Help identifying a strange little car
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Dr Interceptor said:
Thread resurrection.
I had a dream last night that I was there, in that scene in the late 50's, and that little car was mine.
Still can't tell you what it bloody was though.
I had a dream like that too, except in my dream I find a lump hammer and reshape that mystery car into something more recognizable, I made a Jensen Interceptor convertible, and this thread was then closed......then I woke to find the thread resurrected. I had a dream last night that I was there, in that scene in the late 50's, and that little car was mine.
Still can't tell you what it bloody was though.
TIGA84 said:
Has anyone sent it into the boffins at Classic and Sportscar - they a have a mystery car competition and its usually something one-off by some random coachbuilder from way back when?
They know the answer to their puzzles, though.Having said that, one esteemed member of the editorial team is a member of PH. Maybe he'd like to help us?
Bebee said:
I had a dream like that too, except in my dream I find a lump hammer and reshape that mystery car into something more recognizable, I made a Jensen Interceptor convertible, and this thread was then closed......then I woke to find the thread resurrected.
There's nowhere near enough metal there to make an Interceptor Convertible......and the A-Pillar is all wrong
Dr Interceptor said:
Bebee said:
I had a dream like that too, except in my dream I find a lump hammer and reshape that mystery car into something more recognizable, I made a Jensen Interceptor convertible, and this thread was then closed......then I woke to find the thread resurrected.
There's nowhere near enough metal there to make an Interceptor Convertible......and the A-Pillar is all wrong
That's a stunner you have BTW.
The more I look at it, the more I'm convinced that it's a Deutsch-Bonnet that's been in a front-end shunt.
From the windscreen back, I think it's an exact match for a DB HBR5, but the bonnet, front wings and nose are wrong - and those are the bits that look least well resolved, to me, as if they've been bodged onto it to get it usable again.
From the windscreen back, I think it's an exact match for a DB HBR5, but the bonnet, front wings and nose are wrong - and those are the bits that look least well resolved, to me, as if they've been bodged onto it to get it usable again.
marshalla said:
The more I look at it, the more I'm convinced that it's a Deutsch-Bonnet that's been in a front-end shunt.
From the windscreen back, I think it's an exact match for a DB HBR5, but the bonnet, front wings and nose are wrong - and those are the bits that look least well resolved, to me, as if they've been bodged onto it to get it usable again.
The overall silhouette is very close, but there's no quarterlights on the Deutsch-Bonnet, and the front edge of the door extends past the A pillar which isn't something that could be changed easily.From the windscreen back, I think it's an exact match for a DB HBR5, but the bonnet, front wings and nose are wrong - and those are the bits that look least well resolved, to me, as if they've been bodged onto it to get it usable again.
I got my hopes up when I saw a new post in here, thought someone must have nailed it by now
TIGA84 said:
Has anyone sent it into the boffins at Classic and Sportscar - they a have a mystery car competition and its usually something one-off by some random coachbuilder from way back when?
I emailed the mag the link to this discussion months ago but heard nothing. Can we send it to a particular journo? Andrew Frankel, Simon Taylor, Martin Buckley etc? Does anyone know any of these guys well enough to ask?
Dapster said:
TIGA84 said:
Has anyone sent it into the boffins at Classic and Sportscar - they a have a mystery car competition and its usually something one-off by some random coachbuilder from way back when?
I emailed the mag the link to this discussion months ago but heard nothing. Can we send it to a particular journo? Andrew Frankel, Simon Taylor, Martin Buckley etc? Does anyone know any of these guys well enough to ask?
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