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Solved - NEH 5417: RA Vanguard - 1951
« on: April 15, 2019, 11:07:45 AM »
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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2019, 06:02:35 AM »
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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2019, 07:53:42 AM »
Italian ?

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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2019, 08:07:02 AM »
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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #4 on: April 29, 2019, 08:33:41 AM »
Is that the BMW "Heck" driven by Ernst Klodwig?
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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #5 on: April 29, 2019, 11:41:49 AM »
Is that the BMW "Heck" driven by Ernst Klodwig?

Not a BMW, no.
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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #6 on: April 29, 2019, 02:32:27 PM »
Tatra powered?
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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #7 on: April 29, 2019, 05:31:41 PM »
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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #8 on: April 29, 2019, 06:01:53 PM »
Time for the elimination game.  Is it from Europe?
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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #9 on: April 29, 2019, 07:47:43 PM »
Is it not the RA Vanguard, powered by a Standard Vanguard engine and built by Hec Green and Jack Brewer for debut in 1951 Lady Wigram Tropy in New Zealand. It did not, or would not, start.
It is also featured in the May edition of a certain well known classic car magazine.............

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Re: NEH 5417
« Reply #10 on: April 30, 2019, 05:24:08 AM »
Of course it is!
An 'RA Special' of 1954 has appeared here before but not this one.  It might be the same car which they developed into something different, I don't know.  Have a look and decide for yourself:

https://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2016-45/ra-special-by-hec-green-(1954)/msg395819/#msg395819

Another point for you anyway.
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