RA Vanguard

[Nodiff]

Thanks Nigel for the great pics from Roycroft.

Here is another Wigram photo, which shows the car on 6 spoke wheels, plus windscreen and radiator grill. I have always thought that this was 1952, though I would love to have someone confirm, or correct me.

[David McKinney]

Here is another Wigram photo, which shows the car on 6 spoke wheels, plus windscreen and radiator grill. I have always thought that this was 1952, though I would love to have someone confirm, or correct me.

The RA Vanguard was No.12 at Wigram in 1952 but also 1953. However, photos from the latter year's race show it with the 12-spoke wheels, so I can't see it not being 1952

And no doubt about it being Wigram, on the right-hand kink after the Hairpin. In 1954 the Hairpin was omitted, and the faster corner seen in the background used instead

[Powder]

The RA Vanguard was No.12 at Wigram in 1952 but also 1953. However, photos from the latter year's race show it with the 12-spoke wheels, so I can't see it not being 1952

Also, the Chch Press report on the 1952 Wigram race says "In the fourteenth lap Green had the misfortune of losing four of the six spokes of his left-hand rear wheel, and he withdrew from the race".