Another mystery car
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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.
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.
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
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
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
robemcdonald said:
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
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...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/286528681465794/pe...
NomduJour said:
That's the one! Thanks very muchly. I searched using "mystery" when it should have been "unknown" !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...
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
Attached a very rough comparison of the two plus my rough/unfinished model
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.
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