Not quite what it appears.......
Identify the make and base car plus the year for one point.
This makes it a bit easier to view!:
Aston Martin DB3S (1954 - 1956) Customer Cars for sale to enthusiasts.
Quote from: Carnut on September 21, 2011, 07:32:38 AM
This makes it a bit easier to view!:
Thanks Carnut, I could have sworn I resized it before posting..... :-\
Quote from: veloce on September 21, 2011, 08:15:29 AM
Aston Martin DB3S (1954 - 1956) Customer Cars for sale to enthusiasts.
Not that - it would have been too easy!
it's replica
WAM Classic Replicas (Aston Martin DB3S 3.5 BMW engine)
Quote from: veloce on September 21, 2011, 02:15:06 PM
it's replica
WAM Classic Replicas (Aston Martin DB3S 3.5 BMW engine)
Sorry but not that either.
the same body had another car - Aston Martin DBR3. is it?
Quote from: veloce on September 23, 2011, 02:26:25 AM
the same body had another car - Aston Martin DBR3. is it?
No, not that.
It only looks like an Aston Martin....... ;)
Experts?
Holden powered?
Quote from: D-type on October 02, 2011, 04:28:48 PM
Holden powered?
Not Holden powered.
This is a totally British car that had a different front appearance when built....
Is it the Cooper-Bristol re-bodied by Robert Peel Coachworks?
Quote from: D-type on October 02, 2011, 04:53:17 PM
Is it the Cooper-Bristol re-bodied by Robert Peel Coachworks?
Sorry but not that.
The maker of this car constructed two sports racers - this one is the second one (the first has already appeared as a puzzle here). Each car had a different base and appearance.
Lagonda? DP215? V12 (not the pre-war, I think but double Aston 6 cylinders)? Weren't they used in a movie with different noses, and later used for compoetition, but underdeveloped and much good? Checkpoint, that was the movie..
Quote from: bentleybob on October 10, 2011, 12:32:18 PM
Lagonda? DP215? V12 (not the pre-war, I think but double Aston 6 cylinders)? Weren't they used in a movie with different noses, and later used for compoetition, but underdeveloped and much good? Checkpoint, that was the movie..
No, not that.
Although it looks like an Aston Martin DB3S it has no other Aston/Lagonda connection.
Perhaps a Pro can solve it?
Is it an HRG?
Quote from: woodinsight on October 11, 2011, 06:27:52 PM
Quote from: Carnut on October 11, 2011, 06:14:41 PM
Is it an HRG?
Not an HRG.
Don't forget my reply 13.
No! I was going to ask if it's a Buchanan but then I remembered your reply #11 so it can't be!
Quote from: Carnut on October 12, 2011, 04:46:53 AM
Quote from: woodinsight on October 11, 2011, 06:27:52 PM
Quote from: Carnut on October 11, 2011, 06:14:41 PM
Is it an HRG?
Not an HRG.
Don't forget my reply 13.
No! I was going to ask if it's a Buchanan but then I remembered your reply #11 so it can't be!
No Buchanan connection. The car is all British.
Arnott?
Not a Golding-Cooper.
Here's a view of the car as I believe it was originally
Quote from: woodinsight on October 12, 2011, 01:56:18 PM
Not a Golding-Cooper.
You must have read my reply #21 before I changed it to Arnott!
Golding-Cooper was going to be my next question, but now Arnott is!
Quote from: woodinsight on October 12, 2011, 01:58:14 PM
Here's a view of the car as I believe it was originally
That looks like a Connaught to me, but it can't be since you said they only made two...
Aston Martin
WAM
Cooper-Bristol
Lagonda
HRG
Buchanan
Arnott
Golding-Cooper
The name is two words, the first the make/builder and the second the chassis.
Lester-Riley?
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=1864.0
Nash-Healey?
Neither Lester-Riley or Nash-Healey.
Time for another clue -
First word -a----
Second word -o-----
(the dashes are the missing letters)
Jaguar-Tojeiro?
No, actually I think this is the 1954 Halton-Tojeiro registered YKX 2.
The body was donated by Rochdale Panels and it had been designed originally to fit a Connaught ASLR (no wonder I thought it looked like a Connaught!), but the finished car "had a passing resemblance to an Aston-Martin DB3S". It had a Climax engine.
The name comes from RAF Halton, whose apprentices' Halton Racing Car Club built the car using a chassis supplied by John Tojeiro.
The car was raced extensively in club meetings from 1956 to 1960 and still exists - it was For Sale recently, when for some reason it was described as a "Hailton-Tojeiro Climax" with the extra 'i' in it.
Quote from: Carnut on October 13, 2011, 11:51:58 AM
No, actually I think this is the 1954 Halton-Tojeiro registered YKX 2.
The body was donated by Rochdale Panels and it had been designed originally to fit a Connaught ASLR (no wonder I thought it looked like a Connaught!), but the finished car "had a passing resemblance to an Aston-Martin DB3S". It had a Climax engine.
The name comes from RAF Halton, whose apprentices' Halton Racing Car Club built the car using a chassis supplied by John Tojeiro.
The car was raced extensively in club meetings from 1956 to 1960 and still exists - it was For Sale recently, when for some reason it was described as a "Hailton-Tojeiro Climax" with the extra 'i' in it.
Bingo, that's the car.
Well done Carnut and a well-earned Pro point for you.
Two more photos, one of the unaltered puzzle photo and another new one.