daveallan81 Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 A long time ago I bought a box of assorted speedway bric-a-brac on ebay. Amongst it was a CD-rom containing hundreds of scans of various items of speedway memorabilia. All sorts of weird and wonderful things I'd certainly never seen before alongside programmes and books etc. I stumbled across the disc earlier and thought I'd upload some of the more 'interesting' items starting with these rider charicatures done in 1977 by an artist called Mick. Scan quality isn't great but certainly worth viewing. You can view them at this link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6jomc8p7qapkv4v/AABTKInptO3x7nuh7fl9Tmkua which is where I'll upload other items deemed to be of interest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 A long time ago I bought a box of assorted speedway bric-a-brac on ebay. Amongst it was a CD-rom containing hundreds of scans of various items of speedway memorabilia. All sorts of weird and wonderful things I'd certainly never seen before alongside programmes and books etc. I stumbled across the disc earlier and thought I'd upload some of the more 'interesting' items starting with these rider charicatures done in 1977 by an artist called Mick. Scan quality isn't great but certainly worth viewing. You can view them at this link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6jomc8p7qapkv4v/AABTKInptO3x7nuh7fl9Tmkua which is where I'll upload other items deemed to be of interest. These are brilliant. Thank you very much for Posting this. I will be following your updates with great interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveallan81 Posted August 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 These are brilliant. Thank you very much for Posting this. I will be following your updates with great interest. Aren't they great? Shame they're not higher quality. It occurred to me having all these pics in one folder could get a bit unwieldy so I've set up separate folders with appropriate titles and uploaded a few more pics to each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stratton Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 A long time ago I bought a box of assorted speedway bric-a-brac on ebay. Amongst it was a CD-rom containing hundreds of scans of various items of speedway memorabilia. All sorts of weird and wonderful things I'd certainly never seen before alongside programmes and books etc. I stumbled across the disc earlier and thought I'd upload some of the more 'interesting' items starting with these rider charicatures done in 1977 by an artist called Mick. Scan quality isn't great but certainly worth viewing. You can view them at this link https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6jomc8p7qapkv4v/AABTKInptO3x7nuh7fl9Tmkua which is where I'll upload other items deemed to be of interest. Really nice Dave, i have a few of the 1970s cartoon stickers of riders these of yours are the best i have ever seen love the Ashby,Betts,Lee,Crump senior ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 (edited) Love the charicatures. Thanks for those. Edited August 13, 2014 by OveFundinFan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longlivefrankie Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Yes the charicatures are great - oh for a league with that quality of number ones in it these days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted August 13, 2014 Report Share Posted August 13, 2014 Yes the charicatures are great - oh for a league with that quality of number ones in it these days Wow!! I should say so. Some really cracking Riders there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 I wonder who the original cartoon artist/artists was/were? Certainly the source of their origin must be deserving of some credit for them? I liked the cartoons very much indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveallan81 Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 I wonder who the original cartoon artist/artists was/were? Certainly the source of their origin must be deserving of some credit for them? I liked the cartoons very much indeed. I only noticed last night that some of the prints are signed Mick 76 - Michanek, Kennett, Mauger, Joe Owen, Louis, Olsen and Peter Collins. Perhaps these were part of a series? One droll acquaintance also pointed out that some of these heads are to scale but I'm not saying who's Uploaded more book pics last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Cross Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 I believe the artist is Mick Hooker,who used to work for Speedway Star. I think he also used to do the 'Xmas Specials' for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Cross Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 I believe the artist is Mick Hooker,who used to work for Speedway Star. I think he also used to do the 'Xmas Specials' for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 I believe the artist is Mick Hooker,who used to work for Speedway Star. I think he also used to do the 'Xmas Specials' for them. Yes - I remember those Front Cover Caricatures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunky Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 I believe the artist is Mick Hooker,who used to work for Speedway Star. I think he also used to do the 'Xmas Specials' for them. It was Mick Hooker, and he also made contributions to "Speedway Scene" by Mike Patrick. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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