Barrett's #391 - Solved - Leslie Ballamy's 1935 Ellembee Special

[nicanary]

Neville Trickett?

[barrett]

Nope

[Allan L]

How about Len Terry?

[barrett]

Not him either

[Carnut]

Surely not Colin Chapman?

[FrontMan]

.....the young chap looks like Tony Crook.  Perhaps they used the same barber.

[barrett]

Not either of those - less known, certainly

[nicanary]

Ralph Broad?

[barrett]

Not Ralph

[Carnut]

One of the Walkletts?

[barrett]

No

[nicanary]

Were the road cars marketed by this man based on the Austin/Morris mini?

[barrett]

No!

[nicanary]

Powered by Hillman Imp?

[barrett]

No it pre-dates the Imp by a couple of decades

[nicanary]

No it pre-dates the Imp by a couple of decades

Sorry - I meant was the road car he built powered by Imp, but clearly not anyway........

I suspect the puzzle car is Ford sidevalve powered.

[barrett]

ah right, of course.

Side valve Ford is the way to go

[nicanary]

I'm going to try a different tack - you say the builder is reasonably well-known in motor sport. Was he a driver?

[barrett]

He did drive, but he's not famous particularly for his own competition record.

He is very well known - every puzzler knows his name, and was an important figure in the pre- and postwar specials/tuning world...

[nicanary]

Surely not Sydney Allard?

[Carnut]

Derek Buckler?

[barrett]

Not them!

[Carnut]

Leslie Ballamy?

[barrett]

Yes! Locked for you...

[nicanary]

Argh! I thought of him last night and then forgot!