dhales wrote: To all those interested in the cars side of ABCs, I was interested to see a number of images on the forum recently.
The red car in the Lane Collection I have no details of but it is a standard 2-seater c.1922/3. I did email the collection for details some year or two ago but did not get a response.
The only Supersports surviving as far as I know is that of Hakan Sandberg in Sweden (ED 4358 Ch.1447 Eng.1497S). This car was first rebuilt by G de Jongh from two cars, the other being PE 8447 which had Eng.1512S. That was eventually fitted with a Ford 10hp engine and sold to Kent and seems to have permanently disappeared. Other cars to survive are as follows:-
NT 1816 (Ch.384 Eng.392) last listed in Oxfordshire.
DA 5948 (Ch.417 Eng.424, now with 760). Round collection.
NL 2425 (Ch.441 Eng.452, now MN 2222) Isle of Man.
XF 9566 (Ch.474 Eng.481) presently in Shropshire.
JS 1478 (Ch.683 Eng.683) presently in Isle of Harris - same owner since 1957.
SA 5459 (Ch.687 Eng.694) presently in Belgium as far as I know.
AU 6121 (Ch.779 Eng.779) ex-Blake car much modified former Birkin car as per photos on the forum. Appears in the ABC scrapbooks now at Brooklands Museum around 1931. Presently at Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
KK 199 (Ch.1028 Eng.1037) Presently in Germany as far as I know.
KK 6 (Ch.1029 Eng. 1034) Was in Kent - could be the Lane Collection now?
RK 1204 (Ch.1372 Eng.1380) The other Isle of Man car.
? (Ch.1410 Eng. 1435) presently in New Zealand as far as I know.
A South African contact many years ago reported a car in a scrap yard in Mozambique - presumably now gone.
Several VSCC specials used ABC car engines most of which have been wrecked.
The earliest production car I have a note of had the Chassis No.27, with Engine No.53 - registered in January 1921, although there were a few registered in 1920, including S C H Davis' car used in trials - PB 5551.
David, that is enormously helpful, thank you !
RK1204 the 1924 car became MAN 67D when Bob Thomas registered in here in the IoM.
From information you supplied me previously, we know that he purchased it from the estate of Vic Derrington the famous engine and exhaust tuner in 1974. It had been in a corner of his workshop in Kingston, Surrey from the mid 1930s.
AU 6121 is quite fascinating..”ex Blake car”. do you have any further information regarding its history ?
On that very long scuttle, there are two framed pictures, presumably telling the story and the owners but it is not legible.
I read that The Holkam Hall cars were auctioned in 2016 - Perhaps they kept this one?
MAN 67D and MN 2222 are due some routine maintenance this afternoon.If the weather improves and other vehicle chores done, one, possibly both will be out on the road.
Andrew
