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What's this?
Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2014 9:13 pm
by JPB
There was a thread a while ago but it's fallen out of the active threads view, probably because it's far longer than I thought since it was alive. Meh, never mind, here's a mystery motor to have a guess at:
Please only post another mystery vehicle if you were the clever bugger who guessed this one correctly, the prize for which is a freshly squashed grey squirrel with a genuine 1970s Michelin ZX tread print (155/82x13) across its furry little face.
And if you know for certain and didn't have to do any actual work to arrive at an answer, please abstain.
Re: What's this?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 12:51 am
by Mitsuru
Those are smiths gauges, a set sitting on the shelf above my bed helps
, that blue makes
me think frog eyed sprite. But I know it can't be that as the dash is wrong and so is the gear
box tunnel.
Re: What's this?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:46 am
by Topaz
Some of that looks a bit home made so I'll guess at a kit car rather than a production model - but which one I have no idea !
Mike
Re: What's this?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 9:59 am
by JPB
Topaz wrote:Some of that looks a bit home made so I'll guess at a kit car rather than a production model - but which one I have no idea !
Mike
I expected that at least one of us would come to that conclusion so here are a couple of minor clues:
It's not a kit car
(nor is it a limited production special).
Its manufacturer was at one time the largest wholly independent vehicle maker in its country of origin.
Mitsuru wrote:Those are smiths gauges, a set sitting on the shelf above my bed helps
, that blue makes
me think frog eyed sprite. But I know it can't be that as the dash is wrong and so is the gear
box tunnel.
It is only very slightly larger than a Spridget. And it's green. I have similar difficulties with red and brown, how the hell I haven't electrocuted myself yet is something of a mystery to me.
Re: What's this?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:31 pm
by MG Mal
Looks like it could be an early TVR of some kind Vixen?
Re: What's this?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 3:11 pm
by rich.
honda s800?
Re: What's this?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 4:46 pm
by JPB
MG Mal wrote:Looks like it could be an early TVR of some kind Vixen?
Sorry Mal, close but no cigar.
rich. wrote:honda s800?
Ooh, I love those! But no, our mystery car is larger and less sophisticated.
Re: What's this?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:03 pm
by suffolkpete
Reliant Sabre?
Re: What's this?
Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:19 pm
by JPB
suffolkpete wrote:Reliant Sabre?
Yay! Squirrel trophy to that man.
It is indeed a Sabre, this one to be precise:
Link
Pete: Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to find something even less easy to identify and post a sneaky image taken from an unfamiliar angle.
Re: What's this?
Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 9:04 am
by suffolkpete
Ok, this was a British manufacturer, 72 were built between 1950 and 1956.
