museum cars

[rich 36]

How would you go about tracking down a car, that was (but is no longer)
on show at say Beaulieu.

Right
My Grandfather ended his working life restoring vintage cars,

the owner of the cars, who employed him, dropped out of sight years ago,
but I think, he left the cars, in some sort of arrangemnet with Beaulieu,

which, (again I think)
involved the car being lent out to museums,
god knows where.

I haven't contacted BMM yet, as I thought I'd try you lot for advice first

i'm thinking of a letter to 'classic car' with a picture and list of cars as well


any ideas appreciated

[turboman]

I'm thinking, if they are rare classics, may be worth listing them on here, some of them will probably have been sold on by now, normaly through London auction houses, so someone on here may know the owners of one or two, everyone knows someone with an interesting old car, and there are a few dealers in such cars on here.-

[rich 36]

Just a preliminary question
i'm still looking through stuff for the few photo's he took
when he'd finished them,
Be better to have included them right off really, but I was wondering what you lot thought first.

they were IIRC

XK120
Alvis
Citroen
and a couple of others

found one pic any way

from memory is this the Jag?



note on back of photo;1948 2 1/2 litre 3 seater 16HP

/vertex Scintilla ignition

re-built 75/76

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[rich 36]

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[zaktoo]

Looks like a Riley from here.

Can't help with the rest, sorry.

Ciao

Zak

Edit: More info on the Riley here: www.phil.soden.com/Roadster.html

>> Edited by zaktoo on Thursday 23 February 19:28

[crankedup]

Can't help directly, but I think you may do better if your post was in Yesterdays Hero's. Good luck with the search.

[Andrew Noakes]

Zaktoo's right, it's a Riley - an RMC roadster.

I'd talk to the museum. I would imagine they would be able to tell you where the car went.

[rich 36]

crankedup said:

Can't help directly, but I think you may do better if your post was in Yesterdays Hero's. Good luck with the search.

Do you know, I've never been in there
i'll do it
ta

[rich 36]

Right Ted might move it for me, so I might do better over there,

That's right Riley,
I vaguely remember now,
also wooden chassis featured on something would it have been that car?

He used to talk about Swallow sidecars, did that become Jaguar or am I confused anybody

>> Edited by rich 36 on Thursday 23 February 19:47

[zaktoo]

Yup, Swallow Sidecars (or SS - hence SS90 & SS100) were renamed shortly after the war (or maybe after war broke out - not sure on the exact timing) for obvious reasons. It became "Jaguar", which later was renamed to "Shaguar" to suit Austin Powers.

HTH

Ciao

Zak

[rich 36]

He never mentioned the austin powers model, but I thought I was on the right track there somewhere
thanks

[Andrew Noakes]

rich 36 said:

wooden chassis featured on something would it have been that car?

Wooden body frame, I'd guess - common practice then.

[rich 36]

in ASH by any chance,
bits of what he said stuck in ignorant head at the time after all

[Andrew Noakes]

Yes, often ash frames.

Riley RMC is interesting because it was export-only, and they only made 500 or so.

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[rich 36]

Great.
Honestly some of the wreckage his boss trawled up,

his business then was resurfacing runways, and he was always poking about old buildings all over the place

buying up abandoned cars that'd been left half in or out of a barn,
often leaving only literally half a car,

from which recreated completely the other half

wish to god I'd picked it up from him,

oh well eh

[crankedup]

'The Automobile' magazine are running a feature on tracing classic cars next month. The bigger H.W.Smiths usually stock if you dont subscribe.

[rich 36]

do you happen to know the day it appears on the shelves
by any chance

[crankedup]

I recieve my copy in the post, it should be available in the shop by the 3rd Monday of each month. I have seen it in Smiths a day or two before then. Good luck with search.

[rich 36]

Still waiting for a reply from BMM,
am hoping they might give me somewhere to start from,

keep you all posted

[rich 36]

Well I've had a read of the article in this months mag
although its more an advert for his book really

think I may have to buy it.

My query with BMM, didn't get a response, which was a bit disappointing
I did expect at least a couple of words of encouragement, still

would there be either a XK enthusiasts or
Riley enthusiasts site type thing