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Started by Carnut, August 27, 2014, 10:38:27 AM

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nicanary

Let's try a different approach, maybe someone on the journalism side of things. Jenkinson?
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Carnut

Quote from: nicanary on September 23, 2014, 06:23:16 AM
Let's try a different approach, maybe someone on the journalism side of things. Jenkinson?

No, he was neither a journo nor called Jenkinson!
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pnegyesi


Carnut

Quote from: pnegyesi on September 23, 2014, 08:12:51 AM
Moss?

D-type tried Moss on 10th September.
The answer then was no too, but I'll say now that that is the right path to follow as there was a connection there..
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pnegyesi


nicanary

I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Carnut

Quote from: pnegyesi on September 23, 2014, 08:45:13 AM
Brabham?

No.

Quote from: nicanary on September 23, 2014, 08:57:26 AM
Francis ?

This was the name I was looking for, but checking my file for this one I am embarrassed to say I got the name wrong...
So it's not Francis, it's nothing to do with Stirling Moss, and the name is not the same as someone known in motor racing circles.
Very sorry, but we are right back at square one...
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nicanary

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Quote from: Carnut on September 23, 2014, 10:27:02 AM
Quote from: pnegyesi on September 23, 2014, 08:45:13 AM
Brabham?

No.

Quote from: nicanary on September 23, 2014, 08:57:26 AM
Francis ?


This was the name I was looking for, but checking my file for this one I am embarrassed to say I got the name wrong...
So it's not Francis, it's nothing to do with Stirling Moss, and the name is not the same as someone known in motor racing circles.
Very sorry, but we are right back at square one...
:

lmao: That'll teach me after that  mild rant about the Mickey Thompson car. I've been brought down to earth with a thump.

So, let's start again. Can we assume that it's a British-built special, and based on a popular family car?
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Carnut

Yes, it's British-built and based on a popular family car!
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kwgibbs


Carnut

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nicanary

Ford sidevalve 1172 - based?
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kwgibbs

Is the year of this car 1954?

Carnut

Quote from: nicanary on September 23, 2014, 05:14:42 PM
Ford sidevalve 1172 - based?

No..

Quote from: kwgibbs on September 23, 2014, 07:32:41 PM
Is the year of this car 1954?

No; earlier base and later build.
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kwgibbs

was it 1949? but based on an Allard of later year like 1956?

Carnut

Quote from: kwgibbs on September 24, 2014, 10:03:41 AM
was it 1949? but based on an Allard of later year like 1956?

No, the base car is not from 1949, it's not an Allard and the re-body is not from 1956!
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nicanary

It looks too large to be Austin 7-based. Is the donor car a Morris 8hp ?
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Carnut

Quote from: nicanary on September 25, 2014, 07:27:11 AM
It looks too large to be Austin 7-based. Is the donor car a Morris 8hp ?

Yes it is!
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nicanary

Halifax Panel Beating made chassis for Morris 8hp specials. The body could be any one of a number of proprietary shells, although it does appear to have been modified - not difficult when using GRP. I think maybe an early Rochdale or even Markham-Peasy body.

Are we now just looking for the builders name?
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Carnut

"What's this, who built it, when and based on what from when - for 1 point?:" were the original questions asked.
We've ascertained what it was based on, so you could say that's the first and fourth questions answered, leaving the second, third and fifth still to be answered!

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nicanary

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Carnut

Into the Black Hole...
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nicanary

I'm fairly sure that's a Rochdale Mk 6 body.
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Carnut

Quote from: nicanary on May 18, 2015, 08:42:01 AM
I'm fairly sure that's a Rochdale Mk 6 body.

I'd say you're almost certainly right..
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