Unidentified Indy500/F1 GrandPrix Race Car Circa 1951

Mystery Machine · 8/5/21, 10:06 PM

Can anybody identify this car ?

Video

https://youtu.be/t452wxTJtS0

Mystery Machine · 8/5/21, 10:16 PM

Many more photos available if interested!!!???

Hubie48 · 8/6/21, 4:44 AM

I have a lot of newspaper clippings from the 1950's. It is quarter to five am and I am off to work but will look into this for you this evening.

I believe it to be European

mc/rider · 8/6/21, 6:15 AM

Maseratti grill ?

Mystery Machine · 8/6/21, 8:04 AM

That would be amazing if you could, I've been trawling the online archives for days. Very much appreciated

Mystery Machine · 8/6/21, 8:10 AM

The closest I've come to the grill is:

Stanguellini Barchetta Biposto 1100 year 1957

But Maserati isn't a bad call, the car is very italian in styling

jjones752 · 8/6/21, 8:44 AM

I was thinking looks more British, like a Connaught, or HWM, or something. There's something about British single-seaters around the time things were getting more "streamlined" that had a certain awkwardness to them; the nose is a tad too long, the cowl doesn't quite "flow", even the sweep of the exhaust is a little funny. They had more of a home-made feel to them that their Italian counterparts...

Mystery Machine · 8/6/21, 9:19 AM

Very interesting opinion about it being British I had also had those thoughts. I have contacted The Beaulieu National Motor Museum in Kent the UK. I hope to have a response soon.

TQ29m · 8/6/21, 9:26 AM

I'll take a shot, when I was in High School yet, I worked at a Ford Garage in downtown Columbus, In, we had a regular customer who drove a machine a lot like this one, to our shop for maintenance, it was a Masserati, lord you could hear it coming for blocks, we had one mechanic that knew this machine inside out, he didn't help the noise much, but it sure helped it a lot. I can still remember the sounds it emitted. I think Kenny Coffman was the man who had the honors. Bob

Mystery Machine · 8/6/21, 10:09 AM

Masser, very interesting. Very little available online about the constructor. Would anybody here have access to any archives? Fingers crossed!

8/6/21, 8:44 AM	#7 Re: Unidentified Indy500/F1 GrandPrix Race Car Circa 1951
jjones752 Senior Member Race Count This Year: 19 Race Count Last Year: 22 Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 2,259	I was thinking looks more British, like a Connaught, or HWM, or something. There's something about British single-seaters around the time things were getting more "streamlined" that had a certain awkwardness to them; the nose is a tad too long, the cowl doesn't quite "flow", even the sweep of the exhaust is a little funny. They had more of a home-made feel to them that their Italian counterparts... __________________ Jim Jones Midwest Thunder Speed2 Midget #97 _________________________________________________ Last edited by jjones752; 8/6/21 at 8:45 AM.

8/5/21, 10:16 PM	#2 Re: Unidentified Indy500/F1 GrandPrix Race Car Circa 1951
Mystery Machine Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 11	Many more photos available if interested!!!???

8/6/21, 4:44 AM	#3 Re: Unidentified Indy500/F1 GrandPrix Race Car Circa 1951
Hubie48 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2021 Posts: 1,548	I have a lot of newspaper clippings from the 1950's. It is quarter to five am and I am off to work but will look into this for you this evening. I believe it to be European

8/6/21, 8:04 AM	#5
Mystery Machine Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 11	That would be amazing if you could, I've been trawling the online archives for days. Very much appreciated

8/6/21, 9:19 AM	#8
Mystery Machine Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 11	Very interesting opinion about it being British I had also had those thoughts. I have contacted The Beaulieu National Motor Museum in Kent the UK. I hope to have a response soon.

8/6/21, 10:09 AM	#10
Mystery Machine Member Join Date: Aug 2021 Posts: 11	Masser, very interesting. Very little available online about the constructor. Would anybody here have access to any archives? Fingers crossed!