What's this, built by whom, where - for 1 point?:
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Experts?
Speedex?
Based on British car?
Converted open-wheel race car?
one-off ?
The rear looks like the "NEH 3954", based on the same car?
Quote from: Dowdeswell on March 20, 2015, 08:47:01 AM
The rear looks like the "NEH 3954", based on the same car?
Well spotted!
They do have the same base, yes.
Professionals?
Well it must be a very low-slung Austin 7 special but I can't say I've seen it.
The tall hood gives a sense of scale as it must be just high enough to cover the seated occupant.
Someone called John Gasking had a special of very similar build, so perhaps it's one of his.
It's an Austin 7 Special, owned in Australia by a schoolfriend of Kym Ninnes. I don't think he was the owner/builder.
Quote from: nicanary on April 09, 2015, 07:37:46 AM
It's an Austin 7 Special, owned in Australia by a schoolfriend of Kym Ninnes. I don't think he was the owner/builder.
Clearly you've found the car, and you're right, Kym Ninnes is not the one who built it (I think I was getting confused with the bottom paragraph about the car he did build, but that was Mazda MX-5 powered so it obviously isn't the one pictured).
The car pictured was built around 1963.
Well done!
Quote from: Carnut on April 09, 2015, 08:01:08 AM
Quote from: nicanary on April 09, 2015, 07:37:46 AM
It's an Austin 7 Special, owned in Australia by a schoolfriend of Kym Ninnes. I don't think he was the owner/builder.
Clearly you've found the car, and you're right, Kym Ninnes is not the one who built it (I think I was getting confused with the bottom paragraph about the car he did build, but that was Mazda MX-5 powered so it obviously isn't the one pictured).
The car pictured was built around 1963.
Well done!
It was surprisingly easy to find - I'm baffled as to why it reached the Pros. The car Kym Ninnes built was a Clemente, an Australian kit car akin to a Lotus 7.