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Solved NIC#374 - 1908 Thornycroft Tourist Trophy race car
« on: February 21, 2015, 07:40:37 AM »
Please tell me the year and marque of this car, and what race it was built for.
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Re: NIC #374
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2015, 09:46:38 AM »
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Re: NIC #374
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2015, 04:22:13 AM »
This is a THORNYCROFT of 1908 from UK
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Re: NIC #374
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2015, 05:52:19 AM »
Quote from: luisps on April 03, 2015, 04:22:13 AM
This is a THORNYCROFT of 1908 from UK

YES. LOCKED for you to tell me what race it was built for and competed in.
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Re: NIC #374
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2015, 11:16:10 AM »
It looks that was running several years in the TT of the Isle of Man.
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Re: NIC #374
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2015, 11:24:19 AM »
Quote from: luisps on April 03, 2015, 11:16:10 AM
It looks that was running several years in the TT of the Isle of Man.

I haven't checked its full history, but it raced in the 1908 TT indeed. Known as the "4 inch" race, because of the regulations which insisted on a 4-inch cylinder bore.

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