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He managed a lap of 67 seconds, despite having not driven a single-seater in 3 years. He was 2 10ths of a second behind future F1 World Champion Damon Hill in the latter's first F1 test.

 

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> ### 📁 ARCHIVE RECORD | RUMBELOWS > * Date / Period: 1949–1995 > * Associated With: Sydney Rumbelow - founder; Thorn EMI - later owner and national operator > * Category: Forgotten Shops > * Defining Feature: Electrical retailing, television advertising and rental-to-ownership offers > * Status: Defunct - chain closure was announced in February 1995, with branches scheduled to close by the end of April

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📝 Overview

Rumbelows was the national trading name of a British electrical-retailing chain rooted in Sydney Rumbelow’s music-and-electrical shop in Hatfield, opened in 1949. Thorn adopted the Rumbelow name across its electrical outlets in 1969.

By 1983, Billboard described Rumbelows as Thorn EMI’s retailing subsidiary and the second-largest British electrical-goods chain, with around 370 stores nationwide. Its advertising included television campaigns and the “Option 3” route to television ownership after three years.

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💡 Why It Mattered

For many high streets, the name became highly visible through nationwide electrical retailing, television advertising and the Rumbelows Cup sponsorship. The chain’s scale gave it a recognisable place in British shopping and football culture.

Its scheduled 1995 shutdown, affecting all 285 branches, reflected intense competition facing established electrical retailers, including pressure from larger, better-stocked out-of-town superstores.

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💬 Archive Memory Check

Do you remember a Rumbelows shop, its adverts or the Rumbelows Cup?

👇 Primary sources, technical records, and historical breakdown in pinned comment.

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Forgotten things are still part of history.

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For me, it has to be young Julie in the opening scene of the movie "Walled In". She's just an innocent little girl who wakes up to find she's not in her bed and has instead been imprisoned in an enclosed space, which then starts rapidly filling up with cement until the poor girl is buried alive.

I decided to select 20 iconic cars from various Brazilian racing series, past and present. I'll talk a little about the cars below.

1 - Fiat Doblo rally dos sertões - Iconic rally car made by the oficial Fiat racing team in Brazil that competed in the 2003 Edition Of the Rally dos sertões, the biggest rally in Brazil, aka the Brazilian dakar

2 - Mitsubishi Lancer Stock Car Brasil - Iconic Car From The biggest series in Brazil

3 - VW Fusca Fittipaldi - Insane Fusca/Beetle made by the Fittipaldi brothers before Emerson came to drive in F1, this Fusca/Beetle have 2 engines merged into one,, the Car competed in endurance races against sport cars at the time

4 - Chevy Montana - Iconic car From Copa Montana, a short lived One make series for Utes, that served as a support series for Stock Car Brasil, This series is on the game Automobilista

5 - Ford Maverick berta Hollywood - Iconic Maverick made by Argentine designer Oreste Berta for the Brazilian tem Hollywood, the Car drove in the Divisão 3, the biggest series in Brazil in the 70s

6 - Puma AM4 nechi - Iconic Race Car made by the Brazilian brand Puma that competed in endurance races in the early 90s

7 - Fiat Marea weekend wagon - Race Car made by the oficial Fiat Racing team in Brazil that competed in endurance races in the early 2000s

8 - Fiat Linea - Insane Car that competed in the Rio Grande Do Sul Regional Touring Car Championship(Superturismo gaúcho)

9 - Fúria GT - The Racing version Of the Bianco S, Iconic Brazilian sports car, the Fúria GT also competed in endurance races

10 - Ford maverick Turismo 5000 - Insane Ford maverick made by the Driver Ney Faustini that competed in the short lived "Turismo 5000" series a Racing series that raced only in the old oval in Interlagos during the 80s

11 - Aldee GT MC Tubarão - Insane Aldee GT made by the MC Tubarão Racing team that competes in the Rio grande do Sul Regional Touring Car Championship(Superturismo gaúcho) and in endurance races

12 - VW Gol MC Tubarão - Insane GOL ( not Golf) made by the same MC Tubarão team, also competing in the same competitions

13 - Ford GT40 MC Tubarão - Insane Ford GT replica silhouette made by MC Tubarão, that competed in the MIl Milhas Brasileiras, the biggest endurance race in Brazil, and Other Championships

14 - Chevrolet S10 Rally - Competed in the 2004 Edition Of the Rally dos Sertões

15 - Ford Maverick Superturismo gaúcho - Insane Maverick made by the Driver Leovaldo Petry that also competes in the Superturismo gaúcho, quite Insane series, only private teams competing though

16 - Chevrolet "Chapellet" Iconic Car that fusioned the Chevrolet Chevette and the Chevrolet Kadett(Opel Or Vauxhall in Other places) this Car compete in the MIl Milhas in the 90s made officialy by GM

17 - Agrale Marruá Pickup racing - Cool racing truck made by the Brazilian brand Agrale that competed in the "Pickup Racing" series in the 2000s, Pickup racing was a support series for Stock Car Brasil that raced Full sized trucks, the series existed between 2001 and 2009, being replaced by Copa Montana

18 - Chevrolet Omega Castrol - Iconic Car driven by the Driver Ingo Hoffman in Stock Car Brazil, Hoffman is the biggest Stock Car Brazil champion with 12 titles, at the time, Stock Car Brazil was still a One make series by GM, that raced the Chevrolet Omega( Or Opel, Vauxhall, Lotus?)

19 - Ford Escort "flecha de prata"! Pretty Cool Escort that competed in the Copa Shell/campeonato brasileiro de marcas e pilotos in the 90s

20 - Chevrolet S10 Pickup racing - pretty Cool Trucks Racing Car that competed in the Pickup Racing series in the 2000s

I think that's all of them, of course there are many other cool cars, but that's all for today

https://youtu.be/Cy2-PA3ED1E?is=n-WX7KqBkxI3qrT5

Images, I'm sorry to say, are hard to come by.