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Solved -PJ315- Dutton Mantis 1969

Started by Paul Jaray, April 13, 2010, 03:31:41 PM

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Arunas

#25
May 18, 2017, 12:47:52 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 17, 2017, 03:18:38 PM
Is it a home made one off or produced by a small manufacturer?
Not Lenham.
It is a one-off by a very well known person who now runs small car company.

Carnut

#26
May 20, 2017, 07:26:30 AM
Ford base?
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Arunas

#27
May 20, 2017, 01:52:55 PM

tobytwirl

#28
May 20, 2017, 02:36:53 PM
Anything to do with Lee Noble?

Arunas

#29
May 21, 2017, 12:19:09 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 20, 2017, 02:36:53 PM
Anything to do with Lee Noble?
No... but with another famous builder

tobytwirl

#30
May 22, 2017, 08:30:49 PM
Not Gordon Murray ......................

Arunas

#31
May 22, 2017, 11:53:33 PM Last Edit: May 23, 2017, 03:07:30 AM by Arunas
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 22, 2017, 08:30:49 PM
Not Gordon Murray ......................
No. A little less known, but famous in his area.

tobytwirl

#32
May 23, 2017, 05:30:31 PM
I think I need to get to his area! Is his area racing cars?

Arunas

#33
May 24, 2017, 01:18:23 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 23, 2017, 05:30:31 PM
I think I need to get to his area! Is his area racing cars?
No.

tobytwirl

#34
May 27, 2017, 06:17:40 PM
Does he design/build kit cars?

Arunas

#35
May 28, 2017, 03:58:45 AM
Quote from: tobytwirl on May 27, 2017, 06:17:40 PM
Does he design/build kit cars?
yes!!

richard cuyler

#36
May 30, 2017, 08:05:13 AM
Trevor Williams?

Arunas

#37
May 30, 2017, 09:19:22 AM

Carnut

#38
May 31, 2017, 05:45:43 AM
Neville Trickett?
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Arunas

#39
May 31, 2017, 06:17:37 AM
Quote from: Carnut on May 31, 2017, 05:45:43 AM
Neville Trickett?
Productive, as him, but no.

Carnut

#40
May 31, 2017, 09:26:34 AM
Tim Dutton?
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Arunas

#41
May 31, 2017, 10:40:21 AM
Quote from: Carnut on May 31, 2017, 09:26:34 AM
Tim Dutton?
BINGO!

What is the name of this car!? LOCKED for 48 hours to give the answer.

Carnut

#42
May 31, 2017, 01:31:55 PM
It's Tim Dutton's first car, the Mantis, built in 1969.
It was based on a Lotus 7 chassis and originally had a Coventry Climax engine, which was replaced before he sold it by a Sunbeam Alpine motor.  Noboby want to buy any so he moved on to making a  Lotus 7 style car; the rest, as they say, is history...

Your image seems to have got itself reversed.  It should look like this, below, with another picture I found:



Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Arunas

#43
June 01, 2017, 01:37:22 AM
Quote from: Carnut on May 31, 2017, 01:31:55 PM
It's Tim Dutton's first car, the Mantis, built in 1969.
It was based on a Lotus 7 chassis and originally had a Coventry Climax engine, which was replaced before he sold it by a Sunbeam Alpine motor.  Noboby want to buy any so he moved on to making a  Lotus 7 style car; the rest, as they say, is history...

Your image seems to have got itself reversed.  It should look like this, below, with another picture I found:

Bingo! Well done, Carnut!  :applause: I intentionally reversed photo, I have to confess....

Djetset

#44
June 22, 2017, 12:27:59 PM
Just to add a little more information here, Tim Dutton built this car specifically for his cousin Tony Addison, with the car being built in a garden shed behind the Buckingham Arms pub (which Dutton's parents ran) in Shoreham-on-Sea, Sussex. The pub still exists today, but the garden shed fell down years ago (rather like many of Mr Dutton's cars!)  ;D
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

el_monty

#45
March 23, 2018, 06:43:56 AM
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon

Wendax

#46
March 23, 2018, 07:22:16 AM
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