11-09-2020, 10:37 AM
Years ago , I got to know a Mr Charles Fish who lived close by in Bowdon Cheshire , who had raced Austin 7's in the 1930's.
He told me that in 1931 he had bought the spare 1929 Ulster Grand Prix car , complete with Cozette supercharger for £90 . He raced it
on Southport sands and Donnington for a few years before exchanging it for Percy Stephenson's supercharged Brooklands Replica in 1935. I've no recollection of the Ulster registration number .
Charles Fish still had all the pre-war entry lists,programmes and his trophies together with his old Herbert Johnson crash helmet and visor in his garage.
No supercharged engine tucked away under the bench unfortunately!
When I mentioned my Ulster NV316 he was most surprised that these cars were still being used competitively and that spares and replacement parts were so readily available.
A couple of years later , John Sutton , when tracing the history of his ex Percy Stephenson Austin 7 'Sand Racer' AOC 215 , tried to
contact Charles Fish , but he had died.
Geoff.,
He told me that in 1931 he had bought the spare 1929 Ulster Grand Prix car , complete with Cozette supercharger for £90 . He raced it
on Southport sands and Donnington for a few years before exchanging it for Percy Stephenson's supercharged Brooklands Replica in 1935. I've no recollection of the Ulster registration number .
Charles Fish still had all the pre-war entry lists,programmes and his trophies together with his old Herbert Johnson crash helmet and visor in his garage.
No supercharged engine tucked away under the bench unfortunately!
When I mentioned my Ulster NV316 he was most surprised that these cars were still being used competitively and that spares and replacement parts were so readily available.
A couple of years later , John Sutton , when tracing the history of his ex Percy Stephenson Austin 7 'Sand Racer' AOC 215 , tried to
contact Charles Fish , but he had died.
Geoff.,