wild honey

[fester]

Right,remember that wild honey thing ,that corgi made,can any one confirm that it showed up at a meeting in the 70 s early 80s with a v12 engine in it .This has bugged me for years i am really sure i saw it but can any one confirm it.I also remember it looked like it had been painted in hammerite,i bet someone has a picture.

[hodders]

The only photos I have of a Wild Honey from the late 70s (1978, I think) are in black and white and show a wheel falling off on a run at Santa Pod. Two of the photos can be seen by following the link below.

http://www.simaxphotography.co.uk/70s_strip_action/strip_1.html

Looking on the interweb, the Corgi toy looks very similar indeed to the car in my shots fromSanta Pod, although I'm not sure that a V12 would fit in that engine bay. Mind you, I am regularly wrong. I must go through my colour slides to see if I have a colour photo.

[jaytee]

The only V12 altered I can remember. Frantic from the Topolino thread

[fester]

As i stood there looking at the car i remember thinking that the engine looked ridiculous,i also get the feeling that the car came out once,it was parked in the pits and that was that.When i saw the car it hadnt been around in its 6 cylinder guise for years then, i remember thinking bloody hell its that wild honey thing ,then realised that someone had thrown a v12 in it probably about 1981

[fester]

Also the frantic car was super nice,the wild honey car was ,,,how can we say???of the period,i think agricultural may be tooooo strong a description

[herb andrews]

Norm built the chassis for John Foden
Herb

[Speed Freak]

I remember the V12 Wild Honey in the pits around 1980, I'm pretty sure it was a stock motor with carbs!!
Thought we might have had a bit of competition there maybe the battle of V12's but I never saw it again!

John Foden

[muddytalker]

The first programmed entry for 'Wild Honey' I have is dated 2nd/3rd April at Santa Pod for the Radio Luxembourg & Record Mirror Spring Nationals driven by Chris Ison - 3442cc s/c Jaguar.

Also take a look at Alan Currans Acceleration Archive site and Competition Altereds pages 1 and 4.

http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk ... ge_01.html

http://www.theaccelerationarchive.co.uk ... ge_04.html