What happened to this Pokora & Son race car (Update: 'Lost and Found'

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Vratislav Vesely writes: We are czech old car enthusiasts.We are desperately trying to find some informations about the car on the photo.
Manufacturer: Pokora and son, Czech Republic, town Kostelec nad Labem, make around 1925, 8 cylinder race car, car surely went from CZ to UK (see regisitration). Last informations we have is that the car was sold to the US.  Thanks everybody for any informations about the car.


Update by Ian Haggar:

Joris

I have taken the trouble of emailling you beause I have to condense a very long story into a long story. I write so late in the day because I am surprised no one has told this story, it is contained in Micheal Ware's book 'Automobilies Lost and Found.'

The summary is this:

The car is a Pokora, built by Pokaora and Spol who were a dealership for French SCAP cars. This company was run by Mr Pokora. Sometime in the early 1930s a former Skoda employee called Otto von Smekal went into partnership with Mr Pokora to develop a synthetic fuel from tar, called the Delta process. Mr Pokora died in 1937, but von Smekal continued in partnership with Mrs Pokora

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