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Title: Solved - NEH 2362: 1937 Austin 7 "Gould Imp" Special with 21st Century glass fibre body
Post by: Carnut on January 09, 2013, 06:03:23 AM
What's this car, what is it based on, who built it and when?  For 1 point:

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Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: Carnut on January 16, 2013, 05:01:27 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: FrontMan on January 16, 2013, 06:33:19 AM
Austin 7, 1934 by Jarvis?
Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: Carnut on January 16, 2013, 07:30:35 AM
Quote from: FrontMan on January 16, 2013, 06:33:19 AM
Austin 7, 1934 by Jarvis?

Austin 7 based (the easy bit!), but not 1934 and not by Jarvis.
Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: nicanary on January 16, 2013, 11:13:02 AM
Is that bodywork post-WW2? It looks glassfibre to me.
Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: Carnut on January 16, 2013, 11:48:10 AM
Quote from: nicanary on January 16, 2013, 11:13:02 AM
Is that bodywork post-WW2? It looks glassfibre to me.

It is indeed a quite recent glass fibre body!
Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 17, 2013, 04:30:43 AM
Featured! :thumbsup:

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Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: Carnut on January 17, 2013, 05:07:21 AM
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on January 17, 2013, 04:30:43 AM
Featured! :thumbsup:

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Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: D-type on January 17, 2013, 02:39:12 PM
Austin 7 with Fibreglass "Chummy" body by Glass Mouldings, Bideford.Devon
Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: Craig Gillingham on January 17, 2013, 04:21:54 PM
It's a 1937 Austin 7, called Gould Imp No.1. It was designed and built by Chris Gould. Except, I can't find when the body was built.
Title: Re: NEH 2362
Post by: Carnut on January 18, 2013, 04:20:56 AM
Quote from: Craig Gillingham on January 17, 2013, 04:21:54 PM
It's a 1937 Austin 7, called Gould Imp No.1. It was designed and built by Chris Gould. Except, I can't find when the body was built.

Yes, that's right.
I don't know exactly when this body was fitted but it's very recently.  Chris Gould's company currently makes glass fibre bodies like this that you can buy off the shelf to fit your Austin 7 restoration into, so this car has probably only worn this body for 2 or 3 years at most.

1 point for you and bad luck D-Type!