A selection of clips from the Keith Clements’ video of the Classic Marathon 1998 to Morocco.
All clips are in jpg format suitable for PC viewing, taken with a JVC GR-DVM801 digital video. I suggest you save into a file and then use a proper viewer to obtain the 768x552x16million colour quality. They have not been saved in the higher quality bit map format or processed with a photo editor. Some with movement need to be saved by field rather than frame but quality will come later. Sound will be added soon so you can relish the throb of the engines.
Please send me any clips you have, particularly of Jowetts, by e-mail or snail mail. Ed likes Frame 20, send me your vote for the best. Amy has lots of 35mm pics that are waiting to be returned for scanning. Moises and Malcolm have sent me some photos which are awaiting loading onto the site. Either click on the text or the thumbnail to retrieve a better quality picture.
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- Wire from the Jowett spares kit gets Nigel and Christine
Gray’s Vauxhall to the start.
- Jup ready for scrutineering.
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Amy scrutinizing the scrutineering form.
- The Brock-Jest /Mayes Lagonda in pride of place.
- Amy packing the navigation bag at the Versailles start.
- The family made DAF of Dolk and Volk.
- And the Porsche of Buffum and Wilson that won.
- In the next frame, Nigel and Chris who lay third until a track rod
went in the desert.
- The Hardman’s Bentley making a lovely sound.
- Going through that pretty town that some by-passed.
- The Daniell and Day Rolls being taken by YSU 603
- The main reason Amy came- to shoot photos.
- The Dean’s XK150.
- The Berkhof/Smeet Amazon
- The Actman /Ward MGB
- Karen clambering out of that Bentley.
- Dave and Issy with that sparkling 1800.
- The Jup being looked at while we took coffee.
- A Bovine force majeure.
- Dordogne rain about to stop for 2 seconds.
- Midnight and waiting for the suspension arm to be repaired by Tony
and a French Paris /Dakar mechanic.
- Who says you cannot take the lower arm off with the engine in?
Andy and I did after a lot of patience.
- The Crewe’s Silver Cloud against a blue sky.
- The Byford Healey nearing Andorra
- The Dalrymple/Cook Jag MkII in convoy.
- The Spurling’s Morgan about to join the petrol queue!
- The Fairclough/Surtees MGC on the last bend of that Andorran
climb.
- A dot on the picture but great sound on the video.
- Two dots as we descend into that gorge with houses in the cliff
face.
- That photographer again.
- The ex works MGB of Darcey and Hutchinson.
- The Gammons /Ellis 69.
- That camera bag must have cost me 10 seconds in Andorra!
- The town that lives in the cliff.
- On top of the cliff again, the gorge out of sight.
- The non-stone-throwing reception!
- A sunset, Amy driving and a Healey
- A disrespectful daughter.
- That compass never did point the right way, but was a good way of
detecting iron ore.
- This proves Amy drove in each country, except Andorra.
Click on 'Video clips 2' for next few clips.