Scottish Hill Climb Championship round

Doune, 30 Apr 1972

Notes on the cars:

1. Brabham BT35X [1] (Iain McLaren): New for Sir Nick Williamson (Mortimer, Berkshire) for 1971, and fitted with a 1.8-litre Cosworth FVC sports car engine for the British Hill Climb Championship. To Iain McLaren (Broxburn, Scotland) for 1972 and run in the Scottish Hill Climb Championship, and in libre racing. To George Dixon (Norton Disney, near Lincoln) for 1973 and fitted with a 'bitza' Ford twin cam engine for libre racing. Given the lack of any other plausible contenders, it is likely to be the 1800cc BT35 raced by Bob Leckie (Aberdeen, Scotland) at Ingliston in September 1974. History then unknown until some time before 2001, when it was owned by Chris Roden (Hampshire). He had acquired in a poor state from a house that was being cleared, and started a restoration. Still with Roden in February 2004. Subsequent history unknown.
2. Brabham BT35 [44] (Gray Mickel): Husband-and-wife hillclimbers Gray and Agnes Mickel (Glasgow, Scotland) bought a new Brabham BT35 for hillclimbs in 1972. It was fitted with a Hart twin-cam and first appeared at the Kinkell Braes hill climb in March 1972. Retained by the Mickels for 1973 and used in British and Scottish championship hillclimbs, acquiring a Hart BDA engine some time during that year. The car was advertised by the Mickels in November 1973 and was bought by Jim Campbell (Bothwell, Scotland) 1974 who raced it until 1978. It was then used by Chris Dowson (Pershore, Worcestershire) in hillclimbs in 1979 and 1980. Fred Edwards (Warboys, Cambridgeshire) bought it in 1985 and used it in Monoposto and HSCC events until 1991 but it was then unused until bought by David Irwin (Evergreen, Colorado) in 2001. Irwin still had it in 2004. It was restored by J&L restorations and had moved to Don Roose (Bainbridge Island, Washington) by 2005. Advertised by Roose in 2007. Sold to Allen Nicholas (California) in December 2009 and used in west coast historic events. Sold by Nicholas to Peter McLaughlin (New Hampshire) in December 2014 but not raced. Sold to David Smoker (South Australia) in April 2016.
3. Brabham BT21 (Ted Dzierzek): Ted Dzierzek raced a Brabham BT21 with Ford twin cam engine in Scottish hillclimbs in 1972. He had previously raced the ex-Iain McLaren Lola T55 and it is possible the Lola went in a trade; however the origins of the BT21 are not yet known. He replaced the Brabham with a Formula Atlantic Hawke DL6A for 1973, and again the BT21 may have gone in a trade. Nothing more known.
4. Brabham BT35 [44] (Agnes Mickel): Husband-and-wife hillclimbers Gray and Agnes Mickel (Glasgow, Scotland) bought a new Brabham BT35 for hillclimbs in 1972. It was fitted with a Hart twin-cam and first appeared at the Kinkell Braes hill climb in March 1972. Retained by the Mickels for 1973 and used in British and Scottish championship hillclimbs, acquiring a Hart BDA engine some time during that year. The car was advertised by the Mickels in November 1973 and was bought by Jim Campbell (Bothwell, Scotland) 1974 who raced it until 1978. It was then used by Chris Dowson (Pershore, Worcestershire) in hillclimbs in 1979 and 1980. Fred Edwards (Warboys, Cambridgeshire) bought it in 1985 and used it in Monoposto and HSCC events until 1991 but it was then unused until bought by David Irwin (Evergreen, Colorado) in 2001. Irwin still had it in 2004. It was restored by J&L restorations and had moved to Don Roose (Bainbridge Island, Washington) by 2005. Advertised by Roose in 2007. Sold to Allen Nicholas (California) in December 2009 and used in west coast historic events. Sold by Nicholas to Peter McLaughlin (New Hampshire) in December 2014 but not raced. Sold to David Smoker (South Australia) in April 2016.
5. Palliser WDH2 [AM71/26] (Jack Maurice): Built for Jack Maurice (Newcastle, Northwood, Middlesex) and fitted with the 4.2-litre General Motors V8 engine and gearbox from the Marsh Special which Maurice had bought from Johnty Williamson but crashed at Harewood in June 1971. The Palliser-GM was raced by Maurice in British hillclimbs in 1971 and 1972. The GM engine, plus the remains of the Marsh Special, were sold to Mike Harrison in 1977 for an Elva, and by 1974 the Palliser chassis was displayed on the ceiling of Maurice's "Pit Stop" bar. It was later sold, as by 1981 it was being run in hillclimbs by Mark Cummings (Gateshead, Tyne and Wear). In early 1985, it was bought from Cummings by Brian Cocks (Norton, Wiltshire), fitted with a Chevy V8 engine and run as a F5000 car in the HSCC's Pre-70 Championship. In September 1987 it was acquired by Mike Pendlebury (Woodbridge, Suffolk) and restored by Peter Denty, and at this time it seems to have been fitted with a 5-litre Rover engine. According to Brian Speake's notes, it was raced by Mike Littlewood from 1989 to 1992, then by Chris Alford in 1993. It was acquired by Nick Overall in November 1994, and sold by him to Adrian Stoop (Germany) in February 1996. Stoop raced it until 2002, and it then sat in storage until bought by Uwe Zepter (Ampfing, Bavaria, Germany) in June 2017.

Sources

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