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by andrewmcg » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:36 pm
Hi there Stewart
Interesting photo, and just as a long shot from the archive records, could it be the following car ???
1933 14 spcl Reg No WJ 7040
There is an article in Freewheel No 167 of June 1981 regarding this Spcl together with a photo and on studying the photo in FW I can spot quite a few similarities with your photo.
The FW article is based on an article written by Major Alan Eadon that appeared in Autocar of May 11th 1945. It seemed he worked for Rover and built this special circa 1935/36 on the chassis of a 1933 14 whose body was written off, seems he cut the pre underslung chassis and shortened it quite a bit and modified the engine courtesy of Rover with speed 14 specs, new body was aluminium on ash frame and he used the car quite successfully in the 1938/39 seasons covering some 10,000 trial miles.
Just a long shot, but it might be the answer.
Regards
Andrew McGovern