A 'period' classics pictures thread (Mk II)
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Dapster said:
My history master at school had an absolute billy basic left hand drive 5 imported from France - first gen. Still had the yellow headlight bulbs. I remember it had the side exit exhaust and dash mounted gearlever a la 2CV like this one which made it a pre '73
My 74 car had a through-dash gear change.Blimey, I expected somebody to have got the answer by now.
Ginetta? Nah.
Costin, obviously not as someone pointed out, too young.
Another clue, like many of this era he became expert in the use of glassfibre.
He designed the bodywork (not the chassis) for this single-seater, and it carried the company marque name.
Another clue - the company marque 'motto' is used on here by one PH'r as their username!
It was a sad ending when the company went into liquidation after nearly 20 yrs. The founder then decided to get away from his beloved cars and ventured into the horse scene - he designed and produced superb balanced 2 & 4 wheeled Victorian style horse-drawn carriages in GRP. He also made repro Victorian style lamp posts in GRP. But by the late 80s he wanted to get back to his beloved cars - but this never happened as he sadly died in the summer of 1992.
In 2017 one of his grp 2-wheeled horse drawn carriages was sold at auction.
Ginetta? Nah.
Costin, obviously not as someone pointed out, too young.
Another clue, like many of this era he became expert in the use of glassfibre.
He designed the bodywork (not the chassis) for this single-seater, and it carried the company marque name.
Another clue - the company marque 'motto' is used on here by one PH'r as their username!
It was a sad ending when the company went into liquidation after nearly 20 yrs. The founder then decided to get away from his beloved cars and ventured into the horse scene - he designed and produced superb balanced 2 & 4 wheeled Victorian style horse-drawn carriages in GRP. He also made repro Victorian style lamp posts in GRP. But by the late 80s he wanted to get back to his beloved cars - but this never happened as he sadly died in the summer of 1992.
In 2017 one of his grp 2-wheeled horse drawn carriages was sold at auction.
dandarez said:
Lovely colour, I got wind of it coming in the late 60s from my dad who worked at BL, he was good pals with one of the top sprayers in the paint shop who agreed to respray my then boring Loch Blue Imp bottom half in it. He resprayed the top half in another BL colour, Faun Brown.
This was the moment I sold that car waiting for the buyer to pick it up. I'd just bought the met. gold Sunbeam Imp Sport in front .
It didn't stay gold very long, the same paintshop guy resprayed it for me in BL Glacier White and Rootes Wardance Red. I've always liked cars being two-tone colours.
Sounded and looked like a great time in your life This was the moment I sold that car waiting for the buyer to pick it up. I'd just bought the met. gold Sunbeam Imp Sport in front .
It didn't stay gold very long, the same paintshop guy resprayed it for me in BL Glacier White and Rootes Wardance Red. I've always liked cars being two-tone colours.
Dapster said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
My 74 car had a through-dash gear change.
I remember the gear lever but not the age of the car so quickly Wikki'd it and it said '73 but I'd trust your memory more than Wikki!Edited by JeremyH5 on Tuesday 3rd August 11:29
JeremyH5 said:
Dapster said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
My 74 car had a through-dash gear change.
I remember the gear lever but not the age of the car so quickly Wikki'd it and it said '73 but I'd trust your memory more than Wikki!
JeremyH5 said:
Dapster said:
CharlesdeGaulle said:
My 74 car had a through-dash gear change.
I remember the gear lever but not the age of the car so quickly Wikki'd it and it said '73 but I'd trust your memory more than Wikki!
Turbobanana said:
Adrian Evans, Davrian Cars.
Sorry, bit late in reply. So, before I get some shuteye... At last! 
And to those who said Imp, yep, it's an Imp engine mounted at the front (nobody seems to know how the Adrian did it (this is 1964 remember) and what tf the transmission was - did he use an Imp transaxle, if so, how? Plus the twin Stromberg carb Sport version of the Imp had not even launched, yes Paul Emery, Vic Derrington and others were offering carb conversions to chuck the single Solex over the wall, but invariably offerings were either single Weber, single Stromberg or twin etc, but Adrian, he was different, he used twin SUs!
The man was a f genius! He's up there with the best of them.
And yes, his car was an Austin Special, he raced it many times inc some other specials (see pic at bot.).
Here's his sister, Vicki, sat in that actual car back in the day (note - tow car, an Imp!).
The very, very underrated man himself at the wheel of a race Davrian.
Adrian in another special, he's racing car No. 7 in this shot.
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