SOLVED: Djetset 950 - Buckler '90' DD1 by John Orpin

[nicanary]

Is the car known as a "Something Special" or do you just know the builder's name ?

[Djetset]

Is the car known as a "Something Special" or do you just know the builder's name ?

From the little I know, it is known by the make and model chassis, plus the builder's name.

[nicanary]

Thanks. Mark V ?

[Djetset]

Thanks. Mark V ?

Mark V the man or Mark V the model type? Either way, it's neither of those.

[nicanary]

OK. Maybe it's the LWB model - the Mark VI ?

[Djetset]

OK. Maybe it's the LWB model - the Mark VI ?

Tee Hee...

[nicanary]

OK. Maybe it's the LWB model - the Mark VI ?

Tee Hee...

Ermmm...... I'm a bit slow.  Is it a Mark 6 or have I suggested something stupid? 

BTW I'm attempting questions whilst following the Test match online. I was too tight to continue with my Sky sports package and now I'm paying the penalty!

[Djetset]

Ermmm...... I'm a bit slow.  Is it a Mark 6 or have I suggested something stupid? 

BTW I'm attempting questions whilst following the Test match online. I was too tight to continue with my Sky sports package and now I'm paying the penalty!

Sorry, I'm not a cricket fan; too slow for me...

From what I can see, it's not a Mark VI either.

[nicanary]

Model 90?

[Djetset]

Model 90?

Yes, now getting closer. Now Locked to you to find out who built it, etc.

[nicanary]

Using your rough guidelines as to build date, and ignoring cars with a known history, there's not much left.

Was it built by N Ridge ?

[Djetset]

Using your rough guidelines as to build date, and ignoring cars with a known history, there's not much left.

Was it built by N Ridge ?

Sorry, but not N Ridge.

[nicanary]

Stan Smith (when he wasn't playing at Wimbledon......) ?

[Djetset]

Stan Smith (when he wasn't playing at Wimbledon......) ?

Not Stan Smith, although the builder's name has the same number of letters for both his first and second name  ;). New balls please...

[nicanary]

John Orpin?

[Djetset]

John Orpin?

Spot on  :applause: Yes, this is the Buckler '90' DD1 by John Orpin, from c.1956-58. Well done, the deserved point is yours, so you can now go back to watching the cricket...

[nicanary]

Thanks. I was a bit baffled when considering this solution, because "a certain site" reckons the car had a works-style body by Orpin, and the photo clearly shows a very individual design. Who am I to argue?

Thank you also for allowing me 3 stabs during the lock!

(Your latest puzzle posting confirms you've had a busy summer. I was wondering what was going on, because you don't usually have time to respond so quickly. I still haven't worked out where you saw this image - according to my geography it's in the Bay of Biscay! Presumably in the South-West.)

[Djetset]

I spotted this photo (and took my photo of that photo) earlier this year on the Fairthorpe and others Club stand at the NEC , Birmingham, Restoration Show.

The Buckler representative on this Specials stand had never seen the actual car and believed it to have been lost many years ago, unless anyone knows otherwise...