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Solved - MJW #745 - Vice Consul Ford Special c.1953
« on: December 16, 2011, 11:48:22 PM »
Identify this sports racer for a point.
Required - name, what chassis it used, which engine powered it and the year it was completed.
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2011, 02:10:32 AM »
Up a gear.....
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2011, 12:05:42 AM »
Into top gear
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2011, 08:48:46 AM »
Early 1950s Australia?
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2011, 11:03:22 AM »
Early to middle 1950s but not Australia
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2011, 02:05:53 PM »
Let's try UK just for the sake of it then.
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2011, 02:32:54 PM »
Quote from: faksta on December 28, 2011, 02:05:53 PM
Let's try UK just for the sake of it then.
It is the UK.....
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2011, 02:42:36 PM »
Aston Martin ?
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2011, 02:59:55 PM »
Quote from: SACO on December 28, 2011, 02:42:36 PM
Aston Martin ?
Not Aston Martin - much more obscure
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2011, 05:17:43 PM »
Was this taken at Snetterton c.1953?
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #10 on: December 29, 2011, 02:09:31 AM »
Does it have any Buckler relation?
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2011, 02:33:14 AM »
Quote from: barrett on December 28, 2011, 05:17:43 PM
Was this taken at Snetterton c.1953?
Yes, that's correct
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #12 on: December 29, 2011, 02:36:11 AM »
Quote from: faksta on December 29, 2011, 02:09:31 AM
Does it have any Buckler relation?
No Buckler parts AFAIK.
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #13 on: March 07, 2012, 11:43:04 AM »
Time for a clue - the base car is a very popular make. Two of these were made.
The marque name is two words.....
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #14 on: March 10, 2012, 03:06:01 PM »
Okay, the name of this car is two words -

The first word is the first part of a title of a leading naval rank......

The second word is a model of a popular British car (which this car is based on)......
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #15 on: March 11, 2012, 05:36:36 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on March 10, 2012, 03:06:01 PM
The first word is the first part of a title of a leading naval rank......
That'd be "Rear" or "Vice"
Quote from: woodinsight on March 10, 2012, 03:06:01 PM
The second word is a model of a popular British car (which this car is based on)......
They look like Ford wheels so maybe "Prefect" or "Anglia"

Good public school name would be "Vice Prefect" I suppose, as I can't believe in "Rear Anglia". ;D

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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #16 on: March 11, 2012, 06:05:38 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on March 11, 2012, 05:36:36 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on March 10, 2012, 03:06:01 PM
The first word is the first part of a title of a leading naval rank......
That'd be "Rear" or "Vice"
Quote from: woodinsight on March 10, 2012, 03:06:01 PM
The second word is a model of a popular British car (which this car is based on)......
They look like Ford wheels so maybe "Prefect" or "Anglia"

Good public school name would be "Vice Prefect" I suppose, as I can't believe in "Rear Anglia". ;D


Good thinking Allan!

The first word is Vice (Rear Anglia is definitely not the solution  :D)
The car is Ford-based but the second word is not Prefect or Anglia but you're on the correct path.

I'll LOCK it for you to guess which Ford model the second name should be.
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #17 on: March 11, 2012, 10:06:35 AM »
Perhaps I've misjudged the size and it's a Vice Pilot.
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #18 on: March 11, 2012, 12:54:25 PM »
Quote from: Allan L on March 11, 2012, 10:06:35 AM
Perhaps I've misjudged the size and it's a Vice Pilot.
Not Pilot - smaller than that.....
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #19 on: March 11, 2012, 02:29:39 PM »
Well that leaves Vice Anglia or if it was the commercial version Vice Thames at which point I'll give up so please unlock it!
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #20 on: March 11, 2012, 03:14:28 PM »
Vice Popular?  Surely not!  ???

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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #21 on: March 11, 2012, 04:19:59 PM »
Not Vice Anglia or Vice Popular but Vice xxxxxx......
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #22 on: March 11, 2012, 05:15:49 PM »
 :scratch: :idea: Vice-Consul sounds almost plausible
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #23 on: March 12, 2012, 04:18:37 AM »
Quote from: D-type on March 11, 2012, 05:15:49 PM
:scratch: :idea: Vice-Consul sounds almost plausible
Yes, that's it!
A point for you.
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Re: MJW #745
« Reply #24 on: March 12, 2012, 04:26:26 AM »
I'm giving Allan_L and D-Type a point each for identifying the name.

Treated as solved now as most of the information has now been solved.

The Vice-Consul was one of two identical sports racers built in the early 1950s by (I think) G.N. Hennessey on a Ford chassis using a Ford Consul engine and a MG gearbox.
By the way, the car in the background (No. 69) is Roy Clarkson's Morgan Saloon.
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