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Keith Wallace
United Kingdom
367 Posts |
 Posted - 30/11/2018 : 17:01:05
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There can’t be many photos of our cars which have not appeared at sometime on our forum, but just in case this one has been missed out, here goes!
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3679 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 17:23:23
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Would that have been Norman Bracey? We know he had a J2 (J3295) in 1934, a racing special car that had a blown PA engine and has a Brooklands history - but this pic looks like a PA.
Any clues anyone?
Dick Morbey
PA-PB 0743
Frieth, Oxon, UK |
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Westbury
United Kingdom
2019 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 17:24:00
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PB ?
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3679 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 17:54:08
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Looks more like a PA than a PB (rhombic centre dash panel and no central speedo ....)
Dick Morbey
PA-PB 0743
Frieth, Oxon, UK |
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LewPalmer
USA
3244 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 17:55:11
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Not a PB with the trapezoidal instrument panel.
Lew Palmer
PA1169, PB0560 |
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Richard Verrill
United Kingdom
346 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 18:19:06
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Must pop out to order a pair of very baggy Plus Twos.
“What next” tighten half shafts if diff replaced!!
Richard
PA1733 YA5206 |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6147 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 19:02:21
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quote:
Originally posted by Richard Verrill
Must pop out to order a pair of very baggy Plus Twos.
Perhaps regular Plus Fours rather than baggy Plus Twos (and not to mention a rather precarious jacking method)?
Simon J
J3437 |
Edited by - Simon Johnston on 30/11/2018 19:03:56 |
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KevinA
New Zealand
672 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 20:14:27
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| Does anyone else think that plate look like BPU 886? That would make it an Essex registration from around June 35 |
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3679 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 21:16:38
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Hard to tell!
Alas, that reg - nor anything with 886 in it shows up as a PA in our Register database ....
Dick Morbey
PA-PB 0743
Frieth, Oxon, UK |
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3679 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 21:51:44
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With thanks to Oliver Richardson and his sharp eyesight, it seems very likely that this is PA1648 (BPL 999) and guess what? The first registered owner was N.E. Bracey of Weybridge!
QED? (sorry that's Latin, not English!)
Alas the car does not appear to have survived...
Dick Morbey
PA-PB 0743
Frieth, Oxon, UK |
Edited by - DickMorbey on 30/11/2018 21:52:13 |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6147 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 21:52:12
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Might it be BPL?
Simon J
J3437 |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6147 Posts |
Posted - 30/11/2018 : 23:36:03
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quote:
Originally posted by DickMorbey
QED? (sorry that's Latin, not English!)
Naughty, naughty, Dick, that’s not plain ENGLISH 
Simon J
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Keith Wallace
United Kingdom
367 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2018 : 08:42:24
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It is not easy to establish at what stage of the repair, the photo was taken. It could have just started as the rear hubs are still fully assembled, or just completed and the dif. they are looking at is the faulty one.
They both appear to have oily hands.
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Gerhard Maier
Germany
874 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2018 : 11:07:10
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Originally posted by Keith Wallace
They both appear to have oily hands.
Yes, oily hands, but clean trouser and knickerbockers.
Doing that kind of job, I usually end up with a circular black grease-mark from the hub end !
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Westbury
United Kingdom
2019 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2018 : 12:36:25
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No thought fo passing traffic !
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
1487 Posts |
Posted - 01/12/2018 : 17:50:09
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Yes Chris. Both gentlemen seemed blissfully unaware of the double decker bus approaching them over the brow of the hill. In fact Norton Bracey did rather well in his PA BPL 999 in both trials and "real racing". In July 1935 he was part of a team in the LCC Relay Race, at Brooklands comprising himself and Lord Avebury in supercharged 847cc M.G.s and H B Shaw with a blown 1321cc car. According to Bill Boddy the team finished the event at an average speed of 81.88 mph which is pretty impressive on its own, but even more so when other reports state that Lord Avebury retired mid way through the race with a run big-end. In 1936 at the BARC Autumn Race Meeting Norton Bracey (now driving a blown PB (or possibly BPL 999 with a nice new PB engine) won the First October Long Handicap. Boddy tells us that Dodson was favourite with the "works" Austin but Norton Bracey pulled out unexpected speed from the P Type on the "limit" mark lapping at 93.44 mph to win at an average speed of 90.01 mph. Second was Parnell's K3.
How sad to think that this little rocket might have been turned into razor blades.
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