Solved - MJW #568 - Stafford Special 1938

woodinsight · August 18, 2011, 10:37:39 AM

What was this single seater called, who built it and in which year was it completed?

woodinsight · August 29, 2011, 03:04:57 PM

Shifting up a gear

D-type · August 29, 2011, 04:11:12 PM

Alfa-Aitken
Built by the Hon Peter Aitken in 1939

woodinsight · August 29, 2011, 07:47:10 PM

Quote from: D-type on August 29, 2011, 04:11:12 PM
Alfa-Aitken
Built by the Hon Peter Aitken in 1939

Not that but the year is almost correct and it is British.

woodinsight · September 02, 2011, 02:25:12 PM

Into top gear now..

woodinsight · October 02, 2011, 04:23:28 PM

Time for another picture....

woodinsight · November 28, 2011, 02:55:43 AM

The last picture is of the car as it appears today.
It's BH material unless a few more guesses are forthcoming.....

woodinsight · December 10, 2011, 12:29:55 PM

The only other photo I have of the car -

woodinsight · January 17, 2012, 05:40:12 AM

Let's try to solve this one rather than sending it to the BH.

The name of the car is an English town that is also a county if shire is added....

Allemano · January 17, 2012, 05:40:49 AM

A York?

Carnut · January 17, 2012, 07:32:19 AM

Derby?

woodinsight · January 17, 2012, 10:48:47 AM

Not York or Derby

Carnut · January 17, 2012, 10:50:08 AM

Lincoln?

woodinsight · January 17, 2012, 11:58:53 AM

Quote from: Carnut on January 17, 2012, 10:50:08 AM
Lincoln?

Not Lincoln

Carnut · January 17, 2012, 12:04:18 PM

Hereford?

woodinsight · January 17, 2012, 01:23:13 PM

Quote from: Carnut on January 17, 2012, 12:04:18 PM
Hereford?

Not Hereford but I'm sure you'll get there soon!

Wendax · January 17, 2012, 01:43:46 PM

Stafford?

woodinsight · January 17, 2012, 02:39:52 PM

Quote from: Wendax on January 17, 2012, 01:43:46 PM
Stafford?

Stafford it is!
The original photo shows J. Colborne-Baber in the Stafford Special at the Weston-super-Mare Speed Trials.
It was built by Rodney Stafford in 1938.
I'll eventually add more information when my archives come out of store.
Bad luck Carnut, I'm sure you'd have guessed that soon...

Carnut · January 18, 2012, 05:20:23 AM

Quote from: woodinsight on January 17, 2012, 02:39:52 PM
Bad luck Carnut, I'm sure you'd have guessed that soon...

Yes, I was looking forward to the going through them until I got there but sadly my fun was curtailed by Wendax's inexorable quest for points...
Stafford wasn't next on my list but it figured - I still had Bedford, Gloucester, Warwick, Nottingham, Leicester, Northampton, Worcester, Oxford and Cambridge to go through!!

Wendax · January 18, 2012, 07:29:10 AM

Sorry, I didn't expect it to be much fun going through a list of counties.

And I didn't expect a point for that answer as the original puzzle questions contained more than the surname of the builder.

woodinsight · January 18, 2012, 07:59:57 AM

Quote from: Wendax on January 18, 2012, 07:29:10 AM
Sorry, I didn't expect it to be much fun going through a list of counties.
And I didn't expect a point for that answer as the original puzzle questions contained more than the surname of the builder.

As the source of the puzzle is packed away at the moment I didn't think I had the name of the builder or the year.
I did discover them after you had answered!

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Solved - MJW #568 - Stafford Special 1938