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[jofppjracing]

I can't work out the relation between that photoshop and the Hawk Sprint?

Nor can I ! ... What is a Hawk Sprint ?

Edited by jofppjracing, 12 January 2007 - 12:34 PM.

[Jammy]

A mini Sprint made by Hawk?

[jofppjracing]

A mini Sprint made by Hawk?

Who or what is Hawk ?

[Jammy]

Read the first post on this thread. They are the company that I believe created the Mini Sprint!

[jofppjracing]

Read the first post on this thread. They are the company that I believe created the Mini Sprint!

Neville Trickett & Geoff Thomas created the MiniSprint in 1964/65 !!!
Stirling Moss Test-drove the first models. They were all connected with
Rob Walker Racing Team. Here's a pic taken in 1965 of Stirling, Geoff
& Neville


Forf the one and only true history, see here
The MiniSprint Story

And here's a pic of Rob Walker himself, with his very-own road-going MiniSprint ...

Edited by jofppjracing, 12 January 2007 - 04:14 PM.

[The Matt]

Hawk cars made a Minisprint shell from GRP in the 90's.

Stuart and Arden (or Stewart and Arden) made some back in the day.

The original idea was done by two racers, Geoff Thomas and Neville Trickett back in the 60's. The idea was to make a mini faster by 'sectioning' it. This would reduce the rake angle of the front screen and therefore help to reduce aerodynamic drag.

[The Matt]

If you want a shell that's something like a Hawk only better, I may be able to help you out!

Edited by mini mad me, 12 January 2007 - 04:28 PM.

[jofppjracing]

>> The original idea was done by two racers, Geoff Thomas and Neville Trickett back in the 60's. The idea was to make a mini faster by 'sectioning' it. This would reduce the rake angle of the front screen and therefore help to reduce aerodynamic drag.

Isn't that what I've just posted ??
Nev & Geoff are good friends of mine!
I raced with and against Nev in the 1960s
SEE HERE

Edited by jofppjracing, 12 January 2007 - 05:16 PM.

[Jammy]

No, you said the Sprint was originally made by them, but said nothing of the idea behind it (sectioning it, windscreen angle). Always interesting to read about the heritage behind a mini variation though.

[jofppjracing]

If you want a shell that's something like a Hawk only better, I may be able to help you out!

Likewise .. got loadza shells ....

Edited by jofppjracing, 12 January 2007 - 05:21 PM.

[jofppjracing]

No, you said the Sprint was originally made by them, but said nothing of the idea behind it (sectioning it, windscreen angle). Always interesting to read about the heritage behind a mini variation though.

DOH! OK, I could hardly repeat everything that I've written HERE

... and HERE

... and HERE

Edited by jofppjracing, 12 January 2007 - 05:27 PM.

[Jammy]

Where?

[The Matt]

If you want a shell that's something like a Hawk only better, I may be able to help you out!

Likewise .. got loadza shells ....

But how would you go about registering a shell that uses one of those as a donor? Surely it wouldn't retain enough of the original car to retain its ID? And what sorta cost would a Trickett shell be?

[TOMMO0302]

Wow, very interesting stuff jofppjracing!

Why do you own so many shells?

[The Matt]

.....Why do you own so many shells?

because he's greedy!