18-11-2021, 05:33 PM
(18-11-2021, 11:20 AM)Mike Costigan Wrote: Jon, you are assuming that the 1930 car was registered when new - it is possible, if a bit unlikely, that de Ferranti competed in the car for a year before registering it.
I seem to recall in the mid-1960s when I first got interested in sporting Sevens that de Ferranti, or his family, still owned two Ulsters - memory suggests they were in north Wales at that time and that they 'could be bought'. I didn't have the funds to even consider looking at them.
Seb, his son showed a steam tractor at events in cheshire and staffs during the 1960's. Apparently he often used to arrive by helicopter.
From memory the family 'home' at the time was Henbury Hall, almost opposite one of the events the steamer used to attend at Astle Park near Chelford.
I didnt know about the Ulsters. Whereabouts in norrh wales were they supposed to be. I could guess. But wont.