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Title: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: pnegyesi on October 22, 2012, 08:29:21 AM
Please identify this racer for a point
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on October 30, 2012, 01:25:14 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: richard cuyler on November 03, 2012, 11:32:08 AM
Hooooeee! Definitely pre-Health and Safety: Look at that steering column, first at the scene of the accident, with the poor girl's chest a close second!  Mind you a Fiat 600 or a VW Beetle weren't much better than this contraption. I often wonder what designers were thinking - surely they could immediately see what would happen in a frontal collision? Even in those times, it seems, how cheaply things could be made was the deciding factor. :'(
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on November 06, 2012, 12:19:30 AM
Professionals?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: Allan L on November 06, 2012, 07:43:10 AM
Austin 7 based, by the look of the axle.
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on November 06, 2012, 08:24:38 AM
I have to check my source as I don't recall an Austin 7 involvment
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: Craig Gillingham on February 19, 2013, 05:33:54 AM
Is this an Australian car?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on February 19, 2013, 07:04:09 AM
Sorry Allan, I misplaced the CD which contained info on this car. Here we go:
"It used a 1928 Singer 9 chassis, suitably cut, 1930 Austin 7 front axle, wheels and transverse spring, and 1924 Oakland epicyclic steering box which connected to the Austin steering by an east-west link."

And yes, this was built in Australia
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: Craig Gillingham on February 19, 2013, 07:29:13 AM
Does it have a JAP engine?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on February 19, 2013, 07:35:02 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: Allan L on February 19, 2013, 10:35:43 AM
Does it have a JAP engine?
Looks like a rear-engined single of some sort, so was it built for Formula 3 with a Norton engine?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on February 19, 2013, 02:32:44 PM
Well, the article refers to "500 class" - so I assume Formula 3 is correct. And yes, it was powered by a Norton engine.
So you just earned yourself a 24 hour lock to find this nice Aussie special

And as this one is not on the net, let me give you a clue. This guy went on to build other racecars, which are introduced on the net
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: Allan L on February 20, 2013, 03:39:38 AM
Thanks, but I have no idea and can find nothing like it in what I have, or have access to. Please open it up.
I also realised that most Norton-powered jobs have the exhaust on the right - on the 'bike it is done to keep it clear of the primary chain/clutch but as there is no obvious reason to do that on a car it should not be a significant identification feature.
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on February 20, 2013, 03:49:24 AM
Reluctantly I open it up again
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: woodinsight on February 20, 2013, 04:25:52 AM
Could it be Austin & Ron Tauranac's Cooper ES2-powered special (the first RALT) of the late 1940s?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on February 20, 2013, 04:26:54 AM
we have already agreed that it is Norton-powered. It is from the late 1940s and it has been referenced on the web a few times, but a photo has not been featured online so far
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on August 11, 2013, 01:19:26 PM
to the Black Hole
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on March 16, 2014, 06:30:45 AM
Maybe another picture will help
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: Allan L on March 16, 2014, 09:09:33 AM
Doesn't help me - I've written all I can on this one!
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: nicanary on March 16, 2014, 09:52:56 AM
Doesn't help me - I've written all I can on this one!

Join the club. That "certain site" has a number of cars for which there is no photo, but none of the specs matches the puzzle car, although there is one with a Singer-derived frame. I've always assumed that the registrars of that site had a very comprehensive overview of the category, but they seem to have missed this one.

A question amidst this negativity - is the other car in the second photo a later car built by the same person?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on March 16, 2014, 10:30:55 AM
The 2nd car was built by someone else.

Let me give you a couple of clues: another car from this builder appeared on AP before.
There is a site devoted to the later brand (the brand which appeared on AP), but this car was self-named. The site does mention this car but without further details.
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: nicanary on March 16, 2014, 10:51:25 AM
Is it an early car from John Wynne?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on March 16, 2014, 12:21:36 PM
no
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: nicanary on March 17, 2014, 08:15:44 AM
We've had the CMC before, and I've just found out that builder Andy Menzies also built his own special. Is this the car?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on March 17, 2014, 08:47:05 AM
no
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: nicanary on March 18, 2014, 07:29:24 AM
Is it the Hooper ?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on March 18, 2014, 07:41:50 AM
no, but I am sure you will find it eventually!
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: nicanary on March 18, 2014, 07:47:58 AM
no, but I am sure you will find it eventually!

Don't bet on it! To save other AP members the trouble, I've gone through the marques on "a certain site", which were built in Australia, and used the search on AP for the marque names and the builders' names. Nothing. Zip. Nada.

I really don't know where to look next. Maybe one of our Australian members will have access to reference books of an Antipodean bias.
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: D-type on November 17, 2014, 04:31:50 PM
Could it be the Lincoln
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on November 17, 2014, 11:21:00 PM
no, but thanks for reviving this old puzzle
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: nicanary on October 26, 2017, 05:06:36 AM
I've just seen an image of Reg Hunt's "Flying Bedstead" and there are similarities. Any connection?
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on October 26, 2017, 05:42:43 AM
I don't think so, but thanks for trying
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: gte4289 on December 23, 2019, 02:51:44 PM
Joass 500, built in 1947-48 by Bob Joass
Title: Re: PN #387
Post by: pnegyesi on December 24, 2019, 09:28:29 AM
And just like that we have the solution. Built in Australia
Title: Re: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: gte4289 on December 24, 2019, 11:18:50 AM
Thanks for the points
Title: Re: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: nicanary on December 24, 2019, 11:52:47 AM
I have no idea why I didn't look at that "certain site". It's so obvious now, but also too late ! Well done.
Title: Re: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: Allan L on December 24, 2019, 01:45:26 PM
I have no idea why I didn't look at that "certain site". It's so obvious now, but also too late ! Well done.
In March 2014 you told us you had looked - then and now I can't see a Joass reference in their lists. I'm confused.
Title: Re: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: gte4289 on December 24, 2019, 02:23:41 PM
Don't bet on it! To save other AP members the trouble, I've gone through the marques on "a certain site", which were built in Australia, and used the search on AP for the marque names and the builders' names. Nothing. Zip. Nada.
I have no idea why I didn't look at that "certain site". It's so obvious now, but also too late ! Well done.
In March 2014 you told us you had looked - then and now I can't see a Joass reference in their lists. I'm confused.
I feel like such an outsider now. Any hints as to the identity of this "certain site?" Somehow I doubt you're referring to the source where I found the solution (which contains no list of marques built in Australia).
Title: Re: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: nicanary on December 24, 2019, 02:30:43 PM
No links allowed I'm afraid. You have to learn where to look by experience.
Title: Re: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: gte4289 on December 24, 2019, 02:32:43 PM
No links allowed I'm afraid. You have to learn where to look by experience.
1) No problem;
2) I actually asked for a hint, not a link;
3) I highly doubt that 'certain site' refers to a website of which I am not already aware;
4) I think I found 'where to look' in this instance ;) ; and
5) Again, no problem! :)
Title: Re: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: nicanary on December 25, 2019, 04:30:57 AM
Sorry if I came across as unhelpful and rude, No offence intended. Happy holidays.

I'm afraid some of us are almost paranoid about our sources - in truth at least 20/30 regular contributors know all the sites which will be of help but we all pretend that we have our "private" knowledge!

You obviously found the answer from what I was referring to as the certain site. There is another which most members would check for 500cc race cars. This is the one which AllanL was referencing. Sorry, can't help with any more  :D
Title: Re: Solved: PN #387 -- Joass 500, 1947
Post by: gte4289 on December 27, 2019, 09:52:54 AM
Sorry if I came across as unhelpful and rude, No offence intended. Happy holidays.
No worries at all. Hope you are enjoying the holidays!