Author Topic: Puzzle #1854 Gillespie Special MG TD with Eugene Osborn at the wheel (Read 1814 times)

Allemano · « **Reply #25 on:** February 16, 2011, 05:59:31 AM »

Gillesppe Special....aha!

Tom_I · « **Reply #26 on:** February 16, 2011, 06:09:22 AM »

Yes, that's why it was difficult to find! I had been searching using the name "Gillespie", but the web page concerned consistently spells it "Gillesppe". I'm guessing it's a mistake, but does anyone know for sure?

I'd searched on the name Eugene several times but got nowhere. Today I missed out the Gillespie bit and Googled "mg race eugene", and it came up as the first hit!

Otto Puzzell · « **Reply #27 on:** February 16, 2011, 06:20:06 AM »

There are other Gillesppe's with that spelling (but no other cars that I'm aware of)

woodinsight · « **Reply #28 on:** February 16, 2011, 08:37:14 AM »

The car was built by Jack Hagemann for Bob Gillespie
All my printed material show Gillespie not Gillesppe.

nicanary · « **Reply #29 on:** February 11, 2014, 12:48:40 PM »

Please tell me the name of this car, and what lies beneath.

nicanary · « **Reply #30 on:** March 11, 2014, 05:30:44 PM »

One month. Up.

AlexFrance · « **Reply #31 on:** March 11, 2014, 05:43:52 PM »

A racer from the USA maybe?

nicanary · « **Reply #32 on:** March 11, 2014, 05:55:26 PM »

Quote from: AlexFrance on March 11, 2014, 05:43:52 PM

A racer from the USA maybe?

Yes, it was built in the USA.

AlexFrance · « **Reply #33 on:** March 12, 2014, 11:15:08 AM »

Was it based on an Italian chassis and/or engine?

nicanary · « **Reply #34 on:** March 12, 2014, 11:29:21 AM »

Quote from: AlexFrance on March 12, 2014, 11:15:08 AM

Was it based on an Italian chassis and/or engine?

Not an Italian base car.

AlexFrance · « **Reply #35 on:** March 12, 2014, 04:42:53 PM »

Based on a British car?

nicanary · « **Reply #36 on:** March 12, 2014, 08:01:14 PM »

Quote from: AlexFrance on March 12, 2014, 04:42:53 PM

Based on a British car?

Yes!

D-type · « **Reply #37 on:** March 12, 2014, 08:28:23 PM »

Jaguar XK120 based?

nicanary · « **Reply #38 on:** March 13, 2014, 06:59:50 AM »

Quote from: D-type on March 12, 2014, 08:28:23 PM

Jaguar XK120 based?

Not that marque.

AlexFrance · « **Reply #39 on:** March 13, 2014, 08:19:00 AM »

MG based?

nicanary · « **Reply #40 on:** March 13, 2014, 08:28:37 AM »

Quote from: AlexFrance on March 13, 2014, 08:19:00 AM

MG based?

Yes. If you can work out which model of MG, you may be able to search the web for the answer.

D-type · « **Reply #41 on:** March 13, 2014, 07:11:14 PM »

AlexFrance · « **Reply #42 on:** March 13, 2014, 07:28:28 PM »

Gillesppe Special MG TD with Eugene Osborn at the wheel in 1952.

nicanary · « **Reply #43 on:** March 13, 2014, 07:57:15 PM »

Quote from: AlexFrance on March 13, 2014, 07:28:28 PM

Gillesppe Special MG TD with Eugene Osborn at the wheel in 1952.

Sorry D-Type but AlexFrance got the full answer and wins the point. And now for a confession - I found the car on what is obviously the same website as Alex, and therefore I also have the car as a Gillesppe Special. In fact the surname of the owner was spelled Gillespie, and is incorrect on that site. If I had known that, I would also have found in a preliminary search that this car has featured before on AP. It was a puzzle of Otto Puzzell #1854 first placed on 11.1.2011.

So, a point for AlexFrance, and now could an editor merge the 2 puzzles?

Here's another photo of the car in action.

nicanary · « **Reply #44 on:** March 13, 2014, 08:00:41 PM »

Re the above - according to the internet it's the same car, but it's obviously not. Sorry for posting the image in haste without checking. I know that Gillespie raced a TC before the TD - maybe this is an earlier Special of his. Whoops!

Carnut · « **Reply #45 on:** March 14, 2014, 05:02:09 AM »

Merged! Is the car's name Gillesppe or Gillespie?

nicanary · « **Reply #46 on:** March 14, 2014, 06:39:13 AM »

Quote from: Carnut on March 14, 2014, 05:02:09 AM

Merged! Is the car's name Gillesppe or Gillespie?

Definitely Gillespie. The site where AlexFrance and myself found the image has spelt the owner's name incorrectly. In all other internet references to his name it is shown as Bob Gillespie.

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Author Topic: Puzzle #1854 Gillespie Special MG TD with Eugene Osborn at the wheel (Read 1814 times)