Possibly more kit than classic but any ideas?

[Fire99]

Hi all,

Any ideas what this sorry for itself looking car is?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/388m23wx065tp1g/wierd%20...

Many thanks,

Nick

[vixen1700]

Elva Courier?

[RichB]

Can't see much similarity other than they are both glass fibre sports cars.

http://japearceengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/...

[Fire99]

I'm pretty stumped. Googled loads of pics but so far nothing quite right.

[nicanary]

Ashley GRP body.

[Fire99]

nicanary said:

Ashley GRP body.

I just had a nose but couldn't find one that had indicators above the headlights, like in my pic.

[RichB]

nicanary said:

Ashley GRP body.

You say that with authority but I can't see one looking like that on the internet. have you got a picture?

[auto1]

Rochdale Olympic?

[nicanary]

RichB said:

nicanary said:

Ashley GRP body.

You say that with authority but I can't see one looking like that on the internet. have you got a picture?

You're right. It was a knee-jerk reaction, but the headlamps are too far forward. I thought maybe the sidelights on top of the wings were added by the owner - it's easy enough to do with GRP. But somehow I think I've seen it before. It's not a Fairthorpe, and it doesn't tally with anything on the usual Ford specials site.

Claim for Ashley withdrawn.

[Fire99]

auto1 said:

Rochdale Olympic?

On googling they appear to be too dumpy. This has a kind of Austin Healey esque rear end but with the mysterious front...

[nicanary]

It's more like a Convair, which has a bonnet hatch in the right place, but the headlights are still wrong.

[EricE]

Ashley 750 or Falcon Mk1 - depending on who built it and what wheelbase it has

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/car-transformati...

the indicators were probably grafted on by the owner

[vixen1700]

RichB said:

Can't see much similarity other than they are both glass fibre sports cars.

http://japearceengineering.com/wp-content/uploads/...

I see a similarity, it's just those indicator pods at the top of the wings...

[Fire99]

rear / side view

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tpc3jkcb8lje5hk/odd%20ca...

[vixen1700]

Fire99 said:

rear / side view

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tpc3jkcb8lje5hk/odd%20ca...

[EricE]

Here is another video of an Ashley 750

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr80cHRVcxc

I’m 99,99% sure this car is one of the two, they were both built from the same molds but the founders of Ashley Laminates split up at some point and one of them kept building them under the name of Falcon. I think Falcon kept the shorter wheelbase molds while built the longer wheelbase version.

[Fire99]

vixen1700 said:

Fire99 said:

rear / side view

https://www.dropbox.com/s/tpc3jkcb8lje5hk/odd%20ca...

Strange innit?

[vixen1700]

It does look like the Ashley 750.

[ClassicMotorNut]

That looks an awful lot like the rear of an M.G.A, although the lights seem slightly different.

[JeffreyB]

Convair I think.
http://www.fordspecial.webspace.virginmedia.com/co...