Solved NIC#1058 - Mercury Special by Leslie Onslow-Bartlett

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tobytwirl

#25
May 24, 2019, 12:46:53 PM
Is it in England ? Bodiam?

nicanary

#26
May 24, 2019, 02:16:18 PM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 24, 2019, 12:46:53 PM
Is it in England ? Bodiam?

This is earlier than the first event at Bodiam. The venue is in England though.
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tobytwirl

#27
May 24, 2019, 08:35:41 PM
Northern or Southern England   ......  this could take some time?

nicanary

#28
May 25, 2019, 04:00:06 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 24, 2019, 08:35:41 PM
Northern or Southern England   ......  this could take some time?

Southern England. It could indeed take some time - the UK was very active just after WW2 in the motor sport department, as you know. Lots of minor events that sprang up and then disappeared after a few years. You need to know where to look!
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tobytwirl

#29
May 27, 2019, 09:29:53 AM
Lets try narrowing it down alphabetically. Is its name between A-K?

nicanary

#30
May 27, 2019, 10:30:29 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 27, 2019, 09:29:53 AM
Lets try narrowing it down alphabetically. Is its name between A-K?

Ah! The oko94 approach  ;D.

Yes, the venue has a name beginning within that bracket.
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tobytwirl

#31
May 27, 2019, 07:07:24 PM
A-F ???

nicanary

#32
May 28, 2019, 05:01:53 AM
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

tobytwirl

#33
May 28, 2019, 03:29:43 PM
A-C?

nicanary

#34
May 28, 2019, 03:40:42 PM
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D-type

#35
May 28, 2019, 03:53:25 PM
Is the venue Blandford Camp?
Duncan Rollo

The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know.

nicanary

#36
May 28, 2019, 04:34:00 PM
Quote from: D-type on May 28, 2019, 03:53:25 PM
Is the venue Blandford Camp?

No.
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tobytwirl

#37
May 28, 2019, 05:13:33 PM
I have ploughed through the Bs and found nothing, there are loads of Cs so is it a hillclimb beginning with C?

nicanary

#38
May 28, 2019, 05:31:21 PM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 28, 2019, 05:13:33 PM
I have ploughed through the Bs and found nothing, there are loads of Cs so is it a hillclimb beginning with C?

Yes.
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tobytwirl

#39
May 28, 2019, 06:24:43 PM
Chalfont St Peter?

nicanary

#40
May 29, 2019, 04:01:07 AM
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

tobytwirl

#41
May 30, 2019, 03:58:39 PM
Oh dear, there are rather less hillclimbs beginning with C once have ruled out those in Ireland and Wales - Chatcombe Pitch?

D-type

#42
May 30, 2019, 04:24:12 PM
Cockley Hill?
Duncan Rollo

The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know.

nicanary

#43
May 30, 2019, 04:34:37 PM
Quote from: D-type on May 30, 2019, 04:24:12 PM
Cockley Hill?

Not Chatcombe, because the event was indeed at Cockley Hill.

This knowledge may or may not help anyone to solve the identity of the car and driver.
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tobytwirl

#44
May 30, 2019, 06:48:52 PM
Just finding a Cockley Hill in southern England is bad enough. Is it the one in Hampshire?

nicanary

#45
May 31, 2019, 03:50:49 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 30, 2019, 06:48:52 PM
Just finding a Cockley Hill in southern England is bad enough. Is it the one in Hampshire?

Yes  ;D. My source is clearly a stranger to your bookshelf !
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tobytwirl

#46
May 31, 2019, 08:46:45 AM
You are right, I do not have that book ... is it a prerequisite?

D-type

#47
May 31, 2019, 09:16:34 AM
The book (Julian Hunt's one) says that Cockley Hill is near Fordingbridge, Hampshire.  Two hillclimbs were held there in 1946 and 1947. 
I only looked at the index and not at the pictures!  ;)
All yours, Tobytwirl
Duncan Rollo

The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know.

nicanary

#48
May 31, 2019, 12:17:42 PM
Quote from: D-type on May 31, 2019, 09:16:34 AM
The book (Julian Hunt's one) says that Cockley Hill is near Fordingbridge, Hampshire.  Two hillclimbs were held there in 1946 and 1947. 
I only looked at the index and not at the pictures!  ;)
All yours, Tobytwirl

That's very decent of you D-type. Maintaining standards at AP and all that.

Unfortunately Tobytwirl, it is I believe a prerequisite to have that book. I have never seen the image anywhere else although I think it is within the rules of AP for me to advise you that it is from the Guy Griffiths Collection.
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tobytwirl

#49
May 31, 2019, 02:17:25 PM
 Thank you both, but  I do not have the book and as I understand it I will not identify the car without it. D-type please put me out of my misery.
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