Author Topic: Solved NIC#1025 - 1930/34 Martin Special (Read 3531 times)

Fёdor · « **Reply #50 on:** March 02, 2019, 11:40:33 AM »

Moveo

nicanary · « **Reply #51 on:** March 02, 2019, 11:51:19 AM »

Quote from: D-type on March 02, 2019, 10:42:40 AM

Based on a Rover?

Yes. This is the car which provided the engine and the basis for the chassis. However, you must now find who built this car - it was named after him.

nicanary · « **Reply #52 on:** March 10, 2019, 07:09:05 AM »

Pros?

oko94 · « **Reply #53 on:** March 20, 2019, 06:14:14 PM »

Built between 1930 and 1935 ?

nicanary · « **Reply #54 on:** March 20, 2019, 06:16:11 PM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 20, 2019, 06:14:14 PM

Built between 1930 and 1935 ?

Yes. I have 2 dates, during which the car was built. They fall within these years.

oko94 · « **Reply #55 on:** March 21, 2019, 06:33:24 PM »

Was the source article published before 1935 ?

nicanary · « **Reply #56 on:** March 22, 2019, 04:52:27 AM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 21, 2019, 06:33:24 PM

Was the source article published before 1935 ?

No.

PS. I have just attempted to check the date this image was published, and I can't find it! For some reason I didn't make a note at the time I first posted the puzzle , and now it's disappeared. I'm pretty sure I know the decade (!) but I'm sure you were hoping for something a bit more accurate than that. I'll keep looking.

oko94 · « **Reply #57 on:** March 22, 2019, 08:04:37 AM »

If it's not online anymore I'll never find it anyway so it's not à big deal.

nicanary · « **Reply #58 on:** March 22, 2019, 09:18:35 AM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 22, 2019, 08:04:37 AM

If it's not online anymore I'll never find it anyway so it's not à big deal.

It was only online in the archive of the magazine in which it was originally printed. The individual image was never online. It can be solved if you know which issue of the magazine it was, and that's what I can't provide! I'll let you know when I can track it down.

oko94 · « **Reply #59 on:** March 22, 2019, 10:49:37 AM »

Was it Motorsport Magazine ?

nicanary · « **Reply #60 on:** March 22, 2019, 02:16:39 PM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 22, 2019, 10:49:37 AM

Was it Motorsport Magazine ?

Yes. I expect you already guessed that !

oko94 · « **Reply #61 on:** March 22, 2019, 02:45:25 PM »

I expected that answer indeed.

nicanary · « **Reply #62 on:** March 24, 2019, 09:15:15 AM »

I have now found the issue of the magazine which contained the image. It wasn't even the decade I thought! It will still need a lot of work to solve..........

PS the body was fabricated by the owner/builder of the car and not by a coachbuilder.

oko94 · « **Reply #63 on:** March 24, 2019, 09:27:58 AM »

Was the magazine issued after 1970 ?

nicanary · « **Reply #64 on:** March 24, 2019, 10:29:31 AM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 24, 2019, 09:27:58 AM

Was the magazine issued after 1970 ?

No.

oko94 · « **Reply #65 on:** March 24, 2019, 12:02:55 PM »

Was the magazine issued in the sixties ?

nicanary · « **Reply #66 on:** March 24, 2019, 12:11:50 PM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 24, 2019, 12:02:55 PM

Was the magazine issued in the sixties ?

Yes.

oko94 · « **Reply #67 on:** March 24, 2019, 01:53:28 PM »

Issued after 1965 ?

oko94 · « **Reply #68 on:** March 24, 2019, 02:34:45 PM »

The Martin Special, built between 1930 and 1934. Based on a Rover 14/45.

nicanary · « **Reply #69 on:** March 24, 2019, 04:26:06 PM »

Quote from: oko94 on March 24, 2019, 02:34:45 PM

The Martin Special, built between 1930 and 1934. Based on a Rover 14/45.

That was quick! I think I gave you too many clues

. Well done, that took a lot of work.

In 1969 when this photo was published the car still existed. It was registered BPK40. It was based on the Rover with the chassis cut in half, and the rear part upturned to provide an underslung effect. Wheels hubs and axles were from a Delage. It was severely damaged in a road accident in 1935 when being driven by Tim Carson (of VSCC fame) and the builder sold the remains to somone else who rebuilt it.

The photo was submitted by Graham Facks-Martin of Launceston, Cornwall, but I'm not sure whether the builder lived in that area.

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Author Topic: Solved NIC#1025 - 1930/34 Martin Special (Read 3531 times)