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�Victoria Garage ��������� |
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Brtish Racing Mechanics Club |
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Harwood� lodge� had� got� too small for the amount of� business our� competition� successes� had� attracted , |
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In all� fairness� to� the kindness� of� Mr H Clarke the number of vehicles� coming in and out of the Harwood Lodge� grounds was� beginning to become a problem , a� relocation� was becoming�� urgently� needed. |
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Searches were� made throughout the eastern side of Bolton� a workshop was found� and plans� laid . The� condition of the w/shop was not capable of� projecting the kind of image to our customer base� that we thought they deserved. So� some fairly� drastic cleaning and decorating was put in hand.. |
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�This� was� the ex� BP� filling station into which we moved after much cleaning & painting giving the frontage an acceptable apearence for a main road� site on a through route into the town. The addition of roller a shutter and wikett door also improved the apearence and security . The shop facility was a boost and enabled a serious sales aspect to help with the overall scheme of things
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The frontage was small but the w/shop to the rear could hold 10 cars,� a considerable increse over Harwood� Lodge Many competition cars were prepared from here. With many successes 35 wins in the 1966 season alone in rallying sprints and hill climbinging Castle Howard hillclimb and Southport Sprint |
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Jim Bullough IN a CORTINA GT before the Lotus |
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�25th overall on the RAC rally of� Great Britain. |
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2nd overall In the motoring news Rally� Championship |
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THE YEAR WAS 1966 |
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Stitch-mi-lane Engineering as we were called at Harwood� Lodge� had� come of age and ? WESTUNE? had arrived.� |
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John Myerscough and his T/C anglia I Built for him |
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With a new found� identiy and higher profile the board ,� Mr Jim Bullough , Mr� J Clarke Mr T Warburton |
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�and Mr J Mcartney and myself� were� approached� by Mr� J Myerscough� with a view to John taking on the sales aspect of the operation at this time we had many competion successes under our� belts with Fords of many types , we had� the first rolling road in Bolton a Triangle Heenan Froude water unit . Our� main sales� effort was directed� at an accessory shop selling� all the preparation requirements for a car capable of successful� competition .� From engine mods to� sump guards and� exhaust systems navigational aids and�rally driving lamps etc evrything to go rallying, |
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We considered� that the� standard of� preparation was as� important in a rally� car as� it was in a� race car in some respects�� more so as the events lasted longer� and had a wider range of� operational� application.�Preparation� was a most� time consuming process if the correct degree� of attention was� to be paid to a) specification b) strength c)design e)access f)dismantalability g) execution all� aspects that can make or break� all� efforts put in� by the driver and his navigator,� the fastest car in the world is usless if its going up the wrong road , or� indeed� if it goes up the right road and keeps breaking down. the quality of the expertise is in the different aspects of this sport is usually reflected by the success or lack of it. |
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The move� toward� smaller less bulky vehicles was on the way some specialist cars were being produced exclusively with rallying� in mind ���The pressure was beginning to build against� rallies run on public� roads leaning toward� the single venue stage events that we know today,the lotus cortina was being superceded by the Escort Twin Cam. smaller lighter and more manouverable on tight twisty roads and forest tracks. |
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�In the case of� the year 1967 The Westune� prepared� Lotus� Cortina� of� Jim� Bullough and Don Barrow� secured� it place in the history of� tarmac rallies� by� winning the Motoring News� Championship, the RAC Rally� Championship�� and the BRTDA Championship all� in the same year. ��� ����������������������������������������������������������� |
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John Butterworth another northern enthusiast on the hills in his supercharged Ford Brabham we built for him . FTD at Batings Dam H/C.Ford engine with Top mounted blower we built for him for hillclimbing |
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Our youngest doing the stuff on the hills showing clearly how steep and tight these venues are with little room for error must be precise at all times.These venues were not the most pretigious of events but gave an exellent grounding in the science of car control , they were usually run by local motor clubs on a Sunday, giving a good reason to get out and about with some firstclass entertainment. |
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John butterworth offered John Myerscough a drive in a Mclaren M10b that he:d bought JDM had several sucesfull outings in the car on RT at Mallory, On left at Monza with Mike Brown in attendance with the owner John Butterworth with cap. |
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John Myerscough in his twincamglia we built for him |
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