Solved NIC#252 - "The White Minor" of Barbara Bolster at Shelsley Walsh

[nicanary]

Back to historic motor sport. What is this car, and who is driving it?

[nicanary]

Experts?

[mekubb]

German ?

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German ?

The colour suggests it is, but it isn't!

[D-type]

British?

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British?

Yes indeed.

[D-type]

Any Riley connection?

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Any Riley connection?

No Riley connection at all.

[D-type]

MG based?

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MG based?

Not MG based. Sorry.

[D-type]

A long, blind shot:  Is it Raymond mays in the Vauxhall-Villiers?

[nicanary]

A long, blind shot:  Is it Raymond mays in the Vauxhall-Villiers?

Now that really was a long,blind shot! We've had that car before, and I solved it!

Much smaller car.

[D-type]

Small - not MG.  Austin 7 based?

[nicanary]

Small - not MG.  Austin 7 based?

Not Austin either, but you're getting in the right direction.

[D-type]

Wolseley based?

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Wolseley based?

Not that marque either, but you're still on the right lines.

[D-type]

Another Morris?

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Another Morris?

Yes! What was the car known as, and who is driving it?

[D-type]

Is it a woman driver?  Kay Petre?

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Is it a woman driver?  Kay Petre?

Yes, a woman driver. IMO not as well-known as Kay Petre, but she was from a well-known family, and married a well-known man!

[D-type]

Is the driver Gwenda Glubb/ Janson/ Stewart/ Hawkes ?
And the car the something Special?

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Is the driver Gwenda Glubb/ Janson/ Stewart/ Hawkes ?
And the car the something Special?

Not her. And the car was not referred to as an anything "special".

[nicanary]

Easy one for the Pros.

[serra]

It is the Skinner Special or White Minor or with arbara Bolster at the June 1937 Shelsley

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It is the Skinner Special or White Minor or with arbara Bolster at the June 1937 Shelsley

Well done Esteban! I think Allan Lupton must be offline!

Barbara and Peter Skinner were the children of SU owner Carl Skinner and he gave them 2 very special Morris Minor cars which had been highly tuned and supercharged. Barbara's car was white and known as "The White Minor" and her brother's car was red.

By the time this photo was taken Barbara had married John Bolster.*

(*I dread to think what after-dinner stories she heard from her husband - hopefully the ladies withdrew to another room when the gentlemen had their port and cigars.)