Barrett's #274 - Solved - The very first Diva GT, 1962

barrett · March 28, 2012, 04:02:28 PM

What exactly is this car? A point if you know

barrett · April 09, 2012, 09:59:07 AM

Experts?

D-type · April 09, 2012, 05:56:43 PM

MG Midget based?

Delorean · April 10, 2012, 02:41:29 AM

GSM?

barrett · April 10, 2012, 01:27:59 PM

No MG or GSM connection

barrett · April 24, 2012, 01:11:45 PM

The Pros will know

woodinsight · April 24, 2012, 04:48:27 PM

Diva Ford GT 1962

barrett · April 25, 2012, 10:23:32 AM

Correct, but could you expand on that at all? What differentiates this car from all the other Divas?

Locked for you, of course

woodinsight · April 25, 2012, 11:08:03 AM

This was the first of the Diva GT range.
Designed as mobile test-bed for A.J.D. "Don" Sim's Tunex Conversions Ltd., the car was powered by a Ford 105E engine and was registered 3 DLH in 1962.
Diva then progressed to using a modified Heron bodyshell before developing their own design for the C-Type and the D-Type.
Another view of the car -

barrett · April 25, 2012, 12:41:10 PM

Correct, this was the very first Diva GT built by Tunex with a Heron shell and Ford Anglia running gear. The photograph is taken from the very first commercial advertisement for the Diva GT from 1962.
Well done, another well-deserved point for you

woodinsight · May 22, 2012, 05:09:25 AM

A photo of the car at the Brighton Speed Trials -

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Barrett's #274 - Solved - The very first Diva GT, 1962