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Orstin
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 13/04/2022 : 10:58:08
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I am going through a large collection of photos for the Austin 7 Archive at the moment with the help of a couple of friends who know the era of the early 60s well. They both think the attached is an MG Special and I wondered whether anyone here had any ideas or suggestions as to better places to enquire? The race is pretty certainly a Goodwood 9 hr race
thanks for any help..
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paul55
Luxembourg
728 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2022 : 11:14:39
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no idea what it is, but wish I had it! Touches of Birdcage about it.
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Gerhard Maier
Germany
866 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2022 : 12:31:11
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Hubs have a similarity to K3 hubs, or more probable to MG VA hubs ?
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ht1962
Netherlands
114 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2022 : 12:46:32
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Hello
Lovely pictures! But isn't the intake scoop on the bonnet on the wrong side ? |
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leafrancis14
United Kingdom
323 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2022 : 14:14:48
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The reg num dates to the early 30s I think.
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Orstin
United Kingdom
633 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2022 : 15:28:49
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Exactly Barny, which is one of the pointers as to it being a rebodied special. The 'K3' words were whispered yesterday, but I chose not to repeat them until someone here had mentioned them first... ;o)
Edit: DG is a Gloucestershire reg 1930-34
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Edited by - Orstin on 13/04/2022 15:41:41 |
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Mike the M
United Kingdom
481 Posts |
Posted - 13/04/2022 : 16:02:16
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DG is in Gloucester archives on DG 1966.
See other thread on DG on a Jensen bodied car!
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JMH
United Kingdom
911 Posts |
Posted - 15/04/2022 : 15:45:33
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Not a Reg that appears on Dad's archive & he spent the 50s/60s noting cars of MMM interest (looking for go-faster goodies or some "toy" with a little more oomph than the J2). Unless the engine is M or F the carbs are on the wrong side of the engine as well. Nothing similar to that car features in the K3 (or specials thereof) data I have either.
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PeterL
United Kingdom
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Posted - 15/04/2022 : 17:03:58
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| Are you deciding on which side the carbs are by the hump? It could be that the engine is inclined and the hump clears the rocker cover... |
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Vitesse
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 21/04/2022 : 10:21:18
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The Goodwood 9 Hours was only run three times - in 1952, 1953 and 1955 - and there wasn't a car numbered 84 in any of them, so that can be discounted. The Daily Express advertising and - especially - those white lines in the pit lane suggest Silverstone to me. Getty has a whole series of pictures taken in the Silverstone pit lane in 1960, of which this one - of Brabham and McLaren - is fairly typical.
Some further digging in Getty's archive turned up these, which look to be possibly the same occasion, but are only credited as Silverstone in 1961. The cars look to be entering Woodcote from the Club Circuit. RJ Hudson's Ashley:
DC Milne's DCM Special. Note the DG registration!
Probably the same day - M Fielden's Buckler doing a bit of rallycross.
So, likely a Silverstone clubbie, which only narrows it down a little. Nottingham SCC? SUNBAC? AMOC? 750MC? Maidstone & Mid-Kent CC? Peterborough MC? All those clubs were active at Silverstone in that era. I've had a look through the Silverstone results for 1960, 1961 and 1962 on Racing Sports Cars and WSRP, but nothing on those seems to fit - although records on both are incomplete, especially for 1961!
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Orstin
United Kingdom
633 Posts |
Posted - 22/04/2022 : 08:15:50
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Richard - thanks so much for your excellent sluething. My co-conspirators and I are really grateful. And, of course looking at some additional photos of the event (attached) it is clearly Silverstone. We are going through some 600 photos and, although many of them are in envelopes marked up with event details, some confusion has inevitably crept in over the years as to what goes with what.
Your suggestion of likely events is spot on as the collection does include events organised by the bodies you suggest. The photographer, John Farlie, was well known in the 750MC and many of the individual sets are of 750MC events (hence my interest) but he clearly spread his net far and wide. I have attached another set pf photos of what appears to be the same event, to see if that jogs any further memories. Thanks once again for helping with the research, it is much appreciated..
Hugh
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KevinA
New Zealand
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Matthew Magilton
Australia
179 Posts |
Posted - 24/04/2022 : 09:42:02
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Those wheels are saying (Jaguar) SS100 to me.
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rapide
United Kingdom
238 Posts |
Posted - 24/04/2022 : 12:43:41
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ELN 160 is a AC 16/80 which was regularly campaigned in the 50s/60s . It was auctioned by `Bonhams in 2009 in the States and returned to the UK .
The track is definitely Silverstone . Find out the current owner and he may well have specific info as to what meeting that was and from there an entry list could be found |
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Ray Masters
United Kingdom
563 Posts |
Posted - 24/04/2022 : 16:05:05
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| Is that the smallest and quirkiest driver’s door ever on car 85 (Lagonda ?) ? |
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Mystery car from the early 60s
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