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Solved NIC#1245 - MG Special of Gordon Phillips (Cape GP 1956)
« on: June 28, 2020, 07:17:05 AM »
What is this, and where?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2020, 06:20:25 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2020, 05:11:03 AM »
Grün GMG BMW?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2020, 05:18:20 AM »
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2020, 05:51:59 AM »
Herman?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2020, 05:53:53 AM »
Sorry, German, of course, I meant...?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2020, 05:57:09 AM »
Quote from: fromwien on July 27, 2020, 05:53:53 AM
Sorry, German, of course, I meant...?

Not German.
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2020, 04:27:04 AM »
Eastern Europe?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2020, 04:35:45 AM »
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2020, 04:40:43 AM »
European?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2020, 04:49:01 AM »
Quote from: fromwien on July 30, 2020, 04:40:43 AM
European?

The base car is from Europe.
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2020, 10:58:23 AM »
An MG special built in Australia?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #12 on: July 31, 2020, 11:10:26 AM »
Quote from: D-type on July 31, 2020, 10:58:23 AM
An MG special built in Australia?

It is an MG special - not built in Australia but it is from the southern hemisphere. LOCKRD for you to fund out more.
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #13 on: July 31, 2020, 02:32:58 PM »
from Southern Africa?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #14 on: July 31, 2020, 02:45:58 PM »
Quote from: D-type on July 31, 2020, 02:32:58 PM
from Southern Africa?

Yes. The point is awarded when you can name the driver.
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #15 on: July 31, 2020, 03:58:04 PM »
Les Miller?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2020, 04:41:47 PM »
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #17 on: August 02, 2020, 04:01:10 PM »
How about Frank Brodie?
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #18 on: August 02, 2020, 04:25:28 PM »
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2020, 06:17:33 AM »
If it's any help, the race was the Cape Grand Prix.  Still locked for D-type.
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2020, 02:09:11 PM »
Is it one of Noel Pratt, Ray Lock, Harry Sutcliffe, Harry Pierce, or Gordon Phillips?
And please unlock as I'm basically guessing.
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Re: NIC#1245
« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2020, 02:47:32 PM »
Quote from: D-type on August 03, 2020, 02:09:11 PM
Is it one of Noel Pratt, Ray Lock, Harry Sutcliffe, Harry Pierce, or Gordon Phillips?
And please unlock as I'm basically guessing.

Mass questons are not allowed, but Gordon Phillips is correct.  All I know is the puzzle image shows him winning the Cape GP in 1956.

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Re: Solved NIC#1245 - MG Special of Gordon Phillips (Cape GP 1956)
« Reply #22 on: August 04, 2020, 09:44:33 AM »
Thanks for the totally undeserved point.
It wasn't really a mass question, I was expecting a "No" to eliminate a load of random guesses.
Is it just me, or have they changed the way Google works?  Looking for, say, "Cape Grand Prix""MG Special" leads to almost random answers ranging from Stirling Moss through MGs at Bonneville, to BMWs whereas the answers used to be far more targeted.
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Re: Solved NIC#1245 - MG Special of Gordon Phillips (Cape GP 1956)
« Reply #23 on: August 04, 2020, 10:41:16 AM »
Quote from: D-type on August 04, 2020, 09:44:33 AM
Thanks for the totally undeserved point.
It wasn't really a mass question, I was expecting a "No" to eliminate a load of random guesses.
Is it just me, or have they changed the way Google works?  Looking for, say, "Cape Grand Prix""MG Special" leads to almost random answers ranging from Stirling Moss through MGs at Bonneville, to BMWs whereas the answers used to be far more targeted.

Search engines are never good enough. The one for TNF is awful. This car doesn't show anywhere on Google Images but I knew your specific knowledge would win the day. Nobody else would have got it.
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