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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2013 => Topic started by: Quiller on October 30, 2013, 01:37:25 PM

Title: Q845 - solved - Brookes Special
Post by: Quiller on October 30, 2013, 01:37:25 PM
For a point - please name this car!
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Post by: Quiller on November 22, 2013, 12:36:39 PM
up to you
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Post by: D-type on November 22, 2013, 07:27:04 PM
Proprietary fibreglass body on a Ford chassis?
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Post by: frederick59 on November 22, 2013, 08:20:37 PM
DB Panhard HBR 5 base?
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Post by: Quiller on November 24, 2013, 03:42:23 PM
Ford basis, yes
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Post by: spider on November 27, 2013, 04:44:40 PM
Bristol??
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Post by: Quiller on November 28, 2013, 12:32:00 PM
Quote from: spider on November 27, 2013, 04:44:40 PM
Bristol??

Not a Bristol...
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Post by: Quiller on December 06, 2013, 02:46:03 PM
Movin on up
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Post by: targhediferro on December 06, 2013, 06:22:49 PM
Fairthorpe?
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Post by: D-type on December 06, 2013, 07:04:55 PM
Heron?
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Post by: Quiller on December 07, 2013, 05:39:15 AM
Neither Fairthorpe nor Heron...
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Post by: kwgibbs on December 07, 2013, 09:57:36 PM
simca?
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Post by: kwgibbs on December 08, 2013, 02:48:19 AM
Kondor 1962?
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Post by: Djetset on December 08, 2013, 12:43:14 PM
1950s Buckler?
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Post by: nicanary on December 08, 2013, 05:09:17 PM
Is this car actually British?
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Post by: Quiller on December 09, 2013, 12:44:27 PM
Simca  :(
Kondor  :(
Buckler  :(
British  :)
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Post by: kwgibbs on December 09, 2013, 02:39:56 PM
Is there any mini-base for this car?
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Post by: Carnut on December 09, 2013, 02:43:24 PM
Looking at those wheels I would almost certainly say it's based on a Ford 1172 sidevalve car - Popular or Prefect of the very early 1950s..
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Post by: spider on December 09, 2013, 02:52:45 PM
Jensen??
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Post by: nicanary on December 10, 2013, 06:52:50 AM
Unfortunately, the website which used to provide all the info on these cars has left the internet. It must be a GRP body on a Ford s/v base, but I can't be sure what it is. Is it an early effort from E.B.?
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Post by: Carnut on December 10, 2013, 07:04:01 AM
Quote from: nicanary on December 10, 2013, 06:52:50 AM
Unfortunately, the website which used to provide all the info on these cars has left the internet. It must be a GRP body on a Ford s/v base, but I can't be sure what it is. Is it an early effort from E.B.?

It's back!  I'll PM you the link.
Unfortunately this car does not feature on it though...
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Post by: targhediferro on December 15, 2013, 01:19:23 PM
So If it's not british...is it from Australia?
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Post by: nicanary on December 15, 2013, 04:01:24 PM
Quote from: targhediferro on December 15, 2013, 01:19:23 PM
So If it's not british...is it from Australia?

It's British according to post #15  :)
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Post by: targhediferro on December 15, 2013, 04:41:10 PM
Sorry I didn't notice that the fourth "smile" was "smiling";
So, any connection with Tornado Typhoon?
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Post by: Quiller on December 15, 2013, 04:46:23 PM
Yes it is British, but not a Tornado...
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Post by: D-type on December 16, 2013, 08:35:17 AM
Rochdale?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on December 16, 2013, 01:23:24 PM
Pilbeam?
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Post by: kwgibbs on December 16, 2013, 01:27:05 PM
Gilbern?
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Post by: Quiller on December 17, 2013, 04:05:50 AM
None of the above. This one is quite obscure
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Post by: kwgibbs on December 18, 2013, 02:44:58 PM
I know peerless isn,t super obscure,but I thought I would give it a whirl?
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Post by: Quiller on December 19, 2013, 02:14:46 PM
Worth a whirl but not a Peerless...
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Post by: barrett on December 19, 2013, 03:56:51 PM
Very interesting. Was this a commercially available body or a private venture by an individual?
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Post by: Djetset on December 19, 2013, 04:00:49 PM
Debonair?
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Post by: Quiller on December 22, 2013, 01:09:30 PM
Quote from: barrett on December 19, 2013, 03:56:51 PM
Very interesting. Was this a commercially available body or a private venture by an individual?

It's believed that six or seven were made
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Post by: Quiller on December 22, 2013, 01:10:32 PM
Quote from: Djetset on December 19, 2013, 04:00:49 PM
Debonair?

Not that...
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Post by: barrett on December 22, 2013, 02:53:56 PM
Did the company make other bodies that might be better known or was this their sole attempt at making cars?
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Post by: Quiller on December 23, 2013, 12:41:20 PM
This was the only model produced. However the designer worked for several well-known companies...
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Post by: targhediferro on December 29, 2013, 03:54:59 AM
Shirley?
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Post by: Quiller on December 29, 2013, 04:50:12 AM
Quote from: targhediferro on December 29, 2013, 03:54:59 AM
Shirley?

Not that. The car is named after its creator, who worked for at least two major car brands
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Post by: nicanary on December 29, 2013, 06:36:17 AM
Is it an early work from David Ogle ?
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Post by: Arunas on December 29, 2013, 07:16:01 AM
I'll go with the name Brookes
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Post by: Carnut on December 29, 2013, 07:22:20 AM
Palmer?
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Post by: Paul Jaray on December 29, 2013, 07:59:20 AM
Humberstone?
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Post by: Quiller on December 29, 2013, 11:58:59 AM
Quote from: Arunas on December 29, 2013, 07:16:01 AM
I'll go with the name Brookes

Brookes is correct! Very good - not at all easy.
Fred Brookes worked for Singer before and Ford after this car, which dates from circa 1956 or 1957