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#51 Ray Bell

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Posted 12 October 2018 - 21:53

The hats do get to you, John...

Mark Bisset has sent me this one, it's not '38 Lobethal we have to assume because of the number, nor '37 Phillip Island. Anyone care to take a guess of whence this came?

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And further on the subject of the hats, I'm pretty sure I saw a pic from somewhere in '38 or '39 (the AGPs?) that Lwa-Wright had a 'normal' helmet and his riding mechanic still the 'bad hat.

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#52 ntasca

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Posted 13 October 2018 - 10:54

Hmm - a good question Ray! None of the shots of Lea-Wright have that number, nor do any of the other Terraplanes that feature in the album! Bugger!

 

In regards to their party hats - here's a couple that might help to jog your memory Ray?

 

I'd love one of the white ones to go with the Singer if I could find one. But anything I've found so far doesn't 'quite' hit the mark!

 

I managed to meet Mark Bisset today at Motorclassica and had a great chat! Am keen to explore what might come from it!

 

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#53 Ray Bell

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Posted 25 November 2018 - 15:39

In the news...

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From the Sydney Sunday Telegraph of 25th November.

#54 ntasca

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Posted 03 June 2021 - 23:35

Hi all,

Does anyone have any pictures of the Sidebottom Singer at Phillip Island? We're attempting to uncover the history of an 6-cyl Singer that has recently come to light, and pondering whether it might (or might not!) be linked to the car. I've seen one, grainy photo of the car at Phillip Island, but the car numbers don't correlate to the any of the GP's, so it must have run at some of the other events. More research to come though!



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Posted 03 June 2021 - 23:55

Just circling back to the original discussions regarding the incorrect discplacement listed for the Lea-Wright car.....

It seems it wasn't a recent error, but in fact stems from the event program in '34. 

 

Having seen a photo of the car with the bonnet up after the infamous engine blow up on Friday, I can 100% say that it was a 972cc unit, with twin Solex's (as per and ex-factory 9 Sport of the period)

 

(Having all sorts of drama posting the pic: visit here for the link! https://lh6.googleus...NI32p6h6g=w1280