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The back lights look as if they were taken off a Citroen.
Quote from: grobmotorix on November 26, 2007, 02:07:49 PMThe back lights look as if they were taken off a Citroen.
They are from a Citroën CX. And the engine is probably a 1220 ccm Citroën GS unit placed in the rear of the car. The car's mirrors could be from a CX (used at a lot of different cars), and in the background of the picture there is a Citroën 2CV.
But the car is probably not french, as the steering wheel is on the right hand side of the car.
Quote from: SeaLion on November 26, 2007, 04:16:25 PM
But the car is probably not french, as the steering wheel is on the right hand side of the car.
You are on to something there...
Bradley GT or other VW based kit car perhaps?
Not a kit car. This is a one-off special, occasionally featured in auto hobbyist magazine articles.
Ginetta?
No sir.
:bump:
OK, Pro's and Rookies, let's get some of this old inventory out of here! :)
This car's moniker is twist on a quite ordinary alphanumeric designation.
Quote from: KarnUtz on January 08, 2008, 05:06:39 AM
Not a kit car. This is a one-off special, occasionally featured in auto hobbyist magazine articles.
Correction: Further research has uncovered that slightly less than a dozen of these rear-engined wonders were built.
:bump:
Suprisingly, this design was penned in the 1950's...
If ever there was a puzzle for the pantheon of puzzlers, this be that puzzle.
Maybe a profile shot will help?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b399/KarnUtz/SideView.jpg)
I think I've found this one - it's the Toohey 2E, conceived way back when but actually completed in 1973 in Australia
Wow! I thought this one was going to remain unsolved forever. Nice sleuthing, sir!
Is any additional details available?
Quote from: Arunas on December 03, 2008, 10:50:05 AM
Is any additional details available?
Are you planning to post this question in every thread? :D
Quote from: ImpishGrin on December 03, 2008, 11:00:58 AM
Quote from: Arunas on December 03, 2008, 10:50:05 AM
Is any additional details available?
Are you planning to post this question in every thread? :D
This may look anoying but I ask for information about the cars that could be really hardly found online.. It may also look that I post this request in all thread but it really isn't.. Please pay no attention for my request if You: don't know nothing about the car, simply doesn't want to share any information or just find this request annoying.. However, I believe that asking for any details is not forbidden ???
All the information one needs to find extensive details (via Google or your search engine of choice) is contained within this thread.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 03, 2008, 11:33:43 AM
All the information one needs to find extensive details (via Google or your search engine of choice) is contained within this thread.
Sorry, Otto. The only thing I could find using all these keywords that could be in this thread and many others I though could be useful resulted in finding only the name of this vehicle mentioning it as a gullwing... :(
Let's take for example the MAX.. When Paul Jaray told that the car was in fact MAX
Roadster I easily managed to find the information was looking for.. Its is a small detail but without it the search could be extremely complicated :(
That's the way it is, pal... we all have to carry our peculiar burden.
Quote from: Arunas on December 03, 2008, 12:04:06 PM
Let's take for example the MAX.. When Paul Jaray told that the car was in fact MAX Roadster I easily managed to find the information was looking for.. Its is a small detail but without it the search could be extremely complicated :(
That's pure coincidence...I found that info on a book of mine! ;)
Quote from: Ray B. on December 03, 2008, 12:27:45 PM
That's the way it is, pal... we all have to carry our peculiar burden.
I know sir, I know... :)
The Max notwithstanding, I stand by my previous comment.
Using the information in this thread, one can find out about the car, its construction, the guy who conceived and built it, and many more pictures. I spent hundreds, perhpas thousands of hours searching for puzzle and article content for this site since it started. Why? Because I love it - it's a great hobby, and it seems a lot of folks here share the same interests.
If you can't invest more time in researching cars you're dieing to know more about, perhaps you need to re-set your priorities and expectations.
Check the URL one more time - it's not AutoPedia.com, AutoIndex.org, etc.
Now, commence to solving more puzzles - the rookies are making you look bad! :)
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 03, 2008, 01:32:04 PM
The Max notwithstanding, I stand by my previous comment.
Using the information in this thread, one can find out about the car, its construction, the guy who conceived and built it, and many more pictures. I spent hundreds, perhpas thousands of hours searching for puzzle and article content for this site since it started. Why? Because I love it - it's a great hobby, and it seems a lot of folks here share the same interests.
If you can't invest more time in researching cars you're dieing to know more about, perhaps you need to re-set your priorities and expectations.
Check the URL one more time - it's not AutoPedia.com, AutoIndex.org, etc.
Now, commence to solving more puzzles - the rookies are making you look bad! :)
Autoindex.org was a perfect website I still believe that www.globalautoindex.com will be back soon ;)
Puzzles, Arunas............puzzles! ;D
I'm in total agreement with Arunas on this one.
Following your advice I posted all the information available from this thread, namely "Tooey 2E Citroen" into Google and found ... this thread and nothing else
Quote from: D-type on December 04, 2008, 12:24:25 PM
I'm in total agreement with Arunas on this one.
Following your advice I posted all the information available from this thread, namely "Tooey 2E Citroen" into Google and found ... this thread and nothing else
I would also like to highlight one quite strange thing about posting links:
@ Otto: I have noticed that You post some links after the puzzle is solved like : "picture credit: link".. You know, some of these are really great websites and contain much material for further puzzles :-\ But when the puzzle which is more obscure is solved there are no links or they are TOP SECRET ??? Could You explain what are the main criterions of posting links? Could we do the same and when? Is links sharing totally forbidden?
Sure -
If I find a picture on multiple sites, and more than one claims a copyright, (or none of them do) I don't credit the source.
If I pull the picture from a site which seems to be the owner of the pic (either the photog's site or a picture aggregator's site, I ask the webmaster for permission to use the picture. Sometimes they ask for a link on our Friends page (aha - a clue!), sometimes they ask for a credit beneath the photo once it's solved. Sometimes, both.
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 04, 2008, 03:32:07 PM
Sure -
If I find a picture on multiple sites, and more than one claims a copyright, (or none of them do) I don't credit the source.
If I pull the picture from a site which seems to be the owner of the pic (either the photog's site or a picture aggregator's site, I ask the webmaster for permission to use the picture. Sometimes they ask for a link on our Friends page (aha - a clue!), sometimes they ask for a credit beneath the photo once it's solved. Sometimes, both.
Thank You! ;) Now it's more clear :)
Alas, it seems the site is gone: :(
http://www.coffee-n-cake.com/c-n-c/carshots/html/toohey.html
Quote from: Otto Puzzell on December 05, 2008, 03:42:45 AM
Alas, it seems the site is gone: :(
http://www.coffee-n-cake.com/c-n-c/carshots/html/toohey.html
Thank You Otto! ...And that's why I and maybe others couldn't find anything :(
Here's my new puzzle. Exclusively avaibale only for pros and feature writers.
Unfortunately I don't have the name for this car. Only the country and year are know for me, thus I can only presume what this could be.
Probably someone knows what's this car and can bring it out of the mystery?
Have fun!
European?
Eastern from Europe?
means Russian..?
FAR East?
Japanese?
RHD...is it Indian?
Australian maybe?
From the Americas. That's waaaaaaay East.
D'oh! :shiner:
I found it...
...but it's a repost :-\
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=3149.25
spill the beans!
...I had some troubles with the spelling!
I'm twice sad: I'm going to post a group puzzle (spot the repost) where I'm going to post new puzzles and reposts with different original pics...I was going to add a front view of the Toohey when I realized that was another puzzle...and I won't get a point for this! :'(
Well, PJ, it appears You're right.
Those front pictures were completely new for me and I hade no ideas about it being a repost. Because of this, I see no reason why I should leave You without a deserved point. What do other guys think?
Point added. Moved to solved.
one before armageddon! :headache:
Merged
No visible puzzle photo...
Recently I obtained some private old negatives of this car:
Nice pics, Grob
Puzzle photo reloaded
Does anybody know the designer of this car?
Hi Arunas,
I asked because I want to find out if there was a connection between the designer(s) of Studio Aguila to the Toohey car.
Those photos posted in here last, I once found in a package of old photos and diapositives of Studio Aguila designs and renderings.
They were also based in NZ and did a new Lotus 7 design which they hoped would be produced in bigger numbers.
Yes, so I really want to find out a bit more about Studio Aguila - I even don´t know if David Williams was the boss or one of the designers, who did the mentioned Lotus project.
Maybe someone will know...
Please find this car
Up!
Is it by Daniel Foudral?
I have the company's name
was it built by Renault?
No
Up!
Toohey
No
Quote from: gte4289 on February 29, 2020, 02:22:23 AM
Toohey
Quote from: Oguerrerob on February 29, 2020, 02:31:44 AM
No
A very-precise (licensed or unlicensed) copy then?
Here's Peter Toohey's 1973 Toohey 2E for comparison. The last image looks as though it could have even been shot at the same location as the puzzle photo.
Maybe is the same car. What I have is the company that made the kit.
This company ad is a few years before than Toohey
Here's the ad from the original company; must have been Toohey who bought it and re-named it with his own name (even the wheels are the same and the only major difference I can see is that he moved the roll-bar back a bit):
Throughout the 1980s, that person/business advertised a lot of used VW/NSU/Porsche parts -- without including a name, unfortunately. Here's one example:
Yes, That's the ad that I have. This company has a name. Locked for you two Carnut & gte4289
Thanks.
The ad was in the July 1987 issue of Unique Cars, but I believe the car was made in the early 1970s and was on the front cover of Sports Car World around that time, attributed to Peter Toohey - about 15 years before that advert!
Well, where I've found this ad, it was tagged as Kit Car for VW by Unique Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx as the company that produced it. Dated 1967
According to my source it was built in 1972 by Peter Toohey himself, and appears to be based on his first (convertible) VW-engined special with only the front of that car surviving into the 2E..
Is the company you are looking for Unique Fiberglass Cars?
Yes, that's the company that appears in my source
VW Gullwing Fibreglass Sports Car by Unique Fibreglass Cars 1967 Australia
Previous thread is here:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/2010-38/puzzle-612-solved!-toohey-2e/msg508837/#msg508837
So it's the exact same car and builder (Toohey), but with the business prospect advertised for sale by Toohey under an unfamiliar company name.