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Title: Solved -PJ415- G. Reed Ford So-Cal Special "Red Car" (Replica)
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 10, 2011, 05:33:38 AM: READ CAREFULLY:

Try to identify this car.
If you want to play fair, find the answer the old fashioned way.
If you want to cheat, you can easily find it via Google Image Search, 1st page.
If you are dumb, here's the answer: - Reed So-Cal Special Replica -, (right click and copy to read it.)

it's a game, if you like to play it go on!

(BTW: if you know the car, don't be afraid to answer immediately! ;D )
Title: Re: PJ - 415
Post by: Paul Jaray on October 19, 2011, 04:54:19 PM: Experts?
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Post by: del78 on October 20, 2011, 03:59:51 AM: Black Baron?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on October 20, 2011, 07:40:31 AM: Not the name I have...
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Post by: Paul Jaray on October 25, 2011, 02:41:34 AM: OK Pros, all yours!
(...and what about the car in the background? ;D )
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Post by: woodinsight on October 25, 2011, 10:28:22 AM: Looks like a Bentley special but the bonnet looks too low?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on October 25, 2011, 01:13:47 PM: Not Bentley-based...
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Post by: woodinsight on October 25, 2011, 01:39:19 PM: Alvis-based?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on October 25, 2011, 04:01:36 PM: Not Alvis-based...
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 26, 2011, 03:11:42 AM: Are those Ford wheels?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on October 26, 2011, 04:49:39 AM: :thumbsup:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 26, 2011, 05:13:23 AM: This should not take long to solve. How many Ford-based racers can there be, after all? :D
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Post by: Paul Jaray on October 26, 2011, 05:17:27 AM: I'm surprised it's still here...
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Post by: woodinsight on October 26, 2011, 05:32:35 AM: Thompson Ford V8 from New Zealand?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on October 26, 2011, 05:38:48 AM: Not that...but you are georgaphically close...
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Post by: woodinsight on October 26, 2011, 05:40:55 AM: Australian?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on October 26, 2011, 05:44:48 AM: Yep, an Australian Ford V8 special...who built it and what was its name?
Title: Re: PJ - 415
Post by: woodinsight on November 01, 2011, 07:30:21 AM: I eventually found three photos of the puzzle car on the 'net but with no captions.
So I'm still no wiser at the moment but I'll keep searching. :-\
Title: Re: PJ - 415
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 05, 2011, 04:42:47 AM: Same builder, different car...
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Post by: woodinsight on November 05, 2011, 04:54:49 AM: Found it hopefully - Frank Walters?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on November 05, 2011, 05:21:44 AM: Not him...
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Post by: woodinsight on November 05, 2011, 06:12:18 AM: Eric Worner?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on November 05, 2011, 06:17:05 AM: :shakehead:
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Post by: woodinsight on November 05, 2011, 06:20:28 AM: Let's try again - George Reed?
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 05, 2011, 06:20:43 AM: Ray Mitchell?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on November 05, 2011, 06:38:19 AM: Quote from: woodinsight on November 05, 2011, 06:20:28 AM
Let's try again - George Reed?

Bingo!
Locked for you for the name of this special.
(and what about the background car ;D)
Title: Re: PJ - 415
Post by: woodinsight on November 05, 2011, 11:55:48 AM: G. Reed Ford Special also known as the "Pratley Skate".
Warwick Pratley won the 1951 Australian Grand Prix at Narrogin with this car (see photo below).

I have no idea what the car is in the background. :-\
Title: Re: PJ - 415
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 05, 2011, 12:13:44 PM: I have a different name, but you found the car:
There were different specials, all similar.
This one is a replica of the one in your pic:
Title: Re: PJ - 415
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 05, 2011, 12:16:07 PM: Point for you!
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Post by: woodinsight on November 05, 2011, 12:19:04 PM: Perhaps the puzzle car was known as the "Red Skate"?
Thank you for the point. :)
My information came from the Official 50-Race History of the Australian Grand Prix published in 1986.
Title: Re: Solved -PJ415- G.Reed Ford So-Cal Special "Red Car" (Replica)
Post by: Paul Jaray on November 05, 2011, 12:27:42 PM: I'm not sure about his real name and since it's just a (nice) replica it was not that relevant after all.
You found the right car and from a magazine article I found that "Skate III" was also called the "White Car"...
There is another So-Cal Special by G.Reed...this one:
Title: GTC #127 SOLVED: George Reed Special "The Red Car"
Post by: DHoffmann on June 01, 2015, 10:58:17 AM: I'm starting my puzzles in the experts from now on because I've not seen a rookie for ages and they simply languish in that section before being promoted.

If you're familiar with this car, let me know for a shiny special point!
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: DHoffmann on June 07, 2015, 03:50:43 AM: Have at it pros!
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Post by: nicanary on June 07, 2015, 04:26:15 AM: Alvis-based?
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 07, 2015, 04:42:37 AM: Quote from: nicanary on June 07, 2015, 04:26:15 AM
Alvis-based?

Nay she's not.
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: oko94 on June 07, 2015, 04:50:23 AM: Made in UK ?
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 07, 2015, 05:33:05 AM: Quote from: oko94 on June 07, 2015, 04:50:23 AM
Made in UK ?
Also nay.
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Post by: Arunas on June 07, 2015, 05:35:29 AM: From New Zealand?
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 07, 2015, 06:00:31 AM: Quote from: Arunas on June 07, 2015, 05:35:29 AM
From New Zealand?

Not from NZ nope!
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: nicanary on June 07, 2015, 06:30:50 AM: I've just noticed that the wheels are those bolt-on wires which were mainly fitted to mundane vehicles. Is this a special built on the frame of a family saloon car from the '30s?
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: DHoffmann on June 07, 2015, 07:12:50 AM: Quote from: nicanary on June 07, 2015, 06:30:50 AM
I've just noticed that the wheels are those bolt-on wires which were mainly fitted to mundane vehicles. Is this a special built on the frame of a family saloon car from the '30s?

That is some outstanding deducing! You are completely correct!
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: mekubb on June 07, 2015, 07:20:52 AM: French ?
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 07, 2015, 07:30:40 AM: Quote from: mekubb on June 07, 2015, 07:20:52 AM
French ?
Non!
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Post by: mekubb on June 07, 2015, 09:22:20 AM: Europe ?
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 07, 2015, 10:51:13 AM: Quote from: mekubb on June 07, 2015, 09:22:20 AM
Europe ?
Nein!
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Post by: oko94 on June 07, 2015, 11:56:15 AM: From Australia ?
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 07, 2015, 08:59:04 PM: Quote from: oko94 on June 07, 2015, 11:56:15 AM
From Australia ?

Too bloody right!
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Post by: oko94 on June 08, 2015, 01:19:19 AM: Ford V8 based ?
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 08, 2015, 02:05:27 AM: Quote from: oko94 on June 08, 2015, 01:19:19 AM
Ford V8 based ?
Yessir.
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: Arunas on June 08, 2015, 02:23:21 AM: But is it a one-off special?
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 08, 2015, 02:44:28 AM: Quote from: Arunas on June 08, 2015, 02:23:21 AM
But is it a one-off special?
It is indeed, yes.
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: oko94 on June 08, 2015, 03:06:15 AM: Built postwar ?
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Post by: nicanary on June 08, 2015, 06:50:58 AM: Is that the George Reed Special?
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: DHoffmann on June 08, 2015, 07:30:52 AM: Quote from: oko94 on June 08, 2015, 03:06:15 AM
Built postwar ?
Yes it was.

Quote from: nicanary on June 08, 2015, 06:50:58 AM
Is that the George Reed Special?
Why yes, this is one of his Specials! This one had a particular nickname which I'd love to get from you and then we'll call this one solved!
Title: Re: GTC #127
Post by: nicanary on June 08, 2015, 07:36:41 AM: "The Red Car", I reckon.
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Post by: DHoffmann on June 08, 2015, 07:58:06 AM: Quote from: nicanary on June 08, 2015, 07:36:41 AM
"The Red Car", I reckon.
Inventive bunch weren't they!

Yes it is, though sadly this is a replica of the original which was lost some time ago. Well done, the point is duly yours!

I actually was lucky enough to see this one in the flesh and in action around Bathurst back in 2006:
Title: Re: GTC #127 SOLVED: George Reed Special "The Red Car"
Post by: nicanary on June 08, 2015, 08:18:01 AM: Since I don't mind looking stupid on an international website, do you know what that chromed metal is doing on the nearside of the car? The exhaust is on the offside (driver's side), but there is an oddly-shaped tube from front to rear of the car.
Title: Re: GTC #127 SOLVED: George Reed Special "The Red Car"
Post by: DHoffmann on June 08, 2015, 08:51:46 AM: Quote from: nicanary on June 08, 2015, 08:18:01 AM
Since I don't mind looking stupid on an international website, do you know what that chromed metal is doing on the nearside of the car? The exhaust is on the offside (driver's side), but there is an oddly-shaped tube from front to rear of the car.

That would be the other exhaust! Very stylish out back... ;)
Title: Re: Solved -PJ415- G.Reed Ford So-Cal Special "Red Car" (Replica)
Post by: Paul Jaray on August 09, 2015, 10:00:33 AM: Merged! ;)
Title: Re: Solved -PJ415- G. Reed Ford So-Cal Special "Red Car" (Replica)
Post by: gte4289 on March 11, 2020, 07:50:55 PM: Additional photos: