Guess the car!

[hartge bob]

A9XXC said:

Daimler SP252

[Fishtigua]

nicanary said:

Fishtigua said:

Let's have a go at this little'un.

That's the Emery Imp. Announced in 1963, shown at the '64 Racing car Show, and again in '65, but did he ever sell any?

Paul Emery was a prolific specials builder/racing car maker/tuner of the 40s-60s who was always starting something and then moving on to something else. Loveley little thing, obviously powered by a Hillman Imp engine.

Yep, I think Paul made a few, mainly for himself and his racing. Talk about your arse being an inch from the tarmac.

[fat freddie]

[nicanary]

fat freddie said:

I really ought to know this, but I don't. It looks like one of the Australian "GT" cars of the early 60s which were converted from old 50s sports-racers. This one is very Lotus XI, but there are too many exhaust pipes.

[jonnylayze]

nicanary said:

fat freddie said:

I really ought to know this, but I don't. It looks like one of the Australian "GT" cars of the early 60s which were converted from old 50s sports-racers. This one is very Lotus XI, but there are too many exhaust pipes.

I think it is an XI and my guess is it's in Australia. The top looks a bit like that of the Elfin but an Elfin looks less like an XI than the above....

[iva cosworth]

Fishtigua said:

iva cosworth said:

A9XXC said:

iva cosworth said:

Renault JP4 ?

Actually i don't know myself but i do have a front pic with a badge showing that's not

Renault.

Another Fiat based car, I'm guessing.
It's not the Moretti Minimax but there was another maker.

Here's the front shot,which proves nothing really but might help somebody in the know

[LuS1fer]

In 1974, Fiat made a Village concept and this looks like it may have been an early prototype or, more likely, a home-made lit car version of one:

[jonnylayze]

iva cosworth said:

Fishtigua said:

iva cosworth said:

A9XXC said:

iva cosworth said:

Renault JP4 ?

Actually i don't know myself but i do have a front pic with a badge showing that's not

Renault.

Another Fiat based car, I'm guessing.
It's not the Moretti Minimax but there was another maker.

Here's the front shot,which proves nothing really but might help somebody in the know

127 bonnet and headlamps. The Village concept looks to have a bespoke bonnet

[A9XXC]

hartge bob said:

A9XXC said:

Daimler SP252

Correct - at the 2009 NEC Classic show. Really nice looking motor, so much better than the SP250.

Any other manufacturer would have made a mint with it, V8, open, good looks etc in America, but Lyons had the E-Type.

Better view

[fat freddie]

jonnylayze said:

I think it is an XI and my guess is it's in Australia. The top looks a bit like that of the Elfin but an Elfin looks less like an XI than the above....

Not a Lotus XI (or anything to do with one from what I can find out) or an Elfin.
It IS Australian though.

[A9XXC]

fat freddie said:

Centaur - with the Waggott twincam head on the Repco block -http://aussieroadracing.homestead.com/Stanley3.html

[Fishtigua]

I would have loved one of these.

[LuS1fer]

Fishtigua said:

I would have loved one of these.

Me too. Alfasud Giardinetta.

[Fishtigua]

Yes, the in the photo is sitting around, unloved. Such a shame.

The van was also a looker.

[fat freddie]

A9XXC said:

Centaur - with the Waggott twincam head on the Repco block -http://aussieroadracing.homestead.com/Stanley3.html

Yup, well done.

[Asterix]

What about this one?

[530dTPhil]

Messerschmitt KR200?

[Asterix]

Nope

[RobTVR.]

Messerschmitt KR175? Looks a bit like one.

EDIT: Can't be a TG500 can it?

[RobTVR.]

^^^
Heinkel bubble car?

How about this one then? I've squiggled on it to stop bloody reverse image search cheaters!