Author Topic: Solved: GTE 347 - 1935 Kirby-Deering Special  (Read 1740 times)

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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2020, 01:53:43 PM »
The car looks too big to be from the P or T series. Unlikely as it seems, is it based on a VA/WA chassis?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #26 on: April 27, 2020, 03:32:13 PM »
The car looks too big to be from the P or T series. Unlikely as it seems, is it based on a VA/WA chassis?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #27 on: April 27, 2020, 04:13:39 PM »
Q ?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #28 on: April 27, 2020, 04:39:30 PM »

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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #29 on: April 27, 2020, 04:44:05 PM »
Maybe the driver's a dwarf. TC ?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #30 on: April 27, 2020, 04:47:29 PM »
Maybe the driver's a dwarf. TC ?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #31 on: April 28, 2020, 04:25:43 AM »
R type ?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #32 on: April 28, 2020, 04:29:33 AM »
R type ?
No

K-type
Q-type
R-type
VA/WA
TC
MG-Vauxhall of Vin Smith


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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #33 on: April 28, 2020, 04:38:42 AM »
Magna?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #34 on: April 28, 2020, 04:40:19 AM »

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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #35 on: April 28, 2020, 04:42:53 AM »
American engine?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #36 on: April 28, 2020, 04:57:12 AM »

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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #37 on: April 28, 2020, 05:23:24 AM »
Ford V8 ?
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Re: GTE 347
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #39 on: April 28, 2020, 06:59:15 AM »
Hudson?

Belay that - is this the Miller-engined Kirby-Deering Special?
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Re: GTE 347
« Reply #40 on: April 28, 2020, 07:16:38 AM »
is this the Miller-engined Kirby-Deering Special?
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Re: Solved: GTE 347 - 1935 Kirby-Deering Special
« Reply #41 on: April 28, 2020, 07:40:09 AM »
I made far harder work of that than I should have done. For some reason unknown I didn't check the most obvious source! Thanks for your patience.
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