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Tony Dolton
United Kingdom
372 Posts |
 Posted - 23/01/2018 : 19:19:56
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I'm interested in identifying this car and hopefully who now owns it.
My mother produced two scrap books for the 1937 and 1938 competition seasons .These are now family treasures containing newspaper and magazine cutouts.
Included is a small photo of JB 7963 at the start of the 1938 Crystal Palace Plate. A Le Mans start, driven by Miss Stanley Turner.
The car looks like a PA (no slatted radiator).12"brakes, no front mounted blower, folded P windscreen,cycle wings,bucket seats,very pansy white wall tyres.
No 1 in the race.
Anyone any info? Thanks Tony |
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/01/2018 : 20:46:47
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Tony, this must be PB0633, which Miss Stanley-Turner raced at Le Mans. It is now in Switzerland.
Regards,
Graham
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Tony Dolton
United Kingdom
372 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2018 : 15:56:45
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| Thanks Graham,an interesting history,glad to hear it's still being looked after. |
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Mike the M
United Kingdom
481 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2018 : 16:52:20
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In the 1937 Le Mans on the 19 - 20th June, Dorothy Stanley Turner and Joan Riddell finished 16th overall covering a distance of 2082.62 km.
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Dolts
United Kingdom
1129 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2018 : 17:45:01
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This one Dad!!! quite a well known photo but didn't realize you had the actual clipping! PB0633
Mark Dolton
www.triple-mracing.com
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PreWarMG
Australia
427 Posts |
Posted - 25/01/2018 : 23:31:57
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Was this a handicap race ? - All the other drivers are lined up on the other side, while Dorothy is climbing abound through the passenger door ?.
We are here for a good time, not a long time !. |
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Tony Dolton
United Kingdom
372 Posts |
Posted - 26/01/2018 : 20:56:11
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| That's definitely the car Mark, but my picture shows an athletic lady in white overalls dashing across the road from the right hand side, no-one in the car. |
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Brian Kelly
USA
526 Posts |
Posted - 26/01/2018 : 23:37:23
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"Wilkie" on the far left, looking on. (For what it's worth)
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Ian Bowers
United Kingdom
941 Posts |
Posted - 27/01/2018 : 07:43:51
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Why get in the car on the 'wrong' side. Could it be the end of a pre-race check?
Ian Bowers
OD 6791
J3 3772 |
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JohnE
United Kingdom
373 Posts |
Posted - 27/01/2018 : 11:33:48
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Certainly the quickest way into a J1 with bucket seats is to jump the door, stand on the seat and slide down.
This is more elegant done from the passenger side, unless of course you collect the gear lever up a trouser leg.
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
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Posted - 27/01/2018 : 17:41:26
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Not sure that "Wilkie" was attending to Dorothy Stanley-Turner for this race. He was still with Bellevue in 1937 whereas Miss S-T favoured Thompson & Taylor. Perhaps he had discovered that if he turned up in his white overalls and carrying a bucket of water, he could get in free.
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