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Title: Solved - MJW #441 - Eldred Norman's Double V8 Special 1948
Post by: woodinsight on May 20, 2011, 04:11:23 PM
What racing car is this? The man who built it is pictured.
What is required for a point is the builder's name, what the car was called, what powered it and what year did it first race?
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: woodinsight on May 29, 2011, 03:28:23 AM
Let's move this one up a notch
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: faksta on May 30, 2011, 01:29:24 PM
German monster?
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: woodinsight on May 30, 2011, 01:36:53 PM
Looks as though it may be German but it's not
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: Wendax on May 30, 2011, 02:09:53 PM
The guy looks british. Is it from there?
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: woodinsight on May 30, 2011, 02:23:21 PM
No, he's not British and the car is not from there either
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: faksta on May 30, 2011, 02:36:19 PM
Sweden?
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: woodinsight on May 30, 2011, 02:53:53 PM
Not Sweden (and not Scandinavian)
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: woodinsight on June 02, 2011, 09:31:28 AM
Another view -
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: faksta on June 02, 2011, 12:08:33 PM
Now it looks rather Australian...
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: woodinsight on June 02, 2011, 12:24:36 PM
Quote from: faksta on June 02, 2011, 12:08:33 PM
Now it looks rather Australian...
Australian it is.....
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: faksta on June 02, 2011, 01:11:00 PM
It's a Double-V8 Mk2 then, isn't it?
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: woodinsight on June 02, 2011, 01:20:30 PM
Quote from: faksta on June 02, 2011, 01:11:00 PM
It's a Double-V8 Mk2 then, isn't it?
Yes, it is the Double V-8.
I don't know if it is the Mk 2.
I'll lock it for you now to come back with the builder's name and what is was powered with for the solution.
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: faksta on June 02, 2011, 01:26:27 PM
Built by Eldred Norman using two Mercury V8s...
Title: Re: MJW #441
Post by: woodinsight on June 02, 2011, 01:45:11 PM
Quote from: faksta on June 02, 2011, 01:26:27 PM
Built by Eldred Norman using two Mercury V8s...
That's correct. By the way the car made its' first appearance in 1948.
As far as I know there was only one car that was modified and probably became the Mk 2 version.
I'll scan the full story when I get a moment and post it here.
Title: Re: Solved - MJW #441 - Eldred Norman's Double V8 Special 1948
Post by: gte4289 on February 29, 2020, 01:50:51 AM
As driven by H. Neale, Woodside Road Race, 1949: