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Simon Johnston
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 Posted - 19/10/2020 : 06:39:15
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I thought this topic would have been locked, but clearly not, so I’m adding this photo just to close out the query on page 2 of the thread about who was driving the M Type at Craigantlet.
As the photo below shows, the car was entered by R.G. Heyn and driven by Billy Sullivan but the date of the newspaper from which to comes is 1929, not 1932 as was suggested above.
Simon J
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I have deleted that reply and moved it to General Information 19OCT2020.
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Blue M
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/10/2020 : 07:23:08
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| Simon, is this the same Billy Sullivan that built and raced in the TT special Morris Minors a couple of years later? |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/10/2020 : 08:44:04
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Indeed it is, Ian. There’s an interesting tale to tell about Billy but it’s proving slow going to get much information about him.
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Mike Allison
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/10/2020 : 16:07:46
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| Surely 084XI is a trade plate number? I am not familiar with the Ulster series, but the plate looks similar to those used here on the mainland, where they are usually red, rather than black. |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/10/2020 : 16:44:34
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Yes, Mike, it’s a trade plate. This was established right at the outset of this topic. The plates on the Ferguson car have white numbers on a red background and so were General plates that could be used for just about any purpose. The other type of trade plate in those days were Limited plates which were red numbers on a white background. They were much more restricted in use (and cost a lot less than General plates) and when using them the driver had to carry a form stating the reason for the journey, estimated starting and finishing times, the driver's name and the driver had to be an employee of the firm that owned the plate.
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Mike the M
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/11/2020 : 20:31:09
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Who was R. G. Heyn, I cannot find him on Ancestry!!
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6000 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2020 : 21:16:59
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A local Norn Iron motoring enthusiast.
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6000 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2023 : 10:19:11
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I had expected that this ten-year old thread would have been locked but since it isn’t I’m adding to it to report that J2024/JB 659 has finally surfaced again and is in good hands here in Norn Iron.
The factory records show that the car was always referred to internally as a J3, despite having a J2 chassis number, and it was not returned to J2 spec by the factory as suggested above but was sold as a J3 in January 1934 to its first owner.
A truly important car and we can expect to see it back on the road, hopefully to full J3 spec, in the not too distant future.
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colintf
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Nick Feakes
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Posted - 09/12/2023 : 22:09:21
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Simon
These threads do not become locked as I do not archive this forum for the very reason that is evident above. New information comes to light about a picture of a car or of an event years after the original topic was created and adds to the sum of all knowledge. I for one, thoroughly enjoy reading these voyages of discovery.
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/12/2023 : 23:04:53
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Thanks, Nick. That seems to be very sensible. 
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Ralph
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/12/2023 : 09:26:47
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| Isn’t that JB659 (the prototype J3 ) |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/12/2023 : 10:07:38
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Er, yes, that’s what I said - J2024/ JB 659 - and what the photo shows!
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