wlaidlaw Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5221 Posted August 7, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) Italian? Andreas, Dunk has already correctly guessed that it is a British chassis and body but foreign engine. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5222 Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) Noel Coward Wilson Very flat = Norfolk = Lotus ... Lotus 30? dunk Edited August 7, 2013 by dkpeterborough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5223 Posted August 7, 2013 Very flat = Norfolk = Lotus ... Lotus 30? dunk Very close but even worse. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5224 Posted August 7, 2013 But maybe it is a Lotus ... if so was it conceived when Colin Chapman was alive and 'in charge' ? dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5225 Posted August 7, 2013 But maybe it is a Lotus ... if so was it conceived when Colin Chapman was alive and 'in charge' ? dunk Yes on one his 'off' days. Not quite as bad a day as the one he designed the type 62B/Alpine V6, which put me in hospital for 3 months, then rehab for a further 6 on its first test outing. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5226 Posted August 7, 2013 Yes on one his 'off' days. Not quite as bad a day as the one he designed the type 62B/Alpine V6, which put me in hospital for 3 months, then rehab for a further 6 on its first test outing. Wilson Thank you Wilson ... Now need to go through all the Lotus models again ... I could not see any with the untidy looking front end. And I hope you made a full recovery from the 62B shunt. I'd not heard of the 62B; was it a 62 variant based on the 47 ? dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5227 Posted August 7, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) I think it might be a Lotus 40 ... but only three of them were made. dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5228 Posted August 7, 2013 Thank you Wilson ... Now need to go through all the Lotus models again ... I could not see any with the untidy looking front end. And I hope you made a full recovery from the 62B shunt. I'd not heard of the 62B; was it a 62 variant based on the 47 ? dunk Dunk, It was a strengthened type 62 with a semi monococque tub and a stressed member engine behind (basically a type 49 rear end but with an Alpine 2.4L 4 cam V6 producing around 360 BHP). Something went horribly wrong when I was testing it at Goodwood. Unfortunately it hit the same marshal's post that did for Bruce Maclaren but a glancing blow. The idea was to enable to sell Lotus to sell their unloved type 62 by replacing the horrible LV220 2 litre boat anchor with the Alpine engine, which I held the UK agency. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5229 Posted August 7, 2013 Dunk, It was a strengthened type 62 with a semi monococque tub and a stressed member engine behind (basically a type 49 rear end but with an Alpine 2.4L 4 cam V6 producing around 360 BHP). Something went horribly wrong when I was testing it at Goodwood. Unfortunately it hit the same marshal's post that did for Bruce Maclaren but a glancing blow. The idea was to enable to sell Lotus to sell their unloved type 62 by replacing the horrible LV220 2 litre boat anchor with the Alpine engine, which I held the UK agency. Wilson Very interesting Wilson ... I hope the post has been removed ... I can imagine what a scary moment that was. dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5230 Posted August 7, 2013 I think it might be a Lotus 40 ... but only three of them were made. dunk Correct. A Lotus type 30 with 10 more mistakes = 40. The one I drove about 15 years ago did not have the bib spoilers of the one in the picture, having very sensibly been in a static private collection in Australia since the 1960's (best place for it). With a new 4.9L Geoff Richardson Ford 450 BHP engine in the back it was truly horrible and scary. Dreadful understeer on corner entry changing to vicious snap oversteer half way through. I would imagine Jim Clark was one of the few able to drive it fast. Possibly the nastiest race car I have ever driven. Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2392519'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5231 Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) I could not see any photos of a white Lotus 40 ... not surprising if only three were made I'll post a picture later. Cheers dunk Edited August 7, 2013 by dkpeterborough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5232 Posted August 7, 2013 I might be very tempted to write on the front "Lotus over-powered by Ford" Wilson 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5233 Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) OK here's a modified saloon ... quite popular in its day Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Pics taken with my X1 Best wishes dunk Edited August 7, 2013 by dkpeterborough Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Pics taken with my X1 Best wishes dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2392572'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5234 Posted August 7, 2013 It's a Limp! Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 7, 2013 Share #5235 Posted August 7, 2013 (edited) Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Wilson you got it in one ... I guess the rear vents are the giveaway. The car was seen at the Stamford Classic Car Show last year ... that's Stamford Meadows, Stamford near Peterborough. The description on the windscreen states, "Hillman Imp Sprint . Bought for £100 34 years ago and used every year since ... " can't decipher the rest but assume owner means raced every year since. Best wishes dunk Edited August 7, 2013 by dkpeterborough 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Wilson you got it in one ... I guess the rear vents are the giveaway. The car was seen at the Stamford Classic Car Show last year ... that's Stamford Meadows, Stamford near Peterborough. The description on the windscreen states, "Hillman Imp Sprint . Bought for £100 34 years ago and used every year since ... " can't decipher the rest but assume owner means raced every year since. Best wishes dunk ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2392680'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 8, 2013 Share #5236 Posted August 8, 2013 The parents of my best friend at school owned James Ross and Sons, the Rootes Group distributors for the South of Scotland and main dealers in Edinburgh. As my parents lived some 200 miles further north, I used to go out from school for lunch every Sunday with them in Edinburgh. One Sunday morning when my friend's father came to collect us from school, he said that there were some very special guests for lunch. They were Peter Harper, the then works race/rally driver and Sheila Van Damm, the world's most famous lady rally driver other possibly than Pat Moss Carlsson. Much more exciting for us boys was that they arrived in a prototype Imp. We were drooling over the little jewel of the Coventry Climax designed all alloy, overhead cam engine, which seemed a different era from the cast iron pushrod lump in the Mini. How sad then that inadequate development, appalling manufacturing at Linwood by militant out of work miners, shipyard workers and hopeless managers, with the final nail in coffin being Lucas, prince of darkness electrics, made the whole car a nightmare of unreliability. The brother of my friend used to race a 998cc version of the very pretty coupé Sunbeam Stiletto. Wilson PS Bit of delay until next post as have my pinny and turban on, doing the hoovering, dusting and bed making, ready for all 9 family members to arrive this evening. W 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 8, 2013 Share #5237 Posted August 8, 2013 I used to think that the Imp's body design/shape must have been influenced by cartoonist Barry Appleby's cars drawn in 'The Gambols' comic strip for the Daily Express. The Singer and Sunbeam variants were very smart looking cars. Some parts were common to the BMC 1800 - I used to visit a scrap yard to take parts off them for my Austin 1800. dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 11, 2013 Share #5238 Posted August 11, 2013 Here is your next one folks Wilson Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=2395142'>More sharing options...
dkCambridgeshire Posted August 11, 2013 Share #5239 Posted August 11, 2013 Cobra parked near a Ferrari dunk Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted August 11, 2013 Share #5240 Posted August 11, 2013 I have a feeling that the Ferrari sign may have been on a tool chest. Not a Cobra. Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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