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Solved: PN #251 -- Strang 500, 1946
« on: November 24, 2011, 02:31:24 PM »
Can you make out the car behind the pixels? If so, tell me who built it and when, and the point is yours. There are better pictures available online, but then Google Image Search would intervene :)
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2011, 04:21:54 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2011, 05:54:30 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2011, 11:57:36 AM »
European from the Eastern sector?
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2011, 02:26:13 PM »
European, but not from the Eastern sector
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #5 on: December 17, 2011, 12:36:59 AM »
German?
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #6 on: December 17, 2011, 02:50:57 AM »
Nope
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #7 on: December 17, 2011, 02:52:26 AM »
British?
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #8 on: December 17, 2011, 05:07:37 AM »
Yes :)
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #9 on: December 17, 2011, 06:58:08 AM »
Hard to say, but it could just be George Thornton in the Arnott F3 car he built in 1951
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #10 on: December 17, 2011, 07:19:40 AM »
Strang 500 built by Colin Strang in 1946?
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #11 on: December 17, 2011, 09:05:27 AM »
Yes, it's a Strang special - picture was taken from a Hungarian (!) car magazine in 1946
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Re: PN #251
« Reply #12 on: December 18, 2011, 04:49:20 AM »
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 17, 2011, 09:05:27 AM
Yes, it's a Strang special - picture was taken from a Hungarian (!) car magazine in 1946
Aaargh - should have recognised the characteristic brake hoses! What's more, the last I heard it was about a mile from me.
Here's a clearer view of Colin Strang and his car:
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Re: Solved: PN #251 -- Strang 500, 1946
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2013, 05:15:11 PM »
a rare 1948 scan:
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