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Title: LPH 800 D "Road & Track" Road Test. Dec.1966
Post by: Classicus on June 24, 2007, 15:16:15

December 1966 "Road & Track" Magazine road test of prototype LPH 800 D convertible by Tony Hogg. Edit: now higher resolution. Note the original glove box position too !
   
   (http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p273/classicus/AC428-RoadTrackhighres0001.jpg)
   
   
   (http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p273/classicus/AC428-RoadTrackhighres.jpg)
   
   
   (http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p273/classicus/AC428-RoadTrackhighres-1.jpg)

Title: LPH 800 D "Road & Track" Road Test. Dec.1966
Post by: runt on June 24, 2007, 16:13:04

Thank you yet again Classicus, that IS an early car!Time for another nostalgic trip in the '60s time capsule; I really should be cooking the sunday dinner..
   
   Paul/runt.[:)]

Title: LPH 800 D "Road & Track" Road Test. Dec.1966
Post by: Classicus on June 24, 2007, 16:29:27

Hi Paul
   
   I'll have another go later on at the resolution of the text which obviously isn't too brilliant also I'm still learning how my new scanner works. I think it might be draining the memory too quickly and therefore losing clarity ?
   
   Incidentally I'm pretty certain this is CF 1 as per the text and from memory. [:)]

Title: LPH 800 D "Road & Track" Road Test. Dec.1966
Post by: Classicus on June 24, 2007, 17:23:33

Motor Sport Article. Also published in December 1966 so it's almost certainly LPH 800 D as well.
   
   Note the initials DSJ ("Jenks" or Dennis Jenkinson) in the bottom right hand corner who worked for Motor Sport at the time.  He also navigated Stirling Moss to victory in the Mille Miglia a few years earlier in a Mercedes Benz.
   
   (http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p273/classicus/MotorSportRoadTestDec1966.jpg)

Title: LPH 800 D "Road & Track" Road Test. Dec.1966
Post by: runt on June 24, 2007, 22:02:46

Yes, 'Jenks' was always a riveting read, I enjoyed his recounting his continental journeys following the racing, and his experiences in his Jaguar 'E' staff cars,a true enthusiast indeed!
   
   Paul/runt.[:)]

Title: LPH 800 D "Road & Track" Road Test. Dec.1966
Post by: nikbj68 on January 31, 2016, 19:50:39

Resurrection time for this ancient thread...
   I stumbled across this, the December 1966 edition of Car magazine, also featuring CF1:
   
   (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2288/2080785849_c6eb77712b.jpg) (http://"http://www.flickriver.com/photos/retromotoring/sets/72157600179364964/")

Title: LPH 800 D "Road & Track" Road Test. Dec.1966
Post by: Classicus on January 31, 2016, 22:15:49

Thanks a lot Nik, great value for half a crown or 12 1/2 p though what that equates to today no idea...[:)]
   
   http://acfrua428.activeboard.com/t25672921/car-mag-road-test-december-1966-cf-1/