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Solved - NEH 3267: Devin Super Sports
« on: February 19, 2014, 07:47:42 AM »
For 1 point identify this car correctly:

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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2014, 04:15:27 AM »
Devon?
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2014, 04:30:53 AM »
Quote from: Solracer on February 25, 2014, 04:15:27 AM
Devon?

I think you mean Devin?
I'll lock it for you for 12 hours to dig further into..

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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #3 on: February 26, 2014, 05:34:04 AM »
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2014, 07:09:40 AM »
Devin SS(Super Shillelagh) Roadster 1957
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2014, 07:59:59 AM »
Quote from: Majeko on February 26, 2014, 07:09:40 AM
Devin SS(Super Shillelagh) Roadster 1957

Super What?!
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2014, 08:32:11 AM »
It's a town in Ireland. This might have something to do with the info I found:

Irishman Malcom MacGregor approached Devin with a sports car that he had built. It was complete without a body. Devin was impressed with the design and soon chassis development was taking place in Ireland. The rolling chassis were then shipped to Devin in Elmonte, California where he would finish the assembly.
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2014, 10:08:14 AM »
Quote from: Majeko on February 26, 2014, 08:32:11 AM
It's a town in Ireland. This might have something to do with the info I found:

Irishman Malcom MacGregor approached Devin with a sports car that he had built. It was complete without a body. Devin was impressed with the design and soon chassis development was taking place in Ireland. The rolling chassis were then shipped to Devin in Elmonte, California where he would finish the assembly.

I'm not sure there's a town in Ireland called Shillelagh, but I might be wrong..
I believe it's some kind of a stick without which no self-respecting Irishman would have left home in days gone by..!
There is certainly an Irish connection but the name doesn't reflect this.

So I'll lock it for you to give me this car's correct name for your point!
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2014, 10:48:46 AM »
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Shillelagh:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The word shillelagh can mean:

    Shillelagh (club), a type of hand weapon
    Shillelagh, County Wicklow, a town in Ireland
    The MGM-51 Shillelagh missile
    Shillelagh, the code name for Source Mage GNU/Linux 0.5
    It's the Same Old Shillelagh, an Irish song
    Shillelagh cryptography, an NSA Suite A (Classified) Cryptographic Algorithm

You learn a little everyday :D
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2014, 11:37:42 AM »
Quote from: Majeko on February 26, 2014, 10:48:46 AM
Ryan Devlin Special

Shillelagh:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The word shillelagh can mean:

    Shillelagh (club), a type of hand weapon
    Shillelagh, County Wicklow, a town in Ireland
    The MGM-51 Shillelagh missile
    Shillelagh, the code name for Source Mage GNU/Linux 0.5
    It's the Same Old Shillelagh, an Irish song
    Shillelagh cryptography, an NSA Suite A (Classified) Cryptographic Algorithm

You learn a little everyday :D

Indeed you do!  I never knew there was a town called Shillelagh!
It was a type of stick which could be used as a weapon and was carried by gentlemen to fight other gentlemen in much the same way as they might fight a duel in other European countries (apparently!)
But you still haven't told me what SS really stood for!
I haven't seen it referred to as Rayan Devin Special..
Locked for another try.
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2014, 12:03:01 PM »
Super Sport
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Re: NEH 3267
« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2014, 04:39:26 AM »
Quote from: Majeko on February 26, 2014, 12:03:01 PM
Super Sport

OK, near enough!

Here is a short version of the story, and now I see the "Super Shillelagh" mention, which seems to have been a racing version..

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The Super Sports arose through Bill’s mid-1950s encounter with two enthusiasts from Belfast, Ireland. They fabricated the car’s tube frame, double A-arm front suspension, De Dion rear with Salisbury differential, coil-over units and Girling disc brakes. Bill took these rolling chassis and clothed them in especially potent-looking Devin bodywork.
The Super Sports had its rolling chassis produced in Belfast, Ireland, with the rest added in southern California. “I never did see any facilities in Belfast,” Bill said.
Just a little cottage shop? “Either that,” he said, “or they were buying one piece from a goat farmer and another from a turkey farmer. On the other hand, they had access to those disc brakes and coil-over shocks….”
The Devin Super Sports. When the simplicity and elegance of its front bumper were commended, Bill said, “Yes, and it’s useless too.”
The Super Sports was potent indeed. Tested in R&T, July 1959, it did 0-60 in 5.7 seconds (a ’59 Vette needed 6.6). Back then, Devin “Super Shillelaghs” were hot cars in SCCA C-Modified. Today, they’re good raucous fun in vintage racing.
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