[Staowners] Vents

[Captain Ian L. Moist]

Guy,

 

This photo and the story  are very interesting.

 

I never knew that MWK 17  even existed,

 

Evidently it was a cold day (night) with officials well wrapped in heavy
coats & hats.

 

The car is fitted with three hooded flame-thowers ( Spotlights)  and a
drivers

side door mirror which was an after market  Rootes  Special Accessory as was


the badge bar  onto which the flame-thowers are secured.

 

Snow tyres are noted, and a snow tyre with chains sitting in the roof rack .

( I bet that caused a wind whistle at speed, and blocked the sunshine roof)

 

The most interesting accessory though is the Perspex deflector fitted

atop the bonnet ( Hood in USA) . I've seen these on other Rally car
pictures.

 

Current in the UK at the time was a proprietary brand of gnat deflector,

designed to throw the multitudes of hovering gnats away from the screen,

which were prevalent on warm summer English evenings: but that one on MWK 17

what was that?  A falling snow deflector?

 

When you look carefully there is something at the back end of the front
wings on both

sides that look like MK III  cooling ports, but the front bumper and side
grilles

identify the model probably as a Sunbeam Talbot MK IIA .

 

That looks like a young Stirling Moss behind the wheel. 

 

Fantastic picture -  Thanks. 

 

Now I once restored an Alpine Special Reg No  PRW 950, and  suspected

that it may have been something to do with Rootes Team. When I bought it
from

Sterling Cars (UK) in the  1970's it was running -  just, and fitted with
two 

Aero Screens and no trim. Anybody know about that car ?  

 

Ian L. Moist. 

 

 

   

 

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From: staowners-bounces at sunbeamtalbot.info
[mailto:staowners-bounces at sunbeamtalbot.info] On Behalf Of Guy Woodhams
Sent: Friday, 16 March 2007 7:09 AM
To: staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info
Subject: [Staowners] Vents

 

Hi all.

Mal Clark wondered if the MWK rally cars had vents, they didn't but there's
a story to add.

In 2005 just after the NEC show MWK17 was found this car has been lost for
over 43 years,the car is under restoration and is probably the car with the
longest rally history. 

in 1953 Stirling Moss was placed 6th, in the Monte Carlo rally,
Murray-Frame/John Pearman was placed 2nd in the 1953 RAC rally, the car was
sold to Edwin Elliot who rallied this car in the following rally's.

1953 Alpine rally where he and Dick Edmond crashed the car, in to a wall,
rebuilt it was used in 1954 Tulip rally, 1954 RAC rally,1955 RAC rally He
used it in many small rally's i.e. London, Sunbeam Talbot Owners club
Rally's.

There is the Historic motorsport show on 23rd to 25th March where there is
three cars on the stand Alpine's MVK21/23 & 24, with surviving drivers Dick
Edmond & Edwin's son will be on the stand on Saturday. I enclose a
photograph of MWK17.

I hope this is of interest.

Guy Woodhams.

 

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