Solved - THOR #157 : Vauxhall Ventora Brabham (1970)

[thorax]

sorry Carnut: don't know if there is a connection with Hispano-Aleman

[Carnut]

Vauxhall Ventora is right: not rally

Sport?

What about De Tomaso then?

[thorax]

no and no

[Carnut]

Does it carry the name of a Spanish tuning/modifying company?

[D-type]

Is it as simple as it being a left hand drive Ventora?  And exported from Spain?

[thorax]

Does it carry the name of a Spanish tuning/modifying company?

no

[thorax]

Is it as simple as it being a left hand drive Ventora?  And exported from Spain?

no: as I just said it is a one off with a particular engine 

[Carnut]

A different Vauxhall engine?

[thorax]

Vauxhall tuned engine

[Carnut]

4 cylinder?  Tuned by Brabham?

[thorax]

tuned by Brabham, but not 4 cylinders.
Locked for Carnut

[Carnut]

tuned by Brabham, but not 4 cylinders.
Locked for Carnut

You've already said you didn't think it had a US V8 and it's not a 4 cylinder.  You said it was a Vauxhall engine and since they didn't make a V8 (and neither did Opel, who fitted a Chevy V8 in their Diplomat) is it a Vauxhall 6-cylinder engine, like other Ventoras?

[thorax]

six cylinder is right

[Carnut]

OK, so it's the Vauxhall Ventora Brabham from Spain.
What else is it you're looking for?!

It wasn't the 1970 World Cup Rally car was it?

[thorax]

Vauxhall Ventora Brabham from Spain is ok: one point is yours!

[el_monty]

Wait, but that tweet only says that this was possibly the only Vauxhall Ventora Brabham ever built, and that it was shown at the 1970 Barcelona Motor Show. It is in no way implying that the car was built in Spain, which I think would be extremely unlikely.

[Carnut]

Wait, but that tweet only says that this was possibly the only Vauxhall Ventora Brabham ever built, and that it was shown at the 1970 Barcelona Motor Show. It is in no way implying that the car was built in Spain, which I think would be extremely unlikely.

Yes, that's exactly what I thought too but didn't say so.
No Vauxhalls were built in Spain.
This is an LHD Luton-built Ventora (they were also assembled from CKD parts in Switzerland and New Zealand) which is on show at Barcelona.  That's why I asked if it was the 1970 World Cup Rally car: that was an LHD Luton-built tuned car but I have been unable to find any pictures or other information about it at all.

[thorax]

so,my bad information?

[el_monty]

I just wanted to clarify that the car was not from Spain, it was just shown here (among other places I suppose). But anyway, Carnut figured out that it was a Brabham version, which is really the substance of the puzzle if you ask me, so I think there's no problem in him keeping his point, and all that needs to be done is to change the title of the thread to remove "from Spain".

[thorax]

Done!