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Solved - NEH 3926: Austin 7 Special built in Australia 1963
« on: February 26, 2015, 07:37:02 AM »
What's this, built by whom, where - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2015, 06:18:26 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2015, 12:30:35 PM »
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2015, 12:44:01 PM »
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2015, 07:40:00 AM »
Based on British car?
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2015, 08:17:34 AM »
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2015, 06:43:21 PM »
Converted open-wheel race car?
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2015, 07:27:05 AM »
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2015, 08:27:07 AM »
one-off ?
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2015, 08:29:14 AM »
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2015, 08:47:01 AM »
The rear looks like the "NEH 3954", based on the same car?
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2015, 10:49:54 AM »
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.
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2015, 05:27:57 AM »
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2015, 07:27:06 AM »
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.
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #14 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.
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #15 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!
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Re: NEH 3926
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2015, 08:38:16 AM »
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.
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