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Thursday, 12 October 2006
Brighton Speed Trials (UK) 1947
Continuing the photo collection of the late Dacre Stubbs

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© Martin Stubbs P.O Box 157 Sandown Village Vic 3171 - Tel/Fax (03) 95485552. Mob 0415 131 191



 


     
Above: Pierre Marechal, Bentley
Speed Six
 
 
Above: Paul Pycroft SS Jaguar - 
an influence on the design of the
XK 120
 
Above: Mrs C, Morley
(wife of mechanic), and
R.R.C. Walker, Delahaye

 
 Above; Austin 7  Above: J.V. Bowles, Austin 7,
Reg No GT 2166
 Above: Rt Hon Earl Howe's Bugatti
Type 57, 3.0 litre, 2-seat
'Atalante' fixed-head coupe
 
 Above: Peter Clark, Mercedes
1914 GP racing car
 Above: K.C.Jarvis Austin 7
Special
Above: 'Skirrow' midget, featuring
a 4WD transmission, designed for
loose dirt tracks.
   
 Above: Ken Wharton, 'Marwyn'
Special
 Above: Ken Wharton, 'Marwyn'
Special
 Above: Monica Whincop &
G.N. Richardson, Bugatti Type 37,
Reg No FWP 556
     
 Above: 1911 10 litre Fiat S61  Above: D Axel-Berg, 1914
Sunbeam TT, 3.0 litre dohc
 Above: Marcus Chambers &
W. J. Short, Bentley. Please see
James Holland's footnote below.*
     
 Above: D Axel-Berg, 1914
Sunbeam TT, 3.0 litre dohc
 Above: Mrs W.J. Short, Bentley.
Please see James Holland's
footnote below.*
 Above: Geogahagen, Bugatti
Type 37, reg No YP 9663

Note: Martin adds to our information regarding our head photo at the top of this page:


 The car is the George Hartwell 'Monaco' Special and features a Francis Beart tuned Norton engine and was particularly successful at speed trials where you didn't need the torque of the JAP engines used by most of the opposition.

Thanks to Registered member James Holland for assistance with captions.  The 1911 Fiat S61 (shown above) was raced at Brooklands by John Duff in the early 1920s and later by John Cobb who made his track debut in it. After WWII it was campaigned by Len Gibbs, and later by Dr Pinkerton. 

* The car in these photos was originally labelled - Pacey/Hassan Special, 4.5 litre supercharged. James raises the question that the car could be the Bentley Jackson, but that he would be happier if a "greater authority 'were to identify it. If it is the Bentley Jackson it would have had a 6 1/2 litre engine and not a 4 1/2. Incidentally The Pacey was an unblown 4 1/2 although it did at one time have an experimental blown 3 litre fitted which wasn't a success."

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