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Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« on: July 21, 2009, 08:55:07 AM »


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Re: Whaddyacallit #371
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2009, 01:07:35 PM »
Yep it was in July 2009's C&SC

ItsPaul Pycroft and wife at the Brighton Speed Trials in their SS100 Streeamlined Special
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371
« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2009, 04:14:36 PM »
 :bag:

I got in on the internet and didn't check that...
One point for you, sir. Two more and you make expert.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2009, 06:21:59 AM »
Is there a better pic of it?
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« Reply #4 on: September 06, 2009, 08:57:03 AM »
Not with me
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« Reply #5 on: September 06, 2009, 04:38:07 PM »
No the magazine has the exact same picture
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« Reply #6 on: May 09, 2011, 05:23:54 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on September 06, 2009, 06:21:59 AM
Is there a better pic of it?
Yes Paul, here you are:
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2011, 07:12:31 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 09, 2011, 05:23:54 PM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on September 06, 2009, 06:21:59 AM
Is there a better pic of it?
Yes Paul, here you are:

This photo shows him winning the first ever race at Goodwood on 18th September 1948, for closed sports cars up to 3000cc.
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Jaguar SS100 by Pycroft (1947)
« Reply #8 on: December 02, 2014, 05:08:00 AM »
What is it and who did the transformation and year?
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Re: BD27
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2014, 04:04:51 AM »
Expert, this beautiful car is for you
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Re: BD27
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2014, 04:12:30 AM »
JAGUAR SPECIAL BY PAUL PYECROFT 1948
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Re: BD27
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2014, 04:38:47 AM »
Lock for Shamrock, which Jaguar Pycroft has taken for this transformation.
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Re: BD27
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2014, 07:38:18 AM »
SS 100
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Re: BD27
« Reply #13 on: December 17, 2014, 09:45:41 AM »
Point for you Shamrock
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Re: Jaguar SS100 by Pycroft (1947)
« Reply #14 on: December 17, 2014, 10:39:21 AM »
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« Reply #15 on: December 17, 2014, 04:37:47 PM »
I uploaded my original image again (see top of page). are you sure this is the same car?
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2014, 04:48:55 PM »
Yes it is. Here's a rear view.
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Re: Whaddyacallit #371 - Solved! Paul Pycroft's SS100 Streamlined Special
« Reply #17 on: June 06, 2016, 03:05:58 PM »
Another rare photo:
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