Solved - NEH 271: Alvis TA350 prototype

[Carnut]

1 point if you can get this one right:

[Hubert]

Lancia B10...

[Carnut]

Lancia B10...

No.

[vintman]

Looks like a Riley 1.5 but bigger. Prototype?

Vintman

[Carnut]

Looks like a Riley 1.5 but bigger. Prototype?

Vintman

It is a prototype, which obviously did not progress to production.
Not a Riley, no.

[Tackitt]

Wolseley?

[Carnut]

Wolseley?

Not that either!

[Tackitt]

That's what I was afraid of.  Its an MG, isn't it?

[Carnut]

That's what I was afraid of.  Its an MG, isn't it?

'Fraid not!

[mymokke]

Some sort of Alvis maybe?

[Carnut]

Some sort of Alvis maybe?

You're right!
But full details required for a point...

[mymokke]

Is this one of the models concieved during Alec Issigonis' tenure (1952-1955) with 4 or 8 cylinder engines?

[Carnut]

Is this one of the models concieved during Alec Issigonis' tenure (1952-1955) with 4 or 8 cylinder engines?

Yes, it was designed by Issigonis and it was to have had a V8 engine.  It also featured Issigonis's hydraulic suspension!
However, since posting this puzzle I have found out that the picture may not be of a genuine car but a photo-shopped image of what it might have looked like..

There was a prototype however, even though pictures of the real thing might not have survived, so I'll leave the puzzle as it is and wait for someone to come up with the correct answer.  The answer is widely available.

[geology]

Alvis TA350?

[Carnut]

Alvis TA350?

Yes!
I'll give you a point because you've got the right name but I'll give mymokke a point as well because he did most of the work!

[mymokke]

Thank you!

[woodinsight]

I don't know very much about this prototype saloon, however if you give me the marque and type of engine it was fitted with I will give you a point.
Apologies for the poor image.

[Delorean]

Looks like an MG Magnette ...

[woodinsight]

Not an MG

[Delorean]

But English?

[woodinsight]

It is from England

[woodinsight]

Moving up

[barrett]

Alvis TA350 V8 prototype, c.1955

[woodinsight]

Alvis TA350 V8 prototype, c.1955

I'm giving you the point but I'm a bit unsure about the project no. TA350.

It's not the same car as Carnut's recent puzzle
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=10820.0
Body is similar but the wheelbase is different and some other details.

I simply have it as an Alvis V8 prototype without a project no.
Perhaps someone complete the story.....

[Captain Slow]

However, since posting this puzzle I have found out that the picture may not be of a genuine car but a photo-shopped image of what it might have looked like..

I know it's an old thread, I just thought I'd clear this up for anyone who was interested. This is definitely a photoshopped image, created before the real images were discovered - originally intended to accompany an article that was three months in the making. Toward the end of this period, however, real photographs emerged.


How do I know this? I did the photoshop, collaborating with the article's author over detail and making some reference to the original drawings we could find. In important areas it was quite close, differing only in details such as front end treatment as suggested by the author of the piece it was to go with. Started off as a series III Morris Oxford.