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Title: Solved NIC#1287 - ATN de Havilland Special
Post by: nicanary on January 05, 2021, 05:47:01 AM: I apologise for the paint which is obscuring a watermark. It's the only image I could find. What is it?
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: nicanary on February 07, 2021, 06:34:28 AM: experts?
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: fromwien on February 07, 2021, 06:45:07 AM: Down Under?
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: nicanary on February 07, 2021, 07:22:51 AM: Quote from: fromwien on February 07, 2021, 06:45:07 AM
Down Under?

No.
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: FrontMan on February 07, 2021, 11:59:41 AM: At Shelsley Walsh in the early 1950s ?
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: nicanary on February 07, 2021, 03:17:57 PM: Quote from: FrontMan on February 07, 2021, 11:59:41 AM
At Shelsley Walsh in the early 1950s ?

It's the mid-50s but not Shelsley Walsh.
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: FrontMan on February 07, 2021, 05:36:50 PM: Prescott ?
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Post by: FrontMan on February 07, 2021, 05:47:42 PM: The Pick Special ?
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: nicanary on February 08, 2021, 05:09:45 AM: Quote from: FrontMan on February 07, 2021, 05:36:50 PM
Prescott ?

It's not the Pick but it IS Prescott.
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: FrontMan on February 08, 2021, 08:48:17 AM: How about Archie Butterworth's Steyr-engined Jeep-based special ?
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: nicanary on February 08, 2021, 10:32:30 AM: Quote from: FrontMan on February 08, 2021, 08:48:17 AM
How about Archie Butterworth's Steyr-engined Jeep-based special ?

Not that.
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: FrontMan on February 08, 2021, 12:48:00 PM: Allard?
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: nicanary on February 08, 2021, 02:24:27 PM: Quote from: FrontMan on February 08, 2021, 12:48:00 PM
Allard?

No.
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Post by: nicanary on March 08, 2021, 06:40:22 AM: Pros?
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: gte4289 on March 08, 2021, 01:57:42 PM: Tom Dryver (aka Tom Norton) in the De Havilland/ATN Special, 1956
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: nicanary on March 08, 2021, 02:09:17 PM: Quote from: gte4289 on March 08, 2021, 01:57:42 PM
Tom Dryver (aka Tom Norton) in the De Havilland/ATN Special, 1956

You found it. Well done. I can't find out much more about the car, but one comment reckons it had an MG Q-type chassis which seems unlikely to me, unless it was lengthened.

One poni to you.
Title: Re: NIC#1287
Post by: gte4289 on March 08, 2021, 02:26:30 PM: Quote from: nicanary on March 08, 2021, 02:09:17 PM
Quote from: gte4289 on March 08, 2021, 01:57:42 PM
Tom Dryver (aka Tom Norton) in the De Havilland/ATN Special, 1956

You found it. Well done. I can't find out much more about the car, but one comment reckons it had an MG Q-type chassis which seems unlikely to me, unless it was lengthened.

One poni to you.
Thanks for the point! I agree that the wheelbase appears to be longer in the puzzle photo, but this could be due to distortion of the image. From a discussion of the car that appeared in the 'letters' section of Motorsport, 1987-88:
Title: Re: Solved NIC#1287 - ATN de Havilland Special
Post by: gte4289 on March 08, 2021, 02:35:38 PM: And an image of Doreen Evans in the Q-Type:
Title: Re: Solved NIC#1287 - ATN de Havilland Special
Post by: nicanary on March 08, 2021, 03:25:43 PM: Thanks. That's interesting. The Bellevue Special still exists and has raced at Goodwood so either it's a repop or the ATN did not disappear into oblivion.