Ian Murray is new owner of 3-litre Chassis 54
Contributed by Ian Murray
It had previously been in an 86-year ownership of three generations of the Fry family since 1933, and as of the 27th of Feb, 2019, is owned by myself. It's a car I've known for many years and driven for the past 15.
Now that I've got all the paperwork, history and photographs, I note that some of the details previously submitted are incorrect. I'm also struggling to see where Clare Hay got some of her details re the first owner -- W W Richards, March 1922. I'm certain that the first owner was J H Clay, who competed at Shelsley Walsh in the car in Sept 1922 and '23, and 24'.
In the meantime, here are a a few photographs taken in March last month when we took part in the start-off of the BDC Centenary Extraordinary Drive at John O' Groats, and also the original of it when it was a fire tender in Chichester.
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Chassis 54, 1941 Fire Engine
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Chassis 54 in the 1950s
