Topic: Solved - MJW #1105 - Cowap Special (Dr. A. Black)

[woodinsight]

A little single seater that I know only the name and period when it raced.
A point will be awarded if you can tell me what it was called and which decade it belonged to.

[woodinsight]

Moving up to the Experts

[nicanary]

Based on a Ford 10hp engine? Late 1940s?

[woodinsight]

Yes, it's late 1940s so that's one part done.
I don't know which engine was fitted but I'm trying to find more information on that.

I really just need the name now for the point.

[nicanary]

I'm running out of source ideas - I have a hunch that photo was taken in Ireland. Possibly The Curragh.

[woodinsight]

I'm running out of source ideas - I have a hunch that photo was taken in Ireland. Possibly The Curragh.

My source doesn't reveal at which event the photo was taken at unfortunately.
If I find more information to help solve the puzzle I'll post it here....

[woodinsight]

Pros?

[Craig Gillingham]

I remember seeing this photo in Classic & Sports car, in one of the 1993 issues. Except I can't find that particular issue anymore.

[woodinsight]

I remember seeing this photo in Classic & Sports car, in one of the 1993 issues. Except I can't find that particular issue anymore.

C&SC was also my source but I can't remember which issue either!

[nicanary]

Like a red rag to a bull - lucky for me they were in the first pile I came to , and it was the Sept issue.

Driver was Dr. A. Black (any relation to Ulsterman Arnie Black?) and the car was called the Cowap Special.

The prescence of an XK120 in the photo suggests late 40s/early 50s, although there is no further information attached to the magazine picture. I still have a hunch it's Irish, since they held many handicap races because of the paucity of competitive machinery. I've even seen a Fordson 8hp van in a race with the back doors taken of for lightening.

[woodinsight]

Like a red rag to a bull - lucky for me they were in the first pile I came to , and it was the Sept issue.

Driver was Dr. A. Black (any relation to Ulsterman Arnie Black?) and the car was called the Cowap Special.

The prescence of an XK120 in the photo suggests late 40s/early 50s, although there is no further information attached to the magazine picture. I still have a hunch it's Irish, since they held many handicap races because of the paucity of competitive machinery. I've even seen a Fordson 8hp van in a race with the back doors taken of for lightening.

Aha, you discovered it (the same source as mine)
Well found and another point for you

[nicanary]

I have just received in the post some books I ordered from the Formula One Register, including one which covers Formula Libre events in Europe from 1929 to 1961. I opened this briefly and flicked through some pages, and lo and behold, there it was..........

The Cowap is not pictured in Ireland, so  my hunch was way out. In fact the photo is taken at the start of a race at Snetterton on 3 May 1952 (I did not attend at this meeting ,my home track, as I was only 20 months old).  It is entered by J A Cowap, driven by A Black, and is powered by a 750cc supercharged Austin 7 engine. It is red in colour, and according to the very short notes in the book , it was formerly raced by Ken Jarvis.

So the puzzle is now completely answered.