Topic: Solved - MJW #1069 - GRJ Special

[D-type]

Could the car be the prototype Healey?

And did the Antibes resident drive an RAF teleprinter whilst doing national service?

[woodinsight]

Not a prototype Healey.

.....and no, the Antibes resident didn't drive an RAF teleprinter whilst doing national service!

An additional clue - the car name was 3 letters (no vowels)......not much help I know but I may add another hint in time.

[woodinsight]

Before I start posting any new puzzles, I'd like to clear up several unsolved ones rather than sending them to the overflowing 'Black Hole'.

This one is proving difficult, partly due to my doubts over the builder of this special.
My source tells me that it was the 'xxx Special' built in the early 1950s and therefore to solve it I've set up a simple quiz as follows:

Guess the first letter of three manufacturers, put them together and you have the solution!

1st letter - a Welsh make
2nd letter - a Midlands manufacturer who built different types of cars and light commercials
3rd letter - a make that was based in the Northern half of England and existed for almost fifty years

All these makes are now extinct.

A point will be awarded to the puzzler who comes up with the complete solution.   
No points/locks or replies from me without naming the three manufacturers and the correct answer!

[Allan L]

How about
Gilbern
Reliant
Jowett

which would make it the GRJ Special.

[woodinsight]

How about
Gilbern
Reliant
Jowett

which would make it the GRJ Special.

You've hit the hole in one Allan - well done and another point for you.

I originally thought the builder was G.R.J. Stevens but it turns out that the driver/owner? was G.R.G. Stevens (unless the caption in Autosport was a misprint).
I don't have any further information unfortunately.

[Allan L]

Talk about luck!
It was only after I looked 'em up that I decided Guy didn't make light commercials and saw that Vulcan was much too short-lived.

Thanks for the point, of course.

[nicanary]

Photo is taken from Autosport of 9.1.53. The car is taking part in the Exeter Trial, and is pictured on Waterworks Hill.

[Allan L]

How about
Gilbern
Reliant
Jowett

which would make it the GRJ Special.

It's been pointed out to me in another place that Gilbern wasn't around before 1959 so that solution can't be right.

[nicanary]

How about
Gilbern
Reliant
Jowett

which would make it the GRJ Special.

It's been pointed out to me in another place that Gilbern wasn't around before 1959 so that solution can't be right.

I think the OP was using those three marques as examples of the letters involved in the special's name, rather than the possibility that they were the constituent parts.