Author Topic: Solved NIC#1027 - Hardy Special (Read 3229 times)

nicanary · « **on:** January 06, 2019, 09:47:46 AM »

What is this car?

nicanary · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2019, 07:21:10 AM »

Experts?

Allan L · « **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2019, 11:07:16 AM »

I think that might be "Salome" in her later (clothed) state.
She was a hill-climb special made by Jan Breyer from Morgan, GN and Austin parts but with no bodywork at all. Post-war she acquired bodywork as much to satisfy the Rules as anything and later took part in VSCC events driven by Freddie Giles. By then the engine was out in the open like the Morgan's, so perhaps this guess is off-target.

nicanary · « **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2019, 11:15:51 AM »

Quote from: Allan L on January 27, 2019, 11:07:16 AM

I think that might be "Salome" in her later (clothed) state.
She was a hill-climb special made by Jan Breyer from Morgan, GN and Austin parts but with no bodywork at all. Post-war she acquired bodywork as much to satisfy the Rules as anything and later took part in VSCC events driven by Freddie Giles. By then the engine was out in the open like the Morgan's, so perhaps this guess is off-target.

You're on the right lines, but it's not Salome. This car has also been through several updates and looks a bit different these days.

Allan L · « **Reply #4 on:** January 27, 2019, 11:38:20 AM »

Well there is "Grannie" too.

nicanary · « **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2019, 03:19:20 PM »

Quote from: Allan L on January 27, 2019, 11:38:20 AM

Well there is "Grannie" too.

Not that.

D-type · « **Reply #6 on:** January 27, 2019, 05:35:04 PM »

A car built to race under the 750 Formula?

nicanary · « **Reply #7 on:** January 28, 2019, 05:17:19 AM »

Quote from: D-type on January 27, 2019, 05:35:04 PM

A car built to race under the 750 Formula?

No.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #8 on:** January 29, 2019, 06:23:55 AM »

That front suspension looks Morgan based, so is it an incarnation of the Clive Lones Tiger Kitten?

nicanary · « **Reply #9 on:** January 29, 2019, 06:52:32 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 29, 2019, 06:23:55 AM

That front suspension looks Morgan based, so is it an incarnation of the Clive Lones Tiger Kitten?

You're right, that's Morgan sliding-pillar front suspension. Not Tiger Kitten, but another fairly well-known car of tis type.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #10 on:** January 29, 2019, 03:31:45 PM »

Jack Moor's Wasp in early post war form?

nicanary · « **Reply #11 on:** January 29, 2019, 03:52:00 PM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 29, 2019, 03:31:45 PM

Jack Moor's Wasp in early post war form?

Not that.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #12 on:** January 29, 2019, 05:27:59 PM »

Barry Woodall's Chatterbox?

nicanary · « **Reply #13 on:** January 30, 2019, 03:59:52 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 29, 2019, 05:27:59 PM

Barry Woodall's Chatterbox?

Nope.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #14 on:** January 30, 2019, 08:45:23 PM »

Better try to narrow it down. It has a water cooled engine, is it from an A7?

nicanary · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2019, 03:55:44 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 30, 2019, 08:45:23 PM

Better try to narrow it down. It has a water cooled engine, is it from an A7?

Oddly enough, my preliminary attempts to ascertain this information have drawn a blank. It's not a car which is well-covered by the internet.

I can tell you that it's 1087cc.

Allan L · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2019, 04:48:07 AM »

Quote from: nicanary on January 31, 2019, 03:55:44 AM

I can tell you that it's 1087cc.

That's the Riley Nine figure - though not necessarily unique!

nicanary · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2019, 05:03:46 AM »

Quote from: Allan L on January 31, 2019, 04:48:07 AM

Quote from: nicanary on January 31, 2019, 03:55:44 AM
I can tell you that it's 1087cc.
That's the Riley Nine figure - though not necessarily unique!

That would make sense. The dates fit.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #18 on:** January 31, 2019, 08:09:00 AM »

Do we know whether it was built post war?

nicanary · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2019, 08:20:47 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 31, 2019, 08:09:00 AM

Do we know whether it was built post war?

I'm fairly confident this car was built pre-war. The date of the photo is 1952.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #20 on:** February 02, 2019, 01:50:13 PM »

Although it is on a circuit, is it better known as a hillclimb car?

nicanary · « **Reply #21 on:** February 02, 2019, 02:15:23 PM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on February 02, 2019, 01:50:13 PM

Although it is on a circuit, is it better known as a hillclimb car?

It took part in all sorts of events, like so many cars in those days, but I reckon hillclimbs would have been its forte.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #22 on:** February 04, 2019, 09:28:59 PM »

Well I have exhausted John Bolster's book of Specials - unless it's the Horton Special.

nicanary · « **Reply #23 on:** February 05, 2019, 03:46:41 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on February 04, 2019, 09:28:59 PM

Well I have exhausted John Bolster's book of Specials - unless it's the Horton Special.

Not that. I'm surpriused it's not in Bolster's book, it was fairly well-known in its day, and a later variant still takes part in VSCC events today.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #24 on:** February 05, 2019, 06:48:19 AM »

Was it called the "...... Special"? And does it begin with letters A-K?

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