Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/01/23

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: [Leica] IMG: Mystery Car
From: imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 01:48:55 +0000
References: <e1454e51-7d96-3fe2-35ea-7c166959850b@lighttube.net> <8812C209-F547-41DD-932D-A6CDF76F7F85@bex.net>

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




Replies: Reply from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Mystery Car)
In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Mystery Car)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] IMG: Mystery Car)