1963 car racing- circuit and see. A BRSCC Roscoe Films original. 

Aerodynamic downforce is what makes F1 extremely tedious and not worth watching. Instead of those futile attempts limiting engine size or tyre width they should have limited downforce instead.

thanks Mike dad would have loved the fact that they are being enjoyed.

and that is why I could afford to race then. Now at 75, it costs a lot more. Now I have race tyres, wet tyres, hillclimb tyres, short sprint hot day and long sprint cold day. Sure, the safety aspect was not there, but now it takes me ages to get into my fireproof suit, balaclava, special gloves, 6 point harness. race shoes and socks. I miss the simplicity of racing of the early 1960's. It was when skill played an important part of where you were at the end of a race. And then money took over and we no longer had a majority of competitors driving their race car to a meeting.

I hate to sound like a boring old man, but these days were better - whatever branch of motorsport one was in - from Grands Prix, to hillclimbs, to rallying. The the circuits were more fun too - and spectators didn't need a 24" reflector to see the cars either!

Hamish - from what I remember, James was given a massive prison sentence and locked away in a squalid cell. Eventually, he was released early and tried a racing comeback - but failed.

i still have my Berlinetta, Ford gt40, jaguar sedan, but never found my favorite, the candy apple red xke--u still have yours?

@@richardcolton4125 Sadly, my little brother took a claw hammer to the whole collection somewhere around 1975. Little Brothers, ya gotta keep loving them, cause Mom says YOU CAN'T KILL THEM.

Thanks Trevor. Dad would really appreciate your comment and pleased folks still enjoying his films.

Thanks for that info. I recall dad saying he had to supply the BBC news with film of a Great Train Robbery getaway driver. Could have been this or other race film he had👍

@@HamishRacing I think it might well have been this bit of film that your dad supplied to the BBC Hamish. Do you have the exact date of the Cadwell race? The Great Train Robbery was in August '63, so this must have been just a few weeks or months earlier. That would mean that he was probably already involved in the planning of the robbery when your dad shot this film.

@@OffMyCloud appears to either by 23 June or 18 August, if this forum is to be believed (see post #24) tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=126088&page=2&styleid=2

I was watching FF back in the 70's with friends at Paddock Hill - Brands, when Roy James had a flat out big off into the sleepers, sliding along on its side with the top of the roll bar making contact with them in succession, BRRRRRR! it went and we jumped back from the fence. We thought he'd probably been decapitated. Fortunately for him he was OK. He was a very lucky man that day for sure.

@@Rodewerksahed It was the Autumn/winter series at Brands just before the Formula Ford Festival, and the reason for Roy James’s accident was his over-optimistic/ill advised attempt to get past the leader on the second lap of the FF1600 race, Donald MacLeod in a Van Diemen. I was engineering MacLeod’s car and was in the pits. The leading bunch had just gone out of sight when a car (Roy James’s) shot up in the air, tumbling as it disappeared from view, and the red flags went out immediately. Roy James had to be cut out of his car. All four corners had come off and the gearbox had been knocked off the engine. It was the most violent prang I ever saw in Formula Ford, and how Roy James wasn’t badly hurt was a miracle. He retired shortly after that.

Thanks for your added info. I thought the great train robbery was more than a “caper” ! It was an armed robbery where victims later died I thought ? The racing is genuine and posted as a period film for interest.

@@HamishRacing You're quite correct. The engine driver or his assistant (in the days of steam) was very badly beaten about the head. He never really recovered from his injuries and died some years later. I do like Roscoe films and the amusing commentary by David Roscoe. I see his broader work as an important historical record of motorsport at its best in postwar Britain of the 1950s and '60s.

Love your comment thanks. I think very many of us have contributed to our home country legal system finances in our youth. I find race entry fees more economical 🤣

You were not looking hard enough. While in High School (1963) i bought a 1955 Austin Healy 100-4 for $600.

Hopefully more to share once in the right format

It's the Harry Ratcliffe MG 1100 regarding 4216DK. A tribute car appeared at the Goodwood Revival a couple of years ago with mini legend John Rhodes at the wheel.

Thanks Garry and welcome to RU-vid

that's ace that this is recorded for the family to see

@@HamishRacing Just need to find him in his 1932 Type 55 Bugatti! Thanks for sharing the video

@@steveberry1331 tell me what year he was racing it and i'll see if dad covered that year in VSCC- check out the VSCC 1961 film on my channel you may be pleasantly surprised....

Thanks Dad would be 😀 I think the closest thing to this now is a British VSCC club race or trial or Goodwood.

Goodwood does a fantastic job of recreating those halcyon days. But I have yet to visit a revival.

Plus, the cars at GWood are all out race car versions, £100K in mods, cheated up special made tyres, suspension, fibreglass bumpers etc etc, that's why they are so fast., ....which is the correct way?...back in the day of course IMO. Fantastic films.

@@markholroyde9412 While that is true, you can also see them at Donington, Brands Hatch, Oulton Park, Cadwell Park, and some at Spa, Nurburgring, Paul Ricard; the list goes on. The Masters organisation puts on some great pan-European races, and the VSCC and HSCC in the UK. Some of the cars are far more period-correct, and while many of the cars in the Masters series are new-builds; as you would see almost exclusively among the cars at Goodwood revivial these days; this isn't the case among the HSCC and VSCC races (because budgets are lower, of course...). Irony being that while the true 'genuine' exotics and classics from the likes of Monteverde and Nick Mason are rarely seen outside of the big events (Spa/Le Mans/Silverstone/Monaco Classics) these days, many of the 'cheaper' old cars like the E-Types, Coopers, Listers, Cobras, do show up at many of the UK's historic races - yet aside from the F1 cars and bikes, by contrast most of the cars at the Goodwood Revival are at most 4 years old - and many types never even raced in period!!

@@OsellaSquadraCorse I know mate, my job sometimes puts me around the folk who do the "better" (lower budget) series, I love watching the realistic stuff and own quite a few myself, . That "cheated up to death" 356 Porsche that went from last to first at GoodWood beating e types was a prime example, I offered £5K to race that BTCC driver round Oulton, me in a stock e type, him in a stock 356 with 36hp....not 250 like he had, a stock 356 gets railroaded the fk over down the straights by an Aston or E type, ...that Porker passed them down the straights ...Goodwood removed my comments LOL

It's seldom cheap.

It wasn't cheap then, but it was very dangerous.

life is simple, you just need to change your perception.

rubbish ... most folk couldnt afford a car let alone race it !!

Dave, thank you, there are other period racing films on my channel that my late dad made if you are interested. I enjoy your racing videos and was very impressed with your TR3a build video of your race car. I enjoy my sprints and hill climbs 2nd overall in the club championship again this year behind the same champion in his full race (on slicks tyres)TR4. I still drive mine on the roads to club meetings and the pub etc.

Jay I am pleased this brought back fond memories. I have many more films that dad made that I need to convert to a more modern format.

@@HamishRacing If you were so inclined, I'm happy to pay for your time to look through the movies from the 1962-1963 timeframe, for you to see if any of the have more of our car, and then get them in a modern format. I can even give you a list of the specific races if that helps. Here is another film with our car multiple times: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qYfEO6yCWPA.html. If you have a better quality version of this, we'd love to get it too.

@Jay have you seen Ace of clubs ? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-oKXcFVRnsMo.html

Welcome @Ratty383 hope you enjoy all the current and historic films. the 1960's seems to be THE decade.

Je vous en prie

Yes. A “swarm” of minis. 🤣

Still better quality than later years VHS video

@@corvanha1 Absolutely👍🏻

Ahhhhh curves.

She was Italian, right? I’d assume something like a Maserati 250F

@@RichMander1 well she sure could make meatballs

Share the news Down under Michael 👍 Last time I was at sandown must have been 1989 with a mate on a bike track day. Love Oz Happy memories of Melbourne and my 1973 Ford Falcon. ( the six not the v8 ☹️)

@@HamishRacing They we’re the days when they raced big American Chevies, Studibakers with Austin’s, Minis, Ford Cortinas and Ford Anglias. There was a lot of skill in manoeuvring around the smaller vehicles and quite often some of the smaller cars kept up with the bigger cars in the corners. It was a completely different racing time and I miss them. It would be great to bring back that style of racing. 😁👍🏻🇦🇺

Check out the Goodwood RU-vid channel they have a fantastic variety including the big Ford Galaxy’s

@@HamishRacing 👍🏻

Racing was never cheap.

GPs on two and four wheels were much sparcer then and professional drivers and riders were always looking for extra drives.

Surprised they weren’t smoking at the same time in those days !!!!😳

22:00 guy smoking while waving the flag, priceless

Safety-conscious drivers wore long-sleeve shirts.

Mini’s are great

yes the British touring cars are good - but a bit too much contact racing to risk the now classic cars i think.

A lot of them are probably there !!!

@@HamishRacing yeah, we've had the galaxies, the bentleys, the minnies and the saabs, but I really wanna see those little hillclimb cars

Buy 12 the Jag is there regularly (whether it's the same car or not....)

It was called 'Autopoint' and I think it was between the Army Motoring Association and the Thames Estuary Motor Cub. Thanks for reminding me, I'll Google it.

Looked like it, plumbed into a Rootes type blower....Would have melted the tread off those cheese cutter tyres!!

Looks Ginetta ish was this after opening the jazz bar ??!!😉

@@HamishRacing The fiberglass body was ex Ginetta and we put a hard top on it with gull wing doors which was a mistake as it made it very noisy when driving. The frame I designed as a multi tubed with independent suspension all around. I sold it in 1962 and saw it later at Brands Hatch but not since. I guess it went for scrap.

Much respect to you. Great to build your own 😁👍

Probably Goodwood and rich peoples collections ??

That was certainly true for the lucky few.

See you at our drivers meeting 👍

Goodwood and VSCC still the closest to “how it was”