Guess the car..

[mike88]

A friend has given me a challenge, and I'm failing miserably! I need to find out what car he has purchased and I need some help. He has given me the following clues.

It has wire wheels, 4 of them.
The engine is in the back.
Its 17 or 18 years old.
Made in Britain (Around the Lincolnshire area possibly?)
It only has 1 seat.
It has a steel chassis, with a wooden/alloy body, which is painted.
Its in the style of a Morgan, Swooping arches and headlight pods (Maybe?)
Its "sort of a kit car but isn't, its weird" are his words.
He said he didn't pay much for it, but he may have gotten a huge bargain, or not?


So far I know its NOT a,

BRM, Hall, ERA, Lotus, Caterham, Tiger, Locost, Tatra, Lloyd, Hillman Imp.

Thanks,

[magnus911]

Morgan?

[mike88]

Nope, Was my first guess.

Its a NASP engine too, and its small CC.

[lankybob]

A Merlin?
http://www.merlinoc.org.uk/history.htm

[lankybob]

Or maybe a Marlin!
http://www.marlinsportscars.co.uk/

[mike88]

Good call, I'll ask him tomorrow.

[mike88]

none of the above.. hurmmmm

[crostonian]

It's not one of Mal Nicholsons early creations is it? Check out www.trentsideclassics.co.uk he's based in Lincolnshire and has built a few high quality one off homages as well as some excellent Ferrari replicas.

[mike88]

I've asked

ETA' Nope..

[S2Mike]

If its painted yellow with red swooping wings, hes bought Noddy's Car. !!

[NuisanceFactor]

GP Madison? Ad here

[mike88]

Possibly, the rear engine thing is a big clue I think, cant be many about.

[NuisanceFactor]

They seem to have been available with front or rear engines, a few more pics here

[Presuming Ed]

Rocket, or does that have a seat behind the driver?

They reproduced the vanwall for the raod a about 15 years ago. Is itone of them?

[NuisanceFactor]

Sorry, seem to have missed the "1 seat" spec

[Carfolio]

Brooke.



Possibly ;-)

[Asterix]

Panther of somesort? Dunno where they're made.

[Chris71]

There used to be several kit-built Morgan-a-likes and I'd imagine you could have any one of them built by the factory. I forget the names sadly.

There's also the Royale Sabre. Although the Sabre undoubtedly has its own identity it's still rather reminiscent of that era:

[S2Mike]

The one seat, could be a red herring, could be a bench seat!!

[mike88]

S2Mike said:

The one seat, could be a red herring, could be a bench seat!!

I did wonder, I'll ask him.