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Simon Thomas
Apr 8, 2016 - 10:05AM
Re: Cozette number 5.

Julian Hunt
Sorry Robert, my notes from my interview with Charles Goodacre clearly says Cozette No.4 with 9psi boost for the 1931 Mille Miglia.

Julian
Did Charles Goodacre mention anything about racing at Phoenix Park in 1935? I have wondered if he substituted his own car for the original works entry?
Simon Thomas

Location: Comber County Down

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Apr 8th, 2016 - 10:05 AM
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Simon Thomas
Mar 28, 2016 - 3:33PM
Re: Cozette number 5.

No suspicion or evidence about a number 5 fitted to a Duck. Thank you for the explanation why not. So we know number 5s were not fitted (?) to the team cars in 1930 or 1931 or the Ducks. So why was there a crankcase manufactured to take a number 5 in the first place? What car was it to be fitted to? Beyond the 1931 Ards TT certainly not an Ulster.
Simon Thomas
Near Ballystockart

Location: Comber County Down

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Mar 28th, 2016 - 3:33 PM
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Austin in the Shed
Mar 30, 2016 - 7:06AM
Re: Cozette number 5.

Simon Thomas
Austin in the Shed
Interesting letter Charles,Perhaps Austins had already intended in using the no 5's having altered the crankcases and the superchargers were not delivered in time?


If it was the intention to run the larger supercharger the sales catalogue for the production car needed to show this. The sales catalogue at the beginning of 1931 stated, "A larger size, or other type supercharger may be fitted if required, at an extra charge".
Can it be assumed at the start of the season it was the intention to run the Cozette number 5 on the works cars with 4 crankcases manufactured? Only the delay in supply of the supercharger by Cozette prevented this? Did the works ever actually run cars with the number 5 in 1931?
Simon Thomas
Comber
Do we know who's crankcaae Richard Hutchings Replica was copied from?

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Julian Hunt
Apr 9, 2016 - 6:37AM
Re: Cozette number 5.

Sorry Simon, when I interviewed him the major part of the time was spent on the Mille Miglia. I knew even less about Austin Sevens then than I do now and I didn't appreciate that no-one from the Austin world had talked to him much before and that there were a whole lot of things I should have asked about.

He was prepared to talk to me as I worked for the Department of the Environment at the time and he wanted to be put in touch with a senior engineer to promote his fireball cylinder head design. I was able to put him in touch with the right bloke, but sadly government departments are not the right place to influence industry in innovative matters and nothing more seems to have happened to the design.

Location: South-East Surrey

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Simon Thomas
Apr 9, 2016 - 7:58AM
Re: Cozette number 5.

Julian
Thank you. With the benefit of hindsight and greater knowledge at the time I had many opportunities to ask important questions of those who were involved with motor sport in the 1930s in Ireland. Desmond Montgomery who competed in Austins was a friend of my parents and I met him regularly in the 1970s. Perhaps my biggest recent regret was not making direct contact with Nyal Wilson who took my car Canada in the 1960s?
Simon Thomas

Location: Comber County Down

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Apr 9th, 2016 - 7:58 AM
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