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Wednesday, 7 December 2016

MIDGET CAR RACING IN THE 1940'S AT HIGH BEECHES SPEEDWAY TRACK

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Following many years based on the south coast of the UK, we now operate on the beautiful Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire border, surrounded by wonderful countryside and woodland so typical of this location.

Just a few miles to the North we have the picture postcard town of Burford and a few miles to the south we have England's oldest inland port, Lechlade on Thames.

In this more centralised location, we have integrated into the Fiennes Group on the considerable sized Broughton Poggs Business Park. Fiennes have a worldwide reputation for their unique service to Rolls-Royce and Bentley motor heritage.

Please contact us if we can help with a project or for free, no obligation advice.

Looking Back:

Over the years we have accrued quite a variety of engines on which we have carried out major work, (often on multiples of the same type of engine) most are complete rebuilds or reconstruction from a few rare parts. These include:

Amilcar

Alvis Silver Eagle

Alvis Grey Lady

Aston Martin 15/98

AC

Austin 7

Austin 10

Ausin A series

Bentley WO

Bentley (Derby)

Bedford Commercial

Bristol / BMW 6cyl

BSA 250, 350, 650

Chrysler

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Chevrolet SB

Citroen 5cv '20's

Coventry Climax

Daimler Sleeve Valve

De Haviland

Delage DIS

De Dion Bouton

De Dion (Jackson Dogcart)

DFP

Ford Model A

Ford 289

Ford T

Ford x flow (Formula Ford)

Ford V6

Humber 1914

Humber 6 '36

Harley Davidson J '22 - S/Hd '75

Lagonda 2L

Lagonda Meadows 6, LG

Lagonda V12

Lanchester 4

Land Rover

Lycoming

Lotus TC

Meadows 4

Meadows 6

Mercedes '59

Morris 8

Morris Commercial Petrol '30

Morris A Series

Morris FFK Commercial Diesel

MG TC

MG PA

Napier

Osca

Peugeot 601 '36

Peugeot 401 '30s

Rolls-Royce Small HP

Rolls-Royce PII

Rolls-Royce (Aero)

Renault '34

Salmson (Aero)

Talbot 6 cyl

Triumph 6cyl '60/'70s

Triumph Tiger Cub

Triumph 500

Triumph 650

Weslake 500

Waukesha

Wolseley Hornet

Rodeck V8

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