Robert Barrie Limited - Historic Sports and Racing Car Stables

December 3rd, 2020

Goodwood has announced provisional dates for next year's historic race events. The Members' Meeting has been moved from April to May.

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All you ever wanted to know about RHD early 911 glove box lids and a bit more

December 1st, 2020

The tiny details matter. To some of us anyway! We recently spent some time researching the details of glove box lids on early RHD 911s. This is what we found. On cars from the 1965-66 model years, the lock was towards the top of the lid in the middle with a small pull-handle above and the model designation was in italics on the right. It was the same layout as on LHD cars of the same period. Examples are shown in John Bolster's April 1966 Autocar road test of FGX 911C and, in a picture of ...
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1968 Porsche 911L

November 24th, 2020

Some interior pictures from our 1968 Porsche 911L

November 18th, 2020

Hats off to the HSCC, Masters Historic Racing and Motor Racing Legends teams for announcing their provisional historic race calendars for next season. We hope their optimism will turn out to be well-founded. We also understand that Motor Racing Legends are proposing to run a two race mini-series for for Ford GT40s to pre-66 specification. It sounds great.

hscc.org.uk/hscc-unveils-2021-calendar/

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Repost: ex-Cunningham Stanguellini Formula Junior

November 10th, 2020

We are pleased to have sourced a very special Stanguellini Formula Junior for a customer. It is an ex-Briggs Cunningham car mainly driven in period by Walt Hansgen. It was the first Formula Junior to go to the US in July 1959, the first to compete there in the following month - see the picture below - and the first to win a race there at Watkins Glen in September. It also won the Formula Junior support race at the first modern US Grand Prix at Sebring in December 1959. More updates to ...
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Early Porsche 911s sand racing at Southport

November 5th, 2020

Worried about salt on the roads this winter? Here are some fabulous images from Peter McFadyen www.petermcfadyen.co.uk/#/page/home/ of early 911s racing on the sand - and sometimes in the sea - at Ainsdale beach in Southport in the late-1960s. No idea what it did to the cars!