What's this, from when and what's its registration number - for 1 point?:
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Experts?
You have asked for the registration number, which infers that this was a well-known car. Was it built by someone who went on to be a famous racing car designer/constructor ?
Quote from: nicanary on May 16, 2013, 07:08:35 AM
You have asked for the registration number, which infers that this was a well-known car. Was it built by someone who went on to be a famous racing car designer/constructor ?
Yes.
The first Lotus?
Quote from: D-type on May 16, 2013, 04:24:18 PM
The first Lotus?
No, not a Lotus.
Not as illustrious..
Allard?
It's obviously Ford-based . I can't find a picture of it, but is it the CSM of Frank Nichols ?
Quote from: nicanary on May 17, 2013, 05:33:23 AM
It's obviously Ford-based . I can't find a picture of it, but is it the CSM of Frank Nichols ?
No!
The driver wears a tie ! Reminds me of Mike Costin ?
Quote from: nicanary on May 17, 2013, 08:33:26 AM
The driver wears a tie ! Reminds me of Mike Costin ?
Everyone did in those days! (Well, the men anyway..!)
Nothing to do with Costin.
The days when we all looked like a younger version of our fathers. Tweed jackets and flannels.
I know this car from somewhere - I've seen the photo before and I'm getting frustrated. A "certain website" lists famous people who began with cars of this type, but none of them seem to fit the bill.
You have said "not as illustrious as Chapman" - did the builder progress to F1 design, or was he a sports-car maker ?
Not F1, no.
Low-volume sports car/specials maker.
That's a Buckler Mk V, the first "production" car registered in 1949 as ERD96. (Apparently Derek Buckler made sure all publicity photos were reverse-image so that the car seemed to be LHD - something to do with purchase-tax, maybe).
Quote from: nicanary on May 17, 2013, 10:26:35 AM
That's a Buckler Mk V, the first "production" car registered in 1949 as ERD96. (Apparently Derek Buckler made sure all publicity photos were reverse-image so that the car seemed to be LHD - something to do with purchase-tax, maybe).
You got there!
Apparently it's Ford 10-based.
Well done!
Some more pictures: