Solved - Barrett's 1001 - Lansing Bagnall (Bradshaw) Shay Sports

Started by barrett, May 17, 2019, 11:31:48 AM

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barrett

No! Time to try a different tack I think...

Carnut

Yes it is..
Did he design an engine which was used in a production car made in reasonable numbers?
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barrett


Djetset

A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

Carnut

Quote from: Carnut on April 03, 2020, 02:59:08 PM
Did he design an engine which was used in a production car made in reasonable numbers?

Quote from: barrett on April 03, 2020, 02:59:47 PM
Yes

A steel-bodied car made by a major British manufacturer?
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Carnut

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barrett

Not Keith Duckworth. Yes, he designed at least one metal-bodied car which was produced in good numbers. I wouldn't say the manufacturer was 'major' but certainly everyone on this website will be aware of them. At least one other of his automotive designs has appeared on this website before

Carnut

#57
Thanks.
Was it built post-war (1940s/50s) - I'm thinking perhaps Gerald Palmer?
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barrett

No, his most popular products were pre-ww2

Carnut

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barrett


Carnut

Aha, so 1920s I guess.
Could the car be an Armstrong-Siddeley?
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barrett

1920s yes, Armstrong Siddeley no!

Carnut

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barrett


Allan L

Was it perhaps C.M. van Eugen(1890-1980)?
Designer at Lea-Francis in 1920s/30s including "Ace of Spades" engine and Autovia in 1930s
Opinionated but sometimes wrong

barrett


Allan L

Well I might as well try Hugh Rose (1886-1965) then
Designed at several companies in 1920s, Sunbeam and Riley in 1930s and Lea-Francis  in 1930s and 40s
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nicanary

I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Djetset

Alan (A.H.) Wilde of the Standard Motor Company?
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

Carnut

Some of the manufacturers mentioned were on my list too but since you said you wouldn't call them 'major' manufacturers I had discounted most of them.
So would the car designed by him that was produced in some numbers in the 1920s have been made by a bigger company than those I have tried (Armstrong-Siddeley and Alvis)?
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barrett

Quote from: nicanary on April 07, 2020, 11:32:42 AM
Granville Bradshaw ?

Well, there you have it!

Locked for you to tell me exactly what this car is

nicanary

In 1955 (the same year the Toledo bodyshell was introduced) Bradshaw announcd his new i.c.e. motor which worked on the toroidal (I've seen it spelt Torodial) basis. I'm guessing he purchased this shell to clothe the mechanicals of his new invention.
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barrett

No, this doesn't use the toroidal engine and it is older than 1955... It has a name, and was built by a proper manufacturer

nicanary

#74
He designed something called The Bug for Sharp's Commercials, but that was a single seat device, Is this car connected ?

I can'r believe I just posted this drivel. Panic Post.

Please ignore the previous suggestion.  All I can think is - is it some sort of proposal for a Panther car?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia