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Riley?
Not Riley.
From England?
No.
riding to the Pro's.
If I remember well this is a Maserati replica by someone already featured here...
Quote from: Paul Jaray on February 21, 2011, 09:31:30 AM
If I remember well this is a Maserati replica by someone already featured here...
Quite right!
Do you want it locked?
I remember few weeks ago, looking for info about a solved car I visited the website of the manufacturer where it was also this car.
I'll have to dig a little but I've very few time.
Thank you for your offer...If I'm not done in few ours, you can unlock.
(was the replica already featured the MG Airline?)
I found this car as I was on search for further informations about one of my own puzzles...
The guy who created this replica was mentioned here before.
I'm afraid you have to go back a little in time to find his name.
At least one of the Pro's already posted a car of his design..
BTW: I don't know of any relation to the MG you've mentioned.
Quote from: Allemano on February 21, 2011, 09:56:28 AM
I found this car as I was on the search for further informations about one of my own puzzles...
The guy who created this replica was mentioned here as he baptised the cars he built after his own name.
I'm afraid you have to go back a little in time to find his name.
At least one of the Pro's posted a car of his before..
BTW: I don't know of any relation to the MG you've mentioned.
You are right...it was the Frazer Nash by Blakeney, but it's not that.
Is this car a retro or neoclassic or a sheer replica? (or none of the above)
I lock this for PJ until his next reply.
Quote from: Paul Jaray on February 21, 2011, 09:59:11 AM
Quote from: Allemano on February 21, 2011, 09:56:28 AM
I found this car as I was on the search for further informations about one of my own puzzles...
The guy who created this replica was mentioned here as he baptised the cars he built after his own name.
I'm afraid you have to go back a little in time to find his name.
At least one of the Pro's posted a car of his before..
BTW: I don't know of any relation to the MG you've mentioned.
You are right...it was the Frazer Nash by Blakeney, but it's not that.
Is this car a retro or neoclassic or a sheer replica? (or none of the above)
There's no definite benchmark car for this. The builder did it only in the style of those vintage racers. The engine however is an original Maserati powerplant...
I think you can unlock it...
I was referring to the car already featured here, sorry...was it a replica?
No, most of the other cars made by this workshop were of a completely different kind.
Neither replicas nor neo-classics.
However there's one car in the style of the sixties which – I would say – is the most common of his works..
free for all..!
Customs or Hot-Rods?
Neither customs nor hot-rods.
They mainly did conversions of certain mass production cars. (~ 20 were built according to my sources)
"Custom" is not the right word here.
Like buggies?
Not buggies.
They made other cars as well, but searching the net shows almost only one car* which is based on a mass production car. Not from Germany..
*maybe yet more common as the one I've mentioned before.. :-X
Quote from: Allemano on February 21, 2011, 12:07:09 PM
Not buggies.
They made other cars as well, but searching the net shows almost only one car* which is based on a mass production car. Not from Germany..
*maybe yet more common as the one I've mentioned before.. :-X
...the less common, was it a race conversion?
A big engined street legal sports car – not a race car.
From the US of A?
No.
European?
Not European either.
Asia?
A hint before you travel around the world: The cars were christened after the man behind that workshop..
Not Asia.
New Zealand?
Now you're getting seriously close! :thumbsup:
Chevron?
Not Chevron.
Tempero (Ira Cohen)?
Is it definitely from New Zealand?
We had both before: the big engined special and the smaller one as well.
Just read that the big sportscar started life quite ordinary equipped with a 4 cyl. engine. According to my source at least two cars were built of which one is still existent.
almac?
Is it a name, like Barry Keenan?
As mentioned before he named his company and the cars after his name.
Only after his surname, though.
Berry Racecars (Graham Berry)?
No.
I think it was only his name without anything added.
Some less respectful say he built ordinary kit-cars.. :D
Are they Seven-inspired, like McGregor?
Fraser?
Quote from: Paul Jaray on February 21, 2011, 02:18:37 PM
Are they Seven-inspired, like McGregor?
Not Seven inspired.
Closed body and based on a British car
EDIT: I guess you didn't mean the big engined car which isn't 7-inspired either. :P
Not Beacham...
Hulme?
:shakehead:
There is no replica at all in their line-up, right?
McRae?
De Joux?
(was the brithis car the Mini?)
I know of four cars they've made:
a special bodied car based on a british mass production car. (probably a one-off and not posted before)
a small special bodied car based on a british mass production car. (~20 were built, posted before)
a big engined a special bodied car made on a british mass production car. (I know of two cars, posted before)
the puzzle car, probably built much later after the company was closed as a one-off project, but I don't know this for sure.
Quote from: Paul Jaray on February 21, 2011, 02:42:25 PM
De Joux?
(was the brithis car the Mini?)
:applause:
That's the one!
And the British car was indeed the De Joux Mini GT
The big car was the De Joux GT with 5,7l Chevy engine.
They also built a Triumph based car of which I've seen only pics in unrestored condition.
I lock this for you to add some infos.
Found it....
De Joux Maserati Special!!!
From the description of an auction house:
Ferris de Joux Maserati Special Chassis no. 7/98Engine no. 83/5B Registration no. Bbj-504 Artist, designer, engineer. Ferris de Joux was one of New Zealand's most talented automotive designers. He has appeared regularly in motoring magazines over the years beginning with Motorman and Sports Car World in the 1970s. His first car was a 1936 Austin Seven Ruby and though quite tidy, was not exotic enough for Ferris so he removed the body and designed and built an all enveloping fibreglass body - said to be the first such body built in New Zealand.He went on to build a more aerodynamic body for the English Buckler sports car. The result was the classic Buckler look that continues today. One of the first cars to use this body was the Ivy Stephenson Buckler.Then there was a Holden Special followed by the Ferrari Special, which Jack Brabham thought was the best non factory built car he had ever seen, and offered Ferris a job which he declined as he was happy pursuing his passion for cars in New Zealand. Ferris bought the famous 4.5 Litre V12 Ferrari in which Jose Gonzales won the 1951 British Grand Prix at Silverstone - less engine and rev counter for 300 pounds from local racer Ron Roycroft. He converted the Gp car into a Gran Turismo that looked like a genuine factory built Ferrari road car. It was an exquisitely proportioned car and Ferris used it daily for the next four and a half years then sold it. It was eventually restored back to a single seater by a Christchurch classic car enthusiast and is now owned by Bernie Ecclestone.In the late 60s Ferris designed a special fibreglass body to fit a Mini Cooper. This became known as the de Joux Mini Gt. He designed and built the boy moulds and developed his own method of attaching the body to the mini floorpan. This was a pretty little Gt which used Mini parts and became a favourite with racing competitors. In 1985 before moving into his second house (both of which he designed and built) Ferris bought the remains of a 1964 Formula One Brp chassis and damaged V8 Brm engine, and over the phone to England, a Brm transaxle. Ferris made a list of missing parts and went off to England to find them. Soon after completion the Brp was sold to English collector Anthony Mayman.It was in 1996 that Ferris spotted the 3.5 litre Maserati engine under a bench in the workshop of Ferrari/Maserati specialist Allan Cattle. He gathered up a trailer load of Maserati parts then took a trip to Eurospares in England to buy all the missing bits and then started on what was to be his final major creation.The car was built around a 1958 3500GT Maserati engine and took 36 months to build and was completed in 2002. It covered a mere 470 miles and is - as all de Joux cars - absolutely stunning. This car was built in the style of Maserati of the 1937/39 era and as such has a pointed tail with a smallish cockpit and a long louvered bonnet. It is not a replica, not a copy, but has a family resemblance to the original Italian car.The big handsome engine has 3500cc, 6 cylinders, with a 12 plug head giving 220 bhp, has cast aluminium cam covers bearing the Maserati logo and has three twin choke 40DCOE Weber carburettors.It has a five speed all synchromesh close ratio gearbox and a limited slip diff (3.54 ratio)The suspension, torsion bars all round is similar to that used by C Type Jaguars.The front lower wishbones and torsion bars were bought from Invercargill based C Type replica builder David Brown and the rear torsion bars are from a Volkswagen.The brakes are from a Mark VII Jaguar and fitted with heavy aluminium finned covers. Ferris made a pattern and had the blanks cast and fins machined into them, then shrunk onto the cast iron drums. The finned alloy drums are very visable and dramatic lookingSpecifications include:-Radiator from a Mark VII Jaguar and the pedal box is a Jaguar/Fiat composite.Riveted alloy petrol tankWheels are 16x5 inch for the front and 16x5.5 for the rear with steel rim 84 spoke 52mm centre lock Borranis.Tyres 550 and 600 Englebert racing and highwayWhite faced matching Jaeger instruments by Vintage Restoration in England.The body was designed by Ferris who made the mudguards and radiator surround from fibreglass. He also fabricated all the interior panelling. Coach builder Max Mumby made the hand beaten external body panels in aluminium from a buck made by FerrisOn the road,we are informed, the car sits flat and corners like a modern sports car but gives the wind in your face, elbows out, smile from ear to ear thoroughbred vintage sportscar feel.Ferris de Joux's ability to create such things of beauty from just a few sketches was truly amazing.
Great job Paul!
I didn't expect that this would be so hard!
Try it with one hand!
OK, before the fun begin...I was busy with our future puzzler.
Well done PJ - I looked at De Joux and thought no, definitely no.
Mmmm.......well you can't ignore any possibility I guess!
BTW: does anybody know Ferris' famous Ferrari Special?
I stumbled upon the Ferris Maserati as I was searching the net for infos of the Pat Hoare Ferrari.
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=14709.0
For a short time I believed that Ferris De Joux made the body of the Hoare "Charlotte", but this is appearantly wrong. (that's why I cancelled the coachbuilder question, then.)
Paul finally brought this baby to bed! ;D
QuoteBTW: does anybody know Ferris' famous Ferrari Special?
This one? ;D
Thanks Paul, I had no idea De Joux was involved in the design of the antipodean Buckler bodies, and I'd love to see a picture of his Seven Special.