Hello, History of John Flannery's Volvo PV544
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 4:17 am
Hello,
My name is Daniel and I work for a historic racing team in England. We acquired a certain Volvo PV544 a few years back and I am currently researching it's history. I have since found out that it was John Flannery's car and competed on the hills of Pennsylvania for much of its life. I was told that the car was raced from new in 1958 and has never been road registered. I would like to confirm this. It has stickers on the dashboard from many Hill Climb events the earliest one being from the Hershey Hill Climb 1964. I'd like to find out what it was doing before then. Since we have owned it we have raced it in the Historic Racing Drivers Club here in the UK. You can visit their website at http://www.hrdc.eu. The cars most notable performance was at the Goodwood Revival in 2008 where it came 3rd overall in the St. Mary's trophy. That is quite a special award for a Hill Climb car from Pennsylvania and adds to its very interesting history. You can see what the car is like today by visiting our website http://www.cckhistoric.com.
I would like to build a complete history of the car from purchase date to present. I am particularly interested in photos, race reports, time sheets and any period publications it might have had a mention in. Any help with this project would be hugely appreciated. Thanks very much,
Daniel H Lackey
My name is Daniel and I work for a historic racing team in England. We acquired a certain Volvo PV544 a few years back and I am currently researching it's history. I have since found out that it was John Flannery's car and competed on the hills of Pennsylvania for much of its life. I was told that the car was raced from new in 1958 and has never been road registered. I would like to confirm this. It has stickers on the dashboard from many Hill Climb events the earliest one being from the Hershey Hill Climb 1964. I'd like to find out what it was doing before then. Since we have owned it we have raced it in the Historic Racing Drivers Club here in the UK. You can visit their website at http://www.hrdc.eu. The cars most notable performance was at the Goodwood Revival in 2008 where it came 3rd overall in the St. Mary's trophy. That is quite a special award for a Hill Climb car from Pennsylvania and adds to its very interesting history. You can see what the car is like today by visiting our website http://www.cckhistoric.com.
I would like to build a complete history of the car from purchase date to present. I am particularly interested in photos, race reports, time sheets and any period publications it might have had a mention in. Any help with this project would be hugely appreciated. Thanks very much,
Daniel H Lackey