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[Rupertlt1]

Andrews Special, 4,250 c.c., driver J. A. Andrews, UMD 966

 

Boreham Speed Trials, W.E.C.C., 6 April 1952:

 

https://revslib.stan...log/yq136kj6211

 

There is another photograph of this car at Boreham in the centre spread of Motor Sport, May 1952:

"The car is J. A. Andrews' rear-engined 4,250-c.c. Andrews."

 

Prescott Hill Climb, Bugatti Owners Club, 18 May 1952:

 

https://revslib.stan...log/vb256vm0876

 

Ramsgate Speed Trials, North London & Herts County A.C., Sunday 13 July 1952.

 

Can anybody shed further light on this car/driver?

 

RGDS RLT

Edited by Rupertlt1, 27 April 2016 - 17:25.

[CoulthardD]

Alan Andrews ran a ford dealership on the south cost. Alan Mann ran Ford Cortinas for Andrews Racing in 1963, before setting up Alan Mann Racing a year later.

See also the 1963 Rolls Royce engined "Andrews Special", driven by Jimmy Blumer.

Sorry can't help with the car.

DC

Edited by CoulthardD, 27 April 2016 - 18:50.

[D-Type]

Identifying the engine may  provide some sort of a clue.  4250cc is a large capacity.  The only British engine I can find that comes anywhere near that capacity is the Bentley at 4257cc.  Was the engine possibly American?

[Rupertlt1]

There is yet another photograph of this car at Boreham in the centre spread of Motor Sport, May 1951:

"UNUSUAL.-J.A. Andrews' rear-engined Ford V8-

powered Andrews photographed at Boreham."

(#25, Boreham Speed Trials, W.E.C.C., 1 April 1951.)

 

The Andrews Ford dealership was at Southwick, between Shoreham-by-Sea and Portslade, Sussex.

 

RGDS

 

RLT

[bradbury west]

OT a bit, but if you enter a search for Alan Mann on the wonderful Revs photo archives, there is a good display of the Mann Marina Rolls being built in the workshops. There are lots of engine and chassis, body off, shots. Clear details are visible. Marvellous stuff, as ever on Revs.
Roger Lund

[Vitesse2]

Odd capacity for a Ford V8 - at least at that time. They did build a 260ci small-block V8, but it didn't see the light of day until the early 1960s. Used in the Shelby Cobra, the Fairlane, very early Mustangs and the Mercury Comet.

 

Maybe a slightly enlarged Mercury 255? That was a Ford V8 Flathead in all but name.

[bradbury west]

And the original Sunbeam Tiger too, Richard.
Roger Lund

[Sharman]

Alan Andrews ran a ford dealership on the south cost. Alan Mann ran Ford Cortinas for Andrews Racing in 1963, before setting up Alan Mann Racing a year later.

See also the 1963 Rolls Royce engined "Andrews Special", driven by Jimmy Blumer.

Sorry can't help with the car.

DC

Marina

[Rupertlt1]

Why was the car called Marina? Was it built at Southwick in Sussex by the sea?

 

https://revslib.stan...log/ds573nm8633

 

RGDS RLT

Edited by Rupertlt1, 29 April 2016 - 13:47.

[Sharman]

Why was the car called Marina? Was it built at Southwick in Sussex by the sea?

 

https://revslib.stan...log/ds573nm8633

 

RGDS RLT

Because RR would not sanction the use of one of its V8 motor car engines and made threatening noises (I know because we had found a wrecked Silver Cloud) if anybody suggested using it in a race car Andrews Engineering sourced one from a marine application hence Marina