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#1 BritishV8

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 17:00

I'm pleased to announce a new addition to the BritishRaceCar.com article collection.

Read it here:
Terry Buffum and the Don Parkinson Jaguar XK-120 Special
(55 photos and extensive write-up)

as The Parkinson Special appeared at Pebble Beach in 1952
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as The Parkinson Special appeared last month at Pacific Raceways (Kent, Washington)
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I'm very keen to hear any comments and remembrances of this very historic racecar!

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#2 Frank S

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Posted 19 July 2011 - 19:18

A photo in this Torrey Pines race report from back then:

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#3 BritishV8

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Posted 20 July 2011 - 16:55

Thanks for the tip, Frank. That's a nice archive you've got there!

#4 Frank S

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Posted 20 July 2011 - 21:18

Tom Cardin's photo from Willow Springs, early 1950s (with permission) :

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The photographer didn't identify the Parkinson-like car, but others have suggested it is that.

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#5 BritishV8

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Posted 20 July 2011 - 23:38


The #3 car is Bill Stroppe's Kurtis-Mercury.

I don't know what the #11 car is, but it certainly ISN'T the Parkinson Special. Just compare it to the photos I posted previously. The Parkinson Special has had remarkably little body modification over it's sixty year lifespan.

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Posted 21 July 2011 - 00:24

Torrey Pines, late 1952, I believe:

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From a set of six folders of amateur snaps found on eBaY.



#7 raceannouncer2003

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Posted 21 July 2011 - 06:30

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This photo appears to be from Willow Springs, May 9, 1954. I believe the car in front is Bill Pickford in his Pickford Jaguar Special. He was listed as #113...you can't see the "3" in this photo. Here is another link for comparison:

http://www.tamsoldra...Special113.html

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