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Solved NIC#722 - Straker-Squire and Minerva at 1914 IoM TT
« on: December 06, 2016, 05:33:27 AM »
Please tell me about these 2 cars and the race they have entered.
« Last Edit: January 21, 2017, 04:21:16 PM by nicanary »
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Re: NIC#722
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2016, 01:32:05 PM »
On the left, 3-litre Sunbeam; on the right, a sleeve-valve 3.3 litre Minerva, and the event, I think, is the 1914 Isle of Man TT.

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Re: NIC#722
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2016, 01:42:01 PM »
On the left, 3-litre Sunbeam; on the right, a sleeve-valve 3.3 litre Minerva, and the event, I think, is the 1914 Isle of Man TT.

It is indeed the 1914 TT, and the car on the right is a Minerva. LOCKED for FrontMan to correctly identify the car on the left, it's not a Sunbeam.
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Re: NIC#722
« Reply #3 on: January 01, 2017, 06:31:16 AM »
Perhaps one of the Stars that fizzled out on the fifth lap?

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Re: NIC#722
« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2017, 06:49:05 AM »
Perhaps one of the Stars that fizzled out on the fifth lap?

Not a Star. Still locked for you.
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Re: NIC#722
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2017, 07:01:08 AM »
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Re: NIC#722
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2017, 03:41:08 PM »
Straker-Squire!!!

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Re: NIC#722
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2017, 04:20:00 PM »
Straker-Squire!!!

You got there - another point to your total.
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