Arunas' 2017-10-21 SOLVED: Dennis Bedford' prototype

[Arunas]

What is this car?

I know only:
- Country
- Builder
- Year

I would like to know more details.

[Carnut]

Australia/New Zealand?

[Allemano]

Wow! Nice one!
Front end looks like the Hino J494

[Arunas]

Australia/New Zealand?

Australia.

Wow! Nice one!
Front end looks like the Hino J494

I agree!

[ChanceHuncha]

Argh.. I've seen this before but I checked to see if I had any trace of it in my index and I couldnt find it. Ill see if I can backtrack to find it.

[Carnut]

So, Australian then.
That reg. plate looks like it's from Victoria; 1966?

[Arunas]

So, Australian then.
That reg. plate looks like it's from Victoria; 1966?

I don't know from which part, sorry. Year in 1965.

[Carnut]

Was it built by someone known for building GRP cars, like Nat Buchanan for instance?

[ChanceHuncha]

I found my original source for it! So this car was made by a man from Australia known as Dennis Bedford. He would later on form Copycat Cars and build neat replicas of cars like Cobras, XJ220s, the EJIFY, and my favorite, the Ford GT90.

Before Bedford formed The Copycat Cars name (originally DRB Sportscars), he built a 3 Quarter Midget at the age of 15. Later on in 1965, he would build his first road legal car. Although it doesn't really have a name, (Closest being Roadster) this car would lead to many creations by Dennis Bedford.

The 'Roadster' was built of plywood and covered in fibreglass. Due to its capability at the time, Bedford would continue to build most of his cars from then with that same technique by making fibreglass models from plugs using materials as Wood, Plaster, Plastic Putty, and Metal Mesh.

This is the most information I could find. Hope it's good enough!

[Arunas]

solved

[Carnut]

Well found Chance.
Here's another picture of this car that I found:

[ChanceHuncha]

I'm also in the works of tying to contact Mr. Bedford for any more extra info about the car. Potentially a name!