12-11-2023, 08:33 PM
The auction notes state the history. I remember Ray Hood working on this car, more than twenty years ago; he was convinced that it was the car owned at one stage by Conan-Doyle, although as ever, much had been changed during the long years before and after WW2.
Curly Goodwin lived on the Isle of Man and died around 2018 but was using his collection of A7's, including the Chummy, a stunning Swallow two-seater and a late two-seater, for long trips and foreign adventures until just prior to his death. He had an Arrow, which was involved in a high speed motorway accident, which Ray also rebuilt including straightening a very bent chassis. All his cars carried their name, sign-written on the bonnet, in this case "Moriarty".
Curly Goodwin lived on the Isle of Man and died around 2018 but was using his collection of A7's, including the Chummy, a stunning Swallow two-seater and a late two-seater, for long trips and foreign adventures until just prior to his death. He had an Arrow, which was involved in a high speed motorway accident, which Ray also rebuilt including straightening a very bent chassis. All his cars carried their name, sign-written on the bonnet, in this case "Moriarty".