Mooneyes at Silverstone 1963

Dante Duce in Mooneyes takes on Sydney Allard in his Chrysler Dragster at Silverstone 1963. Allan Herridge and Tony Densham also race their dragsters and George Brown runs some demos on his Super Nero bike taken from Time Travel 10 which is avaliable from www.timetraveldvds.co.uk

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• vintage
• nostalgia
• drag
• racing
• allard
• mooneyes
• silverstone

[Scrapheap71]

I gather that Tony Densham is no relation to Gary?

[timetraveldvds]

the late Tony Densham was Gary's cousin

[SteveTheYAK]

George Brown on Super Nero...proper hero...like Mike Hailwood...Alf Hagon...John Surtees...Stirling Moss...Stanley Matthews...Edmund Hilary...Winston Churchill...Jerry Lee Lewis...Fats Domino....Morcambe & Wise.....not the twats we have today.

NO MORE HEROES ANYMORE!

[zogami]

Wow, I had no idea. R.I.P. I'll probably look at clouds a bit differently.

[turboslag]

Delighted to find this !! Footage of Geo Brown on Suoer Nero is EXTREMELY rare and a delight to see. I did laugh at 600 BHP but back then it was interstellar !!

[steved8888]

Thank you so much for this - good job on the commentary and anecdotes too. I never realised that Silverstone was used for drag racing so early on. I've been going to the Pod since 67 when my dad took me as a 10 year old and have been hooked ever since and your old videos take me straight back there. Thanks again.

[naderchaser]

What a joy to see! That Mooneyes rail is still one of the most gorgeous creations ever put together in a dragster. Looks like everybody had a great time!

[TheCanine2]

Those early rail/slingshots were COOL. And that Vincent is AWESOME! That's the real deal. Thanks for posting.

[carbons4]

Thanks for posting, very cool.

[loffffan]

i have sen the mooneye dragster with my own eyes on hot rod reunion for a couple years ago its a real cool dragster!

[Tasher1991]

A wonderful piece of history.