Petrolhead

19 Aug 2006

Hi it's Colin, I've just put up a photo of what I do for a bit of rest and relaxation, although for the last eight weeks I've haven't done anything much at all as we always keep away from our racing activities during the pea season...

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I thought you'd find this interesting, it's a 1970 Merlin-17 Honda Ford 1600 (from the FF1600 Formula Ford racing class) that I use occasionally in the HSCC (Historic Sports Car Club) historic racing class or sometimes in the Classic Formula Ford 1600 championship. The next race is at Oulton Park next week, so I'm looking forward to that. (I'm a bit rusty though--having not raced in a while--so we'll see how that goes, and there's quite a lot of work to do on the car to get it all prepared in time).

Had a bit of a strange day today. We've had some fairly severe thunderstorms in East Anglia with some very heavy downpours. We're hoping--fingers crossed--that it's not going to be too wet for us lifting potatoes on Monday and certainly hope that the rain will be benefiting the main season crops because things don't look all that brilliant for raw materials on potatoes and we need to spend a bit of time and attention next week looking at that and making sure we're covered into the future.

We've got a meeting on Thursday afternoon with our suppliers and we hope to find out our true position from that meeting then we'll be able to see where we go from there...

OK, signing-off.

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Posted by Colin Wright on Saturday, August 19, 2006 at 5:31 PM

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Subject: Merlin memories

Collin: I read, with interest, your blog after catching site of the 1970 Merlin 17 FF car. I am English, currently been living in the USA for many years - in Savannah Georgia. I used to live in Colchester and in the early 70's worked for MERLIN building Formula Fords. I was delighted to see the picture of your car wondered if you had another shot of it. i am still nuts about cars and currently have a JOHN COOPER WORKS modified MINI Cooper S. I even have a blog about it and MINIs in general.

It was very nice to see your car tucked away in your garage and delighted to hear that you still run it at Oulton Park.

Best regards,..

Murray Wilson
http://www.murmini.com/

Murray | November 15, 2006 9:59 AM

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