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16 Nov 2010, 23:06 (Ref:2791893) | #1 | |
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Barrow Special?
This picture cropped up on another forum with a request to help identify the car. A Barrow Special certainly raced & won a national handicap at Silverstone in '50 & came 3rd in '51, could this be it?
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19 Nov 2010, 12:24 (Ref:2793075) | #2 | |
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Mystery solved (I think). If it's ok with the mods here's a link to the site that was found, allegedly with a photo which I can't seem to display (maybe need to register) http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/ind...42131#msg42131
1948 Barrow Roadster. Built on Vauxhall chassis, with a 6-cylinder Vauxhall engine. |
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No problem, Colin; it's thread relevant. An obscure gem that Barrow; a new one on me. Might have to pop that in the Chassis Archive at some stage.
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19 Nov 2010, 21:42 (Ref:2793249) | #4 | |
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If you do, John, here's a bit more info that's come to light, lifted entirely from John Staddon's post on the Jensen Owners Club forum. No Jensen connection with the car AFAIK:
"From Bonhams Auction Catalogue July 2008: This stylish roadster was built in England between 1946 and 1948 by one H H Barrow. Its styling very reminiscent of the contemporary Allard, the Barrow’s lightweight aluminium body clothes a special ladder frame chassis incorporating Vauxhall J-Type 14hp running gear dating from the late 1930s, which was no doubt chosen for its Dubonnet torsion bar independent front suspension and reliable 1.8-litre six-cylinder sidevalve engine. The Barrow was relatively successful and took part in the MCC race meeting at Silverstone in 1949. Little else is known of its early history, although a bill of sale on file records that it was purchased from Locomotors Ltd, of Norwood, London SE23 by one G W Rugg on 31st July 1958, the car being described as ‘one used Barrow’s Special 2 Seater’ and registered ‘MPK 3’. The Barrow was subsequently exported to the USA and fully restored both mechanically and cosmetically. Imported into the UK in January 2008, the car is reported as all up and running, MoT’d and driving well. It didn't sell." |
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There's been little obvious interest in this post, but there have been quite a few views so in case anyone wants to know the latest it seems the car is currently owned by a collector in Germany and regularly used for daily transport, so we're not likely to see it competing in Blighty anytime soon. It's rumoured to have been built for a director of Vauxhall, whether Mr Barrow was that director is not known. The current owner has a prediliction for petites, apparently his 30-odd other cars (or should that be 30 other odd cars?) include Bond, Reliant, BSA, Goliath, Fulda, Tempo Hanseat, Messerschmidt, Piaggio, and a 1918 Detroit Electric. The Barrow's a real road racer compared to that lot.
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