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Solved NIC#182 - Turner Special at Shelsley Walsh 1949
« on: April 28, 2014, 06:29:23 AM »
What is this car, who is driving it, and where?
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2014, 05:35:37 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2014, 07:43:19 AM »
British?
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2014, 07:45:09 AM »
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2014, 07:54:33 AM »
Formula Junior?
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2014, 07:59:54 AM »
Quote from: frederick59 on May 14, 2014, 07:54:33 AM
Formula Junior?

No. A lot earlier than that.
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2014, 04:36:29 AM »
Racer 500?
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2014, 05:40:33 AM »
Quote from: frederick59 on May 15, 2014, 04:36:29 AM
Racer 500?

The right era, but larger engine than that.
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2014, 07:49:09 PM »
Riley engine?
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2014, 05:30:41 AM »
Prewar british hill climb?
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2014, 05:38:04 AM »
There is no Riley involvement, but it IS a British Hillclimb, although not pre-war.
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2014, 09:51:07 AM »
It is Jack Turner in the Turner Special, at Shelsley Walsh in 1949.
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2014, 09:54:30 AM »
Late for some minutes ;)
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2014, 10:18:29 AM »
This one fell in my lap as I was looking for SAC#724!
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Re: NIC #182
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2014, 10:32:09 AM »
Quote from: Zerk on May 19, 2014, 09:51:07 AM
It is Jack Turner in the Turner Special, at Shelsley Walsh in 1949.

Yes, all correct. It's Jack Turner when he was still racing, before he started building his range of sports cars. The car is nothing more than a rebodied MG Magnette.
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