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A Skinner Special at Prescott…

By March 24, 2023Headline News

Ken Martin took this photo of the Red Skinner Special at Prescott in July 2011. The original version of this car had a supercharged Minor S.V. engine under its bonnet starting life as the £100/100 mph/100 mpg record-breaking car before being converted to compete at speed events in the very capable hands of Peter Skinner. In 1937 it was heavily modified to permit the installation of a 4.2-litre Hudson Straight Eight engine and was driven by both Skinner siblings at Shelsley in 1938/39. After the war, Ted Lloyd-Jones bought the car, before carrying out further body modifications in 1947, its final revised appearance evidenced here. The car is now owned by Burlen, custodians of the SU brand who use it for promotional purposes.

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