11-11-2021, 10:17 PM (This post was last modified: 11-11-2021, 11:06 PM by Tony Griffiths.)
Your choice, ladies and gentlemen: Supercharged Ulster, 1928 Sports 2-seater, Wydor and Mulliner saloons and a Swallow Sports Coupe. Or, for the price of the Ulster, take away six 1928 Chummies.
(11-11-2021, 10:17 PM)Tony Griffiths Wrote: Your choice, ladies and gentlemen: Supercharged Ulster, 1928 Sports 2-seater, Wydor and Mulliner saloons and a Swallow Sports Coupe. Or, for the price of the Ulster, take away six 1928 Chummies.
Or for slightly more than the blown Ulster, a second hand Ruby.
I know that David Howe has been doing research on Ulsters from mag advertising, but things like the mention of 'green' for that TT, with its spec and date (at 2nd or third owner), are tremendously useful for making links... I'll lift for the Ulster archive site if you can tell me the mag...
Thank you Tony, It’s nice to know my humble Ruby is worth more than a Blown Ulster. (Well at least at one time.) Perhaps the blown refers to it being blown out and in need of loads of money being spent on it.
John Mason.
Would you believe it "Her who must be obeyed" refers to my Ruby as the toy.
Interesting that the sports was referred to as an 'Ulster' in 1937. If it had been timed at 101mph, where would that have been done? It certainly can't have lapped Brooklands at that speed. One assumes that the timing must have been at a competition, so was there a straight line sprint where that sort of speed could have been achieved? The other thought is sand racing but that usually reduces the top speed so it seems unlikely.
Over to you JonE!