Identify this car correctly for 1 point:
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Is it European?
Experts?
French?
Looks as if it may have a Spridget scuttle and doors. So based on a Spridget?
Quote from: richard cuyler on April 09, 2015, 03:58:28 PM
Looks as if it may have a Spridget scuttle and doors. So based on a Spridget?
No.
Italian?
Too easy for the Pro's but it has to move, so...
The windshield is not quite right, but is it a Fairlite?
It's LHD, which made me think it could be an American rebody of a British chassis, but that's a Renault Trafic/Master van parked beside it.
Is the car from Europe?
Quote from: nicanary on May 01, 2015, 07:33:54 AM
It's LHD, which made me think it could be an American rebody of a British chassis, but that's a Renault Trafic/Master van parked beside it.
Is the car from Europe?
I left the TraficMaster in to confuse those who might think it's French, especially in view of the LHD!
See answer below though...
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 01, 2015, 07:15:23 AM
The windshield is not quite right, but is it a Fairlite?
There's no confusing PJ though!
It's not a Fairlite (which would be a repost I think) but you're very close.
So close that I'll lock it for you until your next reply.
Fairlite were Ginetta G3...so is that a Ginetta G3?
Quote from: Paul Jaray on May 01, 2015, 07:39:33 AM
Fairlite were Ginetta G3...so is that a Ginetta G3?
Quite so!
Basically the same car but with a change of name once Ginetta was established by the Walklett brothers.
Well spotted!
Found it a as "Ginetta G3 or Fairlite":
M-Reg would indicate 1973, but why the LHD?. And why so late after the GRP boom?
Quote from: nicanary on May 01, 2015, 07:43:51 AM
M-Reg would indicate 1973, but why the LHD?. And why so late after the GRP boom?
The only reason for an M-reg would be that it was re-imported to the UK from whichever LHD market it had been sold to before (USA?) and proof of the original build-date was unvailable. Later on it would receive a Q-reg but maybe they hadn't quite been invented yet back in 1974 (from when the M-reg dates).
I got my picture from another site where it was unequivocal that this was a G3; I specifically went looking for one that was a Ginetta and not a Fairlite! Maybe the single-piece screen is the identifying factor?
Quote from: Carnut on May 01, 2015, 07:51:51 AM
Quote from: nicanary on May 01, 2015, 07:43:51 AM
M-Reg would indicate 1973, but why the LHD?. And why so late after the GRP boom?
The only reason for an M-reg would be that it was re-imported to the UK from whichever LHD market it had been sold to before (USA?) and proof of the original build-date was unvailable. Later on it would receive a Q-reg but maybe they hadn't quite been invented yet back in 1974 (from when the M-reg dates).
I got my picture from another site where is was unequivocal that this was a G3; I specifically went looking for one that was a Ginetta and not a Fairlite! Maybe the single-piece screen is the identifying factor?
I'd forgotten you were the "platemeister" of AP! I thought it would have been age-related. Not important, anyway.