Solved -PJ415- G. Reed Ford So-Cal Special "Red Car" (Replica)

[Paul Jaray]

READ CAREFULLY:


Try to identify this car.
If you want to play fair, find the answer the old fashioned way.
If you want to cheat, you can easily find it via Google Image Search, 1st page.
If you are dumb, here's the answer:  - Reed So-Cal Special Replica -, (right click and copy to read it.)

it's a game, if you like to play it go on!


(BTW: if you know the car, don't be afraid to answer immediately!  )

[Paul Jaray]

Experts?

[del78]

Black Baron?

[Paul Jaray]

Not the name I have...

[Paul Jaray]

OK Pros, all yours!
(...and what about the car in the background?  )

[woodinsight]

Looks like a Bentley special but the bonnet looks too low?

[Paul Jaray]

Not Bentley-based...

[woodinsight]

Alvis-based?

[Paul Jaray]

Not Alvis-based...

[Otto Puzzell]

Are those Ford wheels?

[Paul Jaray]

 

[Otto Puzzell]

This should not take long to solve. How many Ford-based racers can there be, after all?

[Paul Jaray]

I'm surprised it's still here...

[woodinsight]

Thompson Ford V8 from New Zealand?

[Paul Jaray]

Not that...but you are georgaphically close...

[woodinsight]

Australian?

[Paul Jaray]

Yep, an Australian Ford V8 special...who built it and what was its name?

[woodinsight]

I eventually found three photos of the puzzle car on the 'net but with no captions.
So I'm still no wiser at the moment but I'll keep searching. 

[Paul Jaray]

Same builder, different car...

[woodinsight]

Found it hopefully - Frank Walters?

[Paul Jaray]

Not him...

[woodinsight]

Eric Worner?

[Paul Jaray]

 

[woodinsight]

Let's try again - George Reed?

[Otto Puzzell]

Ray Mitchell?