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Experts, what is this car?
Alan B - 21/8/02 at 09:52 PM

Guys,

See if anyone can identify this:
What car?
What car?

Jon Ison - 21/8/02 at 09:59 PM

sod the car...... who's the girl....... ?

phone number.........

Alan B - 21/8/02 at 10:01 PM

quote:
sod the car...... who's the girl....... ?

phone number.........


Only if you answer the first question

locodude - 21/8/02 at 10:02 PM

Jon
I think it's Suzi Quattro!
CGPTM

theconrodkid - 21/8/02 at 10:26 PM

is she topless?

bob - 21/8/02 at 10:27 PM

Its got that Dutton look with those wheels

Alan B - 21/8/02 at 10:30 PM

quote:
is she topless?


Sadly, no

Alan B - 21/8/02 at 10:32 PM

quote:
Its got that Dutton look with those wheels


Similar era, but not Dutton.

James - 21/8/02 at 10:40 PM

quote:
is she topless?


Aha, great mind's think alike!!!

Was just wondering if that was a new fashion- a bit like streaking but nude soft top car driving!


James

bob - 22/8/02 at 10:52 AM

Well a search on the plate came up as ford twin axle 2 seater,so that blew that out of the window

I take it you know the car then alan?.

Alan B - 22/8/02 at 11:53 AM

quote:
Well a search on the plate came up as ford twin axle 2 seater,so that blew that out of the window

I take it you know the car then alan?.


Definitely Ford based, Essex 3.0 V6.
Yes, I know/knew it very well

bob - 22/8/02 at 01:13 PM

Yes the two waste pipes gave the V bit away,if its dutton era its very savage like.
One of your one off cars,is this the last car youmade alan?

Alan B - 22/8/02 at 01:53 PM

quote:
Yes the two waste pipes gave the V bit away,if its dutton era its very savage like.
One of your one off cars,is this the last car youmade alan?


Bob, I'm glad you're taking this seriously! This is fun.
OK, more clues.
The picture was taken about 1984/5. The car was a kit and sold about 20, and yes I did build it. It had a road test feature in Kit-Car at around that time.
If anyone does have the back-issue with the test, I'd appreciate a scan of it

stephen_gusterson - 22/8/02 at 05:48 PM

quote:
Well a search on the plate came up as ford twin axle 2 seater,so that blew that out of the window

I take it you know the car then alan?.



How did you do a search? I thought that kind of info could only be got from the police or the dvla with a really good reason.

Id be interested cos id like to look for my old vehicles.

atb

steve

stephen_gusterson - 22/8/02 at 05:50 PM

so, did you know suzi quattro alan, or is that just a pic from the magazine?

atb

steve

Alan B - 22/8/02 at 06:02 PM

quote:
so, did you know suzi quattro alan, or is that just a pic from the magazine?

atb

steve


No, never knew or met SQ, and I took the picture.
No one got any mid-eighties Kit-car mags to look up the feature?

RoadkillUK - 22/8/02 at 06:56 PM

I think I've got some mid 80's pron mags, I'll have a look through them just in case

Alan B - 22/8/02 at 07:05 PM

quote:
I think I've got some mid 80's pron mags, I'll have a look through them just in case


Good idea, always worth checking

Marcus - 22/8/02 at 08:17 PM

The scuttle looks vaguely Sylva esque, prototype Stryker?

Marcus

Ps before we all start perving, that's not your 13 year old daughter is it?

Alan B - 22/8/02 at 08:31 PM

quote:
The scuttle looks vaguely Sylva esque, prototype Stryker?

Marcus

Ps before we all start perving, that's not your 13 year old daughter is it?


Good try, but wrong, sorry!
She's over 18 and not related, perv away

stephen_gusterson - 22/8/02 at 09:19 PM

quote:
quote:
so, did you know suzi quattro alan, or is that just a pic from the magazine?

atb

steve


No, never knew or met SQ, and I took the picture.
No one got any mid-eighties Kit-car mags to look up the feature?


ok, let me ask a different way.....

is that an old gf, someone who fell from the trees or your wife, or someone your wife didnt know about

atb

steve

stephen_gusterson - 22/8/02 at 09:20 PM

quote:
I think I've got some mid 80's pron mags, I'll have a look through them just in case


dont you just love them old pron mags

Alan B - 22/8/02 at 09:27 PM

quote:


ok, let me ask a different way.....

is that an old gf, someone who fell from the trees or your wife, or someone your wife didnt know about

atb

steve


She's the wife of a friend of mine.
However, this isn't getting the car identified now is it ?

locodude - 22/8/02 at 11:05 PM

Lets get down to brass tacks. There are no returns on the arches which smacks of dutton influence i.e cheap and nasty, so could it be an ill fated eagle of some sort and do you still have her phone number. Point her to my photo archive, I'm sure that would interest here!
Chris PTM (wife's got the painters in!)

Alan B - 22/8/02 at 11:31 PM

quote:
Lets get down to brass tacks. There are no returns on the arches which smacks of dutton influence i.e cheap and nasty, so could it be an ill fated eagle of some sort and do you still have her phone number. Point her to my photo archive, I'm sure that would interest here!
Chris PTM (wife's got the painters in!)


Actually the arches were pretty thick, you could sit on them safely (even me )
Do many have returns? I can't say I'd noticed many really except on cars with less protruding arches.

But, no there is no Dutton or Eagle connection.

stephen_gusterson - 22/8/02 at 11:40 PM

Alan...
I get the impression this was a car you designed in the past, and that you are trying to find out if any exist of if we know of it....is that way obvious or am i way out....whatever, i have no idea.





atb

steve

Alan B - 22/8/02 at 11:50 PM

Steve,

I'm really testing the memory of anyone who is old enough to remember back to the mid-eighties.
I did do some design work on it, but mostly building and developing the prototypes. I wll eventually reveal what it is/was. It's almost certainly unknown to most of the current generation of builders.
I was interested in Locodudes comments about returns, as I thought they were uncommon on cycle type arches.
Still, if nothing else it provokes some debate

James - 23/8/02 at 10:52 AM

Bob Wrote:

quote:
Well a search on the plate


How the hell did you do that?

You friends with some traffic cops or something?

Cheers,

James

stephen_gusterson - 23/8/02 at 07:17 PM

i asked how a search was done too but no answer yet.

surely not dodgy?

atb

steve

ChrisW - 23/8/02 at 07:36 PM

I can do them... fiver a go to you lot!

Must be different to your method tho' Bob - mine came up 'British Other' for the make, Red, 2996cc, registered 9/8/1984.

Chris

stephen_gusterson - 23/8/02 at 09:49 PM

cant you get that kind of info from hpi autodata?

atb

steve

chrisg - 24/8/02 at 11:48 AM

Alan,

I'm not sure but isn't that a Mk3/4 Cortina based "SVC Spectre"?

Cheers

Chris

Alan B - 24/8/02 at 12:03 PM

quote:
Alan,

I'm not sure but isn't that a Mk3/4 Cortina based "SVC Spectre"?

Cheers

Chris


At last we have a winner!

Chris, your prize is a beer
It's here waiting for you

chrisg - 24/8/02 at 04:30 PM

No really, I don't deserve it.......

Cheers

Chris

Dick Axtell - 25/8/02 at 12:49 PM

Hi Alan,

Was this vehicle a proto Magic? At least, I think that was its brand name. Slightly wider, and more bulbous than a Melos.

In which kit-car mag was the analysis feature?

Dick

Dick Axtell - 25/8/02 at 12:52 PM

Oh Buggah!!!

Try reading the 2nd page of posts!!

bob - 27/8/02 at 04:10 PM

Pilgrim,Hawk i'm really guessing now.
Another clue please.

Alan B - 27/8/02 at 04:17 PM

Bob, just look back a few posts
Chris got the answer!

bob - 27/8/02 at 04:27 PM

quote:
Bob, just look back a few posts
Chris got the answer!


As usuall running before i can walk alan.
Didnt look at 2nd page of posts,been on me hols for a few days and was rushing through the zillions of posts i've missed.
But at least this makes me realise i need to spend more time in garage than on ere

Alan B - 27/8/02 at 04:31 PM

quote:
.......But at least this makes me realise i need to spend more time in garage than on ere


You and me both Bob