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Roger Cadogan
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 08/01/2020 : 21:12:03
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Whilst not wishing to get into a discussion about the description of this car I would like to know its whereabouts now, assuming it is still in one piece. This picture is at Silverstone in 'early 70's.
The car was a copy of Geoff Coles blue car that he let me measure up for the purpose. He lived at Sevenoaks at the time, working for Marley Buildings, apart from being a friend he was a mine of information and help to me. In this picture the car is unsupercharged but a Centric 160 was fitted soon afterwards. Construction had started when I lived in the Midlands but a company move meant that it was not completed until I lived in Salisbury, its first outing was a test run at Thruxton that was not without event!
The car went into the possession of Dermot (Ted) Reynolds and was periodically driven by Andy McClennan.
It was something of a bitsa in that it had a P engine grafted onto a F type gearbox by way of a hybrid meld of a J and P engine bell housing. The body was a close copy of Geoff's car and was very light.
My interest was awakened when I found an unattributed photo of the car taken at Prescott in a picture book at a French autojumble.
My question is does this car still exist in it's original form and where is it now?
Regards Roger
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John Hunting
Australia
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Posted - 08/01/2020 : 21:43:15
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colintf
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/01/2020 : 22:39:15
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How wonderful. These old specials are all part of our racing heritage :)
Colin Murrell
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Photographer for MGCC (LeMans Classic, Oldtimer Grand Prix etc) & MG Motor (BTCC 2012-5)
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Joe S
Switzerland
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Posted - 09/01/2020 : 12:00:30
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This was a facebook post by Thomas Benson 7th August 2019, captioned:
"My good friend Ed Farrar, who's birthday it was only yesterday tinkering with his beloved J2. Many times spent competing alongside Ed in this machine. Ex Brooklands car."
A lovely "atmospheric" photo!
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Roger Cadogan
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/01/2020 : 20:53:41
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Joe, Thanks for the facebook picture of Ed Farrer's car and certainly the mirror cowlings and scuttle look familiar but clearly other elements are different. For general interest I have added a picture of Geoff Coles in the car that I originally used to copy, this was taken at Silverstone in '73. Perhaps too much time has now passed to get a definitive answer to the existence of my original special, but we shall see.
Thanks to anyone who can add to the conundrum.
Regards Roger
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Roger Cadogan
United Kingdom
530 Posts |
Posted - 10/01/2020 : 20:44:48
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John, I have sent you two e-mails via the forum system but your server or mail box is refusing to accept them and the bounce back, any suggestions.
Regards Roger
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John Hunting
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