Topic: Solved -PJ651- Ford Sprint Car for sale by Chaseside in 1954

[Paul Jaray]

Take your time, it's your point anyway now. Just want to give you the chance to finish it
Ford Sxxxxx car. I'm sorry, I forgot an x before. 50% of the letters you guessed (u p e r) are there.

[Carnut]

Well, I originally wanted to guess Ford Sports Car but couldn't because there weren't enough x's for that and Ford Sport Car didn't sound right.
So, is it as simple as that? Chaseside Ford Sports Car?

[Paul Jaray]

Ford Spxxxt Car...

[Carnut]

Ford Sprint Car?

[Paul Jaray]

 

[Carnut]

Thanks PJ.
That ad looks very much like it's from a familiar source; I poured through their ads but failed to find it!
Maybe Search by Image will bring it up now!

This was more like Chaseside's usual product, until they were taken over by JCB in the early 1960s (I believe Chaseside Engineering were under the same umbrella as Chaseside Motor Co, but I don't know that with absolute certainty):

[Paul Jaray]

 

[nicanary]

What is interesting about this car is the use of the term "mid-mounted". Mid-engined cars were still a decade away, although rear-engined cars had been around since the turn of the century. I think the builders may well have used the term quite literally in their advertisement - they call the car a "sprint" car and say it can be used for weekend meets. I have a feeling that the engine was placed  where a passenger would normally sit. So the car could be used for road work by the driver only, but was more suitable for competition work.

It would be really good to know more about this car.

[Carnut]

Chase Side Motors still exist, in the same location.
I have emailed them to see if they have any historical records which could provide a bit more info, but I have not received a reply (yet, I hope!).

Incidentally I just tried Google Search by Image but it does NOT bring up any results for this car; maybe it's not on the 'Net but from an old mag..

[nicanary]

Chase Side Motors still exist, in the same location.
I have emailed them to see if they have any historical records which could provide a bit more info, but I have not received a reply (yet, I hope!).

Incidentally I just tried Google Search by Image but it does NOT bring up any results for this car; maybe it's not on the 'Net but from an old mag..

It looks like an ad from an old issue of Motor Sport magazine. BTW the last time I tried to obtain stuff from their archives it had reverted to "membership only". Drat.

[Carnut]

Chase Side Motors still exist, in the same location.
I have emailed them to see if they have any historical records which could provide a bit more info, but I have not received a reply (yet, I hope!).

Incidentally I just tried Google Search by Image but it does NOT bring up any results for this car; maybe it's not on the 'Net but from an old mag..

It looks like an ad from an old issue of Motor Sport magazine. BTW the last time I tried to obtain stuff from their archives it had reverted to "membership only". Drat.

Yes, that's the 'familiar source' I was referring to.
Well, I've exceeded my 5 free views as well so I tried to Register but couldn't get anywhere (maybe you actually need to be a subscriber to register, which I'm not).  It still let me in again though but didn't say anything about free views or otherwise!

[Paul Jaray]

That ad cames indeed from Motor Sport, 1954.
I tried to look for more too but I only found their commercial vehicles and few references to some coachbuilts Ford.
I used to view Motor Sport without restrictions, but now it seems they chenged policy....
(...but I already took all that i needed  )

[Carnut]

That ad cames indeed from Motor Sport, 1954.
I tried to look for more too but I only found their commercial vehicles and few references to some coachbuilts Ford.
I used to view Motor Sport without restrictions, but now it seems they chenged policy....
(...but I already took all that i needed  )

I used to buy every copy of Motor Sport the day it appeared, mainly to pore through all the fantastic ads at the back.
The Internet has spoiled all that though and the ads that do appear there and in the Classic mags all have a familiar look about them now.

The best ad I ever found was back at the time of the fuel crisis in the 1970s when everyone was looking to off-load their big-engined cars; it was a Ferrari Daytona for sale for £1995!  Believe me I spent days working out how I could come up with that much money (that was just twice the value of the TVR Vixen I had at that time) and still be able to insure and run the car, but decided I couldn't!  That ranks as one of my bigger mistakes, along with selling my Ferrari Dino for £9500 in 1983...! £325000 today...

[nicanary]

The small ads were always the best thing about the mag in those days.

Not quite up to your standards, but I had an immaculate '74 Escort 1300 Sport which I bought and sold for £1000  - have you seen what people pay these days for a Mk1 shell, let alone the innards?

[Carnut]

The small ads were always the best thing about the mag in those days.

Not quite up to your standards, but I had an immaculate '74 Escort 1300 Sport which I bought and sold for £1000  - have you seen what people pay these days for a Mk1 shell, let alone the innards?

Yes - and I saw an early Mini was sold at auction for over £34000 a couple of weeks ago!  Where will it all end?  In tears no doubt, as last time...
I sold my 1965 Mini-Cooper for £250, although that was a few years ago...!