Make and year for a point
Some expertise needed I think!
Nice!
A wild guess, but any Marcos connection?
There is a resemblance to an early Marcos but nothing to do with this one.......
Moving up to pro level
That's a Delaney!
This very unusual sports racer was built by Eric Delaney so that he could compete in the 1950's '750 Motor Club' races. Built by the Delaney-Gallay works in London the car has an all-aluminium body, a John Griffith's (of Cooper) designed twin-rail chassis and an even more unusual supercharged engine. The highly modified E93A engine has a balanced crank, polished rods, modified head, competition springs, race camshaft, vertex magneto and specially designed alloy sump. The engine is fed by a Ken Roberts' (Wade Supercharging) designed Marshall-Nordic manifold and supercharger. The car also has a Ford close-ratio 3 speed gearbox and NEW Alan Baillie built foam-filled fuel-tanks!
It's the Delaney!
Excellent full reply PJ.
Another point for you.
Quote from: Paul Jaray on November 07, 2010, 05:45:29 PM
That's a Delaney!
This very unusual sports racer was built by Eric Delaney so that he could compete in the 1950's '750 Motor Club' races. Built by the Delaney-Gallay works in London the car has an all-aluminium body, a John Griffith's (of Cooper) designed twin-rail chassis and an even more unusual supercharged engine. The highly modified E93A engine has a balanced crank, polished rods, modified head, competition springs, race camshaft, vertex magneto and specially designed alloy sump. The engine is fed by a Ken Roberts' (Wade Supercharging) designed Marshall-Nordic manifold and supercharger. The car also has a Ford close-ratio 3 speed gearbox and NEW Alan Baillie built foam-filled fuel-tanks!
Several things in that description seem odd to me:
750MC racing's "1172 Formula" was for unsupercharged Ford (E93A at first, and 100E) engines.
Further to that, Wade superchargers and Marshall-Nordec were different companies with (slightly) different products.
May have a line to Eric Delaney, if he was one of the Delaney-Gallay Delaneys.
Two views when the car was new -
The car is still around and currently for sale in France:
WOW!
What a gorgeous little machine...
... and with the roof taken off:
What's this, based on what and from when - for 1 point?:
ANYONE FOUND GIVING ANSWERS OBTAINED BY USING GOOGLE SEARCH BY IMAGE MAY BE BANNED FOR AN INDETERMINATE PERIOD!
Experts?
From the UK?
Looks like a modified Moss Monaco?
Quote from: gilescooperuk on January 16, 2014, 06:16:47 PM
Looks like a modified Moss Monaco?
No connection there - it's much older..
grenfell special
Quote from: shamrock on January 17, 2014, 05:50:32 AM
grenfell special
No..
And I've just noticed I've passed the 20000 posts mark.
I wonder when that was; must have been yesterday!
home build - or bought complete?
Quote from: gilescooperuk on January 17, 2014, 03:02:23 PM
home build - or bought complete?
It's a home-built one-off.
Congrats on your 20.000th post! :D
The wheels do not point in that direction but could it be based on a Austin Seven chassis?
Quote from: AlexFrance on January 20, 2014, 08:20:17 AM
Congrats on your 20.000th post! :D
The wheels do not point in that direction but could it be based on a Austin Seven chassis?
Thanks!
No, it's not Austin based.
What about MG?
Is it a british base car?
Ford Ten engine?
Quote from: D-type on January 23, 2014, 06:38:03 PM
Ford Ten engine?
The ubiquitous 1172 cc Ford side-valve, yes!
CSM?
Any connection with Lotus?
Was the chassis home-built?
I've just learned this is actually a re-post.
However, the reason it didn't show up on my search is that I have a model name for it which didn't appear anywhere in the original puzzle thread.
In that case I'll leave it where it is and whoever can add this model name will get a point before I merge it.
It does mean I can't promote it to the Pro's however, so if no-one gets it I'll simply end up merging it.
Any connection with Allard?
Quote from: Carnut on February 03, 2014, 11:05:56 AM
I've just learned this is actually a re-post.
However, the reason it didn't show up on my search is that I have a model name for it which didn't appear anywhere in the original puzzle thread.
In that case I'll leave it where it is and whoever can add this model name will get a point before I merge it.
It does mean I can't promote it to the Pro's however, so if no-one gets it I'll simply end up merging it.
Am I going to have to merge this or is someone going to come up with the model name?
Maybe I should give the Pros the chance to do that?
I have found it as Delaney Delta built by Eric Delaney in the 50s, the source say 1954. It has Citroën coil and wishbone front suspension and rack and pinion steering, Ford transverse leaf and solid axle at the back and the 1172 sidevalve Ford engine.
Quote from: serra on March 01, 2014, 05:19:34 PM
I have found it as Delaney Delta built by Eric Delaney in the 50s, the source say 1954. It has Citroën coil and wishbone front suspension and rack and pinion steering, Ford transverse leaf and solid axle at the back and the 1172 sidevalve Ford engine.
Exactly!
1 point for you and I'll merge it with woodinsight's original Delaney puzzle in due course.
Well done.
Another picture:
Fuzzy photo puzzle number two for today. So, year, make and model name for a point please.
Up...
Wendax has kindly pointed out that this is a double repost, so please can it be merged with the following...
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=14062.0
Thanks.
Merged :)
Thank you :)