Gerry Marshall, Baby Bertha, Mallory

One for Dex, 70s saloon car racing at it's best!!

http://www.rsownersclub.co.uk/video/dtv.wmv

Notice it's the same bloke interviewing him at the end of the clip that you hear in loads of old motorsport footage, anyone know his name?


Edited by: GVK

 

damn! beat me to posting the link...

Sorry to be picky though, it's Baby Bertha in the vids - big bertha was a Ventora that was overweight and slow. This made it incompatible with Gerry who was, errm, well he wasn't slow...

 

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What a machine and driver eh. Great find Gary.

http://www.stillphotography.co.uk/gallery/albums/album45/DTV _Reunion_15.jpg
http://www.stillphotography.co.uk/gallery/albums/album45/DTV _Reunion_26.jpg
http://www.stillphotography.co.uk/gallery/albums/album45/DTV _Reunion_28.jpg

"Took it nice and slow"

Any more footage about does anyone know?

 

i'm dying to find more footage of Baby Bertha, Old Nail or even Big Bertha - you should see Gerry's Style when he was trying...

 

Oh f**k, don't start getting sentimental Dex

 

That was a brilliant video! Were those things quick or what!!


I've gotta say, since racing a Mk1, I'm liking retro stuff more and more. Some of those wide arched Mk1 Escorts were yummy.

 

I like the way he's stabbing the throttle out of the hairpin

BWAPPP BWAAPPP
Edited by: GVK

 

Fantastic!

 

Overweight and slow maybe ... but I`d still take one ...







I will never tire of hearing the engine note on Baby Bertha ... utterly fantastic.



Quite a nice little vid, but as always it leaves you wanting more !

Awesome 70`s cars, hairstyles and some cracking 70`s guitar riffs as well.

What more could you want ?


Edited by: superden

 

Yeh, but who was the bloke interviewing GM at the end of that clip ??????

 

the "overweight and slow" comment was mildly tongue in cheek - the Ventora absolutely oozes 70s cool...

 

class

 

I had the plesure!!?? experence of sitting next to him in a Griff 500 around brands, he spent most of the time looking out of my door glass! Grate tallent, sadly missed.

 

great stuff

 

That clip gave me wood

I really miss the days before the noise police cut the bollox off race cars [:^(]

 

Fap me thats fast, please tell me its speeded up a little ?

 

Errr ... no