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Club Arnage => So You Think You Know About Le Mans => Topic started by: nickliv on July 20, 2012, 01:01:16 pm

Title: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nickliv on July 20, 2012, 01:01:16 pm: Image deleted
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nickliv on July 20, 2012, 11:43:19 pm: Its got a 'name' as well as a marque. You can have pics of any of it as its in my garage at the moment.
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: Fran on July 21, 2012, 08:43:08 am: OK - I will open the bidding (with not much hope of being right) with Wolsey Hornet (or maybe Frazer Nash!).

How about a pic of the front and a clue as to the decade!!

F
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: Grand_Fromage on July 21, 2012, 10:45:49 am: Looks like it could be one of those motorcycle engined 'midget racers' of the 30's and 40's, that were popular in USA, Australia and NZ.
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nopanic - neil on July 21, 2012, 11:25:58 am: Quote from: Fran on July 21, 2012, 08:43:08 am
OK - I will open the bidding (with not much hope of being right) with Wolsey Hornet (or maybe Frazer Nash!).

How about a pic of the front and a clue as to the decade!!

F

Fran - I thought it had a bit of Frazer Nash look to it as well.

Nick - is that a JAP engine in there?
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nickliv on July 21, 2012, 11:45:18 am: Image deleted
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nickliv on July 21, 2012, 11:47:16 am: And that's one hell of a giveaway
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nopanic - neil on July 21, 2012, 11:52:59 am: BIG give away

A G.N Cyclecar, about 1 litre JAP engine

G.N., built by a firm founded in 1910 by two young men in their early twenties, ‘Archie’ Frazer-Nash (1889-1965) and H. R. Godfrey (b. 1887).
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nickliv on July 21, 2012, 12:02:27 pm: so which one is it? It's a 'special' and has a name, but you can't post up all the names from Wikipedia as guesses.
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: lofty on July 21, 2012, 06:33:17 pm: is it the gnat.micro race car i remember seeing at shelsley walsh?
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: Grand_Fromage on July 21, 2012, 07:28:09 pm: Chawner GN Special?

(http://www.mikehaywardcollection.com/image/Product-2012-Image-1-260-260-force.jpg)
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nopanic - neil on July 21, 2012, 07:33:15 pm: Quote from: Grand_Fromage on July 21, 2012, 07:28:09 pm

Chawner GN Special?

(http://www.mikehaywardcollection.com/image/Product-2012-Image-1-260-260-force.jpg)

and in colour
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: nickliv on July 21, 2012, 07:34:31 pm: Thats the one GF. Started it up this afternoon in the garage. Forgot that you get tear gas out of the exhaust when you're running on methanol. cough cough.
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: Grand_Fromage on July 21, 2012, 07:40:48 pm: The left side bonnet cut-out was the distinguishing feature.

In blue, it looks a bit like a pocket size Bugatti type 35!

Quote from: nickliv on July 21, 2012, 07:34:31 pm
Thats the one GF. Started it up this afternoon in the garage. Forgot that you get tear gas out of the exhaust when you're running on methanol. cough cough.
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: Fran on July 21, 2012, 08:52:53 pm: Quote from: Grand_Fromage on July 21, 2012, 07:40:48 pm
In blue, it looks a bit like a pocket size Bugatti type 35!

I was a bit tempted by Bugatti as well... but resisted!
Title: Re: What's this little blue car?
Post by: Fran on July 21, 2012, 08:54:01 pm: Quote from: nickliv on July 21, 2012, 11:47:16 am
And that's one hell of a giveaway

I am amazed you allowed it! :)