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Title: Solved NIC#388 - Skoden of Keith Malcolm
Post by: nicanary on March 22, 2015, 12:28:38 PM

What is this car, and what are the main components? (Chassis and engine).

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: nicanary on April 30, 2015, 08:22:18 AM

Experts?

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: richard cuyler on May 01, 2015, 07:29:44 AM

British?

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: nicanary on May 01, 2015, 07:31:35 AM

Quote from: richard cuyler on May 01, 2015, 07:29:44 AM

British?

Not British, although I suspect that parts of the body may have originated here.

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: richard cuyler on May 02, 2015, 07:15:52 AM

USA?

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: nicanary on May 02, 2015, 07:21:06 AM

Quote from: richard cuyler on May 02, 2015, 07:15:52 AM

USA?

Not from there.

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: richard cuyler on May 05, 2015, 06:06:28 AM

The cars in the background suggest this may be Australian - that's definitely a Standard Vanguard 'Ute' from the late 1950s directly behind the puzzle car.

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: nicanary on May 05, 2015, 06:08:28 AM

Quote from: richard cuyler on May 05, 2015, 06:06:28 AM

The cars in the background suggest this may be Australian - that's definitely a Standard Vanguard 'Ute' from the late 1950s directly behind the puzzle car.

You are correct, sir. The puzzle car also sports Australian licence plates, which is a bit of a giveaway.

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: richard cuyler on May 06, 2015, 07:15:18 PM

Is it a one-off?

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: nicanary on May 07, 2015, 05:45:33 AM

Quote from: richard cuyler on May 06, 2015, 07:15:18 PM

Is it a one-off?

Absolutely. As I hinted before, parts of the bodywork may have been from a proprietary shell, but the chassis and engine combination is a one-off.

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: 660851 on May 22, 2015, 07:30:30 AM

I am amazed at how many of my photos finish up on this site.
The picture was taken by Kevin Drage at a very wet Warwick Farm in 1960 and his photographic archive was purchased by myself in 2014 including all copyright, any use of the photo needs to be credited as  "Terry McGrath Motoring Archives: Kevin Drage photo"
Kevin's original caption on his transparency notes "Warwick Farm 1960 K Malcolm Skoden"
The rego Number is NSW [BMC307]

Title: Re: NIC #388
Post by: nicanary on May 22, 2015, 07:39:55 AM

Quote from: 660851 on May 22, 2015, 07:30:30 AM

I am amazed at how many of my photos finish up on this site.
The picture was taken by Kevin Drage at a very wet Warwick Farm in 1960 and his photographic archive was purchased by myself in 2014 including all copyright, any use of the photo needs to be credited as  "Terry McGrath Motoring Archives: Kevin Drage photo"
Kevin's original caption on his transparency notes "Warwick Farm 1960 K Malcolm Skoden"
The rego Number is NSW [BMC307]

My apologies if any copyright has been infringed. IMO when photo images appear on Google they become in effect public property.

Anyhoo - there's no point in asking you to elucidate. The answer is there for all to see, and of course it's Keith Malcolm's Skoden, a Holden engine in a Skoda chassis, presumably an early Felicia. The body seems to have been based on a Microplas shell.

You get the point, even if it's in unusual circumstances.

(PS Is that screen from a Healey 100?)

Title: Re: Solved NIC#388 - Skoden of Keith Malcolm
Post by: Carnut on May 22, 2015, 09:46:15 AM

The same picture was already on this site back in 2011!:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=15268.msg141155#msg141155

Title: Re: Solved NIC#388 - Skoden of Keith Malcolm
Post by: nicanary on May 22, 2015, 11:16:11 AM

Thanks for the link. You had already advised me that this car had been part of a group puzzle in the past, but I'd forgotten. All too common these days - it'll probably get worse.

Protests and demonstrations in Ulster tonight. Batten down the hatches. I have a feeling I'll be going home early from work.