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A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
« on: March 19, 2011, 04:02:29 PM »
1 point for a complete answer here...who is this man, what is he about to do, and what will he be driving?
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2011, 08:58:32 AM »
Lots of Rookie puzzles with no replies, so I might as well move this one on up.  An Expert should know it right away...
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2011, 04:07:50 PM »
It is American racing driver John Fitch and he is about to go racing. Those coveralls tell me that he is a member of the Mercedes sports car team and is about to climb into a Mercedes 300SLR most likely.
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2011, 08:06:44 PM »
Nope on all counts...
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2011, 08:39:25 PM »
You sure fooled me. Even after you said no, I went back and it still looks like Fitch to me. I will be interested in seeing who this is.
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2011, 08:53:59 AM »
Speeding on up!
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2011, 12:47:54 PM »
Wearing a shirt and a tie, he must be British. The face is familiar, but...dammit... The man in dark suit looks somehow like Graham Hill to me, but the general athmosphere looks late-fifties, so he should have been a bit younger then, I guess...
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2011, 12:49:50 PM »
Yes to British, no to Graham Hill...earlier 50s.
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2011, 12:53:53 PM »
He looks like Ken Richardson to me.
If it is I'll provide you with more information in my next reply.
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #9 on: March 27, 2011, 12:54:15 PM »
It is!
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #10 on: March 27, 2011, 12:55:50 PM »
Hope you understood I was speaking about the man in a background (Re: Graham Hill)  ::)
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2011, 01:17:06 PM »
Ken Richardson was the principal test and development driver for the BRM V16 F1 car project.
I believe he is about to test the car, perhaps at Boreham, in the early 1950s.
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2011, 01:48:01 PM »
Quote from: faksta on March 27, 2011, 12:55:50 PM
Hope you understood I was speaking about the man in a background (Re: Graham Hill)  ::)

Yes I did, but there's no way it could be Graham Hill age-wise, like you said.
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2011, 01:48:34 PM »
Quote from: woodinsight on March 27, 2011, 01:17:06 PM
Ken Richardson was the principal test and development driver for the BRM V16 F1 car project.
I believe he is about to test the car, perhaps at Boreham, in the early 1950s.

He's not doing that here...he is a test and developmental driver in this photo, however.
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2011, 02:23:01 PM »
Is he about to enter the qualifying rounds of the 1951 Italian Grand Prix?
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #15 on: March 27, 2011, 02:30:27 PM »
Ken Richardson at Jabbeke in May,1953 ready to set up a new speed world record for production cars below 2 litres. The car was the aerodynamically modified second Triumph TR2 prototype (MVC575).
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Re: A65 #17
« Reply #16 on: March 27, 2011, 03:19:28 PM »
Wendax gets it again!  I love early Triumphs...
His first run was only 104 MPH, but a plug wire fell off...the other runs were much better!
He averaged nearly 125 MPH, and the TRs were off and running!  I'll buy one when I win the lottery (ha ha) and I have room and money to buy my "Great 28..."  Yes, I have a list of cars to buy and there are 28 cars on it.  :)

PS...He ran with and without a windscreen, which is why in the two pictures shown, the car looks a bit different...


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Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
« Reply #17 on: March 27, 2011, 03:22:47 PM »
I'm going to give a point to woodinsight too for nabbing the driver...seems fair to me.
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Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
« Reply #18 on: March 27, 2011, 03:27:03 PM »
Good idea  :applause:
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Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
« Reply #19 on: March 27, 2011, 04:50:11 PM »
Thanks very much - the Jabbeke Triumph would have been my next guess
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Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
« Reply #20 on: March 28, 2011, 05:16:03 AM »
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Re: A65 #17--SOLVED--Ken Richardson and Jabbeke Road Triumph TR2
« Reply #21 on: March 28, 2011, 07:54:24 AM »
What a cool video!  That TR2 sounded nice, if that noise wasn't added in later!
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