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Solved - NEH 1775: 1953 Roddy Turner Austin A40 Special
« on: April 25, 2012, 04:44:18 AM »
What's this, who built it, when and where, for 1 point?

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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2012, 05:04:04 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2012, 02:22:51 AM »
Hillclimber?
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2012, 04:22:53 AM »
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2012, 08:29:25 AM »
British then?
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2012, 09:11:43 AM »
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2012, 04:41:27 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2012, 05:53:36 AM »
Built in Australia?
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2012, 06:22:41 AM »
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2012, 08:23:18 AM »
Built in the USA?
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2012, 09:18:09 AM »
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2012, 09:26:04 AM »
How about Africa?
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2012, 09:36:19 AM »
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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2012, 01:55:46 PM »
This is, I think, an Austin A40 Special built in 1954 by Roddy Turner in South Africa.

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Re: NEH 1775
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2012, 05:10:42 AM »
Quote from: neilshouse on May 16, 2012, 01:55:46 PM
This is, I think, an Austin A40 Special built in 1954 by Roddy Turner in South Africa.



That is the car, yes, actually constructed in 1953 rather than 1954 so I don't know why it's captioned as a '54..
It was raced extensively by Don Matthews (who was very sadly murdered by thugs at the grand old age of 82) then by William Oberem, who acquired it in 1956.  I believe it has now been restored.

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