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

nicanary · April 26, 2019, 06:04:15 AM

What is this car and who built it?

nicanary · May 19, 2019, 06:23:27 AM

Experts?

FrontMan · May 19, 2019, 10:30:56 AM

Sydney Allard's "Candidi Provocatores" J1?

nicanary · May 19, 2019, 11:01:50 AM

Quote from: FrontMan on May 19, 2019, 10:30:56 AM
Sydney Allard's "Candidi Provocatores" J1?

Not that.

tobytwirl · May 19, 2019, 03:53:08 PM

Its not the Fairley Mercury v8 is it?

D-type · May 19, 2019, 04:04:21 PM

An early incarnation of the AJB?

nicanary · May 19, 2019, 05:02:35 PM

Neither Fairley nor AJB.

tobytwirl · May 19, 2019, 07:55:37 PM

Is it Ford v8 powered?

nicanary · May 20, 2019, 04:59:14 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on May 19, 2019, 07:55:37 PM
Is it Ford v8 powered?

More or less...........

tobytwirl · May 20, 2019, 08:17:00 PM

Does that mean it is Mercury V8 powered?

Fёdor · May 20, 2019, 11:43:48 PM

Dellow

nicanary · May 21, 2019, 03:46:31 AM

Quote from: Fёdor on May 20, 2019, 11:43:48 PM
Dellow

Not a Dellow, but it is indeed Mercury powered.

tobytwirl · May 21, 2019, 07:38:44 PM

At first glance it looked like a UK photo .... so is it Australian?

nicanary · May 22, 2019, 04:04:28 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on May 21, 2019, 07:38:44 PM
At first glance it looked like a UK photo .... so is it Australian?

Not Australia - it's in the UK.

tobytwirl · May 22, 2019, 06:59:47 AM

Is it a trials car?

nicanary · May 22, 2019, 08:17:16 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on May 22, 2019, 06:59:47 AM
Is it a trials car?

I don't know what types of event the car entered - in this photo it's taking part in a hillclimb.

tobytwirl · May 22, 2019, 08:32:14 PM

It's not the '49 Baldwin- Mercury is it?

nicanary · May 23, 2019, 03:53:30 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on May 22, 2019, 08:32:14 PM
It's not the '49 Baldwin- Mercury is it?

Not that. I don't have any title for the car, just the builder's name.

(I will admit at this stage that I know next to nothing about this car. The person driving it is, I am fairly sure, the builder. He was responsible for several "specials" at this time and the name could well be familiar to you.)

Allan L · May 23, 2019, 04:06:48 AM

I'm away from my books for a couple of days so can't look it up but is it Reg Farley? Have I even got that name right?

nicanary · May 23, 2019, 04:39:06 AM

Quote from: Allan L on May 23, 2019, 04:06:48 AM
I'm away from my books for a couple of days so can't look it up but is it Reg Farley? Have I even got that name right?

Sorry Allan, it wasn't built by him. You may be thinking of Reg Fairley, who built a very similar car to my puzzle subject. In fact, I was worried that they may be one and the same car, but this photo was taken in 1947, and the Fairley wasn't built until 1953.

Allan L · May 23, 2019, 08:48:40 AM

Quote from: nicanary on May 23, 2019, 04:39:06 AM
You may be thinking of Reg Fairley, who built a very similar car to my puzzle subject.

Most likely that's it and confused by knowing a John Farley (test pilot).
Sorry.

tobytwirl · May 23, 2019, 03:31:47 PM

Cannot find a trace of this car so I am going to throw out four random names .... Ken Hutchison, Guy Warburton, David Price, Len Potter ... who all had some connection with V8 cars.Hopefully one of them is behind the wheel!

nicanary · May 23, 2019, 04:47:26 PM

Quote from: tobytwirl on May 23, 2019, 03:31:47 PM
Cannot find a trace of this car so I am going to throw out four random names .... Ken Hutchison, Guy Warburton, David Price, Len Potter ... who all had some connection with V8 cars.Hopefully one of them is behind the wheel!

As the best referendum forms say - none of the above............

tobytwirl · May 24, 2019, 07:50:08 AM

Will it help if we can identify the hillclimb?

nicanary · May 24, 2019, 08:13:11 AM

Quote from: tobytwirl on May 24, 2019, 07:50:08 AM
Will it help if we can identify the hillclimb?

It would, but even this is obscure

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