Solved - MJW #709 - Crossby-Vauxhall Special 1947

[woodinsight]

Base car is obvious, or is it?
Who built this sports car, what was it based on and the year it was built will earn you a point.

[woodinsight]

Expertise pleese........

[D-type]

Vauxhall based judging by the fluted bonnet
John Cannon
1938

[woodinsight]

Vauxhall based judging by the fluted bonnet
John Cannon
1938

The base vehicle is probably c.1938
Not quite a Vauxhall though although it would appear so by the photo.
Not by John Cannon.
The car was constructed after WWII.

[woodinsight]

Moving up

[Allan L]

Well the bonnet and radiator cowl do look like Vauxhall, but the chassis doesn't as it would have had Dubonnet i.f.s. and this seems to have a semi-elliptic-sprung axle.
The windscreen is Singer Le Mans, which may, if it is a clue, lead to a Singer 12 as the donor vehicle.

[woodinsight]

Well the bonnet and radiator cowl do look like Vauxhall, but the chassis doesn't as it would have had Dubonnet i.f.s. and this seems to have a semi-elliptic-sprung axle.
The windscreen is Singer Le Mans, which may, if it is a clue, lead to a Singer 12 as the donor vehicle.

Well spotted Allan, it has part of a Singer Le Mans body.
The chassis comes from a pre-WW II van though.
Engine is Vauxhall as is the bonnet.
I have a photo of the car competing in the early postwar years that I'll post shortly when I can find it!

[shamrock]

IS IT A bELLAMY SPECIAL ?

[woodinsight]

IS IT A bELLAMY SPECIAL ?

Not that although the name does have seven letters ending in 'Y'

[woodinsight]

Another one that has stalled.
The car is called the CxxxxBY-VAUXHALL SPECIAL - anyone?

[Carnut]

Crossby?

[woodinsight]

Crossby?

Yes, it's the Crossby-Vauxhall Special built by C.F. Crossby c.1947.