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Solved NIC#1258 - ERA R8B of Cuth Harrison
« on: October 07, 2020, 06:51:46 AM »
What is this car, and who was the owner/driver responsible?
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2020, 06:45:37 AM »
This looks a bit like the Dick Seaman Delage as modified by Prince Bira; perhaps one of its later incarnations when owned by Rob Walker.
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2020, 07:41:35 AM »
Quote from: Lavrakas on October 08, 2020, 06:45:37 AM
This looks a bit like the Dick Seaman Delage as modified by Prince Bira; perhaps one of its later incarnations when owned by Rob Walker.

Sorry, it's not that car.
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2020, 12:20:27 PM »
How about Tony Rolt's Aitken-Alfa?
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2020, 01:08:02 PM »
Quote from: Lavrakas on October 08, 2020, 12:20:27 PM
How about Tony Rolt's Aitken-Alfa?

Not that.
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2020, 06:16:08 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2020, 10:12:53 AM »
There was, at some pre-war point an ERA fitted with a nose cowl like that. The name Dobson comes to mind but....Probably a Maserati....
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2020, 11:38:14 AM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on October 28, 2020, 10:12:53 AM
There was, at some pre-war point an ERA fitted with a nose cowl like that. The name Dobson comes to mind but....Probably a Maserati....

LOCKED for Willie McCrum. There was indeed an ERA and this is it. Not Arthur Dobson but a well-known Ford dealer.
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2020, 10:36:45 AM »
This is all (well) before my time, but the only Ford dealer who MGHT fit the bill in my limited knowledge would be a Mr Harrison. 
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Re: NIC#1258
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2020, 11:10:36 AM »
Quote from: Willie McCrum on October 29, 2020, 10:36:45 AM
This is all (well) before my time, but the only Ford dealer who MGHT fit the bill in my limited knowledge would be a Mr Harrison.

That's good enough for me Willie. It's R8B of Earl Howe later uprated to C spec and raced extensively by Cuth Harrison. I think several members of the Harrison family were involved in motor sport and IIRC there used to be a team of 3 in a Zephyr at the Monte.

I picked the front angle for a photo as it was the most difficult to identify. A side view shows that the rear was not altered at all.
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Re: Solved NIC#1258 - ERA R8B of Cuth Harrison
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2020, 05:29:39 PM »
Another picture of the rear at Monaco 1950....
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Re: Solved NIC#1258 - ERA R8B of Cuth Harrison
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2020, 06:30:14 PM »
Thank you for this photo. In fact my image shows the car before the bodywork was changed!
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