Author Topic: SOLVED: Djetset #654 - Intrim Jaguar XJ-S Cabriolet conversion  (Read 4095 times)

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #50 on: September 05, 2013, 06:38:24 PM »
The company was not located in the Midlands, so it can't be Carbodies (of Coventry).
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #51 on: September 09, 2013, 02:49:57 PM »
London area?

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #52 on: September 10, 2013, 07:12:37 AM »
Not from the London area.
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #53 on: September 24, 2013, 03:11:18 PM »
Moving up...
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #54 on: October 04, 2013, 05:52:42 AM »
William Towns involved?

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #55 on: October 04, 2013, 11:50:04 AM »
Not a William Towns project.
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #56 on: October 08, 2013, 02:10:13 PM »
Burlet?

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #57 on: October 08, 2013, 02:15:44 PM »
Not Burlet.
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #58 on: October 09, 2013, 01:45:21 PM »
Harrington Coachbuilders of Hove, Sussex?

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #59 on: October 15, 2013, 06:22:36 AM »
Are now based in Scotland?

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #60 on: October 21, 2013, 08:37:28 AM »
Not Scottish, and not Harrington of Hove.
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #61 on: November 01, 2013, 03:26:53 PM »
FLM Panel craft?

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #62 on: November 01, 2013, 08:34:23 PM »
Not FLM.
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #63 on: November 04, 2013, 09:33:18 AM »
Shapecraft of Northampton?

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #64 on: November 04, 2013, 10:46:41 AM »
Not Shapecraft!
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #65 on: November 04, 2013, 04:00:27 PM »
was it Aston Martin Tickford Body Works at Bedworth, Nuneaton

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #66 on: November 04, 2013, 04:57:41 PM »
No Aston/Tickford connection.
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #67 on: February 14, 2014, 02:44:45 PM »
Roof down, and off to BH soon.
« Last Edit: February 15, 2014, 05:43:27 AM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #68 on: February 15, 2014, 05:41:32 AM »
Roof still down, and into the BH it goes...
« Last Edit: February 15, 2014, 05:43:43 AM by Djetset »
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #69 on: April 25, 2017, 09:29:10 AM »
I found a couple of names...could it be by LDD (Ludgate Design & Developments) Conversions?
They had several distributors: Top Hat Conversions, A.Hewitt & Co., R.S.I. Motors, K.R.T Cabriolets, R.S Developments and Intrim!

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #70 on: August 11, 2017, 12:56:19 PM »
Bump!  ;)

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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #71 on: August 11, 2017, 02:26:56 PM »
Oophs, sorry PJ, it's not LDD. For the moment I've temporarily misplaced my information source for this one, so please bare with me as from memory I think it might be one of the (many) XJ-S converters that you mention, but the name doesn't quite look 100%, so please give me some time to confirm for certain.  Thanks  :)
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #72 on: November 24, 2018, 10:05:11 AM »
I found a couple of names...could it be by LDD (Ludgate Design & Developments) Conversions?
They had several distributors: Top Hat Conversions, A.Hewitt & Co., R.S.I. Motors, K.R.T Cabriolets, R.S Developments and Intrim!
After some time, I've just re-found my information source for this Puzzle. PJ correctly listed the name of the creator of this XJ-S conversion, which was an original conversion in its own right and not just an agent of LDD. So, locked to PJ to correctly identify which of the companies listed created this conversion? 
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #73 on: January 22, 2020, 04:29:13 PM »
Time to unlock?
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Re: Djetset #654
« Reply #74 on: February 08, 2020, 10:47:31 AM »
Time to unlock?
I would like to give PJ another stab at this one first please as he correctly name this Jaguar's conversion company in his list of possible modifiers. So, PJ, one more chance to narrow this one down now before I unlock the puzzle. Good luck! 
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