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William Pillai (middle car) in his Austin7 registration J1020 with
other participating cars. |
The photo above was taken on Sunday 12 March 1950. The
event was the Ipoh Speed Trials, Ashby road circuit. I’ve had this photo awhile
now.
Recently I saw a posting on IDC (that very Informative
FB page Ipoh Discovery Channel) sent by a contributor, Mun Chor Seng about an
Austin 7 Tourer. It related about the car and the 3rd owner of the car
William Pillai with a statement ‘My first motorcar..signed W.G.P’.
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| This post connected me to my photo of the Austin7 |
If my history serves me well William Pillai used to be
with Ipoh Motors and he was the one in the middle car with registration J1020.
What a coincidence.
I asked another motor aficionado Adrian Boudville about the Ipoh Speed Trials and Ashby road circuit.
Ashby road is now called Jalan Raja Ashman Shah and
before that Jalan Hospital. The event started from the Gudwara Sahib temple
turning into the school at Jalan Ghazali Jawi all the way to the Sungai Senam police
station and back to the temple.
There would be about 20 cars participating of
different models in the event. Most of the participants were planters and miners and some engineers. The event was organized by a club which eventually became
the Perak Motor Club.
The Ashby circuit was later moved to Tasek in the
sixties.
KC
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