Amazing barn find and a journey of discovery

[jtparr]

Lord Lucan....?

[Mick Cliff]

Paddy Mcnally?

[abzadams]

P.C Great Britain, islworth road?
Why would it have this on the sheet?

[Four]

+ 1 for Paddy and it's his Swiss address.
Chemin Maurice-Ravel

Geneva


Doug

[yoda]

What a fantastic story, beautifully told. I think most people wouldn't do the car or story justice.

Great work!

[hot66]

so Paddy McNally was racing a TR in 68

Jim:

the silver/orange car was manufactured in 1967 so the rear flares that it now wears would not have been available at the time. The car had a fair number of upgrades & modifications carried out in the 80's/90's so the flares were probably added then.


Steve:

coincidentally, the car (which received a 911R spec engine from Chris Maltin who was preparing it for Paddy McNally) achieved its first international competition successes in South Africa:

1968/9
Drivers - Paddy McNally, Charlie Lucas, Digby Maitland
- Class Winner - Springbok Series for GTs
- Class Winner - Cape 9 hours
- Class Winner - Killarney 3 hour relay




Andy Boyle (UK)
'69 911E

and was also racing a 910

[willbrown]

Mike, it is clear that you have been promoted; from dentist; to doctor and now PROFESSOR !!

Of course, the ORACLE (mr Lightweight_911 to you and I !) will feel the white hot heat of competition but what a coup you and Brendan have pulled off

Which only leaves the matter of Mr bj 'engine builder' mullan in need of official DDK title

SHERLOCK and WATSON

[bjmullan]

Well done Mick, thank God you will not be at CLM, so I will drink the beer!

It took us ages to decipher that piece of information because we were looking for a Scottish address and not someone famous. You must remember that you lot know more at this point in the story than we did.

[Gary71]

My Googling had just got to the point of thinking it was owned by the bloke that composed Bolero

[210bhp]

Doug got the address

Top marks that man!

Now I want a google street maps view of the address!

[Gary71]

It's not the car in the middle of the photo posted by James is it?

[210bhp]

It's not the car in the middle of the photo posted by James is it?

No, it would have been light ivory then

The middle car is another famous car though!

[DeRRis]

I read it as

McNally 30 ch. Maurice Ravel 1290 Versoix Schweiz

*edit* to late

[sladey]

Google streetview doesn't go onto this road. They do Route de StLoup and Chemin Louis Degallier but not this one.

Chemin Maurice-Ravel, Versoix, Suisse

I counted 6 swimming pools so a council estate it aint

[964RS]

Google streetview doesn't go onto this road. They do Route de StLoup and Chemin Louis Degallier but not this one.

Chemin Maurice-Ravel, Versoix, Suisse

I counted 6 swimming pools so a council estate it aint

I'm guessing that's because they are private roads by the looks of it with no access....to the likes of google!