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Solved NIC#527 - Supermotor BMW of Gillie Tyrer
« on: January 14, 2016, 02:16:41 PM »
What was this car called, and who owned it?
« Last Edit: March 02, 2016, 09:59:54 AM by nicanary »
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Re: NIC#527
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2016, 06:16:51 AM »
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Re: NIC#527
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2016, 09:00:59 AM »
The Supermotor , owner driver Gillie Tyrer

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Re: NIC#527
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2016, 09:59:01 AM »
The Supermotor , owner driver Gillie Tyrer

Well spotted. It's the BMW 328 of Gillie Tyrer (or at least one of them - he seems to have owned several!) which he stripped and rebodied as the Supermotor. It's pictured at the 1953 Wakefield Trophy at The Curragh.
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