Author Topic: Solved NIC#907 - Coffield Mk III H-mod (Read 2409 times)

nicanary · « **Reply #25 on:** January 09, 2018, 11:06:09 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 09, 2018, 09:15:42 AM

Cosworth?

No. You're on the right lines in a way - both Lotus and Cosworth were associated with the maker of the engine.

Carnut · « **Reply #26 on:** January 09, 2018, 11:21:27 AM »

Ford?!

nicanary · « **Reply #27 on:** January 09, 2018, 12:37:34 PM »

Quote from: Carnut on January 09, 2018, 11:21:27 AM

Ford?!

Yes, that was the engine fitted to this car. However, it was in slightly unusual form.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #28 on:** January 09, 2018, 06:13:01 PM »

Not a mid-engined V4?

nicanary · « **Reply #29 on:** January 10, 2018, 04:13:58 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 09, 2018, 06:13:01 PM

Not a mid-engined V4?

Not a V4. Mid-engined by the looks of things.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #30 on:** January 10, 2018, 05:21:54 PM »

It is not one of the 105e engined Begras is it?

nicanary · « **Reply #31 on:** January 11, 2018, 04:13:40 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 10, 2018, 05:21:54 PM

It is not one of the 105e engined Begras is it?

Now we're getting somewhere (sort of). The engine was a 105E unit, but it's not a Begra. Work out what race series and you may solve this.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #32 on:** January 11, 2018, 11:42:38 AM »

Well I assume we are talking about early-mid 1960s and the SCCA G-Modified class. This had been the province of Lotus 11s and Lola mk1s until a Merlin came along. In the meantime Begras and the associated Beach and Grady cars were quite successful, but if it's not them I am struggling. Is it a Bobsy?

nicanary · « **Reply #33 on:** January 11, 2018, 11:52:28 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 11, 2018, 11:42:38 AM

Well I assume we are talking about early-mid 1960s and the SCCA G-Modified class. This had been the province of Lotus 11s and Lola mk1s until a Merlin came along. In the meantime Begras and the associated Beach and Grady cars were quite successful, but if it's not them I am struggling. Is it a Bobsy?

It's not a Bobsy. We are indeed in the SCCA arena, but it's not G-Mod even if the choice of engine would suggest so. I said there was something unusual!

tobytwirl · « **Reply #34 on:** January 11, 2018, 03:09:45 PM »

So was the capacity altered to fit it into another class - eg reduced to fit H-mod.

nicanary · « **Reply #35 on:** January 11, 2018, 03:50:52 PM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 11, 2018, 03:09:45 PM

So was the capacity altered to fit it into another class - eg reduced to fit H-mod.

Bingo! That's exactly what happened. Now - who built this car?

tobytwirl · « **Reply #36 on:** January 12, 2018, 03:26:18 PM »

Not found the picture, but in the most obscure place imaginable, found reference to the late Frank Davis who used to race one of Don Millers 42 sports cars with a Ford engine sleeved to 850cc(?) - from about 1963.

nicanary · « **Reply #37 on:** January 12, 2018, 03:57:17 PM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 12, 2018, 03:26:18 PM

Not found the picture, but in the most obscure place imaginable, found reference to the late Frank Davis who used to race one of Don Millers 42 sports cars with a Ford engine sleeved to 850cc(?) - from about 1963.

Not him I'm afraid.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #38 on:** January 20, 2018, 08:56:26 PM »

I have searched every site I know, and I have an amazing knowledge of SCCA H-mods now, but they all have Saab or Crosley engines. Where have I gone wrong?
Were the builder's other cars also H-Mods?

nicanary · « **Reply #39 on:** January 21, 2018, 06:33:17 AM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 20, 2018, 08:56:26 PM

I have searched every site I know, and I have an amazing knowledge of SCCA H-mods now, but they all have Saab or Crosley engines. Where have I gone wrong?
Were the builder's other cars also H-Mods?

The source of my photo suggests that 6 cars were built, all to H-mod spec. There is no mention of other cars built by him for other formulae, although this could be the case. I don't know.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #40 on:** January 21, 2018, 12:37:53 PM »

Was this the only one with the Ford engine?

nicanary · « **Reply #41 on:** January 21, 2018, 03:16:54 PM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 21, 2018, 12:37:53 PM

Was this the only one with the Ford engine?

I believe some of them had other engines.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #42 on:** January 26, 2018, 03:22:20 PM »

Just can't find this so I must resort to firing odd h-mod names at you that contain what looks like a builders name - does it begin with a letter between a-k?

nicanary · « **Reply #43 on:** January 26, 2018, 05:03:01 PM »

Quote from: tobytwirl on January 26, 2018, 03:22:20 PM

Just can't find this so I must resort to firing odd h-mod names at you that contain what looks like a builders name - does it begin with a letter between a-k?

Yes.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #44 on:** January 26, 2018, 05:37:45 PM »

Hall-scott?

tobytwirl · « **Reply #45 on:** January 26, 2018, 05:40:01 PM »

Bryan or Brian?

nicanary · « **Reply #46 on:** January 27, 2018, 04:01:20 AM »

Neither pf those, but alphabetically the name you require is very shortly after Bryan.

tobytwirl · « **Reply #47 on:** January 27, 2018, 06:26:10 PM »

Thank you for the hint! If it begins with C I only know two cars for which I can find no real details - Clovis and Case - and I have no confidence in either......

tobytwirl · « **Reply #48 on:** January 27, 2018, 06:36:50 PM »

or Cleary?

nicanary · « **Reply #49 on:** January 28, 2018, 05:49:28 AM »

None of those three, I'm afraid.

(I'm also afraid that I have got this all wrong. You are clearly searching all records of H-mod cars and have not identified a car of which 6 were supposedly made. This has got me worried that I have misconstrued the text of my source. However, I have done a google search using the name of the maker, and my information does seem correct. In the same source article, someone else claims to have another of his cars, and uses a name for the car which is hypenated, and also includes the name of another H-mod maker, i.e. he calls his car a

??-other car. However, it seems that this latter name only relates to the bodywork, and not the base car. I doubt that this garbled info will be a lot of use!)

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Author Topic: Solved NIC#907 - Coffield Mk III H-mod (Read 2409 times)