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Solved - MJW #321 - Star Comet with a Jensen body 1932 (aka "McEvoy Special")
« on: March 01, 2011, 01:59:03 PM »
Going back in time again - what make and model of car is this?
Who was responsible for the body and when was it built?
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2011, 02:57:57 AM »
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2011, 05:52:38 PM »
Singer Le Mans
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2011, 10:29:41 PM »
Looks like it might be a mid-thirties Brough Superior...?
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #4 on: March 03, 2011, 01:59:28 AM »
Not a Singer or Brough Superior.
The make didn't normally make cars like this and don't forget the car has coachwork by an external firm.
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #5 on: March 03, 2011, 02:56:23 PM »
I am assuming it is British.
Wolseley?
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2011, 04:06:47 PM »
Quote from: Tackitt on March 03, 2011, 02:56:23 PM
I am assuming it is British.
Wolseley?
British but not Wolseley
This marque was active from the turn of the 19th century until the early 1930s
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2011, 04:16:24 PM »
Arrol-Johnston?
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #8 on: March 04, 2011, 03:57:26 AM »
The only company your hints point to is Crossley.

Is that it?
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #9 on: March 04, 2011, 04:05:54 AM »
Not Arrol-Johnston or Crossley.

Another hint - the company was acquired by a commercial vehicle manufacturer in the late 1920s but continued car production until 1932.
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #10 on: March 04, 2011, 04:16:25 AM »
So it must be a Star Comet. And it is the probably last Star car built, the "McEvoy Special" with a Jensen body and a Zoller supercharger. The year is 1932.
« Last Edit: March 04, 2011, 04:21:59 AM by Wendax »
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Re: MJW #321
« Reply #11 on: March 04, 2011, 04:28:43 AM »
That is exactly the car in question - one of the last produced under the Star name in 1932.
Well done Wendax.
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