Aston Martin Return To Le Mans?

[Robbo SPS]

Hang on Robbo ,They pay Brian(liverpool boys) wages!!

The Government pay mine , And they are cr@p .

Yes, but are the Government going to enter a car next year ?  

EEEErrrrrrrmmmmm , No . But i am in Bournemouth tommorrow so will ask Tony when i see him .......

[Steve Pyro]

EEEErrrrrrrmmmmm , No . But i am in Bournemouth tommorrow so will ask Tony when i see him .......

Excellent.  Tony and his pals need a project to divert the attention of the public away from the current political situation.


(steps down from soap box and passes load hailer  )

[smokie]

...only under private finance I suspect...

[gibberish]

Sounds like an excellent way to revive the nationalised car industry.  Remember all those lovely cars made by Leyland

[Steve Pyro]

Sounds like an excellent way to revive the nationalised car industry.  Remember all those lovely cars made by Leyland

Interestingly, the root of the Leyland name can be traced back to cars such as the Leyland-Thomas built by Parry Thomas to roar around the banked circuit of Brooklands in the '20s.
So not such a bad idea after all.

However, somehow I can't quite picture a crowd of Brits cheering for a Leyland at Le Mans though.

[Steve Pyro]

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[gibberish]

Nice piece of history thee Steve, but I rekon we'd be better off cheering for Zarse's Commer

[gibberish]

Another good picture of a Leyland on the Members Banking.

Wonderful picture Steve.. Where did you get it?

[Steve Pyro]

Nice piece of history thee Steve, but I rekon we'd be better off cheering for Zarse's Commer

How about pulling the Commer's body off and dropping it on a custom chassis / engine combination to produce something a bit like the Cosworth Transit or the Williams Renault Espace.
We could enter a Zarse Zytek Commer for Le Mans and, in their ignorance, the ACO may give us an entry.

(Or is this all wishfull thinking?)

[Steve Pyro]

Wonderful picture Steve.. Where did you get it?

All these classic Brooklands pictures, and more, can be found here :-
http://www.hartlana.co.uk/bsarchive/Default.htm

Happy surfing  

[gibberish]

How about pulling the Commer's body off and dropping it on a custom chassis / engine combination to produce something a bit like the Cosworth Transit or the Williams Renault Espace.
We could enter a Zarse Zytek Commer for Le Mans and, in their ignorance, the ACO may give us an entry.

(Or is this all wishfull thinking?)

That sounds wonderful, and is probably more realistic than Andy's thoughts of puting a V8 into the existing chasis.  It could become..........the Club Arnarge, Zarse Commer Special...............or something like that

[Steve Pyro]

Right, I'll get my spanners and cutting gear ready.........

Andy Z, over to you  

[gibberish]

Dusting off the overalls as we speak (well almost)

[Andy Zarse]

I would think it is a relatively straightforward job to build some sort of Muscle Commer, tho personally not to sure where to start.

Plenty of room in wheelarches for lowering and widening the track. Front suspension is off a Humber car and is quite sophisticated. Rear end is plain old leaf springs and lever arm dampers. I was having a poke around on saturday and there is now no oil in any of the shock absorbers, so i will need to do something before the next MOT. I would also be concerned by the braking power, the minimum would be to add a servo.

V8 as per previous posts, there is plenty of room etc but I doubt the axle would handle the power for very long.

Paint scheme, I liked the earlier suggestion of Racing for Holland. I would prefer tho Racing For Holland and Barrett, a sort of organic wholemeal Commer.