Laurence.
Glad to see you are still pursuing the History of your Ace AEX443.
Please find detailed below copy of response from Vince Howlett reference previous correspondence between You , Vince and myself during tracing History of BEX333.
Bob Constabaris in fact had 2 Ace Bristol cars and also raced against James (Jim) Parsons in his Austin Healey in the late 1950 s early 1960s.
Some of the attached including links might be of further assistance to you and may hopefully generate new information on the Race
History of BEX437, [] AEX443 [] and possibly BEX333. .
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From Vince Howlett via email Hi Keith and Laurence et al,
Keith: I will be going to the Seattle Historic races July 4 weekend, so I phoned Joann Parsons. She said she had sent you the photos and plaques, which I then saw confirmed on the forum. She says she won’t be able to come to the races, but said she hoped I have fun. I also see that Tom Johnston sent you contact info for Ed Clements. As for contacting Pete Lovely, he now has Alzheimer’s so I don’t think he will be able to help you. And Tom Carstens passed away a few years ago. In the photos posted October 16, the one labelled “BEX 333 at Westwood, August 16th, 1959” also has Al Doyan in the #129 AC following Parsons. Here are some other friends of Pete Lovely who might help. They should also have known Al Doyan:
Gary Gove, Tom Meehan, Ralph Orsmbee [email addresses removed]
Laurence: You have the Bob Constabaris A.C. Bristol in Coquitlam? Ed Clements and Gio Coletta are doing a barbeque at the British Columbia Historic Motor Races at Mission July 16-18 weekend. This will be on the Friday night. It will be in the style of the “Mr. Mike’s” barbeques that were held at race meetings at the old Westwood circuit. Mr. Mike’s restaurants were founded by the Constabaris brothers. So if you could bring the A.C. Bristol to the event, especially to the barbeque, that would be very special. We hope to have some Constabaris family members there too. And your AC would be a good candidate for the Westwood50 lapping sessions that weekend! There is a link to info on that below.
Gio: Did you ever drive the Constabaris A.C?
Here is more info on the British Columbia Historic Motor Races:
This year's British Columbia Historic Motor Races take place at Mission on the July 16-18, 2010 weekend and will feature "The Canadian Motorsport Experience." We hope that you can join us for this event. Here is the link to more info:
vrcbc.ca/?page_id=37
Here are further links to the Schedule and Entrant's Package, including the Westwood50 lapping sessions:
BCHMR-Schedule
BCHMR.Entrant-Package
Also, if you CLICK HERE and click on "track facts", you will see a map of the track and directions:
Here are some more details on the Mission event:
1.There will be a barbeque for Westwood veterans hosted by Ed Clements and Gio Coletta at the track at 6 pm on the Friday night. This will be in the style of the old “Mr. Mike’s” barbeques and tickets should be available at the track on the Friday.
2. We are hoping to have a racing simulator at the track from VRX. Here is the link to their website:
vrx.ca
3. Copies of the Westwood50 DVD set will be available, as will Tom Johnston’s Westwood book.
Please let us know if we provide any more help or information. Hope you can join us.
Vince Howlett, Victoria, B.C., Canada
Laurence.
Did you take up the special personal Invite By Vince Howlett to take your Ace to the reunion..[?] If so What new information came to light.[?].
Would be of great interest to The Ace Bristol register to locate and establish where a bouts of BEX437, which slipped off the radar some 28/30 years ago.
Lets Hope a AC owner / enthusiast or Historic Racing Buff reading your thread has information to fill in the long lost Period from late 1980's to date of Bob Constabaris Ace ..[
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Good Luck with your research..
Keith ..[
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