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Solved NIC#305 - Lombard Triangle Special of Bruce Spollon
« on: September 29, 2014, 07:20:10 AM »
Straight to the Experts. What is the name of this car, and what powers it?
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 08:25:58 AM »
A GRATTAN NORMAN SPECIAL , POWERED BY LANCIA
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2014, 08:28:50 AM »
Quote from: shamrock on September 30, 2014, 08:25:58 AM
A GRATTAN NORMAN SPECIAL , POWERED BY LANCIA

Sorry, not that.
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2014, 11:57:21 AM »
Pros?
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2014, 12:04:42 PM »
OK, here we go. Is it an English car ?
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2014, 12:10:19 PM »
Built in UK, at this time in its life it had a British engine, but the chassis was from another country.
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2014, 01:01:19 PM »
American chassis ?
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2014, 01:32:35 PM »
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2014, 03:09:07 PM »
French chassis?
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2014, 03:20:32 PM »
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #10 on: November 16, 2014, 03:51:04 PM »
I think I found it (see picture below).  If this is the car, it is called the Triangle Special and powered by a supercharged Lea-Francis Hyper engine, running on methanol.
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Re: NIC #305
« Reply #11 on: November 16, 2014, 04:04:47 PM »
Well done. You have indeed found it, in true AP Pro style. It was built by Bruce Spollon on an old Lombard chassis, and had a Cozette supercharger.

My source referred to it a the Lombard Triangle Special - I think there were others from him, as well as completely different Triangle Specials.
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Re: Solved NIC#305 - Lombard Triangle Special by Bruce Spollon
« Reply #12 on: November 16, 2014, 06:36:49 PM »
Ted Lloyd-Jones built the Triangle Special pre-war; Bruce Spollon owned it later (1940s) and that Shelsley photo of Bruce at its wheel is from 1947.
Not to be confused with other TL-J Triangle Specials of which there were a couple I think.
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Re: Solved NIC#305 - Lombard Triangle Special by Bruce Spollon
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2014, 06:02:02 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on November 16, 2014, 06:36:49 PM
Ted Lloyd-Jones built the Triangle Special pre-war; Bruce Spollon owned it later (1940s) and that Shelsley photo of Bruce at its wheel is from 1947.
Not to be confused with other TL-J Triangle Specials of which there were a couple I think.

Thanks Allan. That'll teach me to read the full webpage before I post! My apologies for the incorrect information and I will amend the puzzle title.
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