This is a small Beaulieu story as so many happen every year. Those who passed our stand may have noticed a small radiator with AC/Bullnose looks. It was offered by Robin Batchelor who at first presumed it was Bullnose.
Sunday morning a man walked in who was intrigued by the radiator and decided he might wanted to use it on his Anzani engined trials/racing GN of 1924. The car is known to have been raced by Barbara Marshall and Kay Petre. In later years the car had an ugly rectangular radiator and Bill likes to go back to the earlier looks. Only one thing was worrying him. Would the radiator fit the body that he is restoring? It appears Bill is a wise man as he went of and came back with a mall for the radiator which seemed to give a superb fit with 'our' radiator (click).
In the meantime he found out that this one "... is definitely AC. The taller of the two ladies in the photo is Barbara Marshall who used the car in trials in the 1930s (a first in 1937 Cotswold Trials). The smaller lady is Kay Petre who was a well known racing driver (single seater Austins etc). "
Great to see that the small radiator has found its way to VSCC circles and such charming company. Well at least in the past (err... sorry about that Bill).