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Solved NIC#1125 - KJW Special of Ken Wharton
« on: September 24, 2019, 07:46:25 AM »
What was the name of this car, who built it, and what car provided many of the parts?
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2019, 05:32:52 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2019, 08:31:39 AM »
Morris based?
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2019, 08:55:58 AM »
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2019, 10:23:23 AM »
Is it perhaps the special of Jim Coplin, of All Spares, Coventry?
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2019, 11:29:11 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on October 18, 2019, 10:23:23 AM
Is it perhaps the special of Jim Coplin, of All Spares, Coventry?

Not that car, I'm afraid.
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2019, 08:11:04 AM »
Is it pre-war?
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2019, 08:19:10 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on October 19, 2019, 08:11:04 AM
Is it pre-war?

The car which provided the parts was pre-war, but this car was built after 1945.
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2019, 08:02:46 AM »
Morris  8 or larger?
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2019, 08:26:32 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on October 21, 2019, 08:02:46 AM
Morris  8 or larger?

The engine was 8hp rated.
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2019, 03:30:23 PM »
Is it a competition car?
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #11 on: October 21, 2019, 04:01:55 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on October 21, 2019, 03:30:23 PM
Is it a competition car?

I believe it was built with minor competition in mind. Probably trials and autotests.
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #12 on: October 21, 2019, 04:31:32 PM »
'KJW Special' of Ken Wharton based on shortened Morris Minor saloon chassis# M36384
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #13 on: October 21, 2019, 04:42:19 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on October 21, 2019, 04:01:55 PM
Quote from: tobytwirl on October 21, 2019, 03:30:23 PM
Is it a competition car?

I believe it was built with minor competition in mind. Probably trials and autotests.
One source refers to it specifically as the 'KJW Hill Climb Special' (and also mentions that it was fitted with a Healey Sprite transmission).
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Re: NIC#1125
« Reply #14 on: October 22, 2019, 05:27:48 AM »
Quote from: gte4289 on October 21, 2019, 04:42:19 PM
Quote from: nicanary on October 21, 2019, 04:01:55 PM
Quote from: tobytwirl on October 21, 2019, 03:30:23 PM
Is it a competition car?

I believe it was built with minor competition in mind. Probably trials and autotests.
One source refers to it specifically as the 'KJW Hill Climb Special' (and also mentions that it was fitted with a Healey Sprite transmission).

It was built immediately post-WW2 so it can't have had a Sprite transmission in period. I guess this was a later addition, although I've no idea if the car still exists.

Anyhoo - well done. The source reckons it was based on a LWB Morris Minor of 1932, which were actually marketed as the Morris Eight, before the actual Morris 8 as we know it! KJW of course stands for the builder and owner Ken Wharton, very well-known in the 1950s as a well-above-average driver in many categories. Even brave enough to pilot a BRM V16 on occasion.

The chassis was shortened for this car. Registration was GV963.
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