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Solved NIC#1088 - 1947 Watson Special
« on: June 30, 2019, 06:11:13 AM »
What is this car?
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2019, 05:54:31 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2019, 03:14:53 PM »
Prewar?
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2019, 03:43:34 PM »
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2019, 02:08:27 PM »
Ford Flathead power?
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2019, 02:46:25 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 02, 2019, 02:08:27 PM
Ford Flathead power?

Not actually a Ford.......
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2019, 04:19:27 PM »
Mercury?
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2019, 04:40:06 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 02, 2019, 04:19:27 PM
Mercury?

Yes. There must have been an awful lot lying around in MOD warehouses !
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #8 on: August 10, 2019, 06:23:04 PM »
Price Special?
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2019, 04:34:05 PM »
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2019, 03:31:57 PM »
Found it a last. It is Mr JGR Watson's special , built in Glasgow during 1946-47 as a trials and hillclimb car and evidently quite successful. The photograph was published with an advertisement for its sale in 1948, where its key features apart from its Mercury engine were its performance of 0-80mph in 13sec and a 'crab tracked rear' ........ all yours for £800ono.
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Re: NIC#1088
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2019, 05:02:26 PM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on August 25, 2019, 03:31:57 PM
Found it a last. It is Mr JGR Watson's special , built in Glasgow during 1946-47 as a trials and hillclimb car and evidently quite successful. The photograph was published with an advertisement for its sale in 1948, where its key features apart from its Mercury engine were its performance of 0-80mph in 13sec and a 'crab tracked rear' ........ all yours for £800ono.

Well done TT. I knew you'd find it in the end. Another point to you.

Come to think of it, £800 was a fair bit of money back then - would have bought a house.
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