Solved - MJW #170 - ASP Porsche/VW special by Richard Stilgoe

woodinsight · December 29, 2010, 03:32:41 PM

Okay a few more for you to mull over before the year ends...

First is this strange device - what was it it called and who built/commissioned it (he's the guy sitting on it!) for a point.

woodinsight · December 29, 2010, 03:34:08 PM

I should add I need the base car and engine for the point, thanks

woodinsight · January 04, 2011, 07:16:50 AM

Experts?

Carnut · January 05, 2011, 10:30:45 AM

Is that Kenny Everett?

woodinsight · January 05, 2011, 11:34:36 AM

Not Kenny Everett but he was a year older and British

Carnut · January 05, 2011, 11:46:24 AM

Dave Lee Travis?

woodinsight · January 05, 2011, 11:59:32 AM

Not DLT. This man was a songwriter, lyricist and musician. He is still alive and well today.

Carnut · January 07, 2011, 11:24:41 AM

Acker Bilk?!

woodinsight · January 07, 2011, 11:44:39 AM

Not Acker Bilk
This man is 14 years younger than him

Carnut · January 07, 2011, 06:55:52 PM

Noddy Holder?

woodinsight · January 08, 2011, 04:28:16 AM

Sorry Carnut but not Noddy Holder.

Time for another clue methinks -
He made his name on BBC's "Nationwide" teatime programme and then on Esther Rantzen's "That's Life" amongst many other appearances.

Amsterdam · January 08, 2011, 05:10:37 AM

Richard Stilgoe?

Carnut · January 08, 2011, 05:43:48 AM

Quote from: Amsterdam on January 08, 2011, 05:10:37 AM
Richard Stilgoe?

That was just abut to be my next guess after the Esther Rantzen clue!

woodinsight · January 08, 2011, 05:56:34 AM

Richard Stilgoe is correct.

What I still need for the point is what he called it and what it was based on (inc. engine) for the point.

I won't lock it yet as two of you may know the answer.

woodinsight · January 10, 2011, 04:22:07 AM

Amsterdam & Carnut - any further thoughts before I move it to the Pros?

Carnut · January 10, 2011, 04:40:47 AM

Quote from: woodinsight on January 10, 2011, 04:22:07 AM
Amsterdam & Carnut - any further thoughts before I move it to the Pros?

No, haven't been able to find anything on the 'net so let's see if Amsterdam or the Pro's can find anything!

Amsterdam · January 10, 2011, 05:14:18 AM

No result here either, so give it to the Pro's

woodinsight · January 10, 2011, 06:01:09 AM

I doubt if there is anything on the web.
The information came from an old magazine.
Thanks for your guesses so far and now moving up......

woodinsight · January 15, 2011, 05:29:39 AM

Most people nowadays would shout 'sacrilege' if they knew what it was based on

Allemano · January 15, 2011, 05:39:18 AM

A Porsche?

woodinsight · January 15, 2011, 06:40:52 AM

Exactly!

Allemano · January 15, 2011, 06:47:08 AM

I made this guess due to the rims, but I have no clue what it was called or who built it.

All I can ask is if it was based on a Porsche 911...

woodinsight · January 15, 2011, 09:20:42 AM

The man who built it has already be guessed correctly.
He called it by a certain name.

I would imagine it was built in the 1960s and the base car is probably a Porsche 356.
The engine is of a different make.

It will probably prove difficult to find the name but the bodywork was of an unusual material.

Amsterdam · January 15, 2011, 11:43:11 AM

Quote from: woodinsight on January 15, 2011, 09:20:42 AM

It will probably prove difficult to find the name but the bodywork was of an unusual material.

Looks like the body is made of wood.

woodinsight · January 15, 2011, 12:04:05 PM

That's right - body was built of plywood

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Solved - MJW #170 - ASP Porsche/VW special by Richard Stilgoe