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Solved - MJW #681 - Alvis 4.3 litre Special (Lt. Cdr. B.H. Clinkard at Snetterton 1956)
« on: November 09, 2011, 09:26:34 AM »
Please identify the make and approximate year of this single-seater for one point.
An extra point is available if you can identify the driver and the circuit.
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Re: MJW #681
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2011, 04:14:58 AM »
Ah yes I remember him well . . . . 8)
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Re: MJW #681
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2011, 04:21:39 AM »
This one may reach the Pros if you're lucky Allan..... :)
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Re: MJW #681
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2011, 02:46:33 AM »
Up a gear
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Re: MJW #681
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2011, 05:10:48 PM »
Pros?
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Re: MJW #681
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2011, 03:57:55 AM »
Well that Lt. Cdr. B.H. Clinkard in his 4.3 litre Alvis single seater and I think it's Snetterton as that was his local circuit.
B.H. was Bryce Harben but everyone (including his son Tony and daughter Susie) called him "Clink". I last saw him at Snetterton supporting Tony who was racing a Ginetta. Sadly Tony was killed racing in 2002 - Clink himself died aged 85 in 2007
He built the Alvis to comply with the 4½ litre Formula 1 in about 1950, but eventually supercharged it and ran in Formule Libre racing which is what the photo shows as the following car isn't a GP single seater and you can't see the carbs as you could when it wasn't supercharged.
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Re: MJW #681
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2011, 01:54:19 PM »
Quote from: Allan L on November 27, 2011, 03:57:55 AM
Well that Lt. Cdr. B.H. Clinkard in his 4.3 litre Alvis single seater and I think it's Snetterton as that was his local circuit.
B.H. was Bryce Harben but everyone (including his son Tony and daughter Susie) called him "Clink". I last saw him at Snetterton supporting Tony who was racing a Ginetta. Sadly Tony was killed racing in 2002 - Clink himself died aged 85 in 2007
He built the Alvis to comply with the 4½ litre Formula 1 in about 1950, but eventually supercharged it and ran in Formule Libre racing which is what the photo shows as the following car isn't a GP single seater and you can't see the carbs as you could when it wasn't supercharged.
Perfect answer, thanks Allan...
The photo was taken at Snetterton 1956.
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