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Has anyone any pics of Jack or Steve please? Long shot I suspect ...

John Simper did a lot of work on the Jack Rook outfits.
They along with Ian Mcgee pioneered the outside wheel arch
kneeling tray which was a huge advantage on left handers

Steve Downs was a really talented driver who could have been a
champion. Great to watch and very competitive.

Thanks Dick. I used to live just round the corner from John, passengered for Steve Downes amongst others and knew Jack and Rusty quite well too. Jack's frames, the legendary JSRs, were superb, one of the best handling that I have ever been on the side

Steve downes is my uncle, lives in Hornchurch so never went far. I'll get some pics

Wow. The people on this place never ever cease to amaze me

Welcome to The Place Colin

Cheers Steve, my brother took after steve and raced singles..

i have just got round to using this new computer thing, but if you want info on jack rook i am probably the one to ask as i was there in the beginning of jsr engineering when jack and i shared a workshop with john carpenter who ran dms and made aftermarket bellmouths and floatbowls later to become mistral engineering ,i built most of our engines ,my fathers shop in edmonton supplied bits and built wheels and jack built the frames i also raced a solo as well as one of our outfits on the odd occasion, i was in contact with him until he died as he stayed in my flat in the later years ,i am trying to put together the history of the shop the bikes and the riders that we helped out over those early years will,,ex edmonton motor spares

I am sure there are some pics on Facebook somewhere of Jack Rook,try Classic sidecar racing group.

I have 1 pic of Jack and 1 of Steve scrapping with Chris Vincent at Lydden, but can't get them on help please. OK done it now thanks

mail to me steve@steveenglish.com

If they're from a scan they may be too high res, the limit on here is about 2meg depending on the speed of the connection you're on

aawill wrote:i have just got round to using this new computer thing, but if you want info on jack rook i am probably the one to ask as i was there in the beginning of jsr engineering when jack and i shared a workshop with john carpenter who ran dms and made aftermarket bellmouths and floatbowls later to become mistral engineering ,i built most of our engines ,my fathers shop in edmonton supplied bits and built wheels and jack built the frames i also raced a solo as well as one of our outfits on the odd occasion, i was in contact with him until he died as he stayed in my flat in the later years ,i am trying to put together the history of the shop the bikes and the riders that we helped out over those early years will,,ex edmonton motor spares

Hello Will, You may remember IOM 1967 your 15cwt Thames van was the honeymoon suite for my wife and I. We both remember different locations we awoke in and also waking on the way to the paddock to Jack and Russ.