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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2021 => Topic started by: barrett on May 17, 2019, 11:32:56 AM
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What is the name of this car, on what was it based and where was it built?
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Experts
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British one-off?
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It's British, and supposedly it was offered for sale, but I doubt more than one was built
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Lloyd base?
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Not a Lloyd
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any connection to fairley?
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I can see a resemblance, but there's no connection
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1939 Morris 8 series E base?
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Not a Morris
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Standard base?
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Singer based?
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** Bump **
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Can we promote this to the Pros and see if they can put it away?
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Done!
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Austin Seven Humming Bird
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Ford Falcon Special. Merged.
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This is interesting. I actually had this photograph listed as showing the mysterious 'Austin Seven Humming Bird'.
This car is, for some reason, the subject of much conjecture. Several experts claim the Humming Bird never existed, and it became a sort of in-joke among Austin Seven special afficianados, almost like Moby Dick, with people occasionally claiminf they'd "found a Humming Bird".
Nevertheless, the car was definitely advertised and most likely built, at Pipbrook Garage in Dorking, but there is no further evidence of it than that. This photograph purports to show one, but since I posted it all that time ago I have discovered the advertisements for the 'Ford Falcon' special which clearly show the same car. I'm now of the opinion that the original photogrpah of the 'Humming Bird' is another prank by an Austin Seven enthusiast who was in on the joke....!
Nevertheless, I'm going to give Paul Jaray an extra point for discovering the (contested identity)
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What's this, by whom, based on what - for 1 point?:
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Dyna-Veritas?
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No connection, sorry.
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Experts?
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Any HRG connection?
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None at all!
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Lloyd 650 ?
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No, not a Lloyd.
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From Italy ?
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No..
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Based on aFIAT chassis built by Blasl Huber in the early 50s at his Chimsee workshop
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No..
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Standard Eight ?
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No Standard bits that I'm aware of...
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Ford Falcon special 1951 ?
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No Ford bits that I'm aware of!
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Jowett base ?
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No.
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From UK ?
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Yes.
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MG base ?
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No..
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Singer 9 base ?
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No Singer bits that I know of..
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Bristol base?
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No.
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Ford base?
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No Ford bits that I'm aware of!
Ford base?
Still not Ford according to information I have!
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No Ford bits that I'm aware of!
Ford base?
Still not Ford according to information I have!
These modern times are different - perhaps it identifies as a Ford ;D
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BSA Scout replacement prototype?
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No..
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Austin 8 based?
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Austin but not 8..
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Shortened larger one kind of 'Ten'?
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No, smaller than an 8..
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Surely not a common or garden Austin Seven?
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So my information says, yes.
I think the same body was used for more than one mechanical base..
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Two months since the first post I'm going to bag this. Its a Pippbrook Ladybird, based on an Austin Seven chassis. Built at Pippbrook garage Dorking probably by Guy Jason Henry not far from Rob Walker's racing team. The garage building now forms part of Dorking Museum.
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That is indeed the answer I was looking for, so you've earned your point!
But mystery does seem to surround this car.
Another car with a very similar body (but different around the front) was posted in SAC#868 and was identified as a Ford Falcon Special, and an advertisement for it describing it as exactly that is shown within the thread, although it is clearly not a Falcon shell, as intimated by nicanary, so I've no idea why it was called a Ford Falcon Special. Maybe someone just thought it sounded good!
But the same car I posted was also posted in Barrett's 1002 and was identified by PJ as a Humming Bird, but then that puzzle was merged with SAC#868, which in my opinion it shouldn't have been as it's a different car, based on an Austin 7.
As can be seen from the picture below, my puzzle is the same car as Barrett's, with the same registration number, but a different car from SACO's, with a different registration number.
Perhaps more information has come to light since Barrett's puzzle but I'm going to assume my information is correct, demerge Barrett's puzzle from SACO's and merge my puzzle with his!