Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or it could be a Singer Nine variant, Jim. Douglas On 23/01/2019 20:04, Howard Ritter wrote: > If I?m not mistaken, it?s a ?31 (perhaps ?30 or ?32) > Ponsonby-Whittlesworth (Carriagebuilders by Appointment to HRH George III) > Drophead Coupe coachworks (?The Epicurean?) with handbeaten aluminum foil > sheetmetal on a 30-hp, 3.7-liter Straight-5 Scurvy & Choleric > ?Dreadnaught' chassis, Short Wheelbase Monaco Variant ? in the rare and > desirable Invisible Racing Livery of ?curie Monty Python, yet! Its record > in prewar competition on road and track alike is sure to stand unequaled > for a century to come. > > Quite a find! Too bad you didn?t race the owner for pink slips. By 1960 > the few examples to come to the block would fetch in excess of 15 pounds > sterling in the right circles. > > ?howard > >> On 23Jan, 2019, at 1257, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote: >> >> Our first outing with our new car and my used Leica was in Southern Ohio >> in the summer of 1952. At one of our stops, a park that I think was >> called Seven Caves, I spotted this right-hand drive sports car which I >> have never been able to identify. >> >> Would any of you sports car fans have a clue as to its identity? >> >> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20020429-Car+1952.jpg.html >> >> I had a lot to learn about photo techniques at that time. >> >> -- >> Jim Nichols >> Tullahoma, TN USA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information