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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #25 on: March 16, 2023, 02:05:50 PM »
Home-built or coach-built ?

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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #26 on: March 16, 2023, 03:32:19 PM »
Home-built, if by "coach-built" you mean built by a professional coachbuilder
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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #27 on: March 25, 2023, 10:57:14 AM »
All's quiet on the Expert front so it's up to the Pros.
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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #28 on: March 25, 2023, 02:41:25 PM »
UK made?

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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #29 on: March 25, 2023, 06:52:02 PM »
Yes, made in UK
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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #30 on: March 26, 2023, 05:51:45 AM »
Markham-Peasey Celeste !

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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #31 on: March 26, 2023, 06:35:17 AM »
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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #32 on: March 26, 2023, 07:08:15 AM »
Home-built, if by "coach-built" you mean built by a professional coachbuilder
I feel pretty unsure, if the puzzle-car was actually a home-built, or the factory demonstrator built up by Markham-Peasey Laminated Plastics Limited

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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #33 on: March 26, 2023, 07:24:43 AM »
Markham-Peasey Celeste !
And what engine powered it?
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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #34 on: March 26, 2023, 07:40:36 AM »
On a Ford Popular chassis !

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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #35 on: March 26, 2023, 08:38:25 AM »
Possibly: certainly one of the Ford Ten variants.
So, who is going to put together the name of the car and it's engine?
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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #36 on: March 26, 2023, 08:57:39 AM »
Roy Markham and Wally Peasey make the car for the Racing Car Show 1961 , but one month after this show the company was sold to Les Montgomery of Super Accessories and the Celeste was no longer made available.

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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #37 on: March 29, 2023, 12:17:52 PM »
I asked "Who can name this car and its engine?"

We've had a few posts identifying the car - but no mention of the engine.  So, there's a point going to whoever posts the name of the car and its engine in the same post.
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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #38 on: March 29, 2023, 12:44:02 PM »
Markham-Peasey Celeste with a Ford engine !

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Re: DAR 71
« Reply #39 on: March 29, 2023, 02:51:00 PM »
That's what I was after. 
Now it's up to an Admin to merge it with the others.  (I did check but didn't find it)
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Re: solved - QUIZ - Markham-Peasey Celeste
« Reply #40 on: March 29, 2023, 03:30:50 PM »
It's now merged with the previous TWO puzzles!
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia