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COMPETITION MAR 255 Answers
LANSDOWNE Hillman MINX ESTATEOur prize in MAR 255 was a 1:43 handbuilt Lansdowne model, LDM88 Hillman Minx Series I estate car 1957 in 'Light Gun' (gunmetal grey?), so our questions related to firearms:
1) Standard US military bolt-action rifle in the Great War, and location of the US Rolls-Royce factory. A): Springfield
2) A lever-action rifle, 'The Gun That Won The Wild West' and a GRP-bodied London Taxi 1962-72. A): Winchester
3) 9mm sub-machine gun used by British forces 1950s-1990s and the Rover 800 sold in the USA. A): Sterling
4) Austrian-made semi-automatic pistol and German F1 driver, ex-Toyota, now with Virgin Racing. A): Glock
5) Made tin toys with Tücher and the 'PPK' semi-automatic pistol with which Hitler shot himself A): Walther.
At least three correct answers were received from:
Mike Balch, Des Moines, IA, USA
Ian Barnard, Worcester
Gunnar Bernstrup, Limhamn, Sweden
Martin Bishop, Newbury, Berks
Simon Bowsie, Saintfield, Co Down
Graham Burton, Poole, Dorset
Phil Campbell, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Willie Coon, Sulphur, OK, USA
Bill Gatenby, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
Harvey Goranson, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Mike Graham, Newark, Nottinghamshire
Mike Green, Dereham, Norfolk
Carliese Hackert, Den Haag, NL
Roger Hall, Dorchester, Dorset
Rowland Hill, Milton Keynes
John Ingham, London
Jim Jamieson, Marlow, Bucks
Marti Juanola, Barcelona, Spain
Jukka Lampela, Esbo, Finland
Udo Lander, Forbach/Schwarzwald, Germany
Geoff Mason, Newbury, Berkshire
Bernard McMinn, Mawson, ACT, Australia
John Melis, Athens, Greece
Stuart Milne, Aberdeen
Martin Newbould, Didsbury, Manchester
David Nicholl, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim
Hans Nordström, Helsinki, Finland
Yvon Orban, Brussels, Belgium
Peter Paine, Farnham, Surrey
Fabrizio Panico, Roma, Italy
G E Phelon, Rawdon, Leeds, West Yorks
John Quilter, Eugene, OR, USA
Derrick Ridout, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire
Paolo Ruggeri, Genova, Italy
Eckbert Sauer, Stadensen, Germany
Derek Slack, Crawley, West Sussex
Brian Stewart, Stenhousemuir
Carville Stewart, Canterbury, New Zealand
R M Sturrock, Arbroath, Angus
David Swales, Preston, Lancashire
David Taylor, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim
John Toldsted, Lyngby, Denmark
R K Williams, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Jan Ziegler, Karlsruhe, Germany
The lucky winner of the Lansdowne Hillman, picked out from this mass of entries by Amelia the bearded collie, is Derek Slack of Crawley, in Sussex.
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