Who can tell me what this is ?
Experts ?
Based on the spare wheel location and nothing else, is this a [naked] Healey Silverstone?
Sorry, not a Healey of any type.
Pros ?
French?
Seems to be a four-cylinder BMC engine, probably "B" series.
Wheels look BMC so is it British?
Quote from: Allan L on July 21, 2013, 04:41:06 PM
Seems to be a four-cylinder BMC engine, probably "B" series.
Wheels look BMC so is it British?
Yes, British.
Austin A40 sport?
Quote from: targhediferro on July 22, 2013, 03:13:38 AM
Austin A40 sport?
Not an Austin. My source did not identify the power unit, but it could well be a BMC unit.
It's 50+ years since I saw one in that state, but it does remind me of a Turner - like this one:
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=25236.0;attach=63670;image)
Quote from: Allan L on July 22, 2013, 06:09:53 AM
It's 50+ years since I saw one in that state, but it does remind me of a Turner - like this one:
(http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=25236.0;attach=63670;image)
Not a Turner. Less common.
Time for a clue. The makers were better known for their bodywork.
Quote from: nicanary on July 27, 2013, 06:16:19 AM
Time for a clue. The makers were better known for their bodywork.
Odd that they forgot to put it on this one then...
Jensen?
Quote from: nicanary on July 27, 2013, 06:16:19 AM
Time for a clue. The makers were better known for their bodywork.
Fiber glass body makers?
Microplas?
Falcon?
Quote from: D-type on July 28, 2013, 04:06:02 PM
Falcon?
No. Just a few hundred more to go through........ ;D
Ashley?
Quote from: pnegyesi on August 30, 2013, 12:03:46 AM
Ashley?
No. I can tell you that two brothers were involved.
The Adams brothers?
Edward Brothers?
Neither Adams nor Edwards brothers. British, and from the East End of London, and not widely known outside the specialist world of GRP body makers.
Deep Sanderson 301 Prototype for an open sportscar, 1961, BMC Mini engined. Later on raced by Chris Lawrence, left the track, and was written off
Quote from: hermanoto on August 30, 2013, 07:13:36 AM
Deep Sanderson 301 Prototype for an open sportscar, 1961, BMC Mini engined. Later on raced by Chris Lawrence, left the track, and was written off
Sorry. Nowhere near.
It's a Convair S frame, used with the Excell body shell (we've had the complete car as a puzzle before)
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=10791.0
I'm sad to say that the old "go-to" site for 50's specials has gone under. :(
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on August 30, 2013, 08:37:59 AM
It's a Convair S frame, used with the Excell body shell (we've had the complete car as a puzzle before)
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=10791.0
I'm sad to say that the old "go-to" site for 50's specials has gone under. :(
Yay ! Correct. Made by Terry and Clive Wren, similar to the Tojeiro frame, and could take a variety of engines. The front suspension was from an Austin (Nash) Matropolitan. It's quite possible that the engine in the photo is a BMC "B" series.
Yes, I miss "that" site too.