Prescott postcards July 1947
#1
Posted 16 October 2011 - 15:14
I don't have the Prescott programmes for 1947. Could anyone identify the cars and drivers, please? -
Is this a Delage? The number may be 68
Race number 80
ERA number 78
Many thanks, Tony
#3
Posted 16 October 2011 - 16:14
ERA enginedThe top car is I think the ex-Dick Seaman car.
#4
Posted 16 October 2011 - 16:20
The second car looks like one of the Dobbs Rileys, but may be another Riley-based car
#5
Posted 16 October 2011 - 17:05
#6
Posted 16 October 2011 - 17:10
I found these 3 postcards at a local village antiques fair this morning. They are marked "Prescott 20.6.47"
It is actually 20th July 1947
I don't have the Prescott programmes for 1947. Could anyone identify the cars and drivers, please? -
Is this a Delage? The number may be 68
Dick Habershon in his 1 1/2 litre Delage (certainly not ERA-engined)
Race number 80
Francis Penn in the Blakes of Liverpool Riley
ERA number 78
Bob Gerard in ERA R4A (or it should be - for some reason I cannot view this photo)
Many thanks, Tony
#7
Posted 16 October 2011 - 18:50
I wonder about the date, as 20 June 1947 was a Friday and there was an event at Shelsley the following day.
My mistake. 20th July 1947
Tony
#8
Posted 16 October 2011 - 18:50
In Weguelin's ERA book, Gerard (R4A) was 28 at that meeting
#9
Posted 16 October 2011 - 20:11
The Delage is surely one of the Chula chassis? Later to get an ERA engine, but not then. Or am I confused again?
#10
Posted 16 October 2011 - 21:33
#11
Posted 17 October 2011 - 10:37
Edited by RogerFrench, 17 October 2011 - 10:37.
#12
Posted 17 October 2011 - 16:26
The car in the photo is No.78
In Weguelin's ERA book, Gerard (R4A) was 28 at that meeting
CiroMenotti is correct I think.
The car certainly looks like R4A in 1947 ( sloping radiator, colour, rear radius arms, twin body coloured wheels etc ) and looks like Bob Gerard's distinctive helmet style.
There is a photo of the same car in Weguelin's book displaying No. 28 as noted by David, captioned as Bob Gerard, but the driver has a cloth cap. The number is displayed on the lower section of the radiator rather than painted on the mesh and there is a lack of spectators - perhaps a practice shot with Mays driving.
#13
Posted 17 October 2011 - 19:07
#14
Posted 27 October 2011 - 16:01
Nostalgia indeed! 1947 was the year of my first visit to Prescott. I was not quite 6 years old, so not much given to technical stuff, but I do remember the noise, the smell, and being fascinated by twin rear wheels.
The Delage is surely one of the Chula chassis? Later to get an ERA engine, but not then. Or am I confused again?
I'm sure it is. One of them did (No.6 becoming the ERA-Delage)
No.5 remained with a Delage engine
The ERA-Delage had a distinctive shallower tail