Founded in 1946 by Ken Delingpole and Ron Lowe, Dellow began life as a competition car preparation specialist with a sideline as agents to both Wade-Ventor superchargers and the HRG marque.

Producing road-going sports cars for the enthusiast to use in trials, rallies and hill-climbs, they operated from premises in Alvechurch, near Birmingham, from where the duo had taken their first tentative steps as manufacturers in 1947, building replicas of Ron Lowe's famous Austin 7-based trials special, 'The Flipper'.

An Alvechurch Team car with period competition history that is well-known to the Register, chassis RY142488P is said to have been built in 1948 and is one of c.21 early pre-production prototypes built between 1947-1948.

The MkI finally entered production in 1949 and evolved into the MkV before production came to an end in 1956.

In total, only some 300 units were produced.

The cars typically featured a 1,172cc Ford 10 engine dropped into an A-frame chassis with a lightweight tub...