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HRG Monoposto - Bill Clark, Mt.Druitt, Australia
« on: March 20, 2013, 08:17:26 AM »
Car and driver please. One point.

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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2013, 05:43:38 AM »
Forgot to notify the promotion. Experts ?
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2013, 02:25:33 PM »
Alta?
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2013, 07:38:36 PM »
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2013, 03:00:40 PM »
British ?
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2013, 06:35:03 PM »
Yes, but it moved countries.
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2013, 02:19:34 PM »
Is it a Delahaye?
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2013, 02:35:54 PM »
No -definitely British. Sorry for my confusing clue.

The photo was taken in the country which was its eventual home.
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2013, 05:01:15 AM »
Kieft?
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2013, 05:16:51 AM »
Quote from: frederick59 on April 11, 2013, 05:01:15 AM
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No. It is a single-seater based on a well-known British sports car.
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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2013, 05:22:44 AM »
MG Midget base?
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2013, 06:04:25 AM »
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MG Midget base?

No. More a low-volume maker.
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #12 on: April 12, 2013, 06:32:54 PM »
Bill Clark in the Monoposto H.R.G. at Mount Druitt (Australia)
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HRG monoposto - Bill Clark at Mt. Druitt
« Reply #13 on: April 12, 2013, 06:43:34 PM »
Quote from: D-type on April 12, 2013, 06:32:54 PM
Bill Clark in the Monoposto H.R.G. at Mount Druitt (Australia)

Bingo. A well-earned point.

There are several HRG racers which have been converted from sports cars, but this monoposto remains an unresolved mystery to me.  One caption I found says that the car was imported , and that would suggest that it was the car Peter Clarke commissioned for him to take part in late 40s F2. However it looks lower and sleeker than that car, and it was reasonably successful in Australian racing. Are they one and the same car ?
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Re: NIC #2
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2013, 07:23:28 PM »
I've no idea.  I found the same picture on an Australian site.  I agree with you that it it doesn't look like the photo of Peter Clarke's car in Jenks's Racing Car Pocketbook.  The bonnet line is lower and the grille is more upright.  It does resemble the "Le Mans Lightweight" cycle winged sports car
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