Identify the maker of this special sports car, what it was called, the year it was built and the engine it used for a point
Lancia F+M 2, fiorio and maglioli, 1.6 HF engine ,1968?
Quote from: richard fridd on January 03, 2013, 05:45:43 AM
Lancia F+M 2, fiorio and maglioli, 1.6 HF engine ,1968?
Not that.......
Experts?
Panhard ?
most likely a home-built?
is it american?
something czech?
Closer but still some way off..... ;)
i say south america?
No you're getting much colder - nothing to do with the Americas, North or South
England?
so it must be in europe somewhere?
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 09, 2013, 03:35:02 AM
so it must be in europe somewhere?
In the northern part.....
im thinking sweden?
could this be the 1949 Loof? home-built?
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 09, 2013, 10:07:29 AM
could this be the 1949 Loof? home-built?
Not that and younger than 1949
Berglund?
Stigetta?
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 09, 2013, 02:53:18 PM
Stigetta?
No - what I'm looking for is a short name (the constructor's initials) followed by Special
HB special?
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 09, 2013, 03:22:49 PM
HB special?
Hmm - you're very close with the name of the car.....Hx Special (x is the missing letter)
Don't forget I also need a year and the engine it was fitted with.
LOCKED for you to come up with the full answer
I can,t find the missing letter, but is 1952 the year?
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 09, 2013, 04:04:05 PM
I can,t find the missing letter, but is 1952 the year?
No a few years younger than 1952
Have another guess before i open it again
im going for 1955?
1959?
1958,if only i could find the missing letter?
Wrong way with the year and we're looking for a letter in the lower half of the alphabet.....
1960 HD ?
the only other car that,s similar is DP special, I can,t find anymore cars ,in that year with special after the first letter?
Not HD nor, of course, the DP Special.
I did find a car ,called the HW , it doesn,t say anymore about,it hope it help,s and the year was 1960?
Quote from: kwgibbs on January 10, 2013, 11:47:55 PM
I did find a car ,called the HW , it doesn,t say anymore about,it hope it help,s and the year was 1960?
That's the car - the HW Special of 1960 - one point for you.
I'll offer a second point to anyone who can tell me what HW stands for and the make of engine fitted.....
Moving this one up for the Pros to finish off.......name of constructor and make of engine required for a point.
Here's the unaltered image -
Purely guessing: 'H' for Hudson engine (?) and 'W' for builder's name?
Quote from: faksta on January 16, 2013, 04:29:51 AM
Purely guessing: 'H' for Hudson engine (?) and 'W' for builder's name?
Partly correct - the "HW" are the first name/surname of the builder but the engine is not Hudson......
British engine?
Hakan Wennberg, Alvis TA14.
Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 16, 2013, 12:29:23 PM
Hakan Wennberg, Alvis TA14.
That's it! (you must have the same source as I do)
Another point for you.
Quote from: woodinsight on January 16, 2013, 01:55:26 PM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 16, 2013, 12:29:23 PM
Hakan Wennberg, Alvis TA14.
That's it! (you must have the same source as I do)
Another point for you.
I think I do, but I have also 3 (bad) pics of this car in colour.
Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 16, 2013, 02:29:11 PM
Quote from: woodinsight on January 16, 2013, 01:55:26 PM
Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 16, 2013, 12:29:23 PM
Hakan Wennberg, Alvis TA14.
That's it! (you must have the same source as I do)
Another point for you.
I think I do, but I have also 3 (bad) pics of this car in colour.
I've never seen any other pics of this car - it's difficult to imagine just what size it is from the puzzle pic...
Here you are:
EDIT: can't upload those pics (.bmp), I'll work it out later!
Quote from: Paul Jaray on January 16, 2013, 03:00:09 PM
Here you are:
EDIT: can't upload those pics (.bmp), I'll work it out later!
I always change them into .jpg files via Paint; easy - if you've got it of course!
Thank you, that is how I do too, but I was short of time...
Here you are #2 ;D:
Thanks for those photos PJ :thumbsup: - at least they provide an idea of how the car actually looked.....
This is in a museum in Ugglarp in Sweden. I´m eagerly waiting for you to bring up the "rocket car" in the background. Then I´ll be faster and vbring you a truly amazing story :)
cljo
This one:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=3929.0