Name this car....

[wlaidlaw]

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The owner of this car would be very flattered to know that you thought it might be a Connaught. Correct country though. 

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[dkCambridgeshire]

Lomax 3 wheeler.

 

dunk

Edited August 7, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire

[wlaidlaw]

Dunk, 

 

Correct. This must be one of the earlier ones using a 2CV (or looking at the wheels, maybe an Ami 6) for donor mechanics. I didn't check under the rear to see if it was a three wheeler or the one with twin rear wheels like a Heinkel Bubble Car. The only other one I have seen was a very fancy German registered one, with wire wheels, a Moto Guzzi V Twin engine and in contrast to this one, rear wheel drive. Below is a picture of the Lomax and alongside, what they were trying to achieve. I love the tiny custom built caravan. At least it can tow a caravan. My one is only aluminium sheet and ash wood framing at the back. 

 

Your turn. 

 

Wilson

 

 

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[stuny]

It looks like teh caravan has solar cells on it, and is that the new Mog on the right?  All the chrome set-off by the red looks great.

[maximilianm3]

Looks like a lomax 2cv.

[dkCambridgeshire]

Several Lomax cars usually attend local classic car events in the Peterborough area but I haven't deliberately taken a photograph - not my 'cuppa' - but the caravan looks interesting. They must be well engineered because one 2CV based Lomax i've seen every year at classic car meets for over 20 years; it looks immaculate and the owner usually sits next to it, glass in hand, bottle at his feet, swigging spirits to excess and looking very happy  Maybe it drives itself home! 

 

I should have an easy car for the next round and will post later today. 

 

Cheers

 

dunk 

[wlaidlaw]

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It looks like teh caravan has solar cells on it, and is that the new Mog on the right?  All the chrome set-off by the red looks great.

 

Stuart, 

 

That is my 2012 Mog 3 Wheeler. I have modified quite a lot from the loosely screwed together kit of parts that Morgan sell you and it is waiting to have a whole lot more modified parts fitted to it when my local Morgan service dealer finally gets his act together to arrange for the car to go to his premises. It now has a Garage 56/S&S upgrade kit to not only cure the dreadful pinking that the original suffers from due to excessive baffles in the exhaust but to increase the power from 88 BHP to 120. Morgan supply it on the totally unsuitable (but cheap) Avon motorcycle sidecar tyres, which lead to excessive bump steer and poor handling. Fitting Excelsior Competition H tyres at the front, which are made for racing Bugatti 37's, has transformed the handling, with it now being balanced front to rear. The rear has a modern low profile radial Yokohama tyre on a Minilite magnesium rim. On open corners, you can now do a three wheel drift. The nice thing is that you can have fun in this car at fairly low speeds. 

 

Wilson

[dkCambridgeshire]

Here's the next car which apart from being manufactured in the country of origin, was also made under licence in Japan; this model variant has an OHV engine and 2 doors.

 

 

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Please state both make and model … and if possible model variant and approx year of manufacture. The maker made two models of this car and several model variants.

 

Best wishes

 

dunk

Edited August 7, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire

[dkCambridgeshire]

Another clue:

 

 

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[wlaidlaw]

I'd give mine the nickname "Minnie"   Has this one an OHV engine? My mother had the hard top version and I am fairly sure it was side valve (just as well as it was all the power she could handle). 

 

Wilson

[dkCambridgeshire]

I'd give mine the nickname "Minnie"   Has this one an OHV engine? My mother had the hard top version and I am fairly sure it was side valve (just as well as it was all the power she could handle). 

 

Wilson

 

 

 

According to its year this model (a very scarce variant of the saloon) has an OHV engine; its sister model was a bit of a 'dog'.

 

And contrary to original post there are three UK models - not two. 

 

This example is very original and the only body part replacements are a new soft-top (hood) and sills. The leopard skin upholstery is very Jayne Mansfield era. 

 

 

dunk 

Edited August 8, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire

[wlaidlaw]

According to its year this model (a very scarce variant of the saloon) has an OHV engine; its sister model was a bit of a 'dog'.

 

dunk 

 

My mother's was 1953 and would have been I think, a Mk VI. My father's company had a pair of the later commercial van versions with strange Easidrive autoboxes, which reduced the already miserable performance to pitiful and the gearboxes went wrong all the time. They replaced the pre-war ex-LNER Scammell Mechanical Horse, which I learnt to drive on and how to reverse an articulated vehicle. 

[dkCambridgeshire]

So far not many takers for this car - so here's another clue:

 

Apart from its sister being a bit of a dog, the car also has a Californian connection. 

 

dunk

[mikemgb]

The only thing I can tell you about this car is that the quarterlight looks identical to that on my MGB GT. The windscreen trim and wing mirror are also very similar and the hubcaps look very Austin/BMC. Is this a British car?

[stuny]

1950s, and I too would suggest UK.

[dkCambridgeshire]

Mike,  Country of origin should/can be ascertained by the clues already given by myself and Wilson. Suffice to say that BMC bodies and this car's body were likely both 'pressed' by the same well known company   … But best not to draw too many conclusions ref the mention of BMC.

 

Another clue : 

 

 

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dunk 

Edited August 8, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire

[mikemgb]

Thank you Dunk, I know the body manufacturing company and this car does have many features that could come from there, however I'm not familiar with it. The shape of the bonnet badge is familiar though, I'm trying to remember where I may have seen one.

 

Edited to add, I now know the manufacturer but have no idea of the model, my father had several examples from this company while I was growing up.

Edited August 8, 2016 by mikemgb

[dkCambridgeshire]

The make as distinct from maker did not have many models at this time but this model is well known. 

 

dunk

Edited August 8, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire

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[mikemgb]

I know it but only because I Googled it so I won't answer. My father had a newer model of this car, plus two other models from them.

[dkCambridgeshire]

I know it but only because I Googled it so I won't answer. My father had a newer model of this car, plus two other models from them.

 

 

Quite acceptable to use Google … all part of the search process. I often use all sorts of searching means / parameters when trying to identify a Name This Car. 

 

Go for it.

 

dunk

Edited August 8, 2016 by dkCambridgeshire