wlaidlaw Posted March 2 Share #23201 Posted March 2 Advertisement (gone after registration) 4 hours ago, pippy said: Thank you for this info Ivan; I didn't realise that GM's involvement with Opel went back quite so far as the mid '60s. "Every day is a schoolday" as it were. I hope the fish will be rising for you during your trip! Philip. If you go back a bit further to 1939/40, many of the Wehrmacht trucks were Opels. Opel were remitting profits back to GM USA right up to 1941, just like IBM Germany, who made the card sorting machines tracking people of Jewish origin for the Gestapo. Moral imperatives tend not to play a part when it comes to financial incentives for large companies. For those interested in history, looking at the machinations of Allen Dulles (later boss of the CIA during Eisenhower administration) and Standard Oil of Texas in Switzerland during WW2 is enlightening. Wilson 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pippy Posted March 2 Share #23202 Posted March 2 23 minutes ago, wlaidlaw said: ...Moral imperatives tend not to play a part when it comes to financial incentives for large companies. For those interested in history, looking at the machinations of Allen Dulles (later boss of the CIA during Eisenhower administration) and Standard Oil of Texas in Switzerland during WW2 is enlightening... I will do. Ages ago I was utterly appaulled when I discovered the wartime exploits of Agfa-Gevaert but to go into any detail here would be to veer slightly off-topic...... Philip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 2 Share #23203 Posted March 2 (edited) 8 hours ago, stuny said: Anyone? OK; I know I posted the last one but if no-one has anything handy I'll post another just to keep things ticking along. Not sure how easy / difficult this one will prove to be but we will find out! Just whatever you can say. Manufacturer and model, of course, but anything else will be a bonus - and could be interesting! 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! Philip. Edited March 2 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5766393'>More sharing options...
ramarren Posted March 2 Share #23204 Posted March 2 heh ... referring back to the Opel GT ... I hadn't seen this puzzle car posted until just now, but I owned one of them and would have recognized it at the second photo clip. They were not very powerful, and due to the way the live rear axle was mounted they turned in one direction better than the other, but they were fun to drive, light and handy, and looked like a more expensive/serious sports car than they were. The body and interiors were nicely made and finished too. G 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 2 Share #23205 Posted March 2 European, racing, 1920s- early '30s. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 2 Share #23206 Posted March 2 Austin 7/750 motor club racer. Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 3 Share #23207 Posted March 3 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) 3 hours ago, stuny said: European, racing, 1920s- early '30s. European Racer? Yes. This car dates to much later than 1920 / early '30s although the engine, running gear and chassis come from a car model which does go back to the early '20s. I believe these units (if they are still the original ones) date to 1932... 2 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: Austin 7/750 motor club racer... 😸 You are pretty good at this game, Wilson, it has to be said! Yes; it was based on an Austin 7. Yes; it was a 750 Club Racer...but it wasn't an Austin. As will become clear the 'badging' of (I believe) this particular car turned out to be quite historic... Another angle? As with the Opel I don't have many pics from which to draw teasers (2!) but here we are; 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! Philip. Edited March 3 by pippy 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5766499'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 3 Share #23208 Posted March 3 Lotus Mk.3? Wilson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 3 Share #23209 Posted March 3 (edited) 2 hours ago, wlaidlaw said: Lotus Mk.3? Congratulations Wilson! Yes; it is Colin Chapman's own 1951 Mk.III; 'LMU 3'. The significance of this car in historic terms is profound. It was so successful in 750 Club racing that Colin Chapman received requests for 'customer cars' to be built and one of these Mk. IIIs was the first car to bear the name 'Lotus'. I'll attach a link lower down the post but, borrowing some figures from that link to put some flesh on the 'bare bones'. this little car with its 1922-designed 750cc engine could accellerate from 0-50 in 6.6 seconds and had a top speed of 90mph. Of the 27 races it entered in 1951 it finished either first or second no fewer than 18 times(!). Interestingly the main problem which afflicted the car was its reliability; a situation which would become familiar to countless Lotus owners - and racers - for many years to come... 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! The success of the MkIII led directly(*) to Chapman creating, the following year, the Lotus VI which would be the first 'Production Car' manufactured by Lotus. The VI was another successful car with over 100 examples being built over a three year period. The next car from the Lotus stable(**) was the ubiquitous Mk VII of 1957; a car which still lives on to this day in the form of the Caterham VII after Lotus sold the manufacturing rights to them in 1973. I wonder what Mr. Chapman would say were he to hear that his MkVII would still, in essence, be being built nigh-on 70 years after it made its debut? Probably bemoan the relative lack of Progress and Development... Here is a very informative article about the MkIII which tells the story of how this car came into being. There are a few wonderful photo's too; https://www.maronline.org.uk/the-lotus-mark-iii-the-first-race-car/ * There was one MkIV - a Trials car - built to special-order in 1952 for a previous customer. A MkV was proposed but never built. ** I mean that quite literally! The first Lotus 'Factory' was in a re-purposed stables block "behind the Railway Hotel" in Hornsey, north London......😸...... Well done again, Wilson, and I hope some of you enjoyed this little bit of The History of Lotus. I'm guessing it's Open To All-comers to post the next Mystery! Philip. Edited March 3 by pippy 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! The success of the MkIII led directly(*) to Chapman creating, the following year, the Lotus VI which would be the first 'Production Car' manufactured by Lotus. The VI was another successful car with over 100 examples being built over a three year period. The next car from the Lotus stable(**) was the ubiquitous Mk VII of 1957; a car which still lives on to this day in the form of the Caterham VII after Lotus sold the manufacturing rights to them in 1973. I wonder what Mr. Chapman would say were he to hear that his MkVII would still, in essence, be being built nigh-on 70 years after it made its debut? Probably bemoan the relative lack of Progress and Development... Here is a very informative article about the MkIII which tells the story of how this car came into being. There are a few wonderful photo's too; https://www.maronline.org.uk/the-lotus-mark-iii-the-first-race-car/ * There was one MkIV - a Trials car - built to special-order in 1952 for a previous customer. A MkV was proposed but never built. ** I mean that quite literally! The first Lotus 'Factory' was in a re-purposed stables block "behind the Railway Hotel" in Hornsey, north London......😸...... Well done again, Wilson, and I hope some of you enjoyed this little bit of The History of Lotus. I'm guessing it's Open To All-comers to post the next Mystery! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5766647'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 3 Share #23210 Posted March 3 I was at a prep school in Scotland from 1955 to 57, along with "Bunty"Scott-Moncrief's son, David. Bunty was the third owner of LMU3 Colin Chapman's Mk.3 and a well known restorer and dealer in classic cars before it became big business. I remember him turning up to take his son out from school in a Bugatti one time and in an enormous Rolls Royce another time (maybe a Phantom III limousine). Wilson 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 3 Share #23211 Posted March 3 And who will step in for Wilson and post the next mystery car -- Perhaps Ivan if the snow emergency is over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 6 Share #23212 Posted March 6 And who will step in for Wilson and post the next mystery car -- Perhaps Ivan if the snow emergency is over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 6 Share #23213 Posted March 6 (edited) OK.... How's about this Babe? Manufacturer and Model, Country of Birth etc...etc...Designer?...... 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! Philip. Edited March 6 by pippy Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5768445'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 7 Share #23214 Posted March 7 It makes me think of a Tatra, but I have to go into some books. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 7 Share #23215 Posted March 7 (edited) ADO 61? BLMC's biggest disaster (and there were many to choose from), the 3 litre Austin Saloon? As a side note, the hearse conversion by Woodhall Nicholson won "Hearse of the Year" in 1968, the ultimate accolade 🤣 Wilson Edited March 7 by wlaidlaw 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 7 Share #23216 Posted March 7 Here's a bit of the front 3/4... 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! P. Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! P. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5768757'>More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted March 7 Share #23217 Posted March 7 Maybe ADO61's little brother ADO14 the Austin Maxi? Wilson 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted March 7 Share #23218 Posted March 7 It is, indeed, an Austin Maxi. Designed by the extraordinary Sir Alec Issigonis. Half-a-million were made in a 12 year span from the late '60s to the early '80s. More Bebble Dash than Pebble Beach but still (apparently) in daily use... 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! Well Done, Wilson, and Open To All! Philip. 2 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Well Done, Wilson, and Open To All! Philip. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/119687-name-this-car/?do=findComment&comment=5768820'>More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 9 Share #23219 Posted March 9 Who would like to step in for Wilson and post the next mystery car? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted March 10 Share #23220 Posted March 10 Let's try this one - All the "usuals." 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=5770233'>More sharing options...
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