The life and times of E234
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Chassis number: E234
Date of manufacture: 1920 Engine: OE242 Registration: HH7613 Body type: Special Front axle: Delage Gearbox: E297 Steering box: E243 Back axle: OE243 Clutch: Modern Owner: Mr Guy Spollon, Whitley Farm, Edge Lane, Henley in Arden, Warwickshire B95 5DT, UK. Email: [email protected] Notes: Built into a much modified car by Jacot pre-war. Extensive competition history with Jacot pre-war and post-war with Baird and Binns. Fitted with OE high comp engine with twin-plugs together with special crank and rods, cam and exhaust. Extensively lightened and fitted with Delage front axle and close ratio box. Special boat-tailed 2/4 seater body; front wheel brakes built by Paul Jacot and competed at Shelsley Walsh achieving first sub-50 sec (49.4 sec) run in 1934; winner of the first VSCC Pomeroy and Lycett trophy when owned by Peter Binns Previous owner: B Spollon Other owners: G Spollon 05; B Spollon 92-05; J Majzub 92; F Mazjub 92-97; G Baird 73-77; Capital Motor Co 60-73; L Durdin 56-60; P Binns 52-56; B Spollon 50-52; G Baird; J Jacot 35 |
Jacot Donnington 1934 (NWP)
Bear in mind that these memories are from 1965-70 whilst I was an apprentice at Capital Motors.
I remember working on the 30/98, having to take out the steering column and getting soaked in very runny oil, I think it was power steering fluid but may be wrong.
I know it had been fitted with a brake servo under the seats ( maybe by Terry Slater ) so did we also fit power steering?
Only the foreman, Freddy Hall, was permitted to drive it around the workshop so I never got to drive it. I do remember it arriving with a hole in the cylinder block after one race.
We were all "car nuts" in the workshop but didn't realise how special the 30/98 was so I didn't take much notice or lay down any more memories than these.
I was aware of the Lotus factory having been just down the road and this photo was posed outside Capital Motors.
If you know who owns it now, and are allowed to tell me, I'd like to see it again. Maybe at a show or when the Vauxhall Heritage collection are being displayed.....
Thanks for the photos, any more would be appreciated.
I remember working on the 30/98, having to take out the steering column and getting soaked in very runny oil, I think it was power steering fluid but may be wrong.
I know it had been fitted with a brake servo under the seats ( maybe by Terry Slater ) so did we also fit power steering?
Only the foreman, Freddy Hall, was permitted to drive it around the workshop so I never got to drive it. I do remember it arriving with a hole in the cylinder block after one race.
We were all "car nuts" in the workshop but didn't realise how special the 30/98 was so I didn't take much notice or lay down any more memories than these.
I was aware of the Lotus factory having been just down the road and this photo was posed outside Capital Motors.
If you know who owns it now, and are allowed to tell me, I'd like to see it again. Maybe at a show or when the Vauxhall Heritage collection are being displayed.....
Thanks for the photos, any more would be appreciated.
