barrett's #375 - Solved - Ford special by Gordon Hobson

barrett · August 24, 2014, 09:27:14 AM

Who built this car, and what car was it based on?

barrett · September 10, 2014, 03:35:19 PM

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kwgibbs · September 10, 2014, 03:38:43 PM

Is it a british home-built?

barrett · September 10, 2014, 03:43:24 PM

Yes

kwgibbs · September 10, 2014, 03:48:07 PM

was it the builders own design,or using car parts from other brands?

barrett · September 10, 2014, 03:50:41 PM

The body is the builder's own design. He later went on to build GRP bodies of very different design for another company

kwgibbs · September 10, 2014, 04:25:16 PM

was this car made of fiberglass ?

barrett · September 10, 2014, 04:26:42 PM

Yes!

D-type · September 11, 2014, 11:47:18 AM

Withn that radiator badge, is it BMW 328 based?

barrett · September 11, 2014, 01:36:40 PM

Not BMW-based

richard cuyler · September 12, 2014, 08:08:35 AM

Looks to me as if it's on a Ford Popular chassis.

barrett · September 13, 2014, 05:59:38 AM

Based on a Ford for sure, though I don't think it's a Pop

kwgibbs · September 17, 2014, 08:40:40 PM

was it built by Christopher Lasley?

barrett · September 26, 2014, 03:38:08 PM

Not him

barrett · September 30, 2014, 05:32:47 AM

Pros?

Allan L · September 30, 2014, 06:02:28 AM

Looks very like a Tornado of some sort, but not quite a Typhoon shape and the Tempest did not have those Ford Ten wheels.

barrett · September 30, 2014, 06:06:11 AM

Not a Tornado, nor from any established marque.

nicanary · September 30, 2014, 08:31:35 AM

Quote from: barrett on September 10, 2014, 03:50:41 PM
The body is the builder's own design. He later went on to build GRP bodies of very different design for another company

Did he design caravans?

barrett · September 30, 2014, 09:34:17 AM

No, another car, but one that looked nothing like this. I don't know if he was responsible for the design of that one either, but he helped build the bodies...

nicanary · September 30, 2014, 09:53:54 AM

Quote from: barrett on September 30, 2014, 09:34:17 AM
No, another car, but one that looked nothing like this. I don't know if he was responsible for the design of that one either, but he helped build the bodies...

Was it a 3-wheeler?

barrett · October 02, 2014, 04:07:56 AM

No

nicanary · October 02, 2014, 07:28:36 AM

I'm intrigued by your clue. He built other vehicles with GRP, but very different from this car, and not caravans or 3-wheelers. I can't think of any GRP-bodied makes of that era, or a little bit later, which weren't sports cars.

Truck cabs?

barrett · October 02, 2014, 09:34:37 AM

They WERE sports cars, just of totally different design to this. You would not know the two were connected by looks alone.

nicanary · October 02, 2014, 10:12:49 AM

Lawrie Bond ?

Carnut · October 02, 2014, 11:04:55 AM

Ken Muggleton?

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barrett's #375 - Solved - Ford special by Gordon Hobson