A lovely study (now ordered by me) of an Amilcar. There are no front wheel brakes and it's a high chassis so an early model. The outside exhaust and outside handbrake are not standard, though typical of factory cars) but the aero-screen is, of course, British pattern. No doubt the Amilcar Register would give chapter and verse. I just think it will look super on the wall! Thanks, Bryn R.
mike
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Sorry, Bryn, I am pretty sure this is something much bigger than an Amilcar. I am sure I have seen the picture before, and if I remember correctly the driver is May Cunliffe, but the make of car escapes me. I think it may have been a pre-Great War racing car... She competed in a Bentley in the mid-1920s, but I think this may be the Bentley's predecessor.
austin
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Now listed as both mystery car and Amilcar! Maybe a bit of research will throw a bit of light on the subject. Great photo though.
Guest
Thursday, May 1, 2008
I'm now really doubting myself! Trouble is that the radiator cowl, bonnet sides, the scuttle and the driving position look very reminiscent of the ones on the CGSs sitting in my garage.
David Manson
Friday, August 1, 2008
Referring to T.R.Nicholson's 'Sprint', might this be Mrs.O.Stewart-Menzies, fastest in the Ladies' Class, at 66 secs in a 30 hp. racing Peugeot (which had lost its original front brakes)?
Michael Elsom
Monday, August 18, 2008
Mark Joseland of the MAC will know!
Amilcar Register member
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Sorry, I am quite certain this is not an Amilcar!
Guest
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Can now confirm (from The Autocar's report) that this is indeed Mrs Olive Stewart-Menzies in a 30hp Peugeot. She also drove a 17-50 Itala at this event.
MAC Archivist
Monday, December 1, 2008
It is the 30hp Peugeot driven by Olive Stewart-Menzies, but David Manson is wrong in saying that she drove in the Ladies Class. She drove the Peugeot in the Open Event. In the Ladies Event she drove a 17/50hp Itala, 2813cc, finishing 2nd to Winifred Pink.
Andrew Minney
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Does anyone know anymore about this lady?
Sid Muirhead
Monday, December 29, 2014
The 174S was a car rated at 18 hp. The 30 HP may be the type 156 six cylinder "cuff" valve that ran to 1923 with front wheel brakes as an option. The MZ desing was obsolete and maximum rpm crusing was 1500rpm with rated HPat 25CV.
MAC Archivist
Monday, August 10, 2015
The car is a 1912 GP Peugeot of 7605 cc. Mrs Stewart Menzies set a new Ladies Record with the car at 66.0 secs. David Moore, MAC Archivist.
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A lovely study (now ordered by me) of an Amilcar. There are no front wheel brakes and it's a high chassis so an early model. The outside exhaust and outside handbrake are not standard, though typical of factory cars) but the aero-screen is, of course, British pattern. No doubt the Amilcar Register would give chapter and verse. I just think it will look super on the wall! Thanks, Bryn R.
Sorry, Bryn, I am pretty sure this is something much bigger than an Amilcar. I am sure I have seen the picture before, and if I remember correctly the driver is May Cunliffe, but the make of car escapes me. I think it may have been a pre-Great War racing car... She competed in a Bentley in the mid-1920s, but I think this may be the Bentley's predecessor.
Now listed as both mystery car and Amilcar! Maybe a bit of research will throw a bit of light on the subject. Great photo though.
I'm now really doubting myself! Trouble is that the radiator cowl, bonnet sides, the scuttle and the driving position look very reminiscent of the ones on the CGSs sitting in my garage.
Referring to T.R.Nicholson's 'Sprint', might this be Mrs.O.Stewart-Menzies, fastest in the Ladies' Class, at 66 secs in a 30 hp. racing Peugeot (which had lost its original front brakes)?
Mark Joseland of the MAC will know!
Sorry, I am quite certain this is not an Amilcar!
Can now confirm (from The Autocar's report) that this is indeed Mrs Olive Stewart-Menzies in a 30hp Peugeot. She also drove a 17-50 Itala at this event.
It is the 30hp Peugeot driven by Olive Stewart-Menzies, but David Manson is wrong in saying that she drove in the Ladies Class. She drove the Peugeot in the Open Event. In the Ladies Event she drove a 17/50hp Itala, 2813cc, finishing 2nd to Winifred Pink.
Does anyone know anymore about this lady?
The 174S was a car rated at 18 hp. The 30 HP may be the type 156 six cylinder "cuff" valve that ran to 1923 with front wheel brakes as an option. The MZ desing was obsolete and maximum rpm crusing was 1500rpm with rated HPat 25CV.
The car is a 1912 GP Peugeot of 7605 cc. Mrs Stewart Menzies set a new Ladies Record with the car at 66.0 secs. David Moore, MAC Archivist.