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Solved - MJW #725 - CSC 650 Sports 1952
« on: December 04, 2011, 01:56:19 PM »
Identify the make, manufacturer and year for a point
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2011, 08:20:58 AM »
French?
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2011, 08:54:16 AM »
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2011, 03:15:07 PM »
Anything to do with Opel.
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 03:29:30 PM »
Quote from: roger on December 07, 2011, 03:15:07 PM
Anything to do with Opel.
Nothing to do with Opel.
More home grown.... ;)
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2011, 08:32:24 AM »
Experts?
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #6 on: December 18, 2011, 05:36:03 PM »
An easy point for a professional?
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2011, 06:20:12 AM »
Now, this must be much fun to drive - but I do not have am clue.

IŽd say it might be a Ford based british one-off.
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2011, 10:33:06 AM »
Quote from: grobmotorix on December 19, 2011, 06:20:12 AM
Now, this must be much fun to drive - but I do not have am clue.

IŽd say it might be a Ford based british one-off.
British - yes, but not Ford-based - either chassis or engine.
Not a one-off - it was intended for full production although I believe only two were built.
Believe it or not the manufacturer applied for an entry for the Le Mans 24 Hour race!
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2011, 11:52:23 AM »
This looks really interesting but I have no idea... Seems to be rear-engined, which in itself is unusual in a British car.

Was this from an established manufacturer or an obscure outfit?
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2011, 11:59:26 AM »
Quote from: barrett on December 19, 2011, 11:52:23 AM
This looks really interesting but I have no idea... Seems to be rear-engined, which in itself is unusual in a British car.

Was this from an established manufacturer or an obscure outfit?
Rear-engined is correct.
The manufacturer is pretty obscure.
However the car was road tested by a well known magazine of the day.
I mentioned in my previous post that two had been built but I now believe the second car was quite different.
Here's a front view -
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2011, 12:05:11 PM »
Were these the only cars the company built?
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2011, 12:12:16 PM »
Quote from: barrett on December 19, 2011, 12:05:11 PM
Were these the only cars the company built?
Yes....
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2011, 09:52:04 AM »
Did the company have anything else to do with transport, or were these two cars their only link to transport.
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2011, 02:01:00 PM »
I don't know but the companies involved were registered as ------- Motors Ltd. and ------------ Engineering Ltd.
- so it's possible.
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #15 on: January 18, 2012, 02:25:35 AM »
Time for a couple of clues - the engine was a 647cc motorcycle unit.
The name of the car consists of 3 letters.
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #16 on: January 18, 2012, 02:34:33 AM »
Norton engine?
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #17 on: January 18, 2012, 02:42:58 AM »
Not Norton but equally as well known
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #18 on: January 18, 2012, 05:25:56 AM »
BSA?
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #19 on: January 18, 2012, 05:31:48 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on January 18, 2012, 05:25:56 AM
BSA?
Yes, the engine is a BSA vertical-twin of 647cc, transmission is by chain and the clutch is also BSA.
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #20 on: January 18, 2012, 12:44:28 PM »
1952 CSC by Wrigley Motors.
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Re: MJW #725
« Reply #21 on: January 18, 2012, 12:54:14 PM »
Quote from: Arunas on January 18, 2012, 12:44:28 PM
1952 CSC by Wrigley Motors.
Yes you've got it!
I was beginning to think this was a BH candidate.
Here's an article on the car -
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Re: Solved - MJW #725 - CSC 650 Sports 1952
« Reply #22 on: January 18, 2012, 01:03:17 PM »
Superb! Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Solved - MJW #725 - CSC 650 Sports 1952
« Reply #23 on: January 18, 2012, 04:25:57 PM »
Really interesting stuff, thank you!

I'm very interested to know what the 'other' car that you mentioned earlier looked like
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Re: Solved - MJW #725 - CSC 650 Sports 1952
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2012, 01:43:50 AM »
I haven't seen a photo of the second car yet but I can tell you that it was based on an Austin A30 and was fitted with a Rochdale body. Probably built c.1954/55.

The other interesting fact about the CSC is that it appears to have been repowered with a DKW 890cc engine and rebuilt c.1958 by Freek Dudok van Heel in Henk van Zalinge's workshop in Naarden.
The car was renamed the AMAL and was the subject of my puzzle MJW #708 - see photo below

There's also a photo of the CSC competing at a Yorkshire Sprint in 1953 with Tony Platt at the wheel.
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