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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #75 on: March 14, 2019, 06:00:25 PM »
Straker-Squire
Not Straker-Squire

Did this maker mainly build smaller cars, or is this larger than I thought?
I believe the only cars built under this brand were the separate racing and street versions of the puzzle car. As for the size, one of my sources does refer to the car as "small." That said, the same source credits the car with a wheelbase of more than 2500 mm--is not at all small by modern standards.

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #76 on: March 15, 2019, 04:54:11 AM »
Thanks for your help. My guess was that this car was what the RAC would have referred to as a light car.

The problem is - because most races at Brooklands were run to a handicap formula, just about anything and everything was entered there at some time or other. Even the most pedestrian of cars. I must keep digging.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #77 on: March 16, 2019, 04:54:43 AM »
Crouch

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #78 on: March 18, 2019, 06:27:38 AM »
Wigan-Barlow ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #79 on: March 18, 2019, 05:47:55 PM »

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #80 on: March 23, 2019, 01:53:44 PM »
was this company based in Coventry?
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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #81 on: March 24, 2019, 12:50:19 PM »
was this company based in Coventry?
No

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #82 on: March 24, 2019, 01:58:38 PM »
was it based in a big city, like Birmingham?
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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #83 on: March 25, 2019, 01:28:33 PM »
was it based in a big city, like Birmingham?
It was based in a big city, but not Birmingham.

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #84 on: March 25, 2019, 02:12:46 PM »
London?
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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #85 on: March 25, 2019, 05:26:25 PM »

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #86 on: March 28, 2019, 08:27:29 AM »
Talbot, perhaps
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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #87 on: March 28, 2019, 06:23:55 PM »

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #88 on: March 30, 2019, 12:50:53 AM »
KRC

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #89 on: March 30, 2019, 04:45:42 PM »
KRC
Correct! Locked for you to identify the year and model name.

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #90 on: March 31, 2019, 01:47:59 AM »

 10hp 1922

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #91 on: April 01, 2019, 01:18:31 PM »

 10hp 1922
1922 is the correct year, but my source is a period advertisement that provides a specific name for this competition model, not the hp output. (I do know the engine displacement and top speed, however.) I am looking for this specific model name. Still locked for you.

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #92 on: April 01, 2019, 11:28:53 PM »
Red Racer

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Re: gte4289_91
« Reply #93 on: April 02, 2019, 09:34:26 PM »
Red Racer
That's it. Another point for you!
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Re: Solved: gte4289_91 -- 1922 KRC Red Racer by National Motor Cab Co Ltd
« Reply #94 on: April 02, 2019, 11:18:22 PM »
Thank!