Can you help with the History of this outfit???

[bikerjohn]

1974 Southern 100 Confirmed Steve Rowe RJS Saab

Race 1

1 David Lawrence 1974 S100 88 Sidecar Race Limpet 998 Colwyn Bay
2 Steve Rowe 1974 S100 88 Sidecar Race RJS Saab Stockport
3 Eddy Wright 1974 S100 88 Sidecar Race Windle Leeds

Race 6

1 Steve Rowe 1974 S100 93 Sidecar Championship RJS Saab Stockport
2 Malcolm White 1974 S100 93 Sidecar Championship Trifly Weslake Harrogate
3 David Houghton 1974 S100 93 Sidecar Championship Konig 740 Didcot

From Here http://www.southern100.com/results/1974/74s100.htm

[bikerjohn]

A few more Pics as mentioned and a Gannet Racing Sticker...

[richard]

Hi just looking at the chassis, was it not made by the same company that made the forth road bridge

[bikerjohn]

@ Richard, Well its lasted 40+ years so far...

[steve-e]

Without being painted non stop too

[richard]

but a gannet is a bird of beauty and grace.

[bikerjohn]

Not seen any 40 year old gannets either..

[RP]

I remember a driver from the Didcot area called Dave Houghton in the sixties - the outfit had a Triumph engine. I think the passenger was R. Abbott. It had an insignia on the fairing of a jouster on horseback. Do you remember that, John?

[bikerjohn]

Hi RP, thanks for your reply, the two names i'm currently trying to track are Matthew Mason from the Didcot area and Malc Barlow who I think owned the outfit in the 80's..

[Big Tim]

If it's the same Malcolm Barlow, he is Nigel Barlow's father (from the Doncaster area). Nigel currently passengers for Tony Thirkell, and is registered on here as "sidecarf2" if you want to try a private message.

[bikerjohn]

Thanks Tim, I've just emerged from another archive to find that

Dave Hemsworth and J Johnson Entered the 1974 Sidecar 750TT but unfortunately had a DNF.. poss on a TriShark

[John Hartell]

Dave Hemsworth and Jim Johnson did the 1974 TT on a Tri-Shark BSA but this was not a Todd Chassis,it was a WEC built by Bill Cooper of Derby.Incidentally Jim Johnson was Roger Marshall's passenger when he first started racing as a sidecar driver.

[bikerjohn]

Has anybody got any pictures of TriSharks racing in the 70's???

[John Hartell]

This is Dave Hemsworth and Jim Johnson on their Tri- Shark BSA in 1974.

[bikerjohn]

Thanks John I take it this is the Bill Cooper outfit you mentioned. Do you have any Pictures of The Todd TriSharks?