limey

I met Stirling Moss, a nice guy. I think the main reason he never won the world championship was not just his driving British cars but he only had one speed - flat out. Didn't know how to win only how to race. Still, a great and VERY versatile driver, F1, Mille Miglia, Monte Carlo rally. He raced at Le Mans, although he never won that race.

ad9mac

Watched him at Sebring 24 hr in '57. Racing Phil Hill , Fangio. Fantastic driver.
At night the brake discs were glowing red. Exciting
Moss was driving a birdcage Maserati that had clocked over 200 mph in Bonneville.

LinHSNW

BTW, "A rolling Moss gathers no sterling".

And Marlboro is sorely missed. I used to go there in the 60s.

e056441-yahoo.com

I Actually ran into him at a Barrett Jackson auction in Phoenix a number of years ago. I was going into the auction room from outside and pulled the door open. This man comes rushing through the door and into me. We were both very apologetic. He rushed off saying he was in a hurry. I stood there saying to myself I should know who that was but shrugged it off. A short while later a car comes up for auction. It was a car Stirling Moss drove and he was in the cockpit when it came on stage. That's when I figured out who it was I ran into.

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

Great looking car Jerry. All of this racing talk brought back memories of my 1973 Lotus Europa John Player Special.
Great car if you could put up with peculiarities of the Lucas electrical system ☹️

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

mr spock Loc: Fairfield CT

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jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

TriX - Lucas Smoke

Keep a supply on hand.

https://www.welshbordercarclub.com/product-page/genuine-lucas-wiring-harness-smoke

ad9mac

Lucas Electric...Prince of Darkness.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Two things always puzzled me about Lucas: why couldn't they improve?; why didn't competition appear?

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Maybe the culture. Morgan still uses wood frames to support the body to this day, the Sprite had hammered in hemp rope for the rear main seal, and older Rolls used leather for the heat ducts. Hell, a heater was an option on the Sprite. They could have bought/specified Bosch electricals, but I doubt they would have bought anything from Germany.

Great Britain has built some great cars, but Lucas has really hurt their reliability. I’m fine with SU carbs, Smith gauges, Armstrong shocks, Girling brakes, seals that leak (“sounds like you need to tighten your sump bolts mate”), rubber that “perishes”, and leather that cracks, but Lucas…

BTW, I’ve owned a Jaguar MKII, 2 bug eye sprites, a Sunbeam Alpine, an MGA (with a B engine), both an 850 and a 1275 (“original”) mini, a TR4, a Spitfire and a Cortina. May have left out one or two…

Having said all that (and having worked on one), I’d still buy an E Type (and maybe a TVR/Griffith or a Morgan). Not sure if Lucas is still making parts for British cars, but my System Engineer had a new Aston Martin. The dealer had to come get it on a trailer 8 times (by his count) in the first 18 months for electrical issues that prevented it from starting/running)

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

You've had a great assortment of cars. I had a Cortina GT, a '67 E-Type, two MG Midgets ('62 and '69), TD, and a TC. When I started driving, my car was a battleship-gray Ford Prefect. That was a nice little car. When I was living on Long Island, there was a local TVR dealer

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

Stirling Moss might be gone..but not forgotten. I have watched many cop programs over the years, and have seen the police pull over speeding cars, and some witty officer saying something like " In a hurry Stirling!"

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

That's funny! Younger drivers wouldn't know what he's talking about.

Doddy Loc: Barnard Castle-England

I think over here Stirling moss is synonymous with speed, but your right, the younger drivers wouldn't have clue!