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British Drag Racing Association 1964/65 newsletters found.

PostPosted:Sat May 07, 2016 5:52 pm
by MrMotormind
A rare eBay find...here is an early BDRA newsletter dated December 1964/January 1965, complete with membership application form. Also the premier issue of 'British Drag Racing' dated January 1965, still in newsletter format but introducing the logo that would appear on the cover of the printed magazines a few months later.

These items, in almost perfect condition, were sourced from a seller in California USA who deals in 'dead people's stuff', to quote his rather creepy acronym!

They will quite likely have originally belonged to one of the US visitors to the 1964 Drag Fest who may have passed away quite recently. Whoever that person was took great care of them as the paper is not yellowed or torn and even the staples aren't rusty! I wonder who it may have been?
BDRA newsletter Dec 64/Jan 65 page 1
BDRA newsletter Dec 64/Jan 65 page 1
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BDRA newsletter Dec64/Jan65 page 2
BDRA newsletter Dec64/Jan65 page 2
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BDRA newsletter Dec 64/Jan 65 page 3
BDRA newsletter Dec 64/Jan 65 page 3
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BDRA membership form 1965
BDRA membership form 1965
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British Drag Racing newsletter/magazine vol. 1 no.1 Jan 1965 page 1
British Drag Racing newsletter/magazine vol. 1 no.1 Jan 1965 page 1
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British Drag Racing newsletter/magazine vol. 1 no.1 Jan 1965 page 2
British Drag Racing newsletter/magazine vol. 1 no.1 Jan 1965 page 2
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British Drag Racing newsletter/magazine vol. 1 no. 1 Jan 1965 page 3
British Drag Racing newsletter/magazine vol. 1 no. 1 Jan 1965 page 3
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Re: British Drag Racing Association 1964/65 newsletters foun

PostPosted:Sat May 07, 2016 7:28 pm
by timetravel
A great find, thanks for posting, I enjoyed reading them.

Re: British Drag Racing Association 1964/65 newsletters foun

PostPosted:Sun May 08, 2016 9:32 am
by jaytee
Thanks for posting, as Nick said interesting reading, I've British Drag Racing mags from May 65 V1 no5, it would be interesting to see issues 2-3-4, you should remove to staple and run off some copies, I'd be interested in buying one.
I remember going to see the Lively Set as a kid, anything that featured drag racing I'd eat it up like the fellas that travelled from Preston to Norbury for the film show, I wonder if they ended up racing anything

Re: British Drag Racing Association 1964/65 newsletters foun

PostPosted:Mon May 09, 2016 10:00 am
by ukdrn
Thanks for sharing that, great stuff. I'm amazed at how much still comes up after all these years.
I've shared this on the ukdrn home page.
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Re: British Drag Racing Association 1964/65 newsletters foun

PostPosted:Mon May 09, 2016 9:19 pm
by eraider
Neat.

Re: British Drag Racing Association 1964/65 newsletters foun

PostPosted:Wed May 18, 2016 9:55 am
by timetravel
Griff Borgeson wasn't feeling too optimistic about British Drag Racing in this article he did in '62... :?
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Re: British Drag Racing Association 1964/65 newsletters foun

PostPosted:Wed May 18, 2016 10:24 am
by ukdrn
timetravel wrote:Griff Borgeson wasn't feeling too optimistic about British Drag Racing in this article he did in '62... :?
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Done well to prove him wrong.