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Solved - NEH 1759: LMB Ford V8 Special - 1937 (rebuilt 1951)
« on: April 19, 2012, 09:14:42 AM »
What's this car, what powers it and when was it built - for 1 point?

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Re: NEH 1759
« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2012, 04:27:22 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 1759
« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2012, 03:10:02 PM »
1939 Allard powered by a Ford V8 ?
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Re: NEH 1759
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2012, 03:48:18 AM »
Quote from: D-type on April 26, 2012, 03:10:02 PM
1939 Allard powered by a Ford V8 ?

It has a Ford V8 but it's not an Allard and not quite from 1939.
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Re: NEH 1759
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2012, 05:12:39 AM »
I know at least one Professional who'll know the answer to this one..
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Re: NEH 1759
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2012, 05:32:50 AM »
I believe this is an LMB Ford V8 Special built in 1951.....
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Re: NEH 1759
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2012, 05:55:46 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on May 10, 2012, 05:32:50 AM
I believe this is an LMB Ford V8 Special built in 1951.....

Yes, it's Leslie Ballamy's Ford V8 Special, although I have it as a bit earlier than 1951; maybe it's just the base that's earlier?
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Re: NEH 1759
« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2012, 06:44:14 AM »
As I understand it, the LMB V8 Special was originally constructed 1936/37 using a 1932 Ford as the base car. It was known then as the Symmons Special (Reg. No. GMD 1). By the late 1930s it was known as the LMB Ford V8 Special.  It was completely rebuilt in 1951 (Reg. No. KMB 300).
It wasn't until the 1970s that the car was rediscovered in a much altered state and identified positively by Leslie Ballamy as being the original Symmons Special.
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Re: NEH 1759
« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2012, 07:12:16 AM »
Quote from: woodinsight on May 10, 2012, 06:44:14 AM
As I understand it, the LMB V8 Special was originally constructed 1936/37 using a 1932 Ford as the base car. It was known then as the Symmons Special (Reg. No. GMD 1). By the late 1930s it was known as the LMB Ford V8 Special.  It was completely rebuilt in 1951 (Reg. No. KMB 300).
It wasn't until the 1970s that the car was rediscovered in a much altered state and identified positively by Leslie Ballamy as being the original Symmons Special.

That's about the long and the short of it, yes!
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Re: Solved - NEH 1759: LMB Ford V8 Special - 1937 (rebuilt 1951)
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2015, 02:52:20 PM »
A 1938 sales ad for this car:
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