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Solved - MJW #1049 - Austin Seven Special J.J. Macklin late 1950s
« on: December 07, 2012, 04:22:52 AM »
For a point identify this car
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2012, 07:24:43 AM »
Austin Seven based;....and the driver looks somewhat like Keith Duckworth!
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2012, 10:11:56 AM »
Quote from: FrontMan on December 07, 2012, 07:24:43 AM
Austin Seven based;....and the driver looks somewhat like Keith Duckworth!
Yes, it's Austin Seven based and I believe built in the late 1950s.
I have only the driver (and possibly constructor's) name so I will award the point to the first person to reveal his surname.
The clue - his surname was the same as a well-known driver of the 1940s-1960s.
I'll LOCK it for FrontMan to have the first guess.....
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2012, 10:13:38 AM »
By the way it isn't Keith Duckworth......
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2012, 10:51:41 AM »
Bill Moss?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2012, 12:54:29 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on December 07, 2012, 10:51:41 AM
Bill Moss?
Not Moss but the name we are looking for was well-known in the same period.
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2012, 06:19:55 AM »
I'm assuming here that your "40s-60s" criterium is accurate. That precludes (sadly) many of the well-known names of that period. The only top names I'm coming up with are Moss (which it is not) and Salvadori. He's presumably British, hence the Austin 7 Special.
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2012, 03:09:28 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on December 08, 2012, 06:19:55 AM
I'm assuming here that your "40s-60s" criterium is accurate. That precludes (sadly) many of the well-known names of that period. The only top names I'm coming up with are Moss (which it is not) and Salvadori. He's presumably British, hence the Austin 7 Special.
I'm wrong in saying 1940s-1960s so apologies for that.
He was not a top flight driver such as Moss, Collins, Hill, etc. but rather a versatile driver who raced in Formula One as well as sports cars.
He was active in the 1950s only.
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #8 on: December 09, 2012, 06:57:27 AM »
Wharton?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #9 on: December 09, 2012, 08:26:12 AM »
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2012, 02:51:23 AM »
Moving up
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2012, 07:56:50 PM »
Salvadori?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2012, 04:31:11 AM »
Not Salvadori but you're in the right era more or less......
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2012, 07:03:15 AM »
Parnell?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #14 on: December 20, 2012, 08:44:20 PM »
Oops.  I didn't see that Salvadori had been mentioned before.  How about Fairman?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #15 on: December 20, 2012, 11:13:21 PM »
Not Parnell or Fairman although the number of letters is correct.... ;)
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2012, 07:32:12 AM »
Leslie Johnson?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #17 on: December 22, 2012, 04:19:52 AM »
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #18 on: December 22, 2012, 06:17:10 AM »
Ken Downing?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #19 on: December 22, 2012, 06:45:29 AM »
Don Beauman?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #20 on: December 22, 2012, 02:37:56 PM »
Neither Downing or Beauman......
Probably better known
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #21 on: December 23, 2012, 04:58:20 AM »
Bruce Halford?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #22 on: December 23, 2012, 06:21:11 AM »
Not Halford...
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #23 on: December 23, 2012, 09:45:37 AM »
Macklin?
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Re: MJW #1049
« Reply #24 on: December 23, 2012, 09:56:48 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on December 23, 2012, 09:45:37 AM
Macklin?
YES!
Not Lance Macklin of course but J.J. Macklin's Austin Seven Special.
Another point for you.
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