Solved - MJW #1049 - Austin Seven Special J.J. Macklin late 1950s

woodinsight · December 07, 2012, 04:22:52 AM

For a point identify this car

FrontMan · December 07, 2012, 07:24:43 AM

Austin Seven based;....and the driver looks somewhat like Keith Duckworth!

woodinsight · December 07, 2012, 10:11:56 AM

Quote from: FrontMan on December 07, 2012, 07:24:43 AM
Austin Seven based;....and the driver looks somewhat like Keith Duckworth!

Yes, it's Austin Seven based and I believe built in the late 1950s.
I have only the driver (and possibly constructor's) name so I will award the point to the first person to reveal his surname.
The clue - his surname was the same as a well-known driver of the 1940s-1960s.
I'll LOCK it for FrontMan to have the first guess.....

woodinsight · December 07, 2012, 10:13:38 AM

By the way it isn't Keith Duckworth......

nicanary · December 07, 2012, 10:51:41 AM

Bill Moss?

woodinsight · December 07, 2012, 12:54:29 PM

Quote from: nicanary on December 07, 2012, 10:51:41 AM
Bill Moss?

Not Moss but the name we are looking for was well-known in the same period.

nicanary · December 08, 2012, 06:19:55 AM

I'm assuming here that your "40s-60s" criterium is accurate. That precludes (sadly) many of the well-known names of that period. The only top names I'm coming up with are Moss (which it is not) and Salvadori. He's presumably British, hence the Austin 7 Special.

woodinsight · December 08, 2012, 03:09:28 PM

Quote from: nicanary on December 08, 2012, 06:19:55 AM
I'm assuming here that your "40s-60s" criterium is accurate. That precludes (sadly) many of the well-known names of that period. The only top names I'm coming up with are Moss (which it is not) and Salvadori. He's presumably British, hence the Austin 7 Special.

I'm wrong in saying 1940s-1960s so apologies for that.
He was not a top flight driver such as Moss, Collins, Hill, etc. but rather a versatile driver who raced in Formula One as well as sports cars.
He was active in the 1950s only.

nicanary · December 09, 2012, 06:57:27 AM

Wharton?

woodinsight · December 09, 2012, 08:26:12 AM

Quote from: nicanary on December 09, 2012, 06:57:27 AM
Wharton?

Not Ken Wharton.....

woodinsight · December 19, 2012, 02:51:23 AM

Moving up

RayTheRat · December 19, 2012, 07:56:50 PM

Salvadori?

woodinsight · December 20, 2012, 04:31:11 AM

Not Salvadori but you're in the right era more or less......

nicanary · December 20, 2012, 07:03:15 AM

Parnell?

RayTheRat · December 20, 2012, 08:44:20 PM

Oops. I didn't see that Salvadori had been mentioned before. How about Fairman?

woodinsight · December 20, 2012, 11:13:21 PM

Not Parnell or Fairman although the number of letters is correct.... ;)

frederick59 · December 21, 2012, 07:32:12 AM

Leslie Johnson?

woodinsight · December 22, 2012, 04:19:52 AM

Quote from: frederick59 on December 21, 2012, 07:32:12 AM
Leslie Johnson?

Not Johnson either...

nicanary · December 22, 2012, 06:17:10 AM

Ken Downing?

nicanary · December 22, 2012, 06:45:29 AM

Don Beauman?

woodinsight · December 22, 2012, 02:37:56 PM

Neither Downing or Beauman......
Probably better known

nicanary · December 23, 2012, 04:58:20 AM

Bruce Halford?

woodinsight · December 23, 2012, 06:21:11 AM

Not Halford...

nicanary · December 23, 2012, 09:45:37 AM

Macklin?

woodinsight · December 23, 2012, 09:56:48 AM

Quote from: nicanary on December 23, 2012, 09:45:37 AM
Macklin?

YES!
Not Lance Macklin of course but J.J. Macklin's Austin Seven Special.
Another point for you.

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