24-02-2019, 09:59 PM
First I should make it clear that I fully agree with Mark's very sensible advice on this matter.
As a separate issue:
I don't think the blue Ulster is the actual ex Goodacre/Trevisan Mille Miglia car, unless someone has been keeping that information strictly secret, nor is it the car that Andy Storer used in the 2012 Mille Miglia "Re evocation". If it were, it wouldn't be blue and there would be a red paddle switch on the dashboard.
The green Speedy is Peter Butler's ex, Ferguson, ex Carr and Barbour Le Mans car. I think the picture must have been taken when Dave Wilcox was sprinting it with the VSCC. If you look carefully, you can see a paddle switch sticking up out of the floor, almost hidden by the handle of the extinguisher. That is why there is a "scrutineer's delight" sticker on the transmission tunnel next to it. The positioning of the sticker was suggested by the (British) scrutineer at Le Mans Classic. Evidently the VSCC scrutineer was also satisfied with its positioning. The little aluminium panel carries an ignition switch and supplementary switches for the lighting plus a rev counter. I remember this because I made the panel. No holes were drilled in Peter's car!
IMHO, the moral is that it is probably best to ask a local scrutineer what is favoured in the event you contemplate.
Regards,
Stuart
As a separate issue:
I don't think the blue Ulster is the actual ex Goodacre/Trevisan Mille Miglia car, unless someone has been keeping that information strictly secret, nor is it the car that Andy Storer used in the 2012 Mille Miglia "Re evocation". If it were, it wouldn't be blue and there would be a red paddle switch on the dashboard.
The green Speedy is Peter Butler's ex, Ferguson, ex Carr and Barbour Le Mans car. I think the picture must have been taken when Dave Wilcox was sprinting it with the VSCC. If you look carefully, you can see a paddle switch sticking up out of the floor, almost hidden by the handle of the extinguisher. That is why there is a "scrutineer's delight" sticker on the transmission tunnel next to it. The positioning of the sticker was suggested by the (British) scrutineer at Le Mans Classic. Evidently the VSCC scrutineer was also satisfied with its positioning. The little aluminium panel carries an ignition switch and supplementary switches for the lighting plus a rev counter. I remember this because I made the panel. No holes were drilled in Peter's car!
IMHO, the moral is that it is probably best to ask a local scrutineer what is favoured in the event you contemplate.
Regards,
Stuart