Solved - MJW #100 - F.M.C. Bristol 1956

[woodinsight]

Make, year, who built it and what engine did it use for a point.
Not easy perhaps but I'm sure someone can solve this.

[Otto Puzzell]

Hay! No fair hiding behind that bale!

[woodinsight]

Unfortunately this was the only photo I have of this particular car.
Perhaps others will come to light after it is solved.

[Otto Puzzell]

'twas a pun 

[woodinsight]

I know - I enjoyed it!
Sometimes I think I'm becoming too serious (about cars!) 

[Oguerrerob]

Is it Mercedes Benz badge on the front?

[woodinsight]

I don't know what the badge may be on the front but I can assure you it isn't Mercedes

[Carnut]

Based on an Elva?

[woodinsight]

Not as far as I know

[woodinsight]

Obscure car needs professional help.....

[Allemano]

Fibersport?

[woodinsight]

I'd be surprised if this car had a Fibersport body.
It is British (a clue) and although I don't know very much about the car - I can tell you that I know the make, engine and year. What I don't know is whether the builder based it on another car and acquired a shell from one of the numerous body shell producers of the day or built the car entirely from scratch.

[woodinsight]

This is a difficult one - it's the only image I have ever seen of this car.
However (a big clue) the name has been mentioned in one of my posts on a similar car.

[Paul Jaray]

Jehu-Riley built by John Horridge?

[woodinsight]

Not the Jehu.
On a much longer lasting puzzle!

[woodinsight]

Okay - another clue - the car has a Bristol engine
Please note that the name was mentioned (by me) in another long lasting thread!

[D-type]

Bristol engine?

[woodinsight]

Yes - Bristol engined

[Allan L]

This is a difficult one - it's the only image I have ever seen of this car.
However (a big clue) the name has been mentioned in one of my posts on a similar car.

BBS of H.M. Barron?
(and you wrote that BBS may stand for Barron Bristol Special or Sports)

Doesn't mean I've any idea about it - just that I can follow clues!

[woodinsight]

Good guess Allan but it's not that one.
Glad to see someone following my clues!

[Allan L]

As I wrote in that (Lester Bristol) thread this one doesn't look high enough in the bonnet to house a Bristol engine.
The other car you mentioned was John Horridge's Lister Bristol, which this can't be as the Horridge car looked like this when it was Bristol-powered:

However it was said to have been once Riley powered and may have looked more like the Jehu then.

[woodinsight]

No - it's not that one.
I mentioned quite a few obscure Bristol engined cars I think this was one of my final thoughts

[woodinsight]

No - it's not that one.
I mentioned quite a few obscure Bristol engined cars I think this was one of my final thoughts

I stand corrected on this one, the name of this car was suggested by another puzzler in that infamous thread - my apologies

[faksta]

A Chapman? Chapman-Mercury? Looks quite similar!

OK, it's late, and all cats are grey in the night, so my brain possibly told me 'Yeah, Bristol = Mercury!'...

Could it be FMC though?

[Allan L]

Well I'll try the Warrior-Bristol as there is some similarity - but this one seems not to have the bonnet-top airscoop/carb box of the Warrior (and most Bristol-engined cars).