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Solved NIC#167 - 1914 Winco driven by George Bullock
« on: April 11, 2014, 06:24:25 AM »
What is this car, and who is driving it?
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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2014, 03:32:45 PM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2014, 04:24:03 PM »
British?

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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2014, 05:21:20 PM »
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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2014, 08:16:11 AM »
 :bump: Any questions, anyone?
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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2014, 08:31:14 AM »
Well-known marque like AC ?

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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2014, 08:33:27 AM »
Well-known marque like AC ?

Not a well-known marque, so not an AC.
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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2014, 05:42:42 AM »
This one is pretty obscure, so it's time for the Pros.
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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2014, 09:14:00 PM »
Perhaps a Winco? If I'm right, I'll have to search for the driver.

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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2014, 05:45:52 AM »
Perhaps a Winco? If I'm right, I'll have to search for the driver.

Bingo! LOCKED for you to find the driver.

This is not a well-known marque - it goes to show how much good APmembers know about our hobby!
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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #10 on: May 25, 2014, 01:30:43 PM »
Thanks for the lock, and the kind words, Andy.

Actually, finding the driver was much easier than I expected.  Just Googling Winco and a couple of other key words, and there it was.  The driver (and car designer) is George Bullock shown in the car at Brooklands in 1914.

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Re: NIC #167
« Reply #11 on: May 25, 2014, 01:44:50 PM »
Yes. A well-earned point. It's the 1914 Whit-Monday Brooklands Light Car Handicap.

The cars were built by Stringer Engineering, and after WW1 were known as Stringer-Winco.
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Re: Solved NIC#167 - 1914 Winco driven by George Bullock
« Reply #12 on: April 26, 2017, 06:16:26 AM »
I think this could be the same car. Pictured at Saltburn beach races where it won its class.
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