Period photos

[James Anderson]

Sorry for my belated reply, I'm just back from France and there's little or no internet cover in the middle of Brittany where we were. In reply to questions about photos relating to s/c Ulster VE4492, the then owner was Tam Raban and strictly speaking he was the previous owner of the car an incredible 84 years ago for reasons I've already mentioned in another post in the old forum. I think the 'SO' on the sticker on the nearside headlight denotes the Scarborough Trial in 1933, as Tam won a cup in this event in 1933. I only managed to make this conclusion thanks to members of the Forum informing me about cups that had been purchased by an antique dealer who wanted to find the owner of the car they related to and that subsequently I managed to purchase. 

Obviously this covers the point about the car appearing at events other than at Brooklands, in addition to which the car also partook in the Lewes Speed Trial with VL Seyd driving in 1931 (its first owner who purchased the car from a dealership in 1931). Incidentally, I replied to these questions 2-3 days ago but the reply seems to have got lost in one of Mike's which underlines the fact that I am still finding problems with using the new format Forum. I'm not that keen on the 'big brother is watching you' aspect of the Forum having the ability to broadcast your every movements regarding being on it let alone what you're looking at but this outweighs its many advantages.