Thanks to some of you, I can now share some more pictures of the Dutch Mk1 Mini Marcos that was raced by Hans Casteleyn of the ART ('Algemeen Racing Team') in the late 1960s and earliest of 1970s. This car was seen at Zandvoort and Welschap regularly and was damaged during a race in September 1968. Puzzling the pieces together I now understand it was repaired and repainted in its ART livery with green stripe. As you may remember the car survives to this day (in blue - see here). Two or three months ago I was contacted by the son of Hans Casteleyn, who told me he was eager to buy it back but I do not know if he succeeded. I'd love to hear from you again!
This is Hans Casteleyn's Mini Marcos at an early stage. No flared front arches yet and no ART stickers
Picture Rob Petersen/ Jeroen Booij archive
This is no doubt the same car, also seen here at Zandvoort circuit in August 1968
Picture Racehistorie.nl
Oops. Car number 14 is involved in an accident, just like the Henk Nieuwenhuis Mini Special (13)
Picture Autovisie / Jeroen Booij archive
But it's repaired and this is how we know it. Flared arches and broad green stripe over its body
Picture Jeroen Booij archive
And we now have a colour photograph, too! Taken in the pit street of, again, Zandvoort in '69
Picture Jeroen Booij archive
It wore number 4 during a series of races at Zandvoort in 1969, while it used '44' for the next season
Picture Rob Petersen
Another great colour image. Car ran a 1293cc engine with eight-port Arden head
Picture Racehistorie.nl
In the paddock at Zandvoort, joined by another ART Mini plus an Opel Kadett coupe
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The ART team proudly showing their carriages. Opel and the Mini Marcos plus two Formula cars
Picture Racehistorie.nl
And again, seen here at the Racing Car Show in Amsterdam in May 1969 joined by others
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The car is road registered in 1972 and believed to have been used on a daily basis for some time
Picture courtesy Gert-Jan Westerveld / Jeroen Booij archive
I found this ad in an old issue of Hot Car magazine. Casteleyn's son even remembered the telephone number quoted (which I have blurred here)!
Picture Jeroen Booij archive
That pit street colour image seemed familiar to me. Then I suddenly knew. The resemblances of this picture of my own car, taken in April 1966 during Le Mans tests are pretty amazing!
Pictures Jeroen Booij archive
Another photo of the car from 1970 here
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Dear Maximum Mini and Neil KilBane, ultimate thanks for starting this blog and posting. Only just found it when trying to show a part of my heritage to a interested colleague of mine. Treu it was my fathers racing car in the time. My younger brother you had contact with did not succeed in buying the car. The price was to excessive to have this piece of nostalgy. That being said it is still unbelievable the car still exists. My father raced big 2 liter cars in the days. Only on the last period he had a 1.2l engine. Because the power to weight ratio and also the small dimensions of the Marcos he was having great success. I have the old round times of my father with the car on circuit Zandvoort in my possession. I also have his old pilot helmet he use to wair, in the those days there were little to none safety precautions. I could scan them and maybe upload them on this blog. Beautiful car btw the nr. 50 Marcos.
ReplyDeleteThank you for coming back on this Maarten. Feel free to contact me directly on jeroen at jeroenbooij.com as I'd be happy to write another article on your dad's old car.
DeleteLeuk de eerste foto ( 1968 ) is van mij. Ooit op Facebook geplaatst. Groeten Rob Petersen
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DeleteVer voordat Facebook bestond zat deze al in het fotoboek van mijn vader Hans Casteleijn. Wanneer heeft u de foto gemaakt? Groeten van de dochter van Hans Casteleijn
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