Six Degrees of Separation

1 Commer van, a Rootes product, as was



2 Humber Imperial. A prototype of which was fitted with a 383 Chrysler V8, as fitted to



3 Dodge Charger, which was also available with the 426 Hemi V8. The Hemi being a popular retrofit in



4 1941 Willys Coupe, when raced as gassers. one of the other popular Gasser classes were full of



5 VW Beetle, made by the same company who made the

6 VW Type 2 Camper.

For some reason I thought

1. Triumph Herald

2. Triumph Spitfire, the sportier option



3. Shares its name with this, the SuperMarine Spitfire



4. Which would have fought agaist these, Focke Wolfe



5. Which were made here, Bremen



6. Which is where these were made



Matt

1. Triumph Herald - shared mechanics with the:

2. Standard 10:

which shares a name with the:

3. Vauxhall 10:

Vauxhall also made the

4. Viva:

as tuned by:

5. Bill Blydenstein:

Who, whilst usually associated with Vauxhalls can be seen in the next picture racing a:

6. Borgward Isabella:

...at Brands Hatch in 1957.

LOL, quite close to the RMAD route. ;D

Tatra 601...
as seen here in Monte Carlo guise...

There was a film called "Monte Carlo or Bust", which featured many contemporary stars, such as Tony Curtis, Terry-Thomas, and Dudley Moore.


Dudley Moore was born in Dagenham, working class son of a factory worker. (guess what factory?! Dagenham is also the place where the Ford Sierra was made. This is a Sierra RS500...


[wrong]the RS500 used a v8 engine, made by people who liked to race. The AC Cobra also used a v8 Ford engine made by racing people.[/wrong]
There was also a Sierra made that used a V8 engine. ANother car that featured a Ford V8 was the AC Cobra.
It was based on this:


The AC Ace. There is a current World darts player called Chris Mason. This is him. His nickname is "Mace the Ace".


Which brings us neatly to a car that shares it's name with Mr Masons profession/sport.
The Daimler Dart.





Jaguar Mk2
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Skoda 130RS

if you please

Ah curse word, beat to the punch...

Jaguar Mk 2



had an independant rear axle that became a favourite with builders of custom Ford Pops in the 1970's



Cars of that type have large back wheels and small front ones, similar to tractors. This is an International Harvester from 1954



In that year that manufacturer bought a factory from Jowett, maker of the Javelin.



which had a flat four engine. As did the VW beetle.



Except VW put it in the back. Skodas also have engines in the back.



Ta Daa!