SOLVED: Djetset #382 - A.W.R. Roadster Special

Djetset · April 05, 2011, 05:57:13 PM

This one hasn't been touched for ages, so off to the Black Hole soon if no takers.

Djetset · April 06, 2011, 05:08:02 AM

Into the Black Hole.

Oguerrerob · May 20, 2011, 11:04:13 PM

I've found this car as a Home-built one off from the show and is tagged as a 'Bri'. From the book
British Specialty Cars opening page. License plate 3016-TE. Is there some kind of License plate database to search this number to find more info?

Carnut · May 23, 2011, 09:46:43 AM

Quote from: Oguerrerob on May 20, 2011, 11:04:13 PM
License plate 3016-TE. Is there some kind of License plate database to search this number to find more info?

No, unfortunately not.
This registration number will probably have been given to the original car (I'll give you its date later!) that was used as this car's donor, so even if you could trace it the only info you would get is what it was originally, for instance it might just say 'MG' if this car used an MGB as its base.

The major fly in the ointment is that there is a trade in registration numbers, so you can buy an old number from a dealer if you want your car to look like it has a particular age or identity, in which case it would tell you what the plate is on today: the only trouble is you need to know what car it's on now before you can trace it!

Djetset · May 23, 2011, 04:43:50 PM

Thanks for the registration plate info Carnut. As you say, the licence plate isn't always a clue to the vehicle it is attached to!

Oguerrerob, well done for finding some more images of this car, but it is not a 'Bri' and was intended for production, being exhibited for sale to attract orders and more customers at a couple of English car shows in the 1980s.

So, the mystery continues...

Oguerrerob · May 23, 2011, 05:15:09 PM

My source claims that this car appear in the British Specialty Cars opening page book by Chris Rees. (I post the book cover photo, if isn't allowed please tell me and I'll deleted)

Djetset · May 23, 2011, 05:18:42 PM

BTW, the author of this great book is an active and avid AutoPuzzles participant!

Oguerrerob · May 23, 2011, 05:29:32 PM

Then he must know!!

This source says about the pictures "Reproduction with permission"

Djetset · May 23, 2011, 05:38:54 PM

You're right; he should know the answer!

woodinsight · May 23, 2011, 11:08:50 PM

Perhaps it is an Atlantis then? (an attempt to introduce a new model after the slow selling A1 Tourer?)

Carnut · May 24, 2011, 07:49:53 AM

Amazingly I have pored through Chris Rees's book looking for the answer to this puzzle and have been unable to spot it. Anything that looks like it might be the answer has been posted before so can't be..

I'll be intrigued when I see what it is!

Allan L · May 24, 2011, 08:13:50 AM

3016 TE is a maroon 3500cc Triumph Herald 1200 it seems.

Djetset · May 24, 2011, 11:05:56 AM

Gosh, the handling of a 3.5-litre Triumph Herald would be entertaining to say the least!

Sorry, but not an Atlantis.

gilescooperuk · May 24, 2011, 06:10:34 PM

Ah the joys of pre SVA car registration.....

I know of one Tiger Super 6 that is registered as a Ford Cortina Sports Convertible.....

Carnut · May 24, 2011, 06:11:01 PM

The registration number is a Lancaster County Council issue from November/December 1962.

This particular car is definitely not pictured in Chris Rees's book.
The only car that is pictured that looks anything like it is the Swift, but the radiator is different. Any relation?

Djetset · May 24, 2011, 06:20:00 PM

Sorry, but no Swift connections.

Carnut · May 24, 2011, 06:46:03 PM

woodinsight tried the BRA P-Type but the answer was no.
It's not some other kind of BRA is it?
The doors and some other bits look identical...

Djetset · May 25, 2011, 04:56:23 AM

No, not a BRA.

Arunas · May 25, 2011, 11:16:35 AM

Quote from: Oguerrerob on May 23, 2011, 05:15:09 PM
My source claims that this car appear in the British Specialty Cars opening page book by Chris Rees. (I post the book cover photo, if isn't allowed please tell me and I'll deleted)

I haven't found it here...

Paul Jaray · May 25, 2011, 11:44:10 AM

I have my copy of Rees' book in my hands right now, in the back cover there is a red NG TF (YTO983K), different from this one...

Oguerrerob · May 25, 2011, 12:03:49 PM

If you google British Specialty Cars you can get to my source and to the pictures I posted

Captain Slow · May 28, 2011, 06:13:07 PM

Is this a Burlington Beretta?

woodinsight · May 30, 2011, 10:04:19 AM

It's not a Brooklands is it?

Djetset · May 30, 2011, 12:26:38 PM

Sorry, but none of the above!

Oguerrerob · June 16, 2011, 10:46:42 PM

I think the guy that built this car tried to create a Triumph Dolomite Straight 8 Roadster 1935 Replica

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SOLVED: Djetset #382 - A.W.R. Roadster Special