Trivia time - can you guess what it is?

TimD · 10 Mar 2001, 00:43 (Ref:69734)

This is actually a feeble excuse of mine to try to figure out how to post a picture as an attachment. But see how you get on with this machine. The answer may surprise you...

TimD · 10 Mar 2001, 00:47 (Ref:69736)

Hmm... try again...

TimD · 10 Mar 2001, 00:50 (Ref:69738)

...blast! One more try.

TimD · 10 Mar 2001, 00:55 (Ref:69741)

Yes! I did it! I am invincible! Today 10-tenths, tomorrow the world....!

Anyway, let's see what you folks think this machine is. If no one gets it in a couple of days, I'll post a front view.

Clues...

It was photographed at a VSCC meeting at Silverstone in the 1990s

It is not a pedigree Formula racing car

The colour may or may not be significant...

angst · 10 Mar 2001, 14:31 (Ref:69854)

Is it a Diatto?

**Peter Mallett** · 12 Mar 2001, 09:10 (Ref:70365)

Well, if the gauges were white I'd say it was an MG K3

TimD · 19 Mar 2001, 20:17 (Ref:72813)

Interesting suggestion, Angst. Not a Diatto though.

Peter's closer to the money, but it's not an MG Magnette.

TimD · 19 Mar 2001, 20:24 (Ref:72816)

So, any more takers?

Sparky? djb? SL? hans.ca?

Someone must have a clue now...

angst · 19 Mar 2001, 20:55 (Ref:72836)

Austin 7?

Hans.ca · 19 Mar 2001, 22:01 (Ref:72873)

I resemble that remark, I'm old but that car raced before I was involved. It has a small single exhaust pipe so it would be a small engine, less the 1200 cc I would guess. Have no idea but I'm guessing something like a Morgan or Austin based special.

djb · 19 Mar 2001, 22:15 (Ref:72877)

Sorry, haven't a clue...

now if only I could figure out how to download the image and plop it into Photoshop and zoom in on the badge on the grill.........

**Peter Mallett** · 20 Mar 2001, 08:40 (Ref:72968)

Hmmm,

Six cylinder, union jack on the side. Wolseley made a six, as did MG (probably the same engine). Without wishing to speculate too much, it could be of the "Ulster" style, in which case either Austin or Aston Marting comes to mind.

SL · 20 Mar 2001, 19:03 (Ref:73080)

Completly lost.

Looks like an oval Wolsley badge on the front grille, but that could be a red herring

MG TF 1st choice
Some kind of AC ??
Last gasp Aston Martin 1 1/2 litre 1930 / 35

Simon

SL · 20 Mar 2001, 23:14 (Ref:73150)

Second guess. This time using detective methods.

1 Tim likes Bentley / Astons
2 Photo taken 1990's would suggest early 90's pre internet
3 Looks like Silverstone in the background
4 Unusual car

So,
1 Tim would probably not waste expensive colour film on
an MG.
2 It is unlikley that a Bentley engine is inside the
petitte bonnet.
3 AMOC use Silverstone.
4 Unusual car

Result
1 Aston Martin
2 1.5 l as that would fit with small bonnet
3 Probably one of the Le Mans or Ulster models as Peter
suggested. Seen at an AMOC meet Silverstone C1993.
4 Unusual car, worth a colour photo just in case.

So Tim now tell me that it's the first car that TVR made or something like that.

Simon

TimD · 20 Mar 2001, 23:38 (Ref:73162)

Oh dear!

You're all getting terribly terribly close.

So close, in fact, that two of the responses have already correctly namechecked the car, and then dismissed it in favour of some other solution.

So here's the gen.

It's a 1935 Wolseley Hornet Special Sports, powered by a supercharged 1750cc engine, and photographed at the VSCC Silverstone meeting in April 1999.

The owner/racer of this machine is one Tim Rides.

So, SL and Peter, the credit goes to you both for at least suggesting Wolseley in your arguments. And djb, you were on precisely the right track when trying to home in on the badge. I must confess to deliberately scanning at a slightly lower than optimum resolution to prevent peeking. Although a Wolseley always carries her badge "just so" on the grille, which might have been a clue.

SL, your detective work is most impressive, but you might like to take a quick peek over the tail of the Wolseley in the front-facing shot. There is the Bentley in the equation. Actually, both the green and the mid-blue cars are Bentleys, but there's no real way of telling the identity of the blue one from that picture.

Hmmm... I think I'll try a different tack for the next one of these...

Sparky · 21 Mar 2001, 00:07 (Ref:73177)

Darn it! I was gonna say Wolseley too!

Get the next one along sharply Mr D!
I'm ready...

Binnas · 21 Mar 2001, 11:09 (Ref:73262)

hmmm.....maybe this will work.

Binnas · 21 Mar 2001, 11:14 (Ref:73263)

Yes...

It worked.
This Opel is an Rekord Coupe 1965 whith 2.6 liters 6cyl engine that i am getting prepared for historic racing here in Sweden.
I will compete in the Race Historic Club and in HTCC serie that we run as an support class under STCC.

I also working on a Austin A35 that also will race in RHK.

djb · 21 Mar 2001, 14:33 (Ref:73300)

Tim, I don't know if you characters have done this before, but it's a great idea, fun to follow the guesses even if like me, one doesn't have a smidgen of an idea.

Bring on some more, I'm looking forward to it. (just please do not always have them pre-war...)

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