Al Coppel’s wife Liz looks upon 2311229 in the early 1950s. (Joe Breeze Collection)
By Simon Moore
We can now move on to the fate of Tom Bamford’s V8 engined car. I received the following email out of the blue on 25 March 2001: “Simon: My name is Lucas McCain, my father Chuck McCain and I recently acquired a very odd car. When we purchased the car, we were told by the previous owner that he was led to believe that the car could be dated as a circa 1937 Alfa Romeo; upon close examination, we discovered the chassis number on the side of the right frame rail, number 2311229.