Solved - MJW #321 - Star Comet with a Jensen body 1932 (aka "McEvoy Special")

woodinsight · March 01, 2011, 01:59:03 PM

Going back in time again - what make and model of car is this?
Who was responsible for the body and when was it built?

woodinsight · March 02, 2011, 02:57:57 AM

Moving up a level

D-type · March 02, 2011, 05:52:38 PM

Singer Le Mans

barrett · March 02, 2011, 10:29:41 PM

Looks like it might be a mid-thirties Brough Superior...?

woodinsight · March 03, 2011, 01:59:28 AM

Not a Singer or Brough Superior.
The make didn't normally make cars like this and don't forget the car has coachwork by an external firm.

Tackitt · March 03, 2011, 02:56:23 PM

I am assuming it is British.
Wolseley?

woodinsight · March 03, 2011, 04:06:47 PM

Quote from: Tackitt on March 03, 2011, 02:56:23 PM
I am assuming it is British.
Wolseley?

British but not Wolseley
This marque was active from the turn of the 19th century until the early 1930s

Wendax · March 03, 2011, 04:16:24 PM

Arrol-Johnston?

Tackitt · March 04, 2011, 03:57:26 AM

The only company your hints point to is Crossley.

Is that it?

woodinsight · March 04, 2011, 04:05:54 AM

Not Arrol-Johnston or Crossley.

Another hint - the company was acquired by a commercial vehicle manufacturer in the late 1920s but continued car production until 1932.

Wendax · March 04, 2011, 04:16:25 AM

So it must be a Star Comet. And it is the probably last Star car built, the "McEvoy Special" with a Jensen body and a Zoller supercharger. The year is 1932.

woodinsight · March 04, 2011, 04:28:43 AM

That is exactly the car in question - one of the last produced under the Star name in 1932.
Well done Wendax.

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Solved - MJW #321 - Star Comet with a Jensen body 1932 (aka "McEvoy Special")