Another mystery car
Discussion
hpojnk said:
So I tried a rear 3/4 angle of the car - as with everything I do it's unfinished but I'll come back to it once I learn to draw panel gaps and anything else that's a bit off.
Until then I'll wait for borrani72 to solve the mystery, the cross section drawings are incredible; I'd love to learn how to do that.
Wonderful, well done.Until then I'll wait for borrani72 to solve the mystery, the cross section drawings are incredible; I'd love to learn how to do that.
threespires said:
I received this on another web page that I use. It seems my previous posts on here from an hour ago have been removed. Hopefully this will remain now that details of the writer have been removed. Comments please.
Just to let followers of this thread know. A chap with a name starting with S has again found me elsewhere and is threatening all sorts. Edited by threespires on Saturday 17th July 13:47
This is the message I recieved. The image he is talking about has been removed from my pages.
As far as I am aware, I've not named the person or run this person or his business down.
The image in question on my web pages has been removed by somebody. There was no mention of the source of the image or anybody's name.
Edited to remove names.
As far as I am aware, I've not named the person or run this person or his business down.
The image in question on my web pages has been removed by somebody. There was no mention of the source of the image or anybody's name.
Edited to remove names.
Edited by threespires on Sunday 17th October 14:51
douglasb said:
Agree.
His complaint isn't against your solicitor, it's against you. So he should be addressing any formal complaint to you for you to take whatever response you think is appropriate.
(Any posts that I made on this thread before were a long time ago but were along the lines of "That is never based on a Sunbeam Alpine!. Look at the height of the people around the car. This car is very small (and not far away
). From a very crude comparison of the wheel size v wheelbase it's about the size of a Midget/Sprite.)
Thanks douglasbHis complaint isn't against your solicitor, it's against you. So he should be addressing any formal complaint to you for you to take whatever response you think is appropriate.
(Any posts that I made on this thread before were a long time ago but were along the lines of "That is never based on a Sunbeam Alpine!. Look at the height of the people around the car. This car is very small (and not far away
). From a very crude comparison of the wheel size v wheelbase it's about the size of a Midget/Sprite.)hpojnk said:
Before I do it has anyone drawn in the ‘rest’ of the photo, like, showing a whole Thames van for example.. clutching at straws but it might add perspective on the scale of the mystery car
Not that I remember. The original picture ends at the side window of the Thames. I think some have removed the lady who is blocking the view of the car.
hpojnk said:
threespires said:
Not that I remember. The original picture ends at the side window of the Thames.
I think some have removed the lady who is blocking the view of the car.
Yeah borrani72 did a really good cross section of the lines of the car unseen behind the woman.I think some have removed the lady who is blocking the view of the car.
I’ll do an extension of the photo and see how it looks, an accurate (not from me probably) construction of the front of the Thames can be done as we have its perspective and know its dimensions.
tapkaJohnD said:
Seen on a South London street, this has been carefully wrapped, either to hide what it is, of preserve it for a future project.
I fear the wrapping will only accelerate the decay.
But is this wrapping enough to stump the classic car gurus of PistonHeads?
Clue - it may be a red herring! - two rear axles from a FWD car in the garage behind it. So this is a FWD car?
John
austin said:
This has just come up on a Facebook group for 50's & 60's specials. A modified Speedex Scirocco.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/286528681465794/pe...
I think that's the closest we've come to the blue Mystery car. Good find.https://www.facebook.com/groups/286528681465794/pe...
hpojnk said:
Sorry to bump but it's still bugging me.. the more I look the more I still think it's a heavily modified 1960 Sunbeam Alpine.. to me the crease/curve in the rear quarter and the front wing is millimetrically identical/unaltered; the front wing curves down a bit too. I think the headlight position is identical too if you look at some of the reference points between the two cars. Obviously the car looks quite small, may have a flip front/gullwing doors and a radically different screen, the bonnet looks too low and the driving position looks wrong but I still think that's what it is underneath/borrowing a lot of the body from. No idea who/what/why but it's too intricate to be fake or anything other than a one off special/prototype, it looks great imo.
Attached a very rough comparison of the two plus my rough/unfinished model
That's a nice model you have there.Attached a very rough comparison of the two plus my rough/unfinished model
Indeed, there are many Alpine-like features to it.
After many years on P/H and many other forum and magazine features worldwide, I'm amazed that this is still a Mystery car.
thegreenhell said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Has anyone tried ringing the number to see if 'Jones' or a family member is still alive or has any memory of the car? I know the phone number is obsolete now, but it should be possible to track down the address and try to find the previous owner from there. Anyone in the area want to go knock on the door?
skwdenyer said:
threespires said:
thegreenhell said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Has anyone tried ringing the number to see if 'Jones' or a family member is still alive or has any memory of the car? I know the phone number is obsolete now, but it should be possible to track down the address and try to find the previous owner from there. Anyone in the area want to go knock on the door?Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff