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Ulster Automobile Club Motoring Review magazines
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When myself and Peter Hornby were researching the history of the Grasshoppers for our Grasshopper book, we were never able to discover much about the early years of Peter's own Grasshopper, UI 3345 from its first registration with Mrs Gladys Watt in December 1937 to 1951 when P. W. Widdowson became the owner. We trawled through many periodicals of the time to no avail. Since the first owner's registered address was Londonderry, Northern Ireland, we wondered if the car had been used in any motoring events. The Ulster Automobile Club seemed to be active during the years leading up to the second World War and after and we were hoping there might have been a mention of the car in their magazine. Between 2015 and 2017 we were in contact with the then club archivist who had copies from March 1933 to August 1939 (7 volumes), and post-war copies from July 1946 to the mid-1950s. Although we were generously invited to view these at a convenient time, the convenient time never materialised and contact was lost.

Do any of our forum members have access to these magazines, specifically the years 1937 to 1939, and post-war 1946 to 1951? We would be very interested in going through them in the off chance the car is mentioned, or previous owners.

It would be marvelous if we could fill in those missing years before it's too late.
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