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Solved: PN #629 -- Decca Special, built by Derek Jolly, 1956
« on: March 23, 2014, 01:08:25 PM »
Please identify the car and its driver for a point
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2014, 10:19:33 AM »
Experts?
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2014, 11:20:12 AM »
Is it of the Racer 500 family?
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2014, 01:56:54 PM »
no
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2014, 04:01:34 PM »
Is it a modified known race car (Cooper for instance) or a one-off built by an individual?
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2014, 10:28:05 PM »
It is a one-off, but I think it is not based on an existing design, though it had influence from certain racing cars
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2014, 11:00:16 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2014, 11:15:56 AM »
Australian?
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2014, 11:17:50 AM »
yes
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2014, 02:21:26 PM »
Like everybody else, I've just gone through a very well-known site, but this car does not appear. Now I'm left with no ideas. MG based?
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #10 on: April 20, 2014, 04:03:43 PM »
not MG based. And the name appeared on AP before
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #11 on: April 20, 2014, 04:17:02 PM »
Nota ?
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2014, 04:33:41 PM »
no
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #13 on: April 21, 2014, 09:04:14 AM »
Ford 1172cc engine?
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #14 on: April 21, 2014, 09:45:36 AM »
apparently not
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #15 on: May 14, 2014, 12:15:41 PM »
It looks similar to the first Decca Special, built by Derek Jolly in 1956 and fitted with a 1100cc Climax engine.
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Re: PN #629
« Reply #16 on: May 14, 2014, 01:06:25 PM »
spot on
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