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Solved - MJW #709 - Crossby-Vauxhall Special 1947
« on: November 28, 2011, 10:46:52 AM »
Base car is obvious, or is it?
Who built this sports car, what was it based on and the year it was built will earn you a point.
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #1 on: December 04, 2011, 02:12:03 PM »
Expertise pleese........
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2011, 03:57:38 PM »
Vauxhall based judging by the fluted bonnet
John Cannon
1938
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2011, 04:02:39 PM »
Quote from: D-type on December 05, 2011, 03:57:38 PM
Vauxhall based judging by the fluted bonnet
John Cannon
1938
The base vehicle is probably c.1938
Not quite a Vauxhall though although it would appear so by the photo.
Not by John Cannon.
The car was constructed after WWII.
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #4 on: December 07, 2011, 06:31:14 AM »
Moving up
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2011, 09:47:22 AM »
Well the bonnet and radiator cowl do look like Vauxhall, but the chassis doesn't as it would have had Dubonnet i.f.s. and this seems to have a semi-elliptic-sprung axle.
The windscreen is Singer Le Mans, which may, if it is a clue, lead to a Singer 12 as the donor vehicle.
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2011, 11:31:15 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on December 07, 2011, 09:47:22 AM
Well the bonnet and radiator cowl do look like Vauxhall, but the chassis doesn't as it would have had Dubonnet i.f.s. and this seems to have a semi-elliptic-sprung axle.
The windscreen is Singer Le Mans, which may, if it is a clue, lead to a Singer 12 as the donor vehicle.
Well spotted Allan, it has part of a Singer Le Mans body.
The chassis comes from a pre-WW II van though.
Engine is Vauxhall as is the bonnet.
I have a photo of the car competing in the early postwar years that I'll post shortly when I can find it!
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2011, 03:59:46 AM »
IS IT A bELLAMY SPECIAL ?
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #8 on: December 10, 2011, 05:21:45 AM »
Quote from: shamrock on December 10, 2011, 03:59:46 AM
IS IT A bELLAMY SPECIAL ?
Not that although the name does have seven letters ending in 'Y'
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2012, 05:32:47 AM »
Another one that has stalled.
The car is called the CxxxxBY-VAUXHALL SPECIAL - anyone?
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2012, 07:35:04 AM »
Crossby?
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Re: MJW #709
« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2012, 10:42:09 AM »
Quote from: Carnut on January 17, 2012, 07:35:04 AM
Crossby?
Yes, it's the Crossby-Vauxhall Special built by C.F. Crossby c.1947.
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