19-12-2021, 06:34 PM
Anorak Alert!
Paul,
I had already been trying a little more detective work on one or more OK 7095s. It was the pioneering Brooklands entry, Waite had driven the car from home to Brooklands, pausing en route for an overnight big end and camshaft repair. He took a class win. Following Brooklands, Hartford shocks were immediately fitted, and then the car was taken to Monza for the celebrated victory in the 750 cc class. There is a famous photo of the team of three cars about to depart for Boulogne, OK 7095 being called "Dingo" OK 8945 "Opossum" and OL 166 "Boomer" Sources seem to agree on names but not the reasons for them. There is reason to believe that the car Arthur Waite put up Shelsley in September 1923 was indeed OK 7095.
Photos of Shelsley and other venues in 1924 show that Gordon England was entering a number of cars, initially the "Barrel", but soon less radical looking machines. Entry numbers at Shelsley obscure partially reg number for Richard Ince; Dxxx8, Dudley Beck drove MB5088. Louis Kings drove a works Austin which may well have been OK 7095. There are differing reports of Monthlery in October 1924, I have yet to find an image of Waite's car, which took 4th o/all, to show the reg number.
The true detective a mere century later can swap magnifying glass for keyboard. In 2014 Timothy Payne started a discussion here on the forum about OK 7095, which led by March 2016 to pictures from Henry Harris of a car at Curborough. This was welcomed by Tony Hutchins as his creation on its return from distant lands. So whilst the car to be viewed for sale at Viceroy Garage, Kingston Vale SW15 is credited with a Mike Hodgson engine, being built between 1972 and 1974, and being offered by Struan Erskine, is it the Tony Hutchins car? A replica of OD 166 was to be seen in 2007, accredited to Barry Argent.
So the question remains, which OK7095 might be attending Prescott and which might be coming to Shelsley?
I don't have any images of cars attending the 75th, so here is the menu for the Anniversary Dinner.
Paul,
I had already been trying a little more detective work on one or more OK 7095s. It was the pioneering Brooklands entry, Waite had driven the car from home to Brooklands, pausing en route for an overnight big end and camshaft repair. He took a class win. Following Brooklands, Hartford shocks were immediately fitted, and then the car was taken to Monza for the celebrated victory in the 750 cc class. There is a famous photo of the team of three cars about to depart for Boulogne, OK 7095 being called "Dingo" OK 8945 "Opossum" and OL 166 "Boomer" Sources seem to agree on names but not the reasons for them. There is reason to believe that the car Arthur Waite put up Shelsley in September 1923 was indeed OK 7095.
Photos of Shelsley and other venues in 1924 show that Gordon England was entering a number of cars, initially the "Barrel", but soon less radical looking machines. Entry numbers at Shelsley obscure partially reg number for Richard Ince; Dxxx8, Dudley Beck drove MB5088. Louis Kings drove a works Austin which may well have been OK 7095. There are differing reports of Monthlery in October 1924, I have yet to find an image of Waite's car, which took 4th o/all, to show the reg number.
The true detective a mere century later can swap magnifying glass for keyboard. In 2014 Timothy Payne started a discussion here on the forum about OK 7095, which led by March 2016 to pictures from Henry Harris of a car at Curborough. This was welcomed by Tony Hutchins as his creation on its return from distant lands. So whilst the car to be viewed for sale at Viceroy Garage, Kingston Vale SW15 is credited with a Mike Hodgson engine, being built between 1972 and 1974, and being offered by Struan Erskine, is it the Tony Hutchins car? A replica of OD 166 was to be seen in 2007, accredited to Barry Argent.
So the question remains, which OK7095 might be attending Prescott and which might be coming to Shelsley?
I don't have any images of cars attending the 75th, so here is the menu for the Anniversary Dinner.