Ten times per year we have a free competition. All you have to do is send in your entry. All correct entries are put in a 'hat' and the winner(s) chosen at random. In the last year our prizes have totalled many thousands of pounds in value, all donated by our generous friends in the model car business.
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COMPETITION MAR 242
Brooklin Mercury MontereyOur prize in MAR 242 was donated by Brooklin, a 1:43 handbuilt BRK162 Mercury Monterey convertible from 1954. Mercury was a Roman god, so our questions related to mythological beings, a subject we have touched on previously:
1) Which Greek huntress gave her name to cars made by lfred Gough when he left Frazer-Nash? A): Atalanta
2) Which giant huntsman gave his name to a booted Escort? A): Orion
3) Which three-headed hound which guarded the gates to Hades gave its name to a TVR? A): Cerberus (Cerbera)
4) Which modern-day Renault is named after the Greek muse of history? A): Clio
5) Which Roman goddess of wisdom and war gave her name to a Belgian-made car marque? A): MinervaAt least three correct answers were received from:
Ian Barnard, Worcester Daniel Beck, Marly, Switzerland Gunnar Bernstrup, Limhamn, Sweden Martin Bishop, Newbury, Berks S Bowsie, Saintfield, Co Down, N Ireland Stuart Brotchie, Achnasheen, Ross-shire Phil Campbell, Kaiserslautern, Germany Virgil Christianson, Hamburg, Germany Christian Conduché, Bressols, France Willie Coon, Sulphur, OK, USA Frédéric Cros, Paris, France Tony Ellis, Sudbury, Suffolk Rodney Fox, Bitterne, Southampton Bill Gatenby, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear Harvey Goranson, Oak Ridge, TN, USA Carliese Hackert, Den Haag, Netherlands Roger Hall, Dorchester, Dorset Edward H Hill, Newcastle upon Tyne Thomas Ingram, Clydebank, Dunbarton Marti Juanola, Barcelona, Spain Udo Lander, Forbach/Schwarzwald, Germany Peter Mace, Goodwick, Pembrokeshire Michael Majdalany, San Francisco, USA Geoff Mason, Newbury, Berkshire George McLean, Glasgow, Lanarkshire Bernard McMinn, Mawson, ACT, Australia John Melis, Athens, Greece Stuart Milne, Aberdeen Peter Molchanoff, Wahroonga, Australia Eric Mortier, Olivet, France David Nicholl, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim Hans Nordström, Helsinki, Finland Fabrizio Panico, Roma, Italy Louis Panuse, Sun City, AZ, USA G E Phelon, Rawdon, Leeds, West Yorks Paolo Ruggeri, Genova, Italy Peter Seaword, Leeds, West Yorkshire Carville Stewart, Canterbury, New Zealand R M Sturrock, Arbroath, Angus David Taylor, Newtownabbey, Co Antrim John Toldsted, Lyngby, Denmark Gerald Watkins, Birmingham R K Williams, Belfast, Northern Ireland Jan Ziegler, Karlsruhe, GermanyThe lucky winner is Marti Juanola of Barcelona
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