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Author Topic: Solved: GTE 472 - Neale Special (supercharged Buick straight eight) of DW Neale  (Read 1908 times)

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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #25 on: August 27, 2023, 05:18:21 AM »
Is it a Buick engine?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #26 on: August 27, 2023, 01:01:25 PM »
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #27 on: August 28, 2023, 04:44:15 AM »
Late 1940s ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #28 on: August 28, 2023, 11:41:32 AM »
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #29 on: August 28, 2023, 02:29:14 PM »
Long shot - is this the Jabas ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #30 on: August 28, 2023, 06:32:44 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on August 28, 2023, 02:29:14 PM
Long shot - is this the Jabas ?
Not the Jabas
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #31 on: September 06, 2023, 03:07:37 PM »
Open to everyone.
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #32 on: September 06, 2023, 03:24:59 PM »
Built in 1947 ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #33 on: September 06, 2023, 03:49:28 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on September 06, 2023, 03:24:59 PM
Built in 1947 ?
I'm not sure when it was built, but the image was taken in the late 1940s.
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #34 on: September 06, 2023, 04:28:14 PM »
Was it raced at a hill climb event ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #35 on: September 06, 2023, 04:41:42 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on September 06, 2023, 04:28:14 PM
Was it raced at a hill climb event ?
Yes
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #36 on: September 06, 2023, 05:03:07 PM »
Bespoke chassis ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #37 on: September 06, 2023, 05:51:13 PM »
Quote from: oko94 on September 06, 2023, 05:03:07 PM
Bespoke chassis ?
Maybe, but I'm not sure of it. All I know for certain is the name of the car, the name of it's builder (seen driving in the puzzle image), various details about the engine, and some of the events in which it competed.
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #38 on: September 07, 2023, 12:48:34 AM »
UK-only events ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #39 on: September 07, 2023, 01:34:27 AM »
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #40 on: September 07, 2023, 03:45:18 AM »
P.W. Neale's Buick Special ?
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Re: GTE 472
« Reply #41 on: September 07, 2023, 04:06:28 AM »
Quote from: oko94 on September 07, 2023, 03:45:18 AM
P.W. Neale's Buick Special ?
That's it!

By the way, I have the name as D.W. Neale. P.W. Neale seems to be an elder owner/driver of a Bugatti, sometimes at the same events as D.W. Neale in the Buick-powered special.
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Re: Solved: GTE 472 - Neale Special (supercharged Buick straight six) of D.W. Neale, 1949
« Reply #42 on: September 07, 2023, 04:23:17 AM »
Thanks !
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