Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:29 pm

210bhp wrote:You are on the wrong track

Lester Piggott?

[edit]Opp. Too Slow

keith fellowes · Post by **keith fellowes** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:30 pm

Cracking story telling - just like drawing teeth!!

DeRRis · Post by **DeRRis** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:32 pm

210bhp wrote:It was. Jo Siffert

Wow, it's just like a McQueen car

KS · Post by KS » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:33 pm

If you need help at the archives, I am good friends with certain people there, or have you got past that stage now?

Also, have you been in touch with Ginger Giddins, the mechanic at AFN around the time the car came to the UK?

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:33 pm

Agreed, it looks it was imported on the 7th of jan and sold to Paddy on the 15th. So it must have been bought purely as a way to transfer "cash". Perhaps he paid direct but then got it shipped to pcgb and sold to the next owner directly without leaving a paper trail.

Bertroex · Post by **Bertroex** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:34 pm

oh.my.gaaaaawd!
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I didnt realise Brendan could write!

Awesome, keep it coming chaps!

Bert

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:37 pm

Regarding Patrick McNally & people's surprise/disappointment that he wasn't more forthcoming with old pictures, anecdotes, etc ... you have to realise that he owned/drove a lot of cars back in the late '60's &, unless he achieved significant victories in a particular car, I doubt that they were remembered for long.

Bruce M · Post by **Bruce M** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:39 pm

Ginger Giddens is no longer with us but he did work in Geneva at that time (chauffeur for P McNally for a short while too, between jobs).

His brother has written a book.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:39 pm

Bootsy ... someone's going to need a new 'vintage' watch

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:40 pm

Lightweight_911 wrote:Regarding Patrick McNally & people's surprise/disappointment that he wasn't more forthcoming with old pictures, anecdotes, etc ... you have to realise that he owned/drove a lot of cars back in the late '60's &, unless he achieved significant victories in a particular car, I doubt that they were remembered for long.

And this car was never a race car in his hands.

How am I not surprised you got the Siffert connection Andy. You are the man! I salute your knowledge.

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:40 pm

http://giddins-porsche.blogspot.com/

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:42 pm

KS wrote:If you need help at the archives, I am good friends with certain people there, or have you got past that stage now?

Also, have you been in touch with Ginger Giddins, the mechanic at AFN around the time the car came to the UK?

Keith

Any contacts gratefully received.

Furthermore I am sorry this thread has coincided with the far more important 356 loss of your friend.
I am truly sorry to hear the news and for pushing on with this thread at the same time. I hope there is a good outcome.

bjmullan · Post by **bjmullan** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:43 pm

I certainly wasn't disappointed with Paddy's reply. He was very kind to reply to the first letter and even returned the pictures I had enclosed, which I resent with the second letter. It was even nicer that he replied at all to the second one and as Andy say this man would have owned/driven lots of cars.

Sam · Post by **Sam** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:44 pm

I thought about typing Jo Siffert but thought that would be too ridiculous even for this story.

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:46 pm

Also Robs Lamplough was a well-known driver in that era ('60's) & I think he's still racing today - I saw him racing many times back in the '70's/'80's in a whole range of (expensive) sports racing cars.

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