Originally Posted By howard
No. But whilst as standard they are really a fast saloon, when stripped out they can make a sports car as racing shows.


Hee hee, made myself very unpopular with a stripped DB5 at what turned out to be the last running of the Strathclyde Park Hillclimb. The owner knew the class was a handicap one but after the first timed runs, got upset as he would have been leading the class had it been on times.

To this day I don't know why I bit, but I went quite a lot faster on the second runs and beat him on real time as well as handicap. Not bad for a 4/4 with an engine less than half the size and roughly half the power. Only real advantage I had was that at the time, I lived less than 2 miles from the course and quite literally, knew it like the back of my hand.


1930 Super Sports Aero 'The Elk'