Solved NIC#305 - Lombard Triangle Special of Bruce Spollon

[nicanary]

Straight to the Experts. What is the name of this car, and what powers it?

[shamrock]

A GRATTAN NORMAN SPECIAL , POWERED BY LANCIA

[nicanary]

A GRATTAN NORMAN SPECIAL , POWERED BY LANCIA

Sorry, not that.

[nicanary]

Pros?

[oko94]

OK, here we go. Is it an English car ?

[nicanary]

Built in UK, at this time in its life it had a British engine, but the chassis was from another country.

[oko94]

American chassis ?

[nicanary]

American chassis ?

Not American.

[4popoid]

French chassis?

[nicanary]

French chassis?

Yes.

[4popoid]

I think I found it (see picture below).  If this is the car, it is called the Triangle Special and powered by a supercharged Lea-Francis Hyper engine, running on methanol.

[nicanary]

Well done. You have indeed found it, in true AP Pro style. It was built by Bruce Spollon on an old Lombard chassis, and had a Cozette supercharger.

My source referred to it a the Lombard Triangle Special - I think there were others from him, as well as completely different Triangle Specials.

[Allan L]

Ted Lloyd-Jones built the Triangle Special pre-war; Bruce Spollon owned it later (1940s) and that Shelsley photo of Bruce at its wheel is from 1947.
Not to be confused with other TL-J Triangle Specials of which there were a couple I think.

[nicanary]

Ted Lloyd-Jones built the Triangle Special pre-war; Bruce Spollon owned it later (1940s) and that Shelsley photo of Bruce at its wheel is from 1947.
Not to be confused with other TL-J Triangle Specials of which there were a couple I think.

Thanks Allan. That'll teach me to read the full webpage before I post! My apologies for the incorrect information and I will amend the puzzle title.