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.
Expertise pleese........
Vauxhall based judging by the fluted bonnet
John Cannon
1938
Quote from: D-type on December 05, 2011, 03:57:38 PM
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.
Moving up
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.
Quote from: Allan L on December 07, 2011, 09:47:22 AM
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!
IS IT A bELLAMY SPECIAL ?
Quote from: shamrock on December 10, 2011, 03:59:46 AM
IS IT A bELLAMY SPECIAL ?
Not that although the name does have seven letters ending in 'Y'
Another one that has stalled.
The car is called the CxxxxBY-VAUXHALL SPECIAL - anyone?
Crossby?
Quote from: Carnut on January 17, 2012, 07:35:04 AM
Crossby?
Yes, it's the Crossby-Vauxhall Special built by C.F. Crossby c.1947.