1934 Fazer-Nash TT Replica

A nice opposite lock slide from Paul Weston at the Etretat Hill Climb in 2017 in his 1934 Frazer-Nash TT Replica.

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Frazer-Nash, Isleworth, England.  Founded by Archibald Frazer-Nash in Kingston in the twenties, this car company went into financial difficulties and was acquired by the Aldington brothers and moved to Isleworth.  The Aldington brothers were good marketeers and named the new models after the major iconic events  in which their cars competed.  Thus the TT Replica was named after the Tourist Trophy in which Frazer-Nash competed from 1928 to 1931, although with little success.  The TT Replica was thus based on the 1931 car but the replica did better than the original as it finish ninth overall and second in class driven by Harold Aldington averaging just under 69mph.  This was when the TT was run on the Ards Circuit in Northern Ireland. The TT Replica was sold between 1932 and 1938 and over 80 were produced.   It was sold with a variety of engines; 1.5 litre 4 cylinder Gough, 1.66 litre 6 cylinder Blackburne and 1.5 litre 4 cylinder Meadows.  There were also various wheelbase chassis options.  Like other pre-war Frazer Nash cars the transmission was chain-drive.  Handling was definitely in the oversteer department as demonstrated above.   The TT Replicas achieved their most notable success in the Alpine Trials between 1932 and 1934. In these three years they gained the distinction of becoming the only English car and only non-supercharged car to not suffer the loss of a mark three years in succession.  A great achievement.   The 6 cylinder cars could achieve a top speed of 90mph and achieve a 0-60mph time of around 15 seconds.  In 1934 models were available from about £500.

NSU 1200 TT

NSU 1200 TT, Course de Cote du Mont Dore VHC 2016, Jean-Pierre Hoffmann.

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NSU, Neckarsulm, Germany.   This NSU 1200 TT was a small 2 door touring car car of the late sixties and early seventies. It was part of the NSU Prinz range This was the time when NSU was acquired by the Volkswagen Group and merged with Audi. Eventually this led to the NSU range being discontinued.  The 1200 TT had the 1,200cc air cooled 4 cylinder OHC engine of the NSU 1200 but the smaller body of the NSU 1000.  Thus it had better performance.   The engine was rear mounted and powered the rear wheels.   This model had the horizontal black stripe in the chrome bar between the dual headlights.  A number were raced and rallied and there was a special competition model the TTS which had the front mounted oil cooler.

Audi TT Cup Car

Niclaus Nielsen, Audi Sport TT, Zandvoort 2016.

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Audi, Ingolstadt, Germany.   The first generation of the Audi TT was introduced in 1998 and the third generation made its first appearance in 2014. The Audi TT Cup Car uses the 310 hp 2 litre 4 cylinder TFSI engine from the Audi TTS.  The bodyshell of the TT Cup car is lightweight and made of aluminium and carbon fibre.  A specific one-make racing series is held for these cars with races on circuits such as Hockenheim, Zandvoort, Budapest, Norisring and Nurburgring,