Fun #114 - MacDonberg Special

[Otto Puzzell]

Another racing special from long ago.

For 1 point, ID this this car and the chassis upon which it is based.

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[Otto Puzzell]

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[Otto Puzzell]

Christmas comes early to the professionals

[woodinsight]

Rolland-Pilain?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir.

[woodinsight]

French?

[Otto Puzzell]

Yes - based on a French car.

[woodinsight]

Guyot Speciale?

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir

[woodinsight]

Is it a one-off rather than from an established manufacturer?

[Otto Puzzell]

Is it a one-off rather than from an established manufacturer?

Correct. It's a racing special

[woodinsight]

Perhaps the Amilcar Riley supercharged of 1925?

[Otto Puzzell]

Perhaps the Amilcar Riley supercharged of 1925?

It does have an Amilcar chassis.

[woodinsight]

It's not a Ford-Amilcar is it?

[Otto Puzzell]

It's not a Ford-Amilcar is it?

It does have a Ford engine, but originally raced with a different engine.

[João]

It's the 1932 MacDonberg Special.

[Otto Puzzell]

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[João]

"The MacDonberg Special was built in South Australia by the McDonough brothers during the 1930s to specifically race at Lobethal meetings. It was based on a 14hp Amilcar chassis and running gear plus a Wizard Smith Essex motor."

[Otto Puzzell]

That's it.

"The 1932 MacDonberg Special. The MacDonberg Special was built in South Australia by the McDonough brothers during the 1930s to specifically race at Lobethal meetings. It was based on a 14hp Amilcar chassis and running gear plus a Wizard Smith Essex motor, and sported a most attractive Monoposto body. At the end of WW2, after a rather unsuccessful racing career and a change of interest by the McDonoughs, the car was sold in a dismantled condition to John Opatt who rebuilt it; but again, it was no world-beater. The next owner solved the performance problem by replacing the Essex engine with a more powerful side valve Ford unit. After passing through numerous hands, all the time being "bastardised", including a conversion to a two seater sports with disc wheels, it finally ended up in the late 1950s lying in a Victorian farmer's paddock, who had bought it solely for the V8 engine. The present owner stumbled across the remains forty-plus years later and spent an arduous eight years bringing it back to original pre-War configuration, but retaining a V8 motor. 2009 Historic Winton was the first public outing for the MacDonberg Special in more than fifty years."