SOLVED: Djetset #505 - Mahdeen plan-built Lotus Seven-style

Djetset · March 22, 2011, 07:16:15 PM

If you can see through the very poor quality of the photo (sorry!), can you name the car for a point?

Djetset · April 04, 2011, 05:32:39 PM

Can the Experts see through the mist?

gilescooperuk · April 04, 2011, 05:46:25 PM

This could be an early lotus 7. It looks like it is running steel wheels, and with a single exhaust probably either a 749cc austin or an early ford engine.

However that may be a pea-souper rather than mist obscuring the picture.

Djetset · April 04, 2011, 05:52:45 PM

Sorry Giles, but not a Lotus (early or otherwise).

gilescooperuk · April 04, 2011, 05:59:14 PM

Ok then - it mist be a special....

Harris?

Djetset · April 05, 2011, 03:01:05 AM

Not a Harris.

gilescooperuk · April 05, 2011, 05:49:57 PM

Do you have any other details on the car that could help narrow it down?

Djetset · April 05, 2011, 05:54:29 PM

It's British, and rather obscure (as in I've never seen one).

gilescooperuk · April 05, 2011, 06:13:06 PM

Not quite the reply I was looking for ..... ;-)

I was hoping we could narrow it down by age, engine etc.

Oh well, 1960s?

Djetset · April 05, 2011, 06:14:40 PM

Engine was variable, although mostly Ford.

Age is younger than the 1960's.

Carnut · April 13, 2011, 02:04:26 PM

Falcon Sports?

Djetset · April 14, 2011, 12:02:59 PM

Not a Falcon.

Djetset · May 12, 2011, 09:28:13 AM

Up to the Pros...

shamrock · May 12, 2011, 09:40:55 AM

The name Dutton is in my mind

Djetset · May 12, 2011, 09:42:25 AM

Not a Dutton I'm afraid; more obsure.

woodinsight · May 12, 2011, 10:39:47 AM

Harvey?

Djetset · May 13, 2011, 01:39:41 PM

Not a Harvey.

woodinsight · June 15, 2011, 05:49:47 AM

This is going to be difficult to solve without a clue.
I'm assuming it is British.
I have several possibles in the 1950-59 period but with very little photographic evidence.

Let's try Kenyon to start....

Djetset · June 15, 2011, 06:58:10 AM

It's not a Kenyon.

OK, a clue. This car was only sold in plan form for self-build (i.e. even more basic than a kit car). The car is later than the 1950s.

woodinsight · June 15, 2011, 07:07:09 AM

Possibly too new but could it be a Deanfield?

Djetset · June 15, 2011, 09:44:50 AM

I don't know the Deanfield! What era was it from?

Oh, and this is not a Deanfield.

woodinsight · June 15, 2011, 10:21:51 AM

Quote from: Djetset on June 15, 2011, 09:44:50 AM
I don't know the Deanfield! What era was it from?

Oh, and this is not a Deanfield.

Deanfield I think was from the 1980s.

Let's try another - Locust from the 1970s (not to be confused with the more recent Locost)

Djetset · June 15, 2011, 10:29:51 AM

What if I said this car is more recent than either the Locust or Deanfield?! (meaning that it's not a Locust either).

woodinsight · June 15, 2011, 11:09:51 AM

Well that narrows the field to about a dozen possibles now.....

What about a Formula 27 built by Sterling Autoparts from 1992?

Djetset · June 15, 2011, 11:25:28 AM

Not that one.

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SOLVED: Djetset #505 - Mahdeen plan-built Lotus Seven-style