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Monster - A different kind of hot rod
After Tuesday's controversial Lakester, how about this for an altogether different type of hot rod? This Antipodean special started life as a 1920s Crossley 20/70 tourer, owned by Mrs Vida Jones of Sydney. Vida and her husband John were keen motor sport participants in races, trials and hill climbs in a variety of interesting cars – Vida even owned an Alfa Romeo 1750SS at one point. The Crossley was sold to Bob Pritchett in 1938, and after an accident left the engine and radiator unusable, he did what anyone would do, and fitted a supercharged Mercedes engine to the chassis...
Bob didn't complete the car until the 1950s, and quickly made a splash on the VSCCA scene with his thoroughly over-the-top creation. It soon earned the nickname that it still carries today – Monster. A most appropriate name for a true Australian hot rod, which is still causing a stir today. Current owner Tim Shellshear has recounted its history in the latest issue of The Automobile, which is out now.
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Samstag August 16th, 2014
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Unbekannt
18 August 2014, 09:04
Unbekannt
18 August 2014, 04:00
On the top of the radiator is the original Mercedes radiator cap and 3 pointed Mercedes star.
I was Very fortunate to be custodian of 'Monster' between Bob Pritchett and Tim Shellshear.
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I was Very fortunate to be custodian of 'Monster' between Bob Pritchett and Tim Shellshear.
Unbekannt
18 August 2014, 01:58
1)the motor-meter on the radiator
2) the item on the radiator cap is probably an RAC type badge
Or even a Mercedes three pointed star emblem ????
Tony.
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2) the item on the radiator cap is probably an RAC type badge
Or even a Mercedes three pointed star emblem ????
Tony.
Unbekannt
17 August 2014, 23:34
Vida Jones and her Alfa were a vital part of the Australian motor sport scene in the late 1920's. She also owned a Lea Francis Hyper TT Replica (ch no 14099) which was also regularly in competition (often against two other Hypers and the Brooklands"O" type Leaf of the the motoring journalist John Sherwood. Both the Alfa and the LeaF survive, with 14099 being arguably the most original and best preserved of it's type.
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Unbekannt
17 August 2014, 12:26
I think the item on the radiator cap is probably an RAC type badge whilst the cylindrical item at the bottom of the radiator is an alloy cover which screws over the starting handle shaft.
John Kent
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John Kent
Unbekannt
17 August 2014, 06:52
Oh dear! I thought this might happen after reading the rather nasty editorial reply in the Automobile. This is not a Hot Rod. It is a 'special'. However we can take comfort from the fact that it was created in period (like a good number of hot rods) and not a recent lash up (like so many specials and hot rods). Can we please not confuse the two? They come from two very different styles, cultures and approaches to motorsport.
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Unbekannt
17 August 2014, 06:20
I should have added 1922 Crossley 20-70 4 seat tourer type C,
Stuart
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Stuart
Unbekannt
17 August 2014, 06:17
I found in my Internet Photos collection, a 1922 Crossley 20-70, 4 seat tourer which appears identical in every detail to this original car, except one, the motor-meter on the radiator, even including the strange cylinder on the front of the radiator.
Anyone any ideas on that ?
Stuart
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Anyone any ideas on that ?
Stuart
william hearne
17 August 2014, 01:41
Very pleased to say that I got to drive this car in 1972. It came over for the New Zealand International Rally. I drove it from the Auckland docks to the storage facility in Parnell. A most impressive machine. William Hearne.
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John Kent