Does anybody know what this is?

[Carey-das3x]

[ndtman]

Ashley I think.

[Allan L]

Ashley Sportiva from the 1960s

ETA "Snap" ndtman!

[Carey-das3x]

Many thanks, that looks like it. It's a photo of my mum and aunt recently found and the car has been driving (no pun intended) my brother and I mad. 1960 sort of fits as I imagine this was taken about then or maybe a year or two after.

You don't know what road that is do you???

[CharlieAlphaMike]

Carey-das3x said:

You don't know what road that is do you???

Ransome Road, Northampton maybe?

[nicanary]

I don't often have to ask for help but this one has me stumped. I questioned it on another well-known forum with no response. The quasi-Cord look was quite popular for a while after WW2, and I thought this might be a Healey Duncan Drone, but they all seemed to have cycle wings. I can only assume that it's a well-built special.

It doesn't look all that large, the occupants heads are above windscreen level. Any ideas?

PS NOT THE FERRARI!!



I have to add that this photo probably has a copyright which I've just infringed. Apols to all.

[john2443]

The Drone was much squarer, so it's not that.

[Riley Blue]

Looks like a shrunken Cord.

[nicanary]

The odd thing is, the rear ebd does slope down like a Drone.

[Roy C]

At first I thought it was a Raymond Mays Special with a reworked front end, but there are other detail differences.

[silverfoxcc]

nicanary said:

I don't often have to ask for help but this one has me stumped. I questioned it on another well-known forum with no response. The quasi-Cord look was quite popular for a while after WW2, and I thought this might be a Healey Duncan Drone, but they all seemed to have cycle wings. I can only assume that it's a well-built special.

It doesn't look all that large, the occupants heads are above windscreen level. Any ideas?

PS NOT THE FERRARI!!



I have to add that this photo probably has a copyright which I've just infringed. Apols to all.

Can't help, but i did put a a widescreen shot from a film a few weeks ago. got a reply saying it was a Riley. and it looks like there is an identical one in the garage in the background.....small world

[john2443]

nicanary said:

The odd thing is, the rear ebd does slope down like a Drone.

Duncan made bodies on other chassis so could be one of their bodies - the Healey Duncan saloon is the same from the A post back as the Alvis.

The registration doesn't show up on my list of Healeys, which isn't complete because it comes from the factory records, which weren't complete either.

[Riley Blue]

silverfoxcc said:

Can't help, but i did put a a widescreen shot from a film a few weeks ago. got a reply saying it was a Riley. and it looks like there is an identical one in the garage in the background.....small world

[wag2]

There is a photo in the Beaulieu Encyclopedia of coachbuilding of a Pinin Farina cabriolet on a 1939 FIAT chassis which has the coffin nose and separate headlights. Its not the same but there are similarities