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Solved NIC#1173 - Kitcher Special based on SS1
« on: January 08, 2020, 08:47:32 AM »
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2020, 05:02:27 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2020, 12:46:07 PM »
Riley Gamecock?

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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2020, 02:13:30 PM »
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2020, 02:17:52 PM »
Wolseley Daytona?

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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2020, 03:26:09 PM »
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2020, 04:15:24 AM »
Looks like a four-seater HRG, but I've not come across such a beast!
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2020, 04:33:10 AM »
Looks like a four-seater HRG, but I've not come across such a beast!

Not an HRG (and no, nor me).
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2020, 07:56:31 AM »
Triumph?

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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2020, 08:16:08 AM »
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2020, 08:55:47 AM »
Singer?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2020, 09:19:57 AM »
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2020, 03:42:58 PM »
An obvious question: is it British?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2020, 04:12:13 PM »
An obvious question: is it British?

Yes.
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2020, 05:44:48 PM »
Riley
Wolseley
HRG
Triumph
Singer

Is it based on an MG?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #15 on: January 20, 2020, 05:32:06 AM »
Riley
Wolseley
HRG
Triumph
Singer

Is it based on an MG?

No.
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2020, 06:20:13 AM »
Perhaps a Lagonda Rapier?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #17 on: January 20, 2020, 07:28:55 AM »
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #18 on: January 20, 2020, 07:49:25 AM »
Rover?

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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #19 on: January 20, 2020, 07:53:45 AM »
Standard or its derivatives?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #20 on: January 20, 2020, 08:37:56 AM »
Standard or its derivatives?

Not a Rover but there is a tenuous connection to Standard.
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #21 on: January 20, 2020, 09:44:09 AM »
Is it a rebodied SS?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2020, 09:48:06 AM »
Is it a rebodied SS?

Yes! LOCKED for D-type for 24 houra.

Who built it?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2020, 12:09:40 PM »
It looks a bit, erm, temporary.  Could it be a Paul Emery concoction?
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Re: NIC#1173
« Reply #24 on: January 20, 2020, 01:11:05 PM »
It looks a bit, erm, temporary.  Could it be a Paul Emery concoction?

You're getting closer - it's not by Paul Emery, but it's one of a number of specials built by someone who has featured in another puzzle on AP.
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