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1922 Aston Martin 'Green 'Pea 1933 1.5Litre Grand Prix
Voiturette No.15
DIR By: SteveP
Date: September 3, 2021, 8:14 am
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This is my 'inspiration car'.
I've been reserching it and it still exists, but I haven't found
out where it may be shown or competed in te near future.
I've found a good number of reference photos and also have been
lucky enough to get a 1/43rd scale diecast kit of it
which will be an excellent reference. This will be my pre-build.
The cyclekart won't obviously be a 2-seater like the original,
but it looks to me (as a rookie) to be a worthy subject.
I'd appreciate comments/guidance on suitablity (or otherwise)
please from all you experienced guys.
#Post#: 4600--------------------------------------------------
Re: 1922 Aston Martin 'Green 'Pea 1933 1.5Litre Grand Prix
Voiturette No.15
DIR By: SteveP
Date: September 3, 2021, 8:15 am
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PS - ignore the '1933'
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Re: 1922 Aston Martin 'Green 'Pea 1933 1.5Litre Grand Prix
Voiturette No.15
DIR By: peterL
Date: September 3, 2021, 10:20 am
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I think it's still owned by Neil Murray, who was registrar of
the Aston Martin register at one time, and is raced by his son I
think. If you needed to find it or them the Aston Owners Club
should be able to link you up.
Not sure what it's current state is, but when he first bought it
the tail had been shortened by about 18", though I think he has
had it rebuilt, so some of your reference photos may appear to
be giving you conflicting sizes.
Not experienced in these things yet, but from my deliberations
of trying to get all the bits to fit, there does seem a suitably
sized bit of room between the seat and the rear axle, something
I'm fighting with at the moment! After that it all starts to get
a bit difficult with the tapering of the tail. - Looking
forward to the build.
Peter
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Re: 1922 Aston Martin 'Green 'Pea 1933 1.5Litre Grand Prix
Voiturette No.15
DIR By: peterL
Date: September 3, 2021, 10:30 am
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PS not sure if you have a drawing, but this might be close, it's
a 1921.
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Re: 1922 Aston Martin 'Green 'Pea 1933 1.5Litre Grand Prix
Voiturette No.15
DIR By: sylvaman
Date: September 3, 2021, 12:18 pm
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That's a Fine lookin Inspiration car Steve. Well done .
Chris L
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Re: 1922 Aston Martin 'Green 'Pea 1933 1.5Litre Grand Prix
Voiturette No.15
DIR By: SteveP
Date: September 4, 2021, 5:09 am
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Thanks Peter - great and useful drawing - where did you find
that?
Apparently No.8 and No.15 swapped number plates later, after the
picture I attached was taken of them both together.
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Re: 1922 Aston Martin 'Green 'Pea 1933 1.5Litre Grand Prix
Voiturette No.15
DIR By: peterL
Date: September 4, 2021, 8:16 am
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There are few on the internet if you Google Aston Martin
blueprint, I think the one I showed was here:-
HTML https://getoutlines.com/blueprints/178/1921-aston-martin-standard-sports-5gp-cabriolet-blueprints
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