Author Topic: Solved: PN #495 -- Roy Watson in his Ford 10 special, 1954, New Zealand (Read 815 times)

pnegyesi · « **on:** May 25, 2013, 02:46:47 AM »

Please identify this car for a point. I need the country, name of builder, donor and year - for a measly point

pnegyesi · « **Reply #1 on:** June 04, 2013, 09:56:36 AM »

Experts?

D-type · « **Reply #2 on:** June 04, 2013, 06:28:20 PM »

Ford special from New Zealand?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #3 on:** June 22, 2013, 06:22:34 AM »

Ooops, somehow I totally missed this. Yes, a Ford special from NZ, locked for you to find its builder

D-type · « **Reply #4 on:** June 27, 2013, 01:42:02 PM »

Please unlock it. I have no firm knowledge to go on.

pnegyesi · « **Reply #5 on:** June 27, 2013, 03:16:52 PM »

Unlocked and promoted

nicanary · « **Reply #6 on:** June 28, 2013, 06:25:04 AM »

Ford 3.6 V8 or 1172sv ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #7 on:** June 28, 2013, 01:25:27 PM »

nicanary · « **Reply #8 on:** June 28, 2013, 07:10:14 PM »

Is the driver Ron Hurst ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #9 on:** June 28, 2013, 11:54:59 PM »

nicanary · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2013, 05:16:26 AM »

Don Tilsley's Singford special ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2013, 02:55:15 PM »

nicanary · « **Reply #12 on:** June 30, 2013, 12:47:16 PM »

Doug Haigh in his Ford 10 Special 1952 ?

(I'm sorry, but I cannot find any images of these cars, so I'm just running through any I can find that fit the criteria !)

pnegyesi · « **Reply #13 on:** June 30, 2013, 02:09:00 PM »

It is a Ford 10 special, a bit younger than 1952 and not Don Haigh

nicanary · « **Reply #14 on:** June 30, 2013, 02:30:36 PM »

Quote from: pnegyesi on June 30, 2013, 02:09:00 PM

It is a Ford 10 special, a bit younger than 1952 and not Don Haigh

I've found 12 different Ford 1172 Specials which raced in New Zealand between 1953 and 1956, by which time they were being easily beaten by imported machinery.

Where do I start? How about the 1955 GBS/Ford of Ian Buchanan ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #15 on:** June 30, 2013, 03:11:55 PM »

Slightly, just a teeny bit older

nicanary · « **Reply #16 on:** June 30, 2013, 03:27:46 PM »

1954. Jim Carrick ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #17 on:** June 30, 2013, 03:42:23 PM »

yes, 1954 and no, not him

nicanary · « **Reply #18 on:** June 30, 2013, 04:58:36 PM »

Jock Aitken ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #19 on:** July 01, 2013, 12:10:42 AM »

nicanary · « **Reply #20 on:** July 01, 2013, 05:28:30 AM »

Just a few more to go...

Frank Pope ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #21 on:** July 01, 2013, 05:36:56 AM »

The answer is available online. Not him

nicanary · « **Reply #22 on:** July 01, 2013, 10:40:59 AM »

I can't find it.

It looks very similar to John McMillan's Jackson Special, but that was powered by a Ford V8. Maybe it was first fitted with a smaller engine ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #23 on:** July 01, 2013, 12:20:43 PM »

not that

faksta · « **Reply #24 on:** July 01, 2013, 02:46:13 PM »

Roy Watson in 1954 racing near Havelock on a grass track, according to what I could find. Think the picture in my source is the same

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