Great British Cars often forgotten
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Andrew Gray said:
GT6 Jonsey said:
Being a triumph TR man I have to chip in with this lot
Swallow doretti
Very NiceSwallow doretti
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swallow_Doretti
Lovely thing.
The Elva GT160 (mid-engined BMW 2-litre prototype) was mentioned previously, but how about the Elva Courier, of which around 500 were produced in the 1960s?
Andrew Gray said:
Skyedriver said:
Pretty little car and despite having owned 3 Chimaera and a 350 Wedge, I'd never heard of them
You can see the Grantura in it
Hi Tony Glad you like it.You can see the Grantura in it
I does amaze me that the early history of TVR is not better known its an amazing history and story and well worth getting the great books that have been written on the Marque Peter Filbys Book the Early years is a fantastic read
Andrew
Electron said:
I'll go for the Jomars older cousin the Microplas Mistral - this is the Buckler version ..
The Jomar was made using two Microplas bonnets ...
Buckler came up in converstions recently. First with an old friend whose father worked there, working also at British Uralite, owned by the same chap.
The Jomar was made using two Microplas bonnets ...
By a strange coincidence, one of the chaps in the pub near me used to live just down the road and remembers them being tested. He said he remembered the DBM and Monty Baker Munton too.
He was learning to drive at the time in a Ford 8, supervised by his dog, and the owner forbade him from driving down the road they used. Times change.
http://www.bucklercars.com/
He also said they'd developed a twin choke SU. More detail was elusive as alcohol had been taken.
What about the Rootes Asp?
This was a 1964 sports car based on the Imp (note the resemblance to the later Clan Crusader).
Only one prototype was ever built, a convertible (the hardtop being a mere mock-up). It was powered by a prototype 998cc engine that gave it a top speed of 105mph on the MIRA test track, and the pop-up headlights were vacuum-powered because they operated quicker than electric ones. It was only tested at night, and in case anyone saw it during the day, it was painted British Racing Green with a Ferrari badge on the front to confuse photographers.
After the project was abandoned in 1966, the moulds were sold to Alan Fraser Racing but they never put it into production. Alan Fraser later took the car to Tenerife when he retired to run a F5000 team; it's now rumoured to be owned by a motoring journalist in Portugal.
This was a 1964 sports car based on the Imp (note the resemblance to the later Clan Crusader).
Only one prototype was ever built, a convertible (the hardtop being a mere mock-up). It was powered by a prototype 998cc engine that gave it a top speed of 105mph on the MIRA test track, and the pop-up headlights were vacuum-powered because they operated quicker than electric ones. It was only tested at night, and in case anyone saw it during the day, it was painted British Racing Green with a Ferrari badge on the front to confuse photographers.
After the project was abandoned in 1966, the moulds were sold to Alan Fraser Racing but they never put it into production. Alan Fraser later took the car to Tenerife when he retired to run a F5000 team; it's now rumoured to be owned by a motoring journalist in Portugal.
Edited by Evangelion on Saturday 14th November 18:20
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