Unusual looking coupe.
Please identify the make, model, year and who it was built for.
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I love that car! But I only know the make and nothing more.
Quote from: Oswald on December 20, 2011, 03:40:10 AM
I love that car! But I only know the make and nothing more.
As far as I know the car was built in-house for the owner/designer, a man well-known for his connections to this make.
Mister Tiller perhaps?
Quote from: Oswald on December 20, 2011, 04:11:55 AM
Mister Tiller perhaps?
Not Jim Tiller but someone (now deceased) who was closely involved with the company in the 1940s/1950s.
Tom Lush?
Bristol 450 originally built in 1953, modified for Anthony Crook to use on the road
Or am I barking up totally the wrong tree?
Quote from: D-type on December 20, 2011, 04:08:47 PM
Bristol 450 originally built in 1953, modified for Anthony Crook to use on the road
Or am I barking up totally the wrong tree?
Barking up the wrong tree I'm afraid.......
Pros?
Allard P2 built for Dudley Hume?
Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 02:18:12 AM
Allard P2 built for Dudley Hume?
Allard is correct but not a P2 nor built for Dudley Hume
Allard M2 for David Gottlieb?
Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 07:20:13 AM
Allard M2 for David Gottlieb?
Not an M2 and not for David Gottlieb.....
Maybe Abbott?
More pictures :
Thank you for the extra photos Joao.
As I mentioned earlier I believe the coachwork was built in-house by Allard or by a local panel-beater under their supervision.
All I need for the point is the model it was based on and the owner who also designed it.
J2 for Raymond Baxter
Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 12:40:19 PM
J2 for Raymond Baxter
It is a J2 but not for Raymond Baxter.
The man in question was undoubtedly Allard's best postwar customer.....
One of the Wick brothers?
I should have read my source more carefully. It is Godfrey Imhof.
Quote from: Wendax on December 27, 2011, 02:42:29 PM
I should have read my source more carefully. It is Godfrey Imhof.
Yes, that's it.
Godfrey "Goff" Imhof designed this coupe on a lengthened J2 chassis.
I'm still unsure of who built the body and the Allard Register doesn't say either.
There is a fuller description of the car in their archives.
What's this, built by whom, for 1 point?:
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Experts?
are there any Renault parts in this car?
Quote from: kwgibbs on April 02, 2015, 07:20:24 AM
are there any Renault parts in this car?
I doubt it very much!
is it a one-off from Germany?
I didn,t notice the RHD before,so is there any connection with jaguar?
Quote from: kwgibbs on April 02, 2015, 02:14:12 PM
I didn,t notice the RHD before,so is there any connection with jaguar?
No Jaguar bits!
It looks British. Is it?
Bristol?
Daimler?
Bentley?
I've just learned this is actually a repost so can go no further than this board.
If it's not solved within a couple of weeks it will be merged with the original.
was this car built by grantura plastics?
any Jensen parts in this car?
Armstrong-Siddeley?
Healey?
could it be Allard?
Lagonda?
Quote from: kwgibbs on April 09, 2015, 10:52:30 AM
could it be Allard?
Yes it could!
Sorry Frederick but I'm locking it for kwgibbs for 24 hours to see what else he can find out.
it was the allard j2 coupe,godfrey,( goff) imhof designed this coupe on a lengthened j2 chassis.
Quote from: kwgibbs on April 09, 2015, 07:30:39 PM
it was the allard j2 coupe,godfrey,( goff) imhof designed this coupe on a lengthened j2 chassis.
Yes indeed.
It's actually mentioned in most sources as an Abbott-bodied Allard but that seems to be incorrect. I think Imhof was employed by Abbott but it's not an official factory job.
I'm now merging this with the original puzzle so the full story can be read there.