing wheels last summer. They will NOT fit without mods on a 1500 running 165 x 70's. The front and rear wheel arches will rub. It is fixable depending on how you view and value originality in your car. Rob C Webfoot Leisure.com rob@... 630-841-6077 robbiesg@... 29146... MORE
Ah! yes we have one of those on the Imp list, he doesn't own an old landrover and tell stories about when he was in the war! (putting tounge back in cheek) The job is pretty good (I certainly dont mind going to work) and it finances my motorsport which is the important part, as I rally 2 Hillman Imps 1 as Co-driver in Historic Stage rallies and 1 as driver in Historic Road rallies both for the MSA- HRCR & HERO series (oh yes and I'm helping sort out a midget for someone as well) Regards Chris Valentine... MORE
Nigel I work for Dunlop Motorsport in the racing motorcycle dept, as a design engineer, I'm involved with the British & American Superbike championships and get to most tests and some races to help with tyre choice and development. Regards Chris Valentine Dunlop Motorsport Chris Out of curiosity, what do you do at Dunlop? Nigel christopher_valentine@... 28901... MORE
To the list ' Vintage Auto racing in Texas and Oklahoma for 2004" To all whom really want to have a fun weekend and get real close to vintage Sports cars and racing think about being a course worker - I have been doing this for a while thanks to David Littlefield (He drives a 74' MG Midget vintage racer) whom is on this list. It is a blast. Here is the over view on the races for 2004. The Corinthian Vintage Auto Racing group in Texas is in need of volunteer course workers for all of the events... MORE
Ok as we know, each of our cars are the similar but different, depending upon our likes and dislikes - some stock, some customized. Well here is my question: Has anyone used Brookland Screens on their car instead of the full Screen - (Outside of racers) and if so does anyone have any photos of such. I have been thinking of doing this to my Bugeye. Marty Cooper Round Rock, Texas Martin Cooper 28856... MORE
Hey Cap'n- Followed the whole "driveshaft balance" discussion with interest. On my race cars, we balanced EVERYTHING. Being anal, there was no way I was going to re-install my driveshaft without at least checking the balance. So I had it checked. It was off by a country mile. Makes me wonder about "factory" balancing! Paul "dfwip" 28788... MORE
Thanks for the kind reply. Been messing with these cars for 30+ years. Am more than willing to admit most on this list have forgotten more than I'll ever know..... Some years ago I raced an old Lola in the SCCA. Did a lot of messing with brakes. Quickly learned effect of different bores, etc on pedal pressure, movement, etc. It has been ten years since I've driven a Midget, but I can tell you for certain the problem is too serious to go away with "break-in". If this is the way the cars were when new, none would... MORE
the 1" slave, (with the 3/4" master it makes for a easy clutch), and I do have the Datsun slave cylinder with the L hydrolic line direction, but I think it is 7/8". I am going to a heavy duty oil/hydrolic line supplier in Portland tomorrow to try to get a "Street 90" for my 1" slave cylinder. If they can't do one in a short enough L, is there a Datsun or ??? that is short enough? What do the racers with a 5 speed (the 5 speed switches sides of the transmission of the slave cylinder) and... MORE
Castor Oil & Castrol (Castrol R) Got to admit, Dave, I've no clue 'cause I do not know whether the "early" Castrol Oils I grew up with in the late 50's & early 60's were vegetable oil or petroleum based, though I believe it was the later. And the Castrol's before that??? Castrol "R"....formulated for high rpm higher pressure, anti-foam, "racing" oil I would think but here again, not familiar the specific base or formula. But I bet Chuck Christ might know a little about the early Castrol Oils considering his Dad was in racing during Castrol's early days... MORE
Dave, It sure is the same. I still remember the smell today. I was at the vintage races in Coronado CA a few months ago and some old UK iron trundled by and that great smell just grabbed me by the nose and transported me back to my early days of racing. Great stuff. It is amazing how powerful the brain remembers certain smells. Bob in San Diego P.S. How have you been. I have been thinking about Narrowboats lately, maybe next year. "Robert D. Gardner" 28533... MORE
David... A flat spot (most especially with a VP3 Kent 276+ cam) is not unusual with a 45DCOE using the larger 4.5 or 5.0 aux venturi. You will notice this carb configured for racing uses the smaller 3.5 aux vent which brings the main system "in" a little earlier in the game. Was using 1.4+ intake valves and a VP3 cam. Noticing this, I changed out my 4.5's for 3.5's and jetted upwards accordingly to 145 mains and 175 air correctors while retaining the 50F9 idle jets the carb came with. (Then I rechecked the ign. timing to make... MORE
questionable "quality of rebuilds" Exactly, Nigel...this and the cost of new ones. And even the new ones of today are not done with the modern materials used by Peter C., which make his rebuilt levers even better than new! The ONLY thing against even Peter's levers is the inherently designed-in single rate response characteristic, a variable rate being preferred on normal roads (except limited access surfaces) as opposed to the relatively smooth surfaces of the track considering the speeds these cars produce under racing circumstances which most racers would proably agree, makes the seemingly "smooth" track surface rough enough... MORE
Ok, thanks everyone for your input, - all taken on board. - The general consensus seems to be mixed, but slightly favouring the lever-arms if they are rebuilt to a better-than-original spec. And nobody seems to have used Moss's telescopic kit, just the Frontline one which is also worth knowing. My initial concern had been based on two things: 1. From word of mouth from other car folk that had bought 'uprated' lever arms in the 70's that had then leaked after a year or so, and even recently someone told me about a recently refurbished one leaking after... MORE
Ok, thanks everyone for your input, - all taken on board. - The general consensus seems to be mixed, but slightly favouring the lever-arms if they are rebuilt to a better-than-original spec. And nobody seems to have used the Moss telescopic kit, just the Frontline one which is also worth knowing. My initial concern had been based on two things: 1. From word of mouth from other car folk that had bought 'uprated' lever arms in the 70's that then leaked after a year or so, and even recently someone told me about a recently refurbished one leaking after... MORE
Bloke at work has put one of frontline ones his rubber bumper midget. Very well made. You get a substantial welded plate bracket that goes where the old lever arm goes. Uses the three holes plus one other you have to drill. Telescopic goes on to top of new bracket and bottom goes to new bit held on by the anti roll bar fixings using longer bolts. He says wonderfull, positive steering and suspension. But then his lever arms were totally shot. He would have got an immediate improvement with good lever arms. Terry "terry.isherwood" 28162... MORE
SCRAPPERS NEEDED! We are now making the Seventh series of Scrapheap Challenge and are recruiting contestants to take part. Scrapheap Challenge is a popular engineering show where two teams of mechanically minded people have just ten hours to build and race contraption. In previous years these challenges have included snowmobiles, monster trucks and monowheels, jet racers amongst many others. The last series was transmitted on Channel 4 and attracted an average audience of over three million. The series is structured as a knockout competition with the winning team taking home the prestigious `Scrapheap trophy'. Team should consist of three... MORE
"Dannies".... Look below this one under "dead heat in a Zeppelin race"...ROTFLMAO!! :):) Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 27950... MORE
You are correct, in a perfect world, the pressure would balance out to be zero, but a little pressure sneaks past the rings, the valve guides, etc and any positive pressure pushes oil out the rear seal. Interesting side tangent when talking about two cycle engines. When I was a 16 year old kid, I worked for a marine place and we built racing Johnson outboard motors. Roy Rogers,( the great cowboy movie star) had us build his engines. Twin Johnson 35's for off shore racing. My boss and I drilled the crankcase full of holes and inserted one... MORE
Peter, Right you are. I wondered if anyone would realize that the distributor drive gear is connected to the camshaft which actually turns the oil pump. Lots of wasted time doing it this way if you ask me. Its your money.....I heard of one fellow that hooked up a presurized bug spray can with oil in it to the oil gauge feed pipe or something and pumped oil through his engine before starting. I heard it killed bugs for miles when he drove by for years afterwards. LOL Really, I think that this is to anal for a common... MORE
