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Solved: GTE 544 - 1937 Wellesley Special of Richard Wellesley
« on: September 07, 2023, 12:27:26 AM »
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Re: GTE 544
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2023, 06:24:06 PM »
Experts?

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Re: GTE 544
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2023, 07:40:15 AM »
Twin engines?
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Re: GTE 544
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2023, 11:01:01 AM »

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Re: GTE 544
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2023, 11:56:45 AM »
Australian?
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Re: GTE 544
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2023, 11:57:53 AM »

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Re: GTE 544
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2023, 05:01:59 AM »
This is Richard Wellseley's Wellseley Special from 1937 (built when he was 16). Essentially two BSA three-wheelers bolted together to make a four-wheel-drive four-wheeler... The car is lost, but a replica has recently been completed.

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Re: GTE 544
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2023, 06:24:34 AM »
This is Richard Wellseley's Wellseley Special from 1937 (built when he was 16). Essentially two BSA three-wheelers bolted together to make a four-wheel-drive four-wheeler... The car is lost, but a replica has recently been completed.
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