Solved NIC#164 - Delilah Special (Riley engined)

[nicanary]

What was this car called, where did it race, and what was the engine?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[nicanary]

Pros ?

[shamrock]

looks very like an Irish Ford Special , however the advert or name does not fit and whitewall tyres suggest america or oz

[nicanary]

looks very like an Irish Ford Special , however the advert or name does not fit and whitewall tyres suggest america or oz

Yes, I know what you mean about the "Irish" look. (Talking of which, only the Irish could hold the Giro d'Italia!)

I have checked on Google Images for that advert, and there's no help there. Neither US nor Australia.

[AlexFrance]

Is it from Europe?

[nicanary]

Is it from Europe?

No.

[faksta]

It should be Delilah from India

[nicanary]

It should be Delilah from India

Yes! LOCKED for you to tell me the engine.

[faksta]

1.5 liter Riley.

To follow the new rule about source of information, I've been browsing through Indian specials a couple years ago and I just remember this car and this exact photo from back then.

[nicanary]

1.5 liter Riley.

To follow the new rule about source of information, I've been browsing through Indian specials a couple years ago and I just remember this car and this exact photo from back then.

That's correct. I found this photo purely by accident, and for some reason I thought the motor-racing scene didn't exist in India until recently. I don't think there were many meetings, and most seem to have been for the locally-built Fiat 1100 saloons. There is a clue in the photo - there is a woman wearing a sari at the front of the spectators!

I can't get the idea out of my head that this car also raced in East Africa. I think I've seen reference to it racing in Zambia or Kenya, but as usual I didn't make notes at the time. Maybe it was owned by an Indian person who then moved back to the sub-continent and took the car with him.

One well-earned point for a difficult puzzle.

(PS 4 Amal carbs, Willys Jeep gearbox (I hope they changed the ratios!), and Morris Minor suspension.)

[Paul Jaray]

1.5 liter Riley.

To follow the new rule about source of information, I've been browsing through Indian specials a couple years ago and I just remember this car and this exact photo from back then.

Actually the new rule does not require you to explain each time how did you find a puzzle but only to let us ask you randomly...  but that's the right spirit!