History Specials

The Grille of the Car in question appears to that of a 1952 Lagonda

 

https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/digital/qkPWlp5rDep35

I'm hoping the link takes you to the 20 photos of this event. It does look staged. I think there were at least five cars 'racing'. The library doesn't seem to have anything other than the photos, the photographer's name and the publisher.
On the library website you can enlarge the photos to see quite a bit of detail. The car in photo 10 (the middle car in the group photo I posted) has a supercharger. [Stueeee - you appear to be correct in mentioning the MG Y: a Y rocker cover in an internet image looks just like the rocker cover of the supercharged engine.]

 

'Bathurst races 30 March 1959' [NHRA sticker (transfer?) on cowl] Mitchell Library/State Library of New South Wales

 

(Austin 7? I like the megaphone exhaust.) 11th Rob Roy Hill Climb, 24 Nov. 1946; George Thomas photo; State Library of Victoria

 

Photo possibly from the Kyneton area, Victoria, Oz; by Vincent Joseph Hearnes 1903-1986; State Library of Victoria. Is this based on a Ford or something else?

 

Everything below the body looks Model-T.

 

L. Little and E. O'Keefe's racing car outside their garage in Whitehorse Road near Pratt Street, Ringwood, 1925 (Ringwood and District Historical Society) [Melbourne, Oz]

 

So many of these are so simple it is profound. Is that a 490 Chevy?

 

'J. Spence driving an Austin Special, AMSC Standing 1/4 mile' [1946] George Thomas photo, State Library of Victoria

 

'Chamberlain Special on the starting line, 10th Rob Roy Hill Climb' [1946 photo by George Thomas; State Library of Victoria]

When I saw photos of what must be a two-stroke special I thought I had made an important discovery ... but it's all been discovered before; I am fairly sure there are previous posts in this thread about the Chamberlain 8. Anyway, here are six photographs and a link to a long article (2 articles, I think) on the fantastic 'primotipo' website (which I am still to read).

https://primotipo.com/2015/07/24/chamberlain-8-by-john-medley-and-mark-bisset/

 

VSCC speed trials, June 16, 1947; George Thomas photo, State Library of Victoria

 

LCAA meeting at Pakenham, 1947; George Thomas photo, State Library of Victoria

 

LCAA meeting at Pakenham, 1947; George Thomas photo, State Library of Victoria

 

H. Hawker driving a Chamberlain Special, 16th Rob Roy Hill Climb, 1948; George Thomas photo, State Library of Victoria

 

Last photo: no indication where it was taken; probably by George Thomas; State Library of Victoria

 

There was so much room for innovation back then.

 

@roadsterlines have you looked at the Cyclecars thread?

 

1929 Amilcar Riley special

 

NG TA

 

Beautiful!

 

Ned Ludd - does the Cyclecars thread have something on the earlier Chamberlain? That might be where I have seen it.

 

1907 Ford "666" racer, definitely . . . erm . . . 'special'

 

One of my all-time favourite specials, the Lion W-12 engined 1932 Napier-Railton
https://oldmachinepress.com/2020/03/05/cobb-napier-railton-endurance-racer/

 

Minerva Aster

 

Ransom E. Olds in(?) the Olds “Pirate” racing car

 

A forerunner of the early slingshot dragster.

 

Bad ass......

 

It is a „racing“ cyclecar manufactured in Buenos Aires Argentina in c. 1926 by Luis Viglione.

 

Diana Davidson, 16th Rob Roy Hill Climb, 1948; Austin 7-based? George Thomas photo; State Library of Victoria