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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2015 => Topic started by: Carnut on May 20, 2015, 07:29:56 AM
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What's this, powered by what - for 1 point?:
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Experts?
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Lotus 23, BMW engine ?
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Lotus 23, BMW engine ?
Not a Lotus and not a BMW engine!
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British?
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British?
No..
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Professionals?
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French ?
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Australian ?
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French ?
No...
Australian ?
..but Yes!
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Elfin ?
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Centaur GT ?
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Neither Elfin nor Centaur..
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MRC ?
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MRC ?
No.
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One-off or was there a company behind that is known for other cars ?
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Bob Britten built Lotus 23 clones from his company MRC (Motor Racing Components). Would this be one of these, possibly Paul Bolton's Sterling?
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One-off or was there a company behind that is known for other cars ?
Pure one-off with no company behind it.
Bob Britten built Lotus 23 clones from his company MRC (Motor Racing Components). Would this be one of these, possibly Paul Bolton's Sterling?
No, oko94 already asked the MRC question and it's nothing to do with those at all.
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Ford engine ?
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Ford engine ?
No.
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European engine, like Porsche maybe ?
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European engine, like Porsche maybe ?
European engine, yes, but not a Porsche.
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British engine ?
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Is this car the Alfa Spider of D. Chivas?
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Is this car the Alfa Spider of D. Chivas?
I'm afraid it isn't...
British engine ?
Yes it is!
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Triumph engine ?
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Is this car related to the Mitchell RM Mk2 ?
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Triumph engine ?
No..
Is this car related to the Mitchell RM Mk2 ?
..and No.
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Climax engine ?
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Climax engine ?
No.
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BMC engine ?
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Rootes engine ?
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BMC engine ?
No..
Rootes engine ?
.. but Yes!
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Hillman Imp engine ?
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Hillman Imp engine ?
No.
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Sunbeam engine ?
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Sunbeam engine ?
Not specifically but I think it appeared in some Sunbeam models since thy were also Rootes Group products and they all shared engines.
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The car looks small, so is it a 4-cylinder engine ?
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The car looks small, so is it a 4-cylinder engine ?
I'm assuming that this is a power unit from one of the Audax series of cars.
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mp engine
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The car looks small, so is it a 4-cylinder engine ?
Yes
I'm assuming that this is a power unit from one of the Audax series of cars.
Yes
mp engine
Could you enlarge on this question please? I don't understand it!
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Was the car built between 1964 and 1967 ?
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Was the car built between 1964 and 1967 ?
1960s but I don't know the exact year.
Not as late as '67 I think.
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1390 cc engine ?
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1390 cc engine ?
No.
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1494 cc engine ?
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1494 cc engine ?
I would have said 1492 but my memory's not what it used to be so 1494 might be right, yes!
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1494 cc engine ?
I would have said 1492 but my memory's not what it used to be so 1494 might be right, yes!
I checked into the engines and my reply to nicanary saying it was from one of the Audax cars.
In fact they had 1592 cc engines so it's not from one of those.
The 1500 cc engines were fitted to the Avenger and the Arrow cars, so it's most probably from one of those.
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I'm confused. The Hillman Minx Series III had a 1494 cc engine, so that's a valid displacement for an Audax engine, isn't it ?
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I'm confused. The Hillman Minx Series III had a 1494 cc engine, so that's a valid displacement for an Audax engine, isn't it ?
You might be right. I only looked on the 'Net rather than in my books and I didn't find that one.
Maybe that's the same engine that was fitted to the later Arrow series then..
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No point in getting too pedantic. The Arrow cars usually had 1725cc engines, I think, but the poverty-spec Minx variant had the old 1494cc engine.
I reckon the puzzle car had a Rapier engine fitted, or a Minx with twin-carb setup or similar tuning. To complicate matters, the Rootes cars had 1592cc engines from 1961, so the engine in this car must have been quite old when fitted.
Still can't find it, although I've found some great new sources since I started looking!
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How come we cannot find an Australian, mid-sixties, Audax-powered one-off ? Let's try a different approach. Was it built for hillclimbing ?
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Was it built for hillclimbing ?
I believe it was, yes.
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Was it built in the state of Victoria ?
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Was it built in the state of Victoria ?
I can't say with certainty where it was built, but Victoria state is quite likely.
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This is the Toran, space frame chassis and a mid-mounted 1500 supercharged Hillman engine with VW box. The body was aluminium and glass. Probably it had a Bolwell nose.
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This is the Toran, space frame chassis and a mid-mounted 1500 supercharged Hillman engine with VW box. The body was aluminium and glass. Probably it had a Bolwell nose.
Well solved. I had spent hours going through the usual sites for Australian specials, but got nowhere. It's surprising how many cars in that country were fitted with Hillman Minx engines, sometimes supercharged - I'm keeping some of them for future puzzles!
Using your information, last night I found the original puzzle photo, and now I can't retrieve it! I wanted to check out the date and origins of this car, because Paul Bolton also fitted a supercharged Minx motor to his MRC (called a Sterling) and also to a Rennmax BN7, and I wondered if he had a link to this puzzle car.
I'm glad it's solved now, it was starting to frustrate me.
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This is the Toran, space frame chassis and a mid-mounted 1500 supercharged Hillman engine with VW box. The body was aluminium and glass. Probably it had a Bolwell nose.
Yes indeed. Well done.
Attached is another picture, which I guess shows this car was indeed built for hill-climbing.
Apparently the builder of the car cast the one-off magnesium wheels for it himself; very enterprising!