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. My limited computerskills don't allow me to put onto the forum a couple of the cars in the catalogue for Brightwells on line auction, ending on Thursday. Sadly, the usual suspects cannot gather at
Leominster for detailed inspection and a very great deal of talking, but there has been no reference so far on the forum. Lot 28 is a Gordon England claiming a detailed ancestry, and lot 29 a radical looking single seater already attracting vigorous bidding.
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I await the result of Lot 32 with interest.
A Rod Yates bodied "1930 Ulster Replica" on a LWB, low frame Ruby chassis with a '31 engine, hydraulic brakes and a V5 from a 1930 saloon???
To quote the catalogue: "will provide huge fun in VSCC competition". I'm sure that it will, when the scrutineers get to it!
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Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
Is it my eyesight or are the front wings on the GE Cup Replica a very strange shape?
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The Gordon England is well known and has good provenance. I don't know the Single Seater at all but it does say it's a recent build. They can be notoriously difficult to commission ready for competition but I doubt you could build one for what it'll go for so, perhaps, a good staring point for someone who's keen to have one. The LWB 'Ulster' is OK for the VSCC in principle but as a PVT Special as Charles says. Similar cars in a similar situation have been able to obtain an age related V5 in recent times.
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12-08-2020, 11:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-08-2020, 11:10 PM by Michael D.)
that single seater sports an ALTA cylinder head which - I thought - was a post war modification.. is that too 'a triviality the VSCC would take issue with' or not??
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Results show the Gordon England to have gone for £15, 843, such an odd figure that one might assume the bid was in another currency. The single seater fetched £16, 200, whilst the Ulsteroid got up to £13,100. All before premium.
