Topic: PN #24 - Solved: Stirling Moss in a Harford III special, 1952

[pnegyesi]

Who's he and what is he driving? A point awaits you!

[pnegyesi]

Experts?

[Carnut]

Think the driver is Stirling Moss?
Need to dig a bit to find out what the car is though..

[Carnut]

Austin 7 Special?

[pnegyesi]

Yes, the driver is a rather young Stirling Moss and I have to admit that my source doesn't mention the donor of this special. I have made some quick research and no, this car was not based on an Austin 7.

[D-type]

Stirling Moss and John A Cooper in a Harford III in the 1951 Kitching Trophy Trial

[pnegyesi]

And we have a winner

[Carnut]

OK, I'll bow to superior knowledge.
But in "Stirling Moss - Racing with the Maestro" by Karl Ludvigsen it states: "Back in February 1952 Moss had been offered a Harford for a trial, which he found to be 'quite a demanding winter's day out'   Perhaps he'd forgotten that when he decided to take up the sport again with a borrowed Cannon..."

So the dates of his Harford drive seem to conflict.

[pnegyesi]

Sorry, you're right, my source indicated 1952 as well. The other guy in the is John Cooper from The Autocar magazine. But the car and the event were identified correctly

[Allan L]

The Harford series were specials built for trialling by T.C. (Cuth) Harrison of Sheffield who was also a racing and rally driver (he raced an ERA and won a Coupe des Alpes in the Alpine rally).
Being a Ford dealer, not surprisingly they were Ford based.

Another photo of SCM and JAC in Harford III OWA 523 appears in the March 1952 Motor Sport. I think the Kitching Trophy Trial was held in February, so a 1952 date for the photo in this thread seems likely.
Elsewhere on the internet there is an entry for SCM/JAC in a Harford for the 1948 Kitching Trophy, but I don't believe it.

[D-type]

Sorry, mistake! 
According to My cars, my career in the kitcing TrophyTrial on 17 February 1952,  Why I put 1951 I don't know.