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Re: NIC#704
« Reply #25 on: February 05, 2017, 10:12:16 AM »
Quote from: Fёdor on February 05, 2017, 10:02:01 AM

 Barclay



No.

PS I mentioned in an earlier post that the engine could be around 10hp - I have rechecked my source and the engine size is not quoted. Sorry if this did not help your investigation, but it was definitely Ford-powered.
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Re: NIC#704
« Reply #26 on: February 05, 2017, 11:03:11 AM »
Leidart?
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Re: NIC#704
« Reply #27 on: February 05, 2017, 11:04:49 AM »
Quote from: luisps on February 05, 2017, 11:03:11 AM
Leidart?

No - we've already had that question.
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Re: NIC#704
« Reply #28 on: February 05, 2017, 11:29:49 AM »
Vale?
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Re: NIC#704
« Reply #29 on: February 05, 2017, 11:44:58 AM »
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Re: NIC#704
« Reply #30 on: February 05, 2017, 11:52:40 AM »
Batten?
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Re: NIC#704
« Reply #31 on: February 05, 2017, 11:58:39 AM »
Squire?
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Re: NIC#704
« Reply #32 on: February 05, 2017, 12:07:57 PM »
Quote from: Paul Jaray on February 05, 2017, 11:52:40 AM
Batten?

YES! Not a Squire, because it's a Batten Special. This photo was taken from an advert in a well-known magazine from 1955 and is therefore not readily available on the internet. It doesn't look anything like other Battens I've seen, but  a) I reckon a small maker like Batten would have built cars to order and this could have been a one-off commission and b) I see no reason why a garage would have not known what car they were selling!

The wording of the advert - " BATTEN SPECIAL - specially built for enthusiast in 1937 from Ford components. Terrific performance -value!!!!! £125.

When I first saw the car I thought it looked a bit too small for one of the V8 powered Battens and considered maybe it was 1172cc powered, but the ad does mention performance. Presumably the original owner wanted a drophead rather than a competition car.

Solved eventually.
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Re: Solved NIC#704 - 1937 Batten Special
« Reply #33 on: February 05, 2017, 12:27:42 PM »
Thank you!
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Re: Solved NIC#704 - 1937 Batten Special
« Reply #34 on: February 05, 2017, 01:23:10 PM »
How on earth d'you get that, PJ?!
As said it's not like any other Batten one knows of and it looks to me as if they used a d.h.c. body from (say) an early '30s Lanchester on the Ford V8 chassis (wheels look like big Ford).
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Re: Solved NIC#704 - 1937 Batten Special
« Reply #35 on: February 05, 2017, 02:12:34 PM »
I used my index: I sorted all the names I have according to the hints I had.
The names were not few, (Andrč, Atalanta, Barson, Vale, Harker,  Lammas-Graham, Leidart, Squire, Salmon etc.).
After a rough selection, there were still 70 names.
I tried to narrow them down looking at what they did (3-wheelers, coachbuilt cars, specials, and so on) and many names were out.
When I had less names, I started again from the beginning and Batten was the 1st of the possible ones.
 
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Re: Solved NIC#704 - 1937 Batten Special
« Reply #36 on: February 05, 2017, 04:12:17 PM »
Even without doing SQLs on data bases, just by going through the good old Culshaw / Horrobin book, Batten would have been my next guess.  8)
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