Vernon Balls in his C6 engined CO offset chassis Amilcar after coming 4th overall and winning his class.. The car was later developed by Henken Widengren into the record breaking car he used at Montlhery with Bertelli bodywork. Ultimately the car was campaigned in this form at Brooklands in the late 30s by Paul Courtney.
Michael
Friday, November 26, 2010
From what information I have, I do not think that this is correct: if it is indeed YU 13 then it is a C6, one of the first two C6 cars (as opposed to C0) imported into the U.K..
austin
Friday, November 26, 2010
It is YU 13, see <a href="http://www.austinharris.co.uk/photo/1928-jcc-200-mile-race-brooklands/3245">this one</a> for confirmation.
Michael
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Thanks - very interesting and evocative images. On the close-up of Vernon Balls, there are a number of small details which are intriguing. It seems - as one would expect from a very small production of hand-built cars which no doubt incorporated their owners' specific requirements - that no two C6's are quite the same.
Michael
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Thanks for this: very interesting pictures, because looking at the position of the starting handle on the car, it does indeed seem to be an offset C0. I wonder if number-plates were being juggled around, hardly uncommon in those days.
Comments (5)
Vernon Balls in his C6 engined CO offset chassis Amilcar after coming 4th overall and winning his class.. The car was later developed by Henken Widengren into the record breaking car he used at Montlhery with Bertelli bodywork. Ultimately the car was campaigned in this form at Brooklands in the late 30s by Paul Courtney.
From what information I have, I do not think that this is correct: if it is indeed YU 13 then it is a C6, one of the first two C6 cars (as opposed to C0) imported into the U.K..
It is YU 13, see <a href="http://www.austinharris.co.uk/photo/1928-jcc-200-mile-race-brooklands/3245">this one</a> for confirmation.
Thanks - very interesting and evocative images. On the close-up of Vernon Balls, there are a number of small details which are intriguing. It seems - as one would expect from a very small production of hand-built cars which no doubt incorporated their owners' specific requirements - that no two C6's are quite the same.
Thanks for this: very interesting pictures, because looking at the position of the starting handle on the car, it does indeed seem to be an offset C0. I wonder if number-plates were being juggled around, hardly uncommon in those days.